Word: alonso
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...driver, strung together five podium finishes in a row, the best start to a season by any debutant driver. At the Canadian Grand Prix in June, the Briton took his first chequered flag. And following two more Grand Prix wins, Hamilton and his Spanish teammate - current World Champion Fernando Alonso - head into this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix in the top two slots in the drivers' championship; in the race for the constructors' title, the team was streets ahead...
...team Ferrari. McLaren was also stripped of its points in this year's constructors' race, effectively handing that title to Ferrari. Still, things could have been worse: McLaren had faced the possibility of being booted out of the drivers' championship for this year and next, but both Hamilton and Alonso are free to scrap for the world title in the remaining four races...
...without sufficient evidence that the team benefited from the leaked data, McLaren escaped any penalty. New evidence, presented to the WMSC at Thursday's hearing, reportedly centered on e-mail and phone traffic between Stepney and Coughlan dating back to March. Also apparently under examination: e-mails between Alonso and McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa...
...Spain, a mild winter had protected sprouting plants from frostbite while cool summer temperatures had kept roots from scorching under the Castillian sun, and this farming town, located two hours northwest of Madrid, expected an abundant crop. But then came the voles. By harvest time in late August, Margarita Alonso's hope had turned to despair. "Look at this!" she exclaimed disgustedly as she discarded gnawed potatoes from atop the family combine. "They've eaten half the crop...
...Alonso, who calls the lack of government action a "disgrace," shares the despair of many farmers in Carpio. As she and her husband, along with four hired workers, toss aside the ruined potatoes they've just unearthed, she frets about the future. "The voles have taken our winter bread," she says. "What are we going...