Alonso questions Renault support

12 April 2012

Fernando Alonso has criticised members of his Renault team for not backing his title defence wholeheartedly.

The Spaniard is due to leave for McLaren at the end of the year and he believes there are some in the team who would rather he did not take the coveted number one with him. Alonso lost his championship lead for the first time this season after trailing in behind race winner and title rival Michael Schumacher in a Chinese Grand Prix that Renault should have won.

"The whole team is gutted, apart from the handful of people who don't want me to take the number one to McLaren," Alonso told Spanish television. "Some others are happy because we went past Ferrari in the team battle. They are not helping me as much as they could."

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