Fernando Alonso explains the «plan»

Updated:25/11/2021 11:05 a.m.

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Fernando Alonso has returned the illusion to the Spanish fans as far as Formula 1 is concerned. The pilot got back on a podium of the World Cup last weekend at the Qatar Grand Prix (third) and, as a result of this success, he has gone through the microphones of the specialized podcast ‘Beyond the Grid’ to explain his future and analyze the present and past of his long career. “The plan is stay around two or three more yearsNo matter what the car is like, and winning a third title would mean a lot in terms of leaving a legacy, ”explained the Spaniard.

Various topics came to the fore during the interview, such as the technical changes that he had to introduce in his piloting When he returned to Formula 1 this season after two years of absence: «My driving style is different from the rest, I turn a lot at the beginning of the curve and that tells me how the car is and how much grip there is, but if you take that information away from me , I’m lost”.

In addition, Alonso considers that he has only had a better car than his rivals a few times during his career. “In F1 I may have driven the best car three times. In the first half of 2005, where the Renault it was more reliable than Kimi’s McLaren. Then in the first half of 2006 and then Ferrari with Bridgestone equaled us in 2007 and sometimes it was us and sometimes them.

Alonso, during the program, recalled one of his most difficult moments in recent years, when shortly after starting the current season he suffered a bicycle accident in Lugano, Switzerland. The blow, which damaged his jaw and teeth, forced him to be touched in the first “five or six races” of the World Championship.

Finally, the pilot paid tribute to some of the recent myths of the competition. From Michael sSchumacherStill in a coma after a skiing accident, Alonso says he was the “greatest rival” he has ever had in his career. “He was a teacher to me in many ways, I was young and he had so much experience that he tried new things every career. It was incredible how much performance he could get on a weekend that was not competitive. Sometimes he did magic. So much Hamilton like him they take you to the limit ». He also had words for Kimi Raikkonen, with whom he shares “many points of view, such as living in an unreal bubble, luxury planes, 5-star hotels and how fake this world can be.”

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