F1 News: Renault to announce Alonso & Piquet?
Flavio Briatore has announced on Italian radio that Renault will have an all-new line-up next year, leaving 2007 pair Heikki Kovalainen and Giancarlo Fisichella out in the cold.
Most believe that this means next year’s Renault driver line-up will consist of Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet Jnr.
It had been speculated that Giancarlo Fisichella may manage to retain his position with the team, as it was the Alonso-Fisichella partnership that took Renault to consecutive constructors titles in 2005 and 2006. But his recent lack of pace has left him without a seat for 2008, with the second Force India seat his most likely option if he is to stay in F1 next year.
Kovalainen, on the other hand, impressed in 2007, but he had already announced that he did not want to be number two to Alonso, a comment that we at F1-News.org predicted would prevent him from being able to partner Alonso.
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