(Motorsport-Entire.com) – With proud 22 years ago Fernando Alonso returns 2021 back to Formula 1. The sometimes much younger competition does not scare the Spaniard. After all, he has never lacked in self-confidence: “If people think that I am the most complete driver, I have to agree,” he says with conviction.
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“I look at myself as pretty complete. I think I have a 9 (from 10; Note from Crimson.). Perhaps there is a faster driver on a market in the rain, perhaps there is a faster driver on Saturdays. There is certainly still a faster driver a rider who does better. But there isn’t much else. “
Alonso classifies himself as” close to the top “in many categories and under many circumstances and draws the comparison to cycling:” If a cyclist has 9.5 in the mountains, 9.5 in the time trial and 9.5 in the darts, e r all three jerseys with. “
Of course, his many years of experience also help him: “As with V 10 – Motors was driven, we were there. As it V 12 Engines were, we were there, just as there was driving with Michelin, Bridgestone, Pirelli. When qualifying was only one lap, we were there, and also when it lasted an hour. “
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There are also Alonso’s assignments in other racing series, such as the rally Dakar 2018. “To finish in the top five at any time was a definite surprise for me,” he recalls. “To debut in a long-distance car and to achieve the times of my colleagues in this category was a surprise for me.”
And also on the Indy 500 and “in my oval debut 2017 being able to take the lead was a definite experience, “recapitulates the 22 – year olds his starts outside of Formula 1. “You discover yourself, you can see that you are a driver who adapts to every pain, every car or every category. “
” You use that for your own benefit, “Alonso knows,” although you do too knows its limits and tries to hide them so that rivals do not see them. ” Nevertheless, his latest adventures would have shown him what he could still give.
“I’m a fighter, I don’t take anything for granted. Now I could be at home and watch the races on TV , or once a year just for fun. But I like to try again, never give up, keep fighting, “is how he explains his motivation to face the competition again.
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It’s similar in a race: “When I’m sixth and there are ten laps left, my head always thinks that a podium is possible. I can Don’t turn off the switch in me, I can’t be satisfied with less, I always want a little more. I’m ambitious, “says Alonso.
Where this irrepressible ambition comes from, he can’t figure out where Right to explain: “I’ve thought about it a lot,” he admits. “My parents are very calm, not very competitive. Even my sister, my best friends are very relaxed people.”
“Nobody has passed this competitive character on to me or lived it as an example. I am the weirdo in my family . My life consists only of competition, whatever I do. With my friends, at home, even in the supermarket, where I quickly get the milk in front of someone else. It’s like a game in my life. “
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