The Spaniard race car driver Fernando Alonso has just presented a  few recommendations to improve road safety, in an initiative promoted by Cajastur.

Here is a list of steps to follow according to Formula 1 world champion:

    1. Use belts on all seats
2. Wear your helmet and tighten it properly
3. Adjust your driving to the conditions of the track
4. Keep in mind the state of the car and take it in for maintenance before a trip
5. If you are tired or sleepy , stop for a while and rest                                                                                                                                                                                                                  6. Forget talking on the cellphone while driving
7. At the wheel, not a drop of alcohol
8. Always keep a safe distance with other vehicles
9. Respect speed limits
10. A reckless attitude can cost lives

Alonso also made statements regarding road safety: “If children see me succeed and we achieve no accidents until 2050 , I am satisfied.  A round of applause for the Spanish champion .
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Fernando Alonso, who returns a year later to the team where he atained his two world tittles in 2005 and 2006, was the star yesterday in the presentation of the Renault F1 team, that took place in the headquarters of the communication department of Suare Com in Paris.

“Everything has been easy”, stated Fernando alonso in the presentation.¨I got to know the engineers, the test drivers and I´m very happy¨.

Alonso pointed out ¨the entire team is determined to reach the maximum level and they are all working very hard, which motivates me¨. ¨I´m a fighter and it is clear that I want to win¨. I will do my best to achieve my goal and I know that is what the team expects from me¨.

Under the direction of the Italian Flavio Britore the Renault F1 team, has completely changed this year, in which the objective will be “fight for position and win some races, because winning championships is very hard, everyone wants to do it”. but we will try to repeat the success of Fernando Alonso in 2005 and 2006.
El compañero de Fernando Alonso será el brasileño Nelsinho Piquet, subcampeón de la GP2 tras el británico Lewis Hamilton en 2006, el año pasado ejerció ya como piloto de pruebas en Renault y este año debutará en el mundial de Fórmula Uno, título que su padre Nelson consiguió en tres ocasiones.

The objective set out Piquet, 23, for his first season of Formula One is “make the most of the resources made available to me and do a good job for the team. 

The new R28 introduced yesterday has not brought anything new,  not even in decoration of the car as seen last January 21st  in Valencia where Fernando Alonso started the first test, which will continue starting tomorrow in the circuit of Barcelona, just the incorporation of new investors as Universia, Internet portal of Banco Santander in the network that connects.

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The Spanish race car driver Fernando Alonso was very satisfied after his first day on the job with the new R-28 in the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Cheste and said it was too early to draw conclusions and to start comparing his work with other teams.

That is what the Renault team communicated yesterday in the Valencian Comunity circuit after a days work, which was delayed due to the fog.

The car will be officially shown the 31st of January in Paris and was made very clear yesterday that the car will be checked an tested to make sure it is up to speed.

Alonso, according to his team, was happy with the experience, and found no problems, he was able to complete his work as scheduled, despite of the fog he was able to complete 39 turns in good time.

Alonso will continue his job today and tomorrow and it will be Nelson Pique who will take over on Thursday. For now, I leave you with the first moments of Fernando in Renault.

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The Spaniard Fernando Alonso celebrated his return to Renault yesterday ,the brand with which he achieved his last two world titles, driving a last year model without electronic aids, and had the best time on the second day of runs in the Jerez de la Frontera Formula One circuit.Alonso ran a total of 70 turns with the best time of 1:19.503. Behind him his counterpart Pedro de la Rosa, the test pilot for the McLaren-Mercedes, and the Finnish Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), the current world champion.

After more than two and half months without driving a Formula One car, since the last Grand Prix in 2007, in Brazil the 21^st of October, Alonso showed off his awesome techniques behind the wheel behind a last year car, the R27 without any electronic driving aids.

The Spaniard spend the majority of the day finding the limits of his car and in the final session was when he drove to the maximum of the mechanics.

Even-though he is still waiting for the new R28, Alonso finished with more than a tenth of advantage over Pedro de la Rosa, behind the wheel of the new MP4/23, meanwhile Raikkonen finish five tenths behind the wheel of the new F2008.

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