Fernando Alonso has refused to criticise the Sauber team for ousting fellow Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa.<\/p>\n
De la Rosa has been replaced with immediate effect by former long-time Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld, 14 races into de la Rosa’s return to the F1 grid.<\/p>\n
“From the outside, we don’t know what happened.\u00a0 You can’t really judge these sorts of decisions that a team makes,” said Alonso, whose employer Ferrari supplies engines to Hinwil based Sauber.<\/p>\n
“All I can do is send all the encouragement in the world to Peter and to tell him to keep fighting, because he is a fighter,” added the two-time world champion to Spanish newspapers.<\/p>\n
“With Sauber it didn’t work out and hopefully he will get another chance,” said Alonso.<\/p>\n
Before 2010, 39-year-old de la Rosa spent the previous seven years as McLaren’s test driver, but he vowed not to give up his desire to keep racing in F1.<\/p>\n
The veteran of 84 grands prix told TV broadcaster Sport1: “I will come back.<\/p>\n
“It will be difficult, but I’ve done it before and I will do it again,” added former Arrows and Jaguar driver de la Rosa.<\/p>\n
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