At 43 years old Fernando Alonso He’s still as hungry as he was twenty years ago. He wants to win. At all costs. And he’s ready to wait Adrien Newey I can do magic with it Aston Martin. Something that could take between two or three years. And pilots and former pilots are amazed by the Asturian.
Rubens Barrichelloformer Formula 1 driver, said in the official podcast of the competition that what Fernando did is “awesome”.
“How many years has Alonso been racing? Because I was 19 years old, but keep in mind that I had seasons of 14 or maybe 16 races at the beginning, it can no longer be a comparison,” emphasizes the Brazilian.
“What I like about Alonso is that you look at his eyes and he always likes that,” said Rubens.
Also revealed an anecdote about virtual races: “When he was driving we had a little touch and we didn’t know that in the virtual world you had to press a button to enter the pits and get tires and gas, he only stopped for the tires and the circuit is about 20 kilometers, after eight minutes “We ran out of gas.”
“Then we told the organizers to let us come back and they let us come back five laps later. We were able to finish and we were competitive. If you come now and you want this to be your teammate at Aston Martin, would always be ready“, joked the former pilot of the Grand Cirque.
