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2021-01-09
Hamilton compares Russell's early years in Formula 1 with those of Fernando Alonso. "What he’s been able to do is similar to if you look at Alonso," Hamilton is quoted by GP Racing. According to the Brit, many talented drivers come first to drive for a less good race team, to get the chance to grow, improve, make mistakes and lead the team from there.
https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/76288/hamilton-i-ve-no-doubt-that-he-has-the-potential-to-be-a-future-champion.html
2021-01-09
Hamilton compares Russell's early years in Formula 1 with those of Fernando Alonso. "What he’s been able to do is similar to if you look at Alonso," Hamilton is quoted by GP Racing. According to the Brit, many talented drivers come first to drive for a less good race team, to get the chance to grow, improve, make mistakes and lead the team from there.
https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/76288/hamilton-i-ve-no-doubt-that-he-has-the-potential-to-be-a-future-champion.html
2021-01-09
"With Fernando there is always a show. If he has a car that can come in fifth or sixth place, he will get podiums. If he has a car that can reach podiums, he will win races. In 2020, Ricciardo had podiums with Renault, so Fernando can win races," concludes Adrian Campos, former Formula 1 driver and manager of Alonso.
One person even thinks that the Spaniard can show even more during his new stint in Formula 1. "He is getting ready for the top again. That is what we are hoping for," concluded José Luis Santamaría, the director of the Circuit de Catalunya.
2021-01-09
"With Fernando there is always a show. If he has a car that can come in fifth or sixth place, he will get podiums. If he has a car that can reach podiums, he will win races. In 2020, Ricciardo had podiums with Renault, so Fernando can win races," concludes Adrian Campos, former Formula 1 driver and manager of Alonso.
One person even thinks that the Spaniard can show even more during his new stint in Formula 1. "He is getting ready for the top again. That is what we are hoping for," concluded José Luis Santamaría, the director of the Circuit de Catalunya.
2021-01-09
“Every driver would love to race for Ferrari at some point,” Button said in a recent interview with Motorsport News.
“There’s just something about that team, even this year [2020] it’s tough for them and tough for motorsport fans to see them where they are, but maybe they needed this to come back stronger.
“But I would love to have raced for Ferrari and there was a good possibility sort of eight years ago but it just didn’t materialise at the end.
“Pretty much contracts were ready to go and it almost happened, but for many different reasons it did and, to be fair, I was probably better off where I was anyway at McLaren.”
https://formula1news.co.uk/jenson-button-reveals-he-almost-joined-ferrari-in-2013/
2021-01-09
“Every driver would love to race for Ferrari at some point,” Button said in a recent interview with Motorsport News.
“There’s just something about that team, even this year [2020] it’s tough for them and tough for motorsport fans to see them where they are, but maybe they needed this to come back stronger.
“But I would love to have raced for Ferrari and there was a good possibility sort of eight years ago but it just didn’t materialise at the end.
“Pretty much contracts were ready to go and it almost happened, but for many different reasons it did and, to be fair, I was probably better off where I was anyway at McLaren.”
https://formula1news.co.uk/jenson-button-reveals-he-almost-joined-ferrari-in-2013/
2021-01-11
Asked during an exclusive interview with PlanetF1 what he makes of Alonso’s comeback, the 2009 World Champion said: “I think it’s great. He’s a real personality and I think he has probably learned to be a little bit more humble over the last few years.
“I think you will see a really strong and well-mannered Fernando Alonso. It’s really good for the sport, really good for him and he seems to be working really hard on fitness, which is great.
“He’s going to need to be as he’s not a young spring chicken anymore!”
“It’s also good for Renault, a team he has won two World Championships with, and to come back with them,” said Button.
“Fernando has some big shoes to fill as Daniel Ricciardo was extremely good and nothing fazes him [Daniel].
“It’s going to be great fun to see Daniel at McLaren alongside Lando [Norris] but yes, great to see Fernando back on the grid.”
https://www.planetf1.com/news/jenson-button-fernando-alonso-return/
2021-01-11
Asked during an exclusive interview with PlanetF1 what he makes of Alonso’s comeback, the 2009 World Champion said: “I think it’s great. He’s a real personality and I think he has probably learned to be a little bit more humble over the last few years.
“I think you will see a really strong and well-mannered Fernando Alonso. It’s really good for the sport, really good for him and he seems to be working really hard on fitness, which is great.
“He’s going to need to be as he’s not a young spring chicken anymore!”
“It’s also good for Renault, a team he has won two World Championships with, and to come back with them,” said Button.
“Fernando has some big shoes to fill as Daniel Ricciardo was extremely good and nothing fazes him [Daniel].
“It’s going to be great fun to see Daniel at McLaren alongside Lando [Norris] but yes, great to see Fernando back on the grid.”
https://www.planetf1.com/news/jenson-button-fernando-alonso-return/
2021-01-12
Group strategy and business development director Laurent Rossi will take over as chief executive of the Alpine brand with responsibility for the road car side and sporting activities including F1.
Media speculation has suggested executive director Marcin Budkowski had already been lined up to replace Abiteboul, with Davide Brivio expected to arrive from MotoGP champions Suzuki in a chief executive role.
Brivio announced last week that he was leaving Suzuki for a new challenge outside MotoGP.
Renault CEO Luca de Meo is due to make a Group strategy announcement on Thursday.
https://www.grandprix247.com/2021/01/12/whats-going-on-at-renault-aka-alpine-f1-team/
Brivio’s arrival, which will be announced in the coming days, shows how much input De Meo is having on the Formula One team.
De Meo got to know Brivio when the veteran Italian was leading Yamahai’s MotoGP team, as the new Renault man was close to the top of the Fiat Group, that was sponsoring the Japanese manufacturer, as Valentino Rossi was its stop driver. De Meo quickly appreciated Brivio’s contribution to the team’s success and was disappointed when Brivio left. Even more so when he joined Suzuki, to have an instant impact in the results of the Japanese manufacturer, showing again how strong his leadership capabilities are.
https://www.grandprix.com/news/italians-go-mad-for-alpine.html
2021-01-12
Group strategy and business development director Laurent Rossi will take over as chief executive of the Alpine brand with responsibility for the road car side and sporting activities including F1.
Media speculation has suggested executive director Marcin Budkowski had already been lined up to replace Abiteboul, with Davide Brivio expected to arrive from MotoGP champions Suzuki in a chief executive role.
Brivio announced last week that he was leaving Suzuki for a new challenge outside MotoGP.
Renault CEO Luca de Meo is due to make a Group strategy announcement on Thursday.
https://www.grandprix247.com/2021/01/12/whats-going-on-at-renault-aka-alpine-f1-team/
Brivio’s arrival, which will be announced in the coming days, shows how much input De Meo is having on the Formula One team.
De Meo got to know Brivio when the veteran Italian was leading Yamahai’s MotoGP team, as the new Renault man was close to the top of the Fiat Group, that was sponsoring the Japanese manufacturer, as Valentino Rossi was its stop driver. De Meo quickly appreciated Brivio’s contribution to the team’s success and was disappointed when Brivio left. Even more so when he joined Suzuki, to have an instant impact in the results of the Japanese manufacturer, showing again how strong his leadership capabilities are.
https://www.grandprix.com/news/italians-go-mad-for-alpine.html
2021-01-14
FEATURE
From Suzuka to San Marino – Ranking Alonso's best Renault wins from 10-1 ahead of his F1 return
Staff writer
Samarth Kanal
With two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso making a welcome return to the sport with Alpine – formerly Renault – this season after two years out of Grand Prix racing, we thought it was the perfect time to rank the Spaniard's top 10 Renault wins. See what you think of our list, and vote for your favourite Alonso Renault victory in the poll below...
WATCH: 10 Great moments from Alonso's previous stints with Renault
10. 2006 Japanese Grand Prix
Suzuka hosted the penultimate round of 2006 and Felipe Massa was on pole in a Ferrari 1-2 ahead of Michael Schumacher, while Alonso was fifth on the grid and level on points with Schumacher in the championship.
The Toyota of Ralf Schumacher – who started third – proved to be a stubborn obstacle and Alonso could only pass him on Lap 12 with a brave Turn 1 dive, as the Ferraris consolidated their lead. But the Renault man was waiting to pounce if the leaders faltered.
And falter they did. Massa – who had been passed by Schumacher – was forced to pit early on with a puncture, giving Alonso P2. He then gave chase to Schumacher who retired on Lap 36.
It was a crucial victory, handed to the driver who'd put himself in prime position to capitalise on Ferrari's misfortune – and meant Alonso needed just a single point from the season finale to clinch his second successive world championship, which he duly did at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Wrapped up with a bow: Alonso wins in Japan to take a 10-point lead in the 2006 championship
9. 2006 British Grand Prix
Alonso took a second consecutive pole position at Silverstone, but unlike in 2005 when Juan Pablo Montoya beat him to the win, this time he was determined to keep hold of that lead all the way to finish line.
BUXTON: Alonso's Renault return is romantic – but what legacy will he write?
And so dominant was the Spaniard, he only lost the lead once, to McLaren’s Kimi Raikkonen during a pit stop, before regaining it and closing out the race with victory.
On paper, his fifth win of 2006 seems so simple - pole position, fastest lap and a race win - that the constant pressure Alonso faced from Raikkonen and Michael Schumacher is easy to overlook. Nonetheless it was another thoroughly confident, professional show from Alonso, who was by then the reigning champ, and pushing hard for his second title.
Alonso finally won at his home away from home in 2006
8. 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix
Temperatures of 42.5 degrees Celsius made this scorcher of a race a test of endurance and attrition for all the drivers on the grid.
Alonso, however, kept his cool by taking pole position by an aggregate of 0.455s over Michael Schumacher, after qualifying was run across Saturday and Sunday morning.
Once the race started, Schumacher gave chase in his customarily unflinching manner, keeping tabs on Alonso until Lap 9 when he coasted back to the pits with a hydraulics issue. The Ferrari man would be one of seven retirements that day.
Alonso continued on, with Toyota’s Jarno Trulli doing his best to catch up. But the Renault driver’s lead was insurmountable. A win of over 13 seconds in testing conditions was Alonso's second victory of the season, as the Spaniard laid the foundations for his maiden world championship.
Alonso showed he could handle the heat in this Bahrain scorcher
7. 2006 Canadian Grand Prix
The only driver to qualify under 1m14s that weekend, Alonso beat team mate Giancarlo Fisichella to pole position by a margin of over two-tenths in Canada. Eager to wrestle the lead off Alonso, Fisichella jumped the start as the lights went out and was duly punished.
Alonso soaked up considerable pressure from a prowling Kimi Raikkonen early on, defending at the final chicane masterfully from the McLaren driver on Lap 11 and retaining the lead even as he ran wide at Turn 10. Raikkonen's race was then undone by problems in the pits.
However, Jacques Villeneuve crashed on Lap 58 and Alonso had a Lap 64 Safety Car restart to contend with. But in typically unflustered style the Renault driver dealt with that calmly, winning far more comfortably than his 2.1 second margin over Michael Schumacher implies.
Alonso missed out to Kimi Raikkonen in 2005 at Montreal but made no mistake in 2006
6. 2005 French Grand Prix
Since 2001, the Schumacher brothers had cleaned up at the French Grand Prix, with Michael winning three times and Ralf once - so it would take something special to usurp them at Magny-Cours in 2005.
That something special was Alonso in the Renault R25.
READ MORE: How the Renault R25 finally ended Ferrari's dominance and delivered Alonso's first title
Taking pole over Toyota’s Jarno Trulli by a tenth, Alonso leapt away at the start, watching the ever-more-distant sight of Trulli and Michael Schumacher sparring in his mirrors while Kimi Raikkonen was left recovering from the back thanks to an engine failure in practice. Consecutive fastest laps followed, and Alonso was so dominant that Sunday in July that he lapped everyone bar eventual podium finishers Schumacher and Raikkonen.
Renault had their first home win in 12 years thanks to the supreme Spaniard.
Alonso delivered a first Renault home win since Alain Prost's 1993 triumph at Magny-Cours
5. 2006 Monaco Grand Prix
Best remembered for qualifying drama that saw Michael Schumacher come to a controversial halt at Rascasse, thus preventing his rivals from beating him to pole position, the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix was also Alonso’s first win in the Principality.
Fastest in practice, Alonso was handed pole position after Schumacher was relegated to the back of the grid for his suspicious qualifying stoppage; closest rival Kimi Raikkonen had not been able to match the Spaniard in Q3.
In the race, Raikkonen retired while Schumacher made a spirited recovery from last to fifth, but out in front Renault’s champion-to-be built up a dominant 14.5 second gap over McLaren’s Juan Pablo Montoya for a maiden Monaco triumph.
Monaco 2006 - Schumacher penalised in qualifying and Alonso wins
4. 2006 Spanish Grand Prix
An authoritative win delivered in front of his home fans: Alonso claimed pole position over team mate Giancarlo Fisichella on Saturday in Barcelona, then dashed off the line once the lights went out on Sunday.
Within four laps, Alonso had a four-second lead but there was a looming threat as Michael Schumacher turned on the afterburners in an attempt to catch him. The Ferrari driver pitted on Lap 23 and emerged second – about 11 seconds off the Spaniard.
But Alonso, seemingly untroubled by the Ferrari, built his lead to 13 seconds and stopped again on Lap 40 – six laps before Schumacher – to go on to win by a stunning 18.5 seconds, to the delight of his adoring fans who had packed out the grandstands.
Alonso would have to wait until 2013 for another Spanish GP victory
3. 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix
Alonso arrived in Hungary that weekend still looking for his first ever F1 win. But he started as he meant to go on, by securing pole position by over 0.25 seconds from Ralf Schumacher in second, to become the youngest pole-sitter the sport had ever seen.
Alonso’s majestic start - on the cleaner side of the grid - saw him enter Turn 1 untroubled with the Jaguar of Mark Webber far behind.
The Renault driver had a 21-second lead by Lap 14, when he stopped and emerged in P2 behind McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen. When Raikkonen pitted, the lead was returned to Alonso and he continued with blistering pace.
Alonso even lapped champion-elect Michael Schumacher on his way to a brilliant maiden win – 16.7 seconds separating the Renault driver and runner-up Raikkonen at the finish.
At just 22 years and 26 days old, Alonso became, at the time, the youngest ever Grand Prix winner – and there was much more to come...
Classic Hungary: 2003 Alonso vs Schumacher
2. 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix
Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso went head-to-head to open the 2006 Formula 1 season with a duel in the desert. Schumacher took pole ahead of team mate Felipe Massa, while Jenson Button put his Honda third – one place ahead of Alonso – on the grid.
On Lap 1, Alonso shot up to P2 but Schumacher began to pull away and the race was very nearly over for the Spaniard when a spinning Massa nearly took him out at the first corner.
The Renault driver decided to stay out longer than Ferrari’s leader – a strategy that seemed to be paying off as, after the first stops, Schumacher’s lead stabilised.
The second set of stops were crucial as Alonso again pitted four laps after Schumacher and emerged side-by-side with the Ferrari, holding the German off through Turn 1. Schumacher gave chase but Alonso’s pace was superior. He hung on to win this brilliant Bahrain bout by just 1.2 seconds.
F1 Vault: Alonso and Schumacher fight to the finish in Sakhir, 2006
1. 2005 San Marino Grand Prix
Never count Michael Schumacher out, even if he does start the race 13th and get stuck in a ‘Trulli Train’.
When pole-sitter Kimi Raikkonen retired from the race at Imola on Lap 9, it seemed that Alonso - who started from second on the grid - would breeze to victory.
But Schumacher's speed was threatening throughout and he was in P3 by the time he stopped on Lap 27. He had the pace to win.
Alonso pitted on Lap 42, Schumacher on Lap 49, to set up one of Formula 1's most nail-biting finishes ever, as the pair found themselves separated by just 1.5 seconds after their stops.
The Renault was just in front of the Ferrari and there was no mercy from Schumacher towards the young pretender to his throne. That was evident in the way Schumacher hounded and harried Alonso from Turn 8 all the way through the Acque Minerali bends.
But Alonso refused to be cowed by his illustrious rival, and hung on to win by 0.215s, securing a legendary victory through sheer resilience over F1's undisputed king. It was a symbolic moment as much as anything: Schumacher's run of championship wins was over, while Alonso's was just about to begin.
Fernando Alonso fights Michael Schumacher at San Marino 2005
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.from-suzuka-to-san-marino-ranking-alonsos-best-renault-wins-from-10-1-ahead.1ZekTTxQMfSGtagQMCejs8.html
2021-01-14
FEATURE
From Suzuka to San Marino – Ranking Alonso's best Renault wins from 10-1 ahead of his F1 return
Staff writer
Samarth Kanal
With two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso making a welcome return to the sport with Alpine – formerly Renault – this season after two years out of Grand Prix racing, we thought it was the perfect time to rank the Spaniard's top 10 Renault wins. See what you think of our list, and vote for your favourite Alonso Renault victory in the poll below...
WATCH: 10 Great moments from Alonso's previous stints with Renault
10. 2006 Japanese Grand Prix
Suzuka hosted the penultimate round of 2006 and Felipe Massa was on pole in a Ferrari 1-2 ahead of Michael Schumacher, while Alonso was fifth on the grid and level on points with Schumacher in the championship.
The Toyota of Ralf Schumacher – who started third – proved to be a stubborn obstacle and Alonso could only pass him on Lap 12 with a brave Turn 1 dive, as the Ferraris consolidated their lead. But the Renault man was waiting to pounce if the leaders faltered.
And falter they did. Massa – who had been passed by Schumacher – was forced to pit early on with a puncture, giving Alonso P2. He then gave chase to Schumacher who retired on Lap 36.
It was a crucial victory, handed to the driver who'd put himself in prime position to capitalise on Ferrari's misfortune – and meant Alonso needed just a single point from the season finale to clinch his second successive world championship, which he duly did at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Wrapped up with a bow: Alonso wins in Japan to take a 10-point lead in the 2006 championship
9. 2006 British Grand Prix
Alonso took a second consecutive pole position at Silverstone, but unlike in 2005 when Juan Pablo Montoya beat him to the win, this time he was determined to keep hold of that lead all the way to finish line.
BUXTON: Alonso's Renault return is romantic – but what legacy will he write?
And so dominant was the Spaniard, he only lost the lead once, to McLaren’s Kimi Raikkonen during a pit stop, before regaining it and closing out the race with victory.
On paper, his fifth win of 2006 seems so simple - pole position, fastest lap and a race win - that the constant pressure Alonso faced from Raikkonen and Michael Schumacher is easy to overlook. Nonetheless it was another thoroughly confident, professional show from Alonso, who was by then the reigning champ, and pushing hard for his second title.
Alonso finally won at his home away from home in 2006
8. 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix
Temperatures of 42.5 degrees Celsius made this scorcher of a race a test of endurance and attrition for all the drivers on the grid.
Alonso, however, kept his cool by taking pole position by an aggregate of 0.455s over Michael Schumacher, after qualifying was run across Saturday and Sunday morning.
Once the race started, Schumacher gave chase in his customarily unflinching manner, keeping tabs on Alonso until Lap 9 when he coasted back to the pits with a hydraulics issue. The Ferrari man would be one of seven retirements that day.
Alonso continued on, with Toyota’s Jarno Trulli doing his best to catch up. But the Renault driver’s lead was insurmountable. A win of over 13 seconds in testing conditions was Alonso's second victory of the season, as the Spaniard laid the foundations for his maiden world championship.
Alonso showed he could handle the heat in this Bahrain scorcher
7. 2006 Canadian Grand Prix
The only driver to qualify under 1m14s that weekend, Alonso beat team mate Giancarlo Fisichella to pole position by a margin of over two-tenths in Canada. Eager to wrestle the lead off Alonso, Fisichella jumped the start as the lights went out and was duly punished.
Alonso soaked up considerable pressure from a prowling Kimi Raikkonen early on, defending at the final chicane masterfully from the McLaren driver on Lap 11 and retaining the lead even as he ran wide at Turn 10. Raikkonen's race was then undone by problems in the pits.
However, Jacques Villeneuve crashed on Lap 58 and Alonso had a Lap 64 Safety Car restart to contend with. But in typically unflustered style the Renault driver dealt with that calmly, winning far more comfortably than his 2.1 second margin over Michael Schumacher implies.
Alonso missed out to Kimi Raikkonen in 2005 at Montreal but made no mistake in 2006
6. 2005 French Grand Prix
Since 2001, the Schumacher brothers had cleaned up at the French Grand Prix, with Michael winning three times and Ralf once - so it would take something special to usurp them at Magny-Cours in 2005.
That something special was Alonso in the Renault R25.
READ MORE: How the Renault R25 finally ended Ferrari's dominance and delivered Alonso's first title
Taking pole over Toyota’s Jarno Trulli by a tenth, Alonso leapt away at the start, watching the ever-more-distant sight of Trulli and Michael Schumacher sparring in his mirrors while Kimi Raikkonen was left recovering from the back thanks to an engine failure in practice. Consecutive fastest laps followed, and Alonso was so dominant that Sunday in July that he lapped everyone bar eventual podium finishers Schumacher and Raikkonen.
Renault had their first home win in 12 years thanks to the supreme Spaniard.
Alonso delivered a first Renault home win since Alain Prost's 1993 triumph at Magny-Cours
5. 2006 Monaco Grand Prix
Best remembered for qualifying drama that saw Michael Schumacher come to a controversial halt at Rascasse, thus preventing his rivals from beating him to pole position, the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix was also Alonso’s first win in the Principality.
Fastest in practice, Alonso was handed pole position after Schumacher was relegated to the back of the grid for his suspicious qualifying stoppage; closest rival Kimi Raikkonen had not been able to match the Spaniard in Q3.
In the race, Raikkonen retired while Schumacher made a spirited recovery from last to fifth, but out in front Renault’s champion-to-be built up a dominant 14.5 second gap over McLaren’s Juan Pablo Montoya for a maiden Monaco triumph.
Monaco 2006 - Schumacher penalised in qualifying and Alonso wins
4. 2006 Spanish Grand Prix
An authoritative win delivered in front of his home fans: Alonso claimed pole position over team mate Giancarlo Fisichella on Saturday in Barcelona, then dashed off the line once the lights went out on Sunday.
Within four laps, Alonso had a four-second lead but there was a looming threat as Michael Schumacher turned on the afterburners in an attempt to catch him. The Ferrari driver pitted on Lap 23 and emerged second – about 11 seconds off the Spaniard.
But Alonso, seemingly untroubled by the Ferrari, built his lead to 13 seconds and stopped again on Lap 40 – six laps before Schumacher – to go on to win by a stunning 18.5 seconds, to the delight of his adoring fans who had packed out the grandstands.
Alonso would have to wait until 2013 for another Spanish GP victory
3. 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix
Alonso arrived in Hungary that weekend still looking for his first ever F1 win. But he started as he meant to go on, by securing pole position by over 0.25 seconds from Ralf Schumacher in second, to become the youngest pole-sitter the sport had ever seen.
Alonso’s majestic start - on the cleaner side of the grid - saw him enter Turn 1 untroubled with the Jaguar of Mark Webber far behind.
The Renault driver had a 21-second lead by Lap 14, when he stopped and emerged in P2 behind McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen. When Raikkonen pitted, the lead was returned to Alonso and he continued with blistering pace.
Alonso even lapped champion-elect Michael Schumacher on his way to a brilliant maiden win – 16.7 seconds separating the Renault driver and runner-up Raikkonen at the finish.
At just 22 years and 26 days old, Alonso became, at the time, the youngest ever Grand Prix winner – and there was much more to come...
Classic Hungary: 2003 Alonso vs Schumacher
2. 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix
Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso went head-to-head to open the 2006 Formula 1 season with a duel in the desert. Schumacher took pole ahead of team mate Felipe Massa, while Jenson Button put his Honda third – one place ahead of Alonso – on the grid.
On Lap 1, Alonso shot up to P2 but Schumacher began to pull away and the race was very nearly over for the Spaniard when a spinning Massa nearly took him out at the first corner.
The Renault driver decided to stay out longer than Ferrari’s leader – a strategy that seemed to be paying off as, after the first stops, Schumacher’s lead stabilised.
The second set of stops were crucial as Alonso again pitted four laps after Schumacher and emerged side-by-side with the Ferrari, holding the German off through Turn 1. Schumacher gave chase but Alonso’s pace was superior. He hung on to win this brilliant Bahrain bout by just 1.2 seconds.
F1 Vault: Alonso and Schumacher fight to the finish in Sakhir, 2006
1. 2005 San Marino Grand Prix
Never count Michael Schumacher out, even if he does start the race 13th and get stuck in a ‘Trulli Train’.
When pole-sitter Kimi Raikkonen retired from the race at Imola on Lap 9, it seemed that Alonso - who started from second on the grid - would breeze to victory.
But Schumacher's speed was threatening throughout and he was in P3 by the time he stopped on Lap 27. He had the pace to win.
Alonso pitted on Lap 42, Schumacher on Lap 49, to set up one of Formula 1's most nail-biting finishes ever, as the pair found themselves separated by just 1.5 seconds after their stops.
The Renault was just in front of the Ferrari and there was no mercy from Schumacher towards the young pretender to his throne. That was evident in the way Schumacher hounded and harried Alonso from Turn 8 all the way through the Acque Minerali bends.
But Alonso refused to be cowed by his illustrious rival, and hung on to win by 0.215s, securing a legendary victory through sheer resilience over F1's undisputed king. It was a symbolic moment as much as anything: Schumacher's run of championship wins was over, while Alonso's was just about to begin.
Fernando Alonso fights Michael Schumacher at San Marino 2005
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.from-suzuka-to-san-marino-ranking-alonsos-best-renault-wins-from-10-1-ahead.1ZekTTxQMfSGtagQMCejs8.html
2021-01-14
The A521 will compete in Formula 1 in 2021 and its black colour pays homage to the 1975 A500 F1 prototype. The livery is temporary, as Alpine immediately announced that this is not the official livery for 2021. That will only be announced later this year, before the start of the season.
https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/76525/alonso-and-ocon-very-happy-with-new-livery-can-t-wait-to-drive-it.html
The 2021 car will remain predominantly black, but there are blue accents, in the French flag that is visible on the car. The model shown at the online presentation is an interim model. At the start of the new season, the official colour scheme will be announced.
https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/76518/new-alpine-f1-team-shows-new-livery-french-flag-clearly-returns.html
2021-01-14
The A521 will compete in Formula 1 in 2021 and its black colour pays homage to the 1975 A500 F1 prototype. The livery is temporary, as Alpine immediately announced that this is not the official livery for 2021. That will only be announced later this year, before the start of the season.
https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/76525/alonso-and-ocon-very-happy-with-new-livery-can-t-wait-to-drive-it.html
The 2021 car will remain predominantly black, but there are blue accents, in the French flag that is visible on the car. The model shown at the online presentation is an interim model. At the start of the new season, the official colour scheme will be announced.
https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/76518/new-alpine-f1-team-shows-new-livery-french-flag-clearly-returns.html
2021-01-18
the failure of Renault's long-term plans; a podium in 2018 and a role as a serious contender for the constructors' title in 2020. However, the team could not fulfil these ambitions, Barretto knows: "The team, led by Abiteboul, missed out on both those by quite some way. Their first podiums didn’t come until 2020 – albeit they managed three of them – and they are quite some way from becoming title challengers.”
2021-01-18
the failure of Renault's long-term plans; a podium in 2018 and a role as a serious contender for the constructors' title in 2020. However, the team could not fulfil these ambitions, Barretto knows: "The team, led by Abiteboul, missed out on both those by quite some way. Their first podiums didn’t come until 2020 – albeit they managed three of them – and they are quite some way from becoming title challengers.”
2021-01-17
"Alpine F1 Team is delighted to confirm Davide Brivio will strengthen its team ahead of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship season," a team statement read.
"His specific role and responsibilities will be announced in the coming weeks. He will report to the Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi.
https://www.crash.net/f1/news/950598/1/exsuzuki-motogp-boss-brivio-joins-alpine-f1-team-racing-director
However, it is Alpine’s decision to think outside the box with its choice of Davide Brivio as team manager has the potential to be a sharper weapon in its armoury than even the razor-slick Alonso.
The significance of Brivio’s appointment to you will be determined by whether you follow MotoGP or not, but beyond the relative coup in of a middling F1 team luring someone better used to managing a project on two-wheels, the French outfit has bagged a good one.
Can Davide Brivio ‘do a Suzuki’ with Alpine?
Here’s a refresher for those at the back who have never come across Davide Brivio’s modern-day achievements.
If you’re a regular visitor to Crash.net it won’t have escaped your notice Suzuki wrapped up the 2020 MotoGP World Championship, a result that while not quite ‘Leicester FC’ in terms of an upset was still an upending of the pre-season predictions equivalent to that of, well, Alpine winning in the F1 title in 2021.
Indeed, the potential parallels between the Suzuki and Alpine projects won’t have escaped Brivio’s notice after he ensured his legacy in MotoGP by transforming the Japanese firm from a mid-grid outfit to an ‘on its day giant-killer’ and through to fully-fledged championship winners.
Moreover, while he may not be front and centre of Suzuki publicity profile, he is widely considered to be the critical figure in driving the team’s trajectory to the top since he was installed as manager for the firm’s return to MotoGP in 2015. Indeed, much like Alpine, Suzuki are of course factory-backed but, again, like Alpine doesn’t operate to the same big-budget afforded by Mercedes and Ferrari.
And yet, working to within these confines, Brivio channelled Suzuki into a core, efficient set-up by eschewing the trend of splitting resources across two teams (Suzuki is one of only two manufacturers not to have a satellite effort), fostering a co-operative environment between team-mates and working hard to smoothing relations between the purse-string wielding ‘suits’ and those on the ‘shop floor’.
To emphasise this point it’s worth noting Suzuki is widely-known to have a very low employee turnover rate.
He’s also been a big factor in changing a perception in MotoGP that ‘experience’ is better, instead often overlooking big names that have traditionally brought knowledge but with it a singular steer on bike development, in favour of young up-and-comers that can more freely blend their fledgling style with the bike.
Before his achievements at Suzuki, Brivio was also the mastermind behind several of Yamaha’s titles during the 2000s and is considered one of the most affable and smartest team leaders of recent years.
What Davide Brivio can bring to Alpine F1
So how does this apply to Alpine? While he might find Alonso doesn’t quite fit this mould of youth promotion - and the Spaniard’s relationship with managers in the past has been mixed - Brivio is no stranger of working with larger than life personalities having been credited as the man who convinced Valentino Rossi to make his career-defining switch from Honda to Yamaha, another team that at the time had slipped down the MotoGP hierarchy.
Brivio’s appointment spells the end of Cyril Abiteboul’s modestly successful stint as team manager at Renault. A firm favourite among Renault management, Abiteboul’s F1 credentials will perhaps remember him as being unable to progress the team at a rapid enough rate..
Indeed, while it’s clear the current format of F1 means it takes a disproportionately long time to turn an F1 team around - and remember Renault was picking up from the cash-strapped Lotus outfit - but even then a couple of podiums in 2020 wasn’t the return ultimately expected by now.
If Abiteboul’s ongoing presence through slow progress arguably showed a lack of imagination from Renault, then Brivio is a fascinating punt outside the box that will perfectly measure the challenges faced as a manager between F1 and MotoGP.
Indeed, F1 still represents a huge step for Brivio. The paddock atmosphere is more flamboyant and the characters bolshier in MotoGP than F1, but of all the figures in holding management positions in MotoGP, Brivio is arguably the one most likely to make the transition successfully.
However, if we do need an example, look to Massimo Rivola who held lofty positions in various F1 teams, including Minardi and its Scuderia Toro Rosso predecessor, then Ferrari as its Sporting Director before becoming head of the Aprilia MotoGP project. For now, Aprilia’s progress has been meagre to date but 2021 will better demonstrate whether he is able to pull the team up the grid.
As for Brivio, with Alpine perhaps the best-placed outfit to make the biggest gains in the next couple of years based on budget and where to focus its strategy in light of regulations, the Italian’s management style might end up being worth the extra few tenths it needs to haul the team into regular podium and potentially race win territory.
Flip the scenario over, we will soon see if Suzuki - who won’t replace Brivio directly - suffer without him as it begins the defence of its titles...
2021-01-17
"Alpine F1 Team is delighted to confirm Davide Brivio will strengthen its team ahead of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship season," a team statement read.
"His specific role and responsibilities will be announced in the coming weeks. He will report to the Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi.
https://www.crash.net/f1/news/950598/1/exsuzuki-motogp-boss-brivio-joins-alpine-f1-team-racing-director
However, it is Alpine’s decision to think outside the box with its choice of Davide Brivio as team manager has the potential to be a sharper weapon in its armoury than even the razor-slick Alonso.
The significance of Brivio’s appointment to you will be determined by whether you follow MotoGP or not, but beyond the relative coup in of a middling F1 team luring someone better used to managing a project on two-wheels, the French outfit has bagged a good one.
Can Davide Brivio ‘do a Suzuki’ with Alpine?
Here’s a refresher for those at the back who have never come across Davide Brivio’s modern-day achievements.
If you’re a regular visitor to Crash.net it won’t have escaped your notice Suzuki wrapped up the 2020 MotoGP World Championship, a result that while not quite ‘Leicester FC’ in terms of an upset was still an upending of the pre-season predictions equivalent to that of, well, Alpine winning in the F1 title in 2021.
Indeed, the potential parallels between the Suzuki and Alpine projects won’t have escaped Brivio’s notice after he ensured his legacy in MotoGP by transforming the Japanese firm from a mid-grid outfit to an ‘on its day giant-killer’ and through to fully-fledged championship winners.
Moreover, while he may not be front and centre of Suzuki publicity profile, he is widely considered to be the critical figure in driving the team’s trajectory to the top since he was installed as manager for the firm’s return to MotoGP in 2015. Indeed, much like Alpine, Suzuki are of course factory-backed but, again, like Alpine doesn’t operate to the same big-budget afforded by Mercedes and Ferrari.
And yet, working to within these confines, Brivio channelled Suzuki into a core, efficient set-up by eschewing the trend of splitting resources across two teams (Suzuki is one of only two manufacturers not to have a satellite effort), fostering a co-operative environment between team-mates and working hard to smoothing relations between the purse-string wielding ‘suits’ and those on the ‘shop floor’.
To emphasise this point it’s worth noting Suzuki is widely-known to have a very low employee turnover rate.
He’s also been a big factor in changing a perception in MotoGP that ‘experience’ is better, instead often overlooking big names that have traditionally brought knowledge but with it a singular steer on bike development, in favour of young up-and-comers that can more freely blend their fledgling style with the bike.
Before his achievements at Suzuki, Brivio was also the mastermind behind several of Yamaha’s titles during the 2000s and is considered one of the most affable and smartest team leaders of recent years.
What Davide Brivio can bring to Alpine F1
So how does this apply to Alpine? While he might find Alonso doesn’t quite fit this mould of youth promotion - and the Spaniard’s relationship with managers in the past has been mixed - Brivio is no stranger of working with larger than life personalities having been credited as the man who convinced Valentino Rossi to make his career-defining switch from Honda to Yamaha, another team that at the time had slipped down the MotoGP hierarchy.
Brivio’s appointment spells the end of Cyril Abiteboul’s modestly successful stint as team manager at Renault. A firm favourite among Renault management, Abiteboul’s F1 credentials will perhaps remember him as being unable to progress the team at a rapid enough rate..
Indeed, while it’s clear the current format of F1 means it takes a disproportionately long time to turn an F1 team around - and remember Renault was picking up from the cash-strapped Lotus outfit - but even then a couple of podiums in 2020 wasn’t the return ultimately expected by now.
If Abiteboul’s ongoing presence through slow progress arguably showed a lack of imagination from Renault, then Brivio is a fascinating punt outside the box that will perfectly measure the challenges faced as a manager between F1 and MotoGP.
Indeed, F1 still represents a huge step for Brivio. The paddock atmosphere is more flamboyant and the characters bolshier in MotoGP than F1, but of all the figures in holding management positions in MotoGP, Brivio is arguably the one most likely to make the transition successfully.
However, if we do need an example, look to Massimo Rivola who held lofty positions in various F1 teams, including Minardi and its Scuderia Toro Rosso predecessor, then Ferrari as its Sporting Director before becoming head of the Aprilia MotoGP project. For now, Aprilia’s progress has been meagre to date but 2021 will better demonstrate whether he is able to pull the team up the grid.
As for Brivio, with Alpine perhaps the best-placed outfit to make the biggest gains in the next couple of years based on budget and where to focus its strategy in light of regulations, the Italian’s management style might end up being worth the extra few tenths it needs to haul the team into regular podium and potentially race win territory.
Flip the scenario over, we will soon see if Suzuki - who won’t replace Brivio directly - suffer without him as it begins the defence of its titles...
2021-01-18
Technical Head Pat Fry says in conversation with Motorsport.com: "He's been obviously in the simulator, and a lot of these things are about trying to get familiar with some even simple things. It sounds simple, but you need to learn how to drive the power unit these days. Even the same powerunit, in a different car, it's completely different in how we set things up."
"So there's a lot of learning that he needs to get on and do there," Fry continued. "With only three days of testing and then straight off to [the first race] you've got to do everything you can to try and embed the drivers in the team, not just in terms of how to drive the car, but also to understand the people and get used to how we work."
https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/76727/challenge-for-alonso-you-need-to-learn-how-to-drive-the-power-unit-these-days.html
2021-01-18
Technical Head Pat Fry says in conversation with Motorsport.com: "He's been obviously in the simulator, and a lot of these things are about trying to get familiar with some even simple things. It sounds simple, but you need to learn how to drive the power unit these days. Even the same powerunit, in a different car, it's completely different in how we set things up."
"So there's a lot of learning that he needs to get on and do there," Fry continued. "With only three days of testing and then straight off to [the first race] you've got to do everything you can to try and embed the drivers in the team, not just in terms of how to drive the car, but also to understand the people and get used to how we work."
https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/76727/challenge-for-alonso-you-need-to-learn-how-to-drive-the-power-unit-these-days.html
“Esteban will better understand the team and the car,” said the Russian driver. “I do not expect him to be completely in Alonso’s shadow.
“It seems to me that it will be very difficult for Fernando to immediately be at the level at which Daniel left his car. Fernando will have a lot of expectations for the team but the team will also have high expectations for him to immediately start the season as competitive as possible.
“I think, at least initially, the fight between Alonso and Ocon will be very close,” Sirotkin added.
“Getting on the podium helped Esteban a lot – in Abu Dhabi, it was noticeable that he seemed to have dropped a load from his shoulders, and that’s very important in racing. When you are tight, tense, you lose,” he said.
https://grandpx.news/ocon-alonso-battle-will-be-very-close-sirotkin/
“Esteban will better understand the team and the car,” said the Russian driver. “I do not expect him to be completely in Alonso’s shadow.
“It seems to me that it will be very difficult for Fernando to immediately be at the level at which Daniel left his car. Fernando will have a lot of expectations for the team but the team will also have high expectations for him to immediately start the season as competitive as possible.
“I think, at least initially, the fight between Alonso and Ocon will be very close,” Sirotkin added.
“Getting on the podium helped Esteban a lot – in Abu Dhabi, it was noticeable that he seemed to have dropped a load from his shoulders, and that’s very important in racing. When you are tight, tense, you lose,” he said.
https://grandpx.news/ocon-alonso-battle-will-be-very-close-sirotkin/
2021-01-21
Championship titles and victories aside, their careers have shared some curious parallels in terms of making eerily-similar career moves - which Sainz simply describes as “coincidences”. And the new Ferrari man is quick to distance himself from any comparisons to a driver he so greatly admires.
“It’s tricky because I’ve already been in Renault but I didn’t get the two world championships,” Sainz quipped when asked by Crash.net how much he would like to emulate Alonso’s levels of success now he has the tools to show he can be one of the best in the world.
“I think careers are always impossible to compare, because you don’t join the teams at the same time, it’s completely different timeframes, completely different rivals, everything.
“But what I know is that one day I want to fight for a world championship and I want to get myself into that position as quickly as possible and as early as possible, because I feel ready for the challenge.
“He’s been an extremely strong driver but there’s never going to be another Fernando Alonso. He was the first one, the pioneer in many ways, and I’m just trying to do my own career, my own way of doing things, of seeing things, of driving and I’ll see where that gets me.”
2021-01-21
Championship titles and victories aside, their careers have shared some curious parallels in terms of making eerily-similar career moves - which Sainz simply describes as “coincidences”. And the new Ferrari man is quick to distance himself from any comparisons to a driver he so greatly admires.
“It’s tricky because I’ve already been in Renault but I didn’t get the two world championships,” Sainz quipped when asked by Crash.net how much he would like to emulate Alonso’s levels of success now he has the tools to show he can be one of the best in the world.
“I think careers are always impossible to compare, because you don’t join the teams at the same time, it’s completely different timeframes, completely different rivals, everything.
“But what I know is that one day I want to fight for a world championship and I want to get myself into that position as quickly as possible and as early as possible, because I feel ready for the challenge.
“He’s been an extremely strong driver but there’s never going to be another Fernando Alonso. He was the first one, the pioneer in many ways, and I’m just trying to do my own career, my own way of doing things, of seeing things, of driving and I’ll see where that gets me.”
2021-01-22
Appearing on the WTF1 podcast alongside his Daytona team-mate Rubens Barrichello and Tony Kanaan, who is driving another WTF1 car in the GT class, Alonso was adamant he hadn’t tried any mind games until the season three Monaco round.
“It was the case in Monaco actually, not in the other places, but in Monaco – yes,” he said.
He explained that he had worked out while using the practice server that no one else was within 3s of his lap times, which made him think “this is not possible”, and then became aware that his rivals were watching his driving for tips, so decided to try to mislead them.
“So I was doing the first sector fast and the second sector slow and things like that,” said Alonso.
“I knew, because I had some calls, that people were watching my onboard when I was on track. So they’d stopped, they were on the pitlane.
“I noticed that because I was going on track and there were like 20 cars working and then when I was on track there were like three cars on track and 17 on the pitlane.
“I knew that they were watching. So I was doing funny things and strange lines.”
Alonso duly crushed the field from pole in the first Monaco race.
But that was where his winning run ended, as he got caught up in multiple incidents in the reversed-grid leg – including one that sent him briefly upside down – and could only reach third as Andy Priaulx claimed victory.
https://the-race.com/esports/alonso-admits-to-his-legends-trophy-mind-games/
2021-01-22
Appearing on the WTF1 podcast alongside his Daytona team-mate Rubens Barrichello and Tony Kanaan, who is driving another WTF1 car in the GT class, Alonso was adamant he hadn’t tried any mind games until the season three Monaco round.
“It was the case in Monaco actually, not in the other places, but in Monaco – yes,” he said.
He explained that he had worked out while using the practice server that no one else was within 3s of his lap times, which made him think “this is not possible”, and then became aware that his rivals were watching his driving for tips, so decided to try to mislead them.
“So I was doing the first sector fast and the second sector slow and things like that,” said Alonso.
“I knew, because I had some calls, that people were watching my onboard when I was on track. So they’d stopped, they were on the pitlane.
“I noticed that because I was going on track and there were like 20 cars working and then when I was on track there were like three cars on track and 17 on the pitlane.
“I knew that they were watching. So I was doing funny things and strange lines.”
Alonso duly crushed the field from pole in the first Monaco race.
But that was where his winning run ended, as he got caught up in multiple incidents in the reversed-grid leg – including one that sent him briefly upside down – and could only reach third as Andy Priaulx claimed victory.
https://the-race.com/esports/alonso-admits-to-his-legends-trophy-mind-games/
2021-01-23
“It’s difficult to compare times, difficult to compare drivers in the same time because you need to have all the things and all the ingredients together to have a fair answer,” said Alonso when appearing on the WTF1 podcast.
“It’s true that having the same car and the same team in one year, that is a good opportunity to compare drivers and the final score was 109-109 in terms of points. So that’s already one answer.
“It’s true that the people say it was his rookie year and it was not my rookie year. At the same time I can say it was a change to Bridgestone, like a GP2 tyre of that time, compared to the Michelin and the Bridgestone that we were running in the past.
“My first three or four races and all my winter testing was very compromised for this tyre and I had to re-adapt a lot of things on my style.
“It never got public that thing, because it’s not of interest to the public. But his rookie year, true the Bridgestone tyre changed that year.
“Luck factor is also an important thing. Lewis had the pit-lane entry in Shanghai at the penultimate race, that was a bad moment for him. I had two issues with the gearbox, starting 10th in two races. I had one of the most unfair penalties in Hungary with the pit-lane block, it was pole at that time, and from pole position you start 10th in Hungary.
“Then if you lose the Championship for one point, that hurts when it’s something like that.
“So 109-109 I’m happy, and I see now Lewis’ success, and in Formula 1 it is difficult to compare Michael [Schumacher], Lewis, [Ayrton] Senna. They have all been great in different eras and a lot of victories, but for sure you need a car and a package that Lewis has at the moment and he’s delivering.”
https://www.planetf1.com/news/fernando-alonso-lewis-hamilton-compared/
2021-01-23
“It’s difficult to compare times, difficult to compare drivers in the same time because you need to have all the things and all the ingredients together to have a fair answer,” said Alonso when appearing on the WTF1 podcast.
“It’s true that having the same car and the same team in one year, that is a good opportunity to compare drivers and the final score was 109-109 in terms of points. So that’s already one answer.
“It’s true that the people say it was his rookie year and it was not my rookie year. At the same time I can say it was a change to Bridgestone, like a GP2 tyre of that time, compared to the Michelin and the Bridgestone that we were running in the past.
“My first three or four races and all my winter testing was very compromised for this tyre and I had to re-adapt a lot of things on my style.
“It never got public that thing, because it’s not of interest to the public. But his rookie year, true the Bridgestone tyre changed that year.
“Luck factor is also an important thing. Lewis had the pit-lane entry in Shanghai at the penultimate race, that was a bad moment for him. I had two issues with the gearbox, starting 10th in two races. I had one of the most unfair penalties in Hungary with the pit-lane block, it was pole at that time, and from pole position you start 10th in Hungary.
“Then if you lose the Championship for one point, that hurts when it’s something like that.
“So 109-109 I’m happy, and I see now Lewis’ success, and in Formula 1 it is difficult to compare Michael [Schumacher], Lewis, [Ayrton] Senna. They have all been great in different eras and a lot of victories, but for sure you need a car and a package that Lewis has at the moment and he’s delivering.”
https://www.planetf1.com/news/fernando-alonso-lewis-hamilton-compared/
2021-01-24
“I think Fernando is capable of being ready from the beginning,” said Ocon, quoted by the Spanish version of Motorsport.com.
“He has done a lot of test work, which will help him in that regard. I think with all his experience, even though he has been away for two years and driving here and there, he is always fit and seems to be 20. I think he will be ready from the start.”
“Of course, I want to be competitive,” said Ocon. “I want to start where I finished last year, which is at a great level compared to how I started.
“I’ve worked with the team and now I know what to expect, and they know what I need. So I will be much more prepared. That is clear.
“Fernando will be a tough opponent. I will give everything I have to fight with him. But in the end, we are competing for the team and we need to score as many points as we can between the two of us. But yes, I will push on.”
https://www.planetf1.com/news/esteban-ocon-fernando-alonso-young/
Zhou is only too happy with the arrival of the two-time world champion and even calls the joint testing in Abu Dhabi invaluable. "He gave me a lot of tips. Not just in driving, it's more how you set up the car, how you manage the development of your battery during a long race, how you make a car perform better in qualifying." We'll see how far Zhou will go.
https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/77047/alonso-invaluable-to-zhou-he-gave-me-a-lot-of-tips.html
2021-01-24
“I think Fernando is capable of being ready from the beginning,” said Ocon, quoted by the Spanish version of Motorsport.com.
“He has done a lot of test work, which will help him in that regard. I think with all his experience, even though he has been away for two years and driving here and there, he is always fit and seems to be 20. I think he will be ready from the start.”
“Of course, I want to be competitive,” said Ocon. “I want to start where I finished last year, which is at a great level compared to how I started.
“I’ve worked with the team and now I know what to expect, and they know what I need. So I will be much more prepared. That is clear.
“Fernando will be a tough opponent. I will give everything I have to fight with him. But in the end, we are competing for the team and we need to score as many points as we can between the two of us. But yes, I will push on.”
https://www.planetf1.com/news/esteban-ocon-fernando-alonso-young/
Zhou is only too happy with the arrival of the two-time world champion and even calls the joint testing in Abu Dhabi invaluable. "He gave me a lot of tips. Not just in driving, it's more how you set up the car, how you manage the development of your battery during a long race, how you make a car perform better in qualifying." We'll see how far Zhou will go.
https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/77047/alonso-invaluable-to-zhou-he-gave-me-a-lot-of-tips.html
2021-01-28
Alonso pays tribute to Adrian Campos, after F2 team owner's sudden passing
“One of the saddest days for the motorsport family,” said Alonso on social media. “Thank you for believing in young people. Rest in peace.”
2021-01-28
Alonso pays tribute to Adrian Campos, after F2 team owner's sudden passing
“One of the saddest days for the motorsport family,” said Alonso on social media. “Thank you for believing in young people. Rest in peace.”
2021-01-28
“Fernando is someone I really respect as a driver, I have so much respect for what he has done,” he told Sky Sports.
“When I was watching Michael and him fighting he was the person giving me the motivation to be where I am today.”
“He has been practicing, coming to a very strong level straight away,” said the Frenchman.
“He will be a very strong opponent so I’ll definitely going to fight hard.
“I know what I have to face and I know I’ll be sarting stronger than last year.
“I am definitely ready for the challenge but he will also be ready straight away, I know that.”
https://www.planetf1.com/news/esteban-ocon-inspired-fernando-alonso/
2021-01-28
“Fernando is someone I really respect as a driver, I have so much respect for what he has done,” he told Sky Sports.
“When I was watching Michael and him fighting he was the person giving me the motivation to be where I am today.”
“He has been practicing, coming to a very strong level straight away,” said the Frenchman.
“He will be a very strong opponent so I’ll definitely going to fight hard.
“I know what I have to face and I know I’ll be sarting stronger than last year.
“I am definitely ready for the challenge but he will also be ready straight away, I know that.”
https://www.planetf1.com/news/esteban-ocon-inspired-fernando-alonso/
2021-01-29
Speaking to Italy’s RaiSport, the Alpine driver said: “A World Champion at home would have increased the pressure.
“But, after five years, it became clear that Seb couldn’t be the saviour, that Leclerc has more potential.”
Handed a long-term deal by Ferrari, the Monégasque driver has a new team-mate this season in Carlos Sainz.
“Sainz must have seemed like the right driver to accompany Charles,” Alonso said of his compatriot’s new job.
https://www.planetf1.com/news/fernando-alonso-sebastian-vettel-ferrari-saviour/
2021-01-29
Speaking to Italy’s RaiSport, the Alpine driver said: “A World Champion at home would have increased the pressure.
“But, after five years, it became clear that Seb couldn’t be the saviour, that Leclerc has more potential.”
Handed a long-term deal by Ferrari, the Monégasque driver has a new team-mate this season in Carlos Sainz.
“Sainz must have seemed like the right driver to accompany Charles,” Alonso said of his compatriot’s new job.
https://www.planetf1.com/news/fernando-alonso-sebastian-vettel-ferrari-saviour/
2021-01-28
“He loves to race," said Brown. "He is one of those rare breeds that is motivated as ever and I look at him as someone who is going to be a very worthy competitor to race against this year.”
“I’m very happy for Fernando. I consider him a friend of McLaren and a very good personal friend of mine.
"I wish we would have had more success together on track because he is an outstanding racer but we have had outstanding times together and I am happy for him."
2021-01-28
“He loves to race," said Brown. "He is one of those rare breeds that is motivated as ever and I look at him as someone who is going to be a very worthy competitor to race against this year.”
“I’m very happy for Fernando. I consider him a friend of McLaren and a very good personal friend of mine.
"I wish we would have had more success together on track because he is an outstanding racer but we have had outstanding times together and I am happy for him."
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