As stated by himself Fernando Alonsoin Alpine they were going to look at his passport every season at the time of renewal and that lack of confidence in his performance made him decide to change the air to Aston-Martin.
The two-time world champion Formula 1despite the continuous reliability failures on your A522is completing one of the best seasons of his career in terms of performance.
In the paddock, everyone praises the pilot of 41 years… and it is possible that since Alpine They are already regretting having let a direct rival go.
Such is the admiration that the man from Oviedo gives off that one of the ‘bosses’ of Formula 1, toto wolffhas put him as the example in which he should look Lewis Hamilton to continue in the ‘Great Circus’.
Director of Mercedes He has highlighted the level at which he is performing in contrast to those veterans who flee from retirement and tarnish their memory by fans.
“You can see that today’s athletes are overcoming the limits of age“, he explained in statements to ‘Race Fans’.
In fact, he compares Alonso to NFL legend Tom Brady: “For me, Fernando is performing at a very high level. If you look at, for me, the best athlete in the world, Tom Bradyhe’s on fire, he’s getting tackles and throwing a ball and he’s 43 years old.”
“So while (Hamilton) keep taking care of yourself and developing your cognitive sensesI think he has many more years and I am quite sure that this will be the case here in the team”, he settled.
After the controversy of the photos and the different ‘darts’ between Alonso and HamiltonIt remains to be seen how the seven-time champion will take these statements from his boss, putting his ‘archenemy’ as an example.
