So if the rumours continue to say that Alonso is going Renault next year, at some point next year somebody will say, “well, where’s that half a second that Alonso said he carried with him to McLaren? He seems to have left it at McLaren”. Even if it’s not true for the whole of the season Ron or Martin Whitmarsh will say it at some point.

My guess is that Fernando really pissed them off with that comment.