Fernando Alonso and max verstappen they share tastes and admire each other. The two two-time champions share the speed and the talent and the track, and friendship outside her.
The proof of this is in what happened at the Monaco Grand Prix from Thursday to Sunday.
Thursday: Verstappen praises Fernando Alonso
In the preview, Alonso’s praise for the Dutchman was passed, and Max’s confession last Thursday when he was asked about the 33: “I hope it arrives soon. I know that Fernando thinks that here he has the opportunity and, honestly, I would love to see him win.”
“Should have won a lot more races and many more titles than it has…Fernando is very good”Max explained.
Saturday: jokes with flowers
the day of the classification both were going to hog all the spotlights on the track, and they did so after Q3, when the Asturian stayed at the gates of the ‘pole’.
With Leclerc as a witness, Alonso and Verstappen held a surreal conversation about one of Alonso’s passions: flowers.
“I love the flowers” dojo Alonso. To which the Dutchman replied: “I also have some plants at home”. The Aston Martin’s reply was pretentious: “I can go in my spare time. We’ll talk tomorrow night, It depends on how aggressive you are in the race.”
On Sunday, impatience with Ocon as a witness
The Dutchman and the Spaniard were eager to leave the conference and go to see the Indianapolis 500, which was to start soon after. While a journalist asked Ocon for the sensations of the Alpine and what the podium would mean for the next appointments.
Suddenly Alonso and Verstappen looked at each other complicitly. The same idea came to mind for both of them: go see the IndyCar.
Max tried to get the press conference to finish asap so he could go watch the Indy500😭 pic.twitter.com/X0v35xZH3x
— Enzo (@Aperta) May 29, 2023
Alonso gestured to Verstappen to hurry upand Max looked at his watch and then went into action saying: “500 start”.
Ocon had not responded and Verstappen hinted that he wanted to leave: “The Clock Is Ticking”. At that moment Ocon began to laugh as he began his presentation. Despite this, Fernando Alonso did not show signs of patience either and asked the organizers: “What time did our run end? Two hours ago”
Both Verstappen and Alonso couldn’t give credit for the time ‘lost’ since the F1 race ended. They wanted to leave as soon as possible to witness one of the most spectacular events in the motor world, the Indianapolis 500.
Thus concluded the Monaco Grand Prix for Alonso and Verstappen. Two rivals on the track, but friends who They praised each other on Thursday, joked on Saturday and shared despair on Sunday After the race.
