If there is an authorized voice in Formula 1 to talk of Fernando Alonso that’s the one Flavio Briatore. The Italian president was practically a father to the current pilot of Aston Martin when he signed for Renault in 2003, dazzled the world in 2004 and was crowned in 2005 and 2006, overthrowing the then king of the ‘Great Circus’, Michael Schumacher.
The now ambassador of F1 returned to the competition at the same time as his pupil to Alpinefinding an even better paradigm than the one he left when he left the category more than a decade ago.
“I came back to F1 two years ago, and F1 now has extraordinary appeal because America is an extraordinary engine, before it was very difficult to enter. F1 is entertainment, we go to the United States and we attract 500,000, 600,000 people,” Briatore told the Italian agency ‘Ansa’.
In addition, he sees the current grid with a higher level than what he saw at the time: “There are some extraordinary and fantastic young drivers, people who now communicate with the media in a different way“.
“There are extraordinary champions like max verstappenWhat hamiltonWhat Russella group of fantastic young people”, he added.
Of course, if there is someone who is surprising you, that is Fernando Alonsowhich according to Briatore, at 41, He’s better than when he was 24.
“There is a less young group like Fernando Alonso, who yesterday I saw weighs 60 kilos, and I have never seen him in such good shape, not even when he was running with me“, he assured.
