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Fernando Alonso, in the absence of two weeks to the start of the World Formula 1, you know exactly where is his Renault. The single of the Asturian continues to lag behind the Ferrari and the McLarens despite its progression in this day has been growing and has been improving its tiempospoco by little.

Throughout the meeting had happened “red flags” that broke the progressions of the pilots. The first to cause a red flag was stopped by Lewis Hamilton at the end of the pit lane, “followed by Timo Glock to crashing against the wall and Sebastien Bourdais.

The “owner” McLaren will say goodbye to the races before the start of the World Cup 2008. The decision will be made official in the coming days in a press release, the first by Denis and later by the German car manufacturer Mercedes.

According to our sources, Ron Denis sold in this communiqué that the cessation is an end of an era and brand Mercedes accept it with regret and gratitude. Ultimately, pure theatre.

With the departure of Ron Denis of the team is podnrá end to 28 years of speed and great history of the team that put between a rock and a hard place to get to overcome the Ferrari in victories. But despite having created the second best team in the Formula 1 of the story from scratch, what happened last year calling for drastic changes straighten the image and the path of such a prestigious team.

In the afternoon session d elos first free workouts before the official start of the competition, the Briton Lewis Hamilton has overtaken the Ferrari stood first with a time of 1:22.276 to 1:22.428 front of Michael Schumacher who has run with Ferrari or Fernando Alonso of the 1:23.021 that this morning has excelled in moist soil.

The main task developed by Fernando Alonso throughout the session has been testing repostajes with its mechanics. However, tomorrow, at the second session when it is expected that Renault put all the stops and use the new features available for Australia to test its performance on the track prior to the first Grand Prix of the season to be held in Melbourne (Australia) next March 16th.

In the first of the last three sessions prior to the start of the 2008 season of Formula 1 Championship in the Circuit de Catalunya, Renault has taken a further step in its two pilots official position (Nelsinho Piquet and Fernando Alonso) ahead of its rivals McLaren and Ferrari in a wet morning.

Alonso led the entire meeting from start to finish proving to be unbeatable on wet asphalt and performed alongside her partner Piquet, refuelling exercises with all mechanical dressed in the clothes of the official French team.

Emphasize that the times were improved gradually throughout the morning as they dried the track and that this afternoon, if not rain again, can be further improved considerably with the track dry.