Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso is a veteran Formula 1 driver for Aston Martin.
Notable Quotes
"Fast corners have become the 'charging station for the car' as a result of the new rules."View Story →
""With no deployment at all, we cannot forget that this year we have significantly less power than last year and less power than F2. That is the case when you cut the deployment. So, yeah, (a) challenge.""View Story →
"I feel relieved a little bit, feeling that the team understood the weaknesses of the car and this is the first step in the right direction."View Story →
"Probably for me the biggest, or the clearest thing to keep racing is I still feel self-confidence that I have something extra."View Story →
"When I jump in the car, in free practice, I will see some people braking late in a corner, locking up the front tyres here or there, making mistakes there."View Story →
"You only prove to people when you are in the podium or you are on TV."View Story →
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