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Fernando Alonso and Jarno Trulli, friends and former teammates, are locked in battle. Their respective teams, Renault and Toyota, are fighting for fourth place in the constructors' championship, worth around $10 million to whichever of them secures the position (assuming it's not Red Bull or Toro Rosso). It's bringing a focus onto the efforts of their lead drivers. In 2004 at Renault, Trulli went bat-to-bat with Alonso in the first half of the season before his form slid in synch with his deteriorating relationship with team boss - and Alonso's manager - Flavio Briatore. As Alonso went on to a much stronger second half, Trulli's rapport with the team broke down and he was driving a Toyota before the season was over. He's remained there ever since, in the years when his career might have been in full bloom had he been in a front-running car. But he's been resolute in how he's applied himself. This and an ability to conjure that special qualifying lap did for the F1 career of Ralf Schumacher, leaving Jarno as de facto team leader. His bitterness about his treatment by Briatore is never far from the surface. He was delighted at taking third in France this year: it was here that he lost third place at the penultimate corner in '04, a small error that he feels Briatore used to justify an agenda to be rid of him and his rivalry with Alonso. You might think the link between those races - '04 and '08 - would not be made by a driver, would just be a bit of coincidence that onlookers might ponder. But Jarno makes that link. He even termed it 'revenge'. © 2020 Autosport
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