I disagree with Fernando being toxic. How many drivers in the field share all their podium wins and bonuses with his mechanics and engineers? I dont know any. But Fernando does and he still does it.
I only see people outside of Spain judging him... may be envy or they hate him because he's Spaniard, and you know how people is with Spaniards, they hate us so much for some reason.
@@SweetFlexZ idk where you're getting that from lol. People dont give a shit that he's from spain, the toxic part is from his comments whilst at mclaren
What makes him scary is him determination, no matter what kind of bad car and situation you throw him in, he will always fight with all he get, unlike people such as Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve, who lost their passion and sharpness when they were no longer in fasteest car.
You say this and I immediately remember Baku 2018 when he had 2 punctures and a heavily damaged car after lap 1, but still kept going and finished in the points. What a fighter mentality. Edit: I just read the rest of your comment and have to disagree with the part regarding Hill and Villeneuve
You probably forgot Hill's amazing performance in Hungary in 1997. One of the greatest ever races in an underpowered car. And JV was constantly outperforming average at best cars in 1998 and 1999 at least.
I would dare claiming that Alonso is still "in his prime": consistent, determined, adaptable, intelligent and fast. Those are still abilities he carries wherever he's driving. For me that makes him easily the best driver of the past 20 years (at least) no matter how many titles Hamilton is gonna win. "Fernando is faster than you." should be a rather universal quote. Edit: I wrote this comment before I watchted the video. Should've waited those 13 minutes I guess.
When I watched his races at LeMans and Daytona 24h, i knew he was still as hungry and determined as ever. The magic he does even with a car that wasn't worth his talent was something else.
@@panacheautomotive4298 with statistic you can basically tell whatever you want, if you take the right numbers. Statistics don't matter without a context.
In spanish, an acceptable abbreviation of "Fernando" is "nando" (dropping the "Fer") so if you want to match the syllable count with the original from Eminem's song, you can use "nando" instead of "fernando".
-Driver who beats more seasons his teammates in F1: Alonso 15 -Driver who finished more races ahead his teammates: Alonso -Diver who finished more qualys ahead his teammates: Alonso -Driver who finished more seasons ahead his team: Alonso 11 -Driver who had best performance in Ferrari history in points, wins, poles,podiums and races ahead his teammates: Alonso (68,3%,100%,100%,84,6%,84,3%) -Drivers who had best performances in points ahead his teammates world champions: Clark (66,6%), Alonso 63,4%, Prost 60,1% He is top 3 of all time
Alonso Malaysia 2012 the beast prime ever seen. Absolute beast. 2012 was fernando at the best. About his mclaren time He was denied a 1st driver status at mclaren He told McLaren not to cheat by taking ferrari data they still did Crashgate was Flavio getting too hot And Rubens bottas did so much team mate stuff for Michael and lewis but massa did it once it became headline news. A severe bias against Fernando from media has been the cause of his image. Also in no f1 universe prior to this had a move to ferrari or McLaren considered bad.
Alonso have me all of my best moments of watching F1. I remember my grandad watching F1 alot and remember that Micheal Schumacher won what felt like every single race. Then one day he was shouting at the tele so I joined him (I must of been aroung 9 at the time) and a rookie Alonso was leading the race and pretty sure he won. I didnt watch much F1 after that until the 2008 season with Hamilton. Then when he went to Ferrari. I will always remember how gutted I was when he didnt win the title in 2010 and 2012. Those were great seasons. Alonso is pretty much the only reason I got into F1 and I hope he has a good car next season!
Controversial opinion but I do think that Alonso could have been a 5 time world champion with a bit of luck behind him and a car like Vettel had or Lewis.
I think it is also important to mention that the guy that was top dog was Michael and that Alonso and Renault ended Ferrari and Schumacher's dominance . Not to forget the 130R overtake but brilliant video!
No. I disagree tbf. He was good. But not as good as today’s greats ie ham vet leclerc After this season I think ham will be on 7 titles so he will have equalled shumi. So ham will be best imo
7:03 I have to disagree. Prost's championship in 1986 was won in a car which wasn't the best, same as Schumacher in 1995. Also, it's a pity that people will only remember 1997 for Jerez, but Schumacher that year did pretty much what Alonso did in 2012, by dragging a poor car within a whisker of the championship.
Awesome!! I was looking for this comment about M. Schumacher 👏. '97 was a great driving performance, but for me, it was Schumacher '96 in his first year with the team that emphasised this ability. ( Disclaimer: I stopped watching F1 after 2007; so I didn't watch Alonso '12 ). ( I _really_ like MS retrospectively, but at the time, I actually cheered Damon Hill, Mika Hakkinen, and Alonso against him in their respective drivers' title battles ). Back to MS '96. MS could drive bad cars quickly. And then there was his rain driving 🙌. In 1996, MS, from being a double world champion with Benetton, left for Ferrari. In the same year, Gerhard Berger and Jean Alesi, from Ferrari, went to Benetton-Renault - the World Champion car that MS vacated. So they more-or-less swapped cars.. somewhat... kind of... in a way... kind of sort of. MS beat them both that year in the team they were previously in. Eddie Irvine, his teammate, did not. Check out this link about what said teammate, Irvine, said about the 1996 Ferrari: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n2Yb_KKMPOk.html MS also won 3 races!! Hill's Williams Renault was dominant that year - it won the first 5 races at the hands of either Hill or Villeneuve, and it took the Constructors' title by a margin of 105 points . . in the 10/6/4/3/2/1 points era!! 😲. Great video, Aidas! 👍. I hope F1 goes well for you and all the other F1 fans amidst the uncertainty of all this crisis. I'm sure you're all desperate to see some action again 🤞🙏.
@@LowFatCurrantBun 100% agree with you. I will add that my 2 fav wet weather drives from Schumacher (and there are many to choose from) both came from 1997, in Monaco and Spa. In Spa, he was at times 14 secs (!!!) faster than anyone else on the same tyres, and in Monaco, it was like everyone forgot to tell him it was raining, again around 11secs faster than anyone else. The perfect remedy for his accident a year earlier.
In my opinion I will talk about drivers from year 2000, Hamilton, alonso, Schumacher, Vettel this is sequence, even if alonso has less victories less world championships I still believe he is 2nd best driver behind Lewis and ahead of Schumacher and Vettel from year 2000 till now...if he has accepted the fact in year 2007 that Lewis is as fast was him that year I think story might have different, you can see him still at McLean atleast till 2009 and by the time he has won 2 more world championship, but it's all because of rob Denis alosno felt entire McLean is against him and he started doing strange things any way he is back next year and am happy to see my favourite driver
titles do not reflect Alonso's brilliancy, he definitely deserved 2007 (screwed by his own team), 2010 (screwed by his own team's strategy) and 2012 (unlucky with both Lotus crashing him out in different races respectively). i've never seen any other driver bring out so much out of their car as Alonso does, this guy brings out the MAXIMUM and way more out of his machinery. most common example is all of 2012 season with Ferrari, but u can also see performances like Spain 2017 where he qualified 7th in a circuit that didnt favour McLaren at all (meanwhile Vandoorne didnt even get past Q1. remember that McLaren was easily the worst car in the grid by far, other than Sauber). and theres so many other examples: Hungary 2014, Hungary 2015, Japan 2008, Singapore 2009, Monaco 2016, Malaysia 2012, Australia 2018, Baku 2018... id never end if i had to mention them all. he's an absolutely incredible driver, and you cant really contradict anyone who believes he's the best driver in F1 history, they have many valid arguments to defend that claim people can say whatever they want about Alonso's personality, but Alonso has definitely proven to have a great sense of humour specially when dealing wih his situation in McLaren the last few years. people should wonder how any other driver like Vettel, Ricciardo or Hamilton would've handled that situation (look at Ricciardo in 2018 in a much better car than anything Alonso drove from 2014 onwards lol). still, even if Alonso showed an unfriendly behavior during those years, who could honestly blame him? we're talking about a 2 times world champion, one of the best drivers ever, stuck in a shitbox where he can barely fight for points when he was promised to be in a short-mid term championship winning project. he had all the right to be upset, but despite that, he didnt really show to be upset other than in his team radios, which happen in moments of stress and heat for the drivers the only downside to Alonso's career were his moves to McLaren. not saying his decision making was bad, infact, it was MUCH better than people claim (signing for Benetton in 2001, which then became a championship winning Renault, joining McLaren in 2007 where he had the best car and joining Ferrari in 2010 where he fought for WDC 2 times, these were all great decisions that people seem to either forget or intentionally ignore), its just a shame McLaren ruined his 2007 season when he had the best car, and that the McLaren Honda project turned out to be a complete failure with depressive results... i feel like McLaren did nothing but damage Alonso's career last, im SO glad he's back for a few more years, and i personally have faith in Renault for 2022. heck, even if Renault doesnt make the step to fight for titles, i hope they atleast make a step forward so that Alonso's return can ressemble Kimi's return with Lotus in 2012, so he can fight for podiums regularly and some wins. that'd be the least a driver like Alonso deserves to wrap up his F1 career, he did not deserve to exit the way he did with McLaren
Alonso always made bad cars look good. He squeezed to the last drop out anything a car can give. It'll be good to see him back to F1 again no matter his conflictive character but for his great driving talent.
Great persons often dont get credit for their greatness,cause they 1 think all the great poeple lack is marketing,be it nikola tesla,ramanujan,alonso or anyone else for that matter
Winning back to back titles against one of the best during his time, Schumi, was some of the greatest seasons to watch. The 2012-2013 season with Ferrari was definitely the time he got the most respect from other drivers regarding his racecraft and skills. It would have been better for him to take the Racing Point seat over Renault just to get his third title. I guess his ambitions now are bigger than winning a third championship himself.
You say that but Kimi should have won the 2005 title, never mind Schumacher. Kimi is projected to have won the 2005 when driver misfortune is taken into account. Vettel is projected to have won 2010 by an even bigger margin than he already did and Hamilton is projected to have won 2012, misfortune corrected but, as always, Alonso fanboys like you always pretend that other drivers who are relevant during a given season don't exist. That's why I'm glad Alonso never won a single title after 2006. His fans are insufferable
@@MT-pv2rf Sure, if you account driver errors like Imola or Nurburgring misfortunes. Also, when Alonso won the WDC, Renault stopped being cautious and Kimi's "magical" pace disappeared in China. Alonso could have won Suzuka too without what happened with Klien.
The very best driver on race day, and cant wait to see what he will drag out of the Renault in 2021. Podiums definitely , and a win? Dont count it out !
I've heard many saying he would be at least a 10 times champion by now if he was with Red Bull and Mercedes during their dominance, but really it's impossible to say whether his often disruptive influence on a team would have meant they had that dominance.
I think his real prime was in his last year in Ferrari and McLaren and it´s really sad to see a driver like him dealing with some of the worst cars seen on the track and wasting his best years of carreer.
Brilliant driver .he would squeeze every drop of power from the car and give 110 percent but the problem has been he speaks his mind with teams about poor power of engines
havent watched the video yet, but may i only remind yo how in daytona (yes daytona) he built a 50 second gap twice... or how he took 90 seconds off of pechito lopez in Le Mans 2018..., to me that shows just what a bulldozer of a man this is, extreme rhytm...
Lol. Hilarious comment. Hamilton is better than Alonso. Beat him, as a rookie, made Alonso run away from McLaren, like a coward, and Alonso had to then suffer the humiliation of Hamilton winning the championship in the car that Alonso ran away from. Imagine a rookie doing that to Senna or Schumacher? Well that's exactly what Hamilton did to Alonso.
@@MT-pv2rf The problem I have is, that we have never seen Lewis in a dog car. Maybe you could argue that 2009-2011 the mcl wasn't as good but he hasn't proven that he can win with a lesser car like alonso or vettel. I don't say that lewis is a bad driver but in my eyes he isn't as good as alonso
Hamilton fans often write about 2007. Why they don't write about karting that Robert Kubica beat Lewis there, about Jenson Button that He beat Lewis in McLaren. Lewis for me is very very good but He don't do miracles like Alonso did. Alonso on Spain Grand Prix was starting from 4th position and before 1st corner He was in 1st position (that was 2011 or 2010 season). Hamilton never did these miracles. Alonso can be compared to the best of history, to Senna, to Clark, Alonso is just pure genius.
Fernando never had the best car for an entire season. When you look at how he compared to Kimi as a team mate, it's quite clear the Renault in 2005 was not as good as the Mclaren was (despite reliability issues). I don't say this as a fan of Fernando, I don't particularly like the guy but he's an amazing driver who has made some awful career choices. He is on Hamilton's level.
I have been a fan of Kimi and Seb. But i always felt that both of them were only able to perform best when they had a car that suits their driving style. Both drivers felt kinda struggling when the cars werent built as per their way of driving. Fernanado on the other hand for me atleast is a lot more versatile driver. It seems like he can easily adapt to different machines and bring out the best in the car even if its a shitbox. Dont get me wrong....seb and kimi are still my most fav top 2 drivers in terms of overall perception. But it must be noted that one of the necessary traits in a great driver is to adapt to the machine that you have and bring out the best in it, which i believe alonso has done more than once.
It would have been story that tells how underdog won championship despite not having the car for it. That 2012 Ferrari had pace after few races, thinking what kind of horrible machine it was to drive in pre season tests.
Alonso is a living legend imo. Consistency, race craft and the ability to get every single thing out of a car that has no business been in the positions he gets them in. And his starts are second to none...His the real deal His world championships doesnt really represent him as a driver. Absolute beast... no doubt.
Hamilton's better. Beat him as rookie. After that, Alonso never faced a competitive driver, with parity of support and equipment, in the high pressure environment of a competitive car, ever again. He's been the single biggest beneficiary of teams building everything only around him, to the the absolute detriment of his teammates carers, since Schumacher wrote the book on that in his first career. When he didn't have that against Hamilton he got completely exposed and ran away from being Hamilton's teammate 1 year in to a 3 year contract, only for Hamilton to become the McLaren world champion, in the car that Alonso ran away from.
@@MT-pv2rf as Max Müller said, McLaren's focus was Hamilton. Also as Aldas tells about the 2012 season, he beat Hamilton massively in a much slower car. That kinda should explain to you why he left McLaren so fast. Nobody knows the exact facts of the 2007 season and the numbers don't tell the truth. Aldas did good avoiding talking about it.
@@maxmuller4551 Nope. Alonso, as the reigning 2xWDC, was given preferential treatment from Dennis in the first 5 race weekends but that all changed after the FIA investigated McLaren for taking Hamilton off his pre arranged strategy at the Monaco Grand Prix, in the era when team orders were banned. So, from Canada onwards, Hamilton was given equality, and that's where the problems really started because Alonso could not handle Hamilton beating him in the championship standings at all. Alonso fans are ridiculous. You make me glad that Alonso never won a single title after 2006.
@Matej Z Just stop Hamilton beat Alonso! He had more 2nd place finishes. They use a count back system, whereby, if drivers tie on points, then 1st places, 2nd places, 3rd places etc ate taken into account. How many times do Alonso fanboys need this spelling out to them? They tied 109-109 in points, 4-4 for wins, but Hamilton beat his vastly note experienced teammate because he had more 2nd place finishes, when he was just a rookie! Alonso lost. Get over it. He lost to a rookie version of Hamilton in the same car.
Life doesn't work like that and Alonso is a prime example of this. He won 2 titles at Renault then had the amazing opportunity to win 2 more straight away because he joined McLaren at the perfect time when they were good enough to win in 2007 and 2008. Alonso not only failed to win any titles with McLaren but ran away from a 3 year contract, because he was scared of Hamilton, and then had to suffer the humiliation of Hamilton becoming the McLaren world champion instead of him. Alonso also cost himself the chance to drive for Mercedes in the hybrid era because of his failed blackmail attempt and role in the Spygate Scandal. Your comment is basically what someone who believes in fairy tails would write. Alonso only has 2 world titles for a reason. He is not a victim. Alonso had his chances and completely blew it.
"If he was given a good car", this sport doesn't work that way. While being a fast driver, there is a very good reason why he has only two titles and doesn't deserve any more than that. 2007 he got beaten by Lewis, a rookie at that time and he walked away from multi-year contract with championship winning team. Through out his carreer he has been in a team with more than enough resources to build a winning car, but for some weird reason it has always failed... He and his actions are the ones to blame, not the car he was "given".
Wow, no way? I hate to sound cocky but I usually know a lot of things about F1 that most people seem not to know therefore I can't believe I never knew about this! Thanks for the info!
@@LepKenetmisshe was on his last engine from Singapore... So engine is low tuned for reliability so in Abu Dhabi performance at best was 4th behind button but Ferrari did miscalculation and bring him early they would have pitted him with Lulu and button.. Easy titles gone
Clearly you are too young to not have watched a season like 2002. Or even the year later in 2013. Those 2 seasons are definitely the best performances of a driver we have seen since the year 2000.
@@grimm6jack 2002??? Schumi dominated in one of the most dominant cars in F1 history just like in 2004 - no different to Hamilton in one of the most dominate cars ever for 7 years in a row. You can't compare amazing driver in amazing car (Schumi 2002 & 2004 Ferrari, Hamilton 2014-2020 Mercedes) to the miracles Alonso performed in lesser cars especially 2010-2018.
@@Aurantius_ Well if he's referring to Vettel in 2013 then he's ignorant and clueless about F1. In 2013, Alonso was on his way to having an extremely strong championship and probably winning it. Then as of the British Grand Prix (or the one after maybe), the FIA completely changed the tires that all cars must use which heavily favoured the Red Bull. From then on, Red Bull was on another level. The FIA completely screwed over Alonso & Ferrari in 2013. Watch the season up until the British GP (or the race after, I can't remember).
@@samburti8587 No such miracles... 2010 Ferrari was a good car, not RB level but up there, AND it was more reliable. The reason why Vettel didn't clinch the title sooner. 2012 people judge Ferrari's car based on the first race and testing... Yeah, in those, they were really awful, but after that Ferrari made a huge jump. Domenicali even mentioned in post-season interview that the only problem they had was qualifying, because the car was very reliable (Alonso had 0 mechnical DNFs) and had tremendous race-pace. Even if 2002 was a dominant car, Schumacher won 11 out of 17 races AND was ON THE PODIUM EVERY SINGLE RACE! The achievement done only once in F1. No other driver has ever been on the podium ever since F1 hosts more than 15 tracks per season. You don't realize how crazy that feat is. Even with dominant cars, consistent is really important, and even the 2002 Ferrari which was the most dominant Ferrari ever, is still nowhere near as dominant as Mercedes 2020 and 2014-2015-2016. Shocking isn't it?
On his day Alonso was as good as anyone, his pace was phenomenal and he managed to drag incompetent cars to glory (that 2012 campaign was so good to watch, he really deserved the title) and he's always been one of my favourite drivers to watch
I still think he was all prime all the way to 2018 which was spectacular considering his car. I never saw a period of weakness in Alonso since 2007, which I think was his worst season ever
Alonso in a competitive car would win every championship against every contendant, not even sIR LEwIS would be able to do anything, (demonstrated on hungary 2021 when whith a shitbox held "THe 7 TImES WoRLd cHamPioN" for 10 laps and also when with a shitbox on 2012 almost wins a championship against an absolutly dominant car)
Alonso doesn't get anywhere near enough credit for his 2007 season. In retrospect that was when he proved his (in my opinion, unrivalled) adaptability as a driver. To come within 1 point of the title despite having to completely discard a driving technique he had honed and perfected for at least 4 years was incredible. I honestly think that he and Hamilton were the greatest driver pairing there's ever been in F1.
Alonso continues on his prime, remember indy 500 first time , very close to the top of the race all the time until the engine fail, 24h le Mans 2 wins and remember how fast in the night he was , SimRacing , a few days to know the hardware and starting win again even in The Dakar he doing very well i think
or Daytona 24h. Alonso was sublime in the worst weather Daytona had seen in all its history. The race had to be stopped twice and Alonso had to battle again in terrible conditions. It got so bad that Alonso was pleading for the race to be stopped because cars were aquaplaning left and right. Stunning overtakes that often caught other drivers by surprise. Seeing him there made me realize that he still has so much fire and that intelligence and racecraft was as sharp as ever.
Alonso was the only one that ever gave anyone hope that he could fight Vettel. Watching his fight with the Redbull team is my favorite piece of F1 history that I've witnessed Live.
You are living in a fantasy world as any objective analysis of driver misfortune during the Red Bull years shows that Alonso didn't deserve to win the title any season. Non Alonso fanboys are aware of this, of course, it's just that Alonso fanboys have an unhealthy habit of never acknowledging when other drivers are unlucky. 2010? Alonso actually made the most mistakes of all the title contenders, in a year where they all made mistakes, and Vettel wins the title, by an even bigger margin than he already did, when misfortune is accounted for. Hamilton comes home 2nd with Alonso down in 5th. 2012? This is a year that Hamilton had atrocious luck and should have won the title, ahead of Vettel, with Alonso 3rd. 2012, and McLaren's incompetence, is the reason that Hamilton completely lost faith in the team and made the decision to jump ship to Mercedes, after retiring from the lead of the Singapore GP, but I do love this narrative that everything during that time revolves around Alonso failing to win any championships, in a one man Ferrari team that only supported him. Its hilarious. Last title 2006, 14 years ago.
I think he was still pretty much in his prime when he left F1 in 2018. Overall, he is probably a hero. I think he tried to emulate the #1 driver personality of Schumacher and his idol Senna. And he definitely, undoubtedly was screwed by his own team in 2007.
I used to be a fan of Alonso before supporting Vettel,damn the guy is fast and determined.I still remember the time he edged Kimi in Silverstone 2005 by 0.049 sec.And that brilliant Malaysian GP drive in 2012.Had an average car in the early parts of the season,yet he won 1 race.Of course his car improved,but it takes a legend to take it till the last part,and thats what I admire aboit Alonso.Hes better than Vettel and Hamilton.
@@kevinhanandi Alonso is better because he doesn't crack under pressure. Hamilton frequently cracked when he lost his season to Nico Rosberg. Hamilton often carried those cracks into subsequent race weekends and let his team mate rattle him.
@@maxmuller4551 imo if the bias is because british driver is rubbish, remember that hakkinen is the winning driver in mclaren not coulthard, by the logic of british driver backed, then DC backed and there is no way hakkinen win, but hakkinen did win
Fernando pushes the team more than anyone else because he pushes himself more than anyone else for that reason he has a character that he does not like
Same man. It especially helps that my household have been fans of his from the start, as in early Renault days. I firmly hope alpine sort the engine problems and give this man the car he deserves, he could win a championship in it.
Let’s take a look back at this after the 2021 season. Even still you could argue he is in his prime. The skill he showed, was absolutely masterclass yet again. The battles with Hamilton. The podium? He’s truly one of the best
The only time Alonso and Hamilton drove the *SAME* car, Lewis beat him. So how can you say he's better than HAM in the same car?? Or Vettel for that matter when they never drove the same car?
"Better than hamilton in same car" What did you smoke? When did this happen? They did drive the same car and ROOKIE Lewis beat him. Winning the championship on the following year. You might want to check your facts.
Fast as hell on one lap. Consistency take to the limit in the race. He has humilliated every single partner (except jenson , in a season with too many DNFs, and Hamilton who received all of McLaren s support "we are racing against Fernando", said his very Boss, insane) He has had the worst luck with the Cars. If this was a Sport of pure human talent, Alonso would have win 10 Championships. He is that good. He has no weak spots, except luck. For me, the best driver ever
Thanks for this video. Fernando, for me, was one of two greatest drivers in F1. The first and still possibly the best was Jim Clark, a Scottish sheep farmer, for goodness sake. And of course, Fernando Alonso, whom I watched with undying devotion.
Vettel loved?? Have you seen the comment section of the F1 official youtube channel and their instagram? People do nothing but hate him, calling him a *choker* and spinmaster. They bash him left, right and center and praise Leclerc as Ferrari's new starman.
@Jonathan King Sad, but true. The only drivers everyone seems to love are Kimi, Danny Ric and Lando Norris. Those three can do no wrong in everyone's eyes, it seems.
@@Euclides287 Wanna see spinmaster, watch Hamilton's older races, from 2011 for example. He was all over the track, randomly hitting other cars, spinning, crashing, worse than Verstappen or Vettel in their worst years. Unfortunately the media is only repeating Vettel's videos, while Hamitons merry-go-round videos are never aired on TV. Fortunately, they are easy to find on RU-vid.
@@cinegraphics Dude, that was 9 years ago! 😂 No one in their right mind thinks Hamilton's worst season in F1 was as bad as Verstappen or Vettel's for that matter.
@@Euclides287 but it actually was bad. Ham has hit more drivers than young Verstappen. But Hamilton was much older and more experienced than Verstappen, so he had no excuse. Also, those who think that Hamilton is better than Alonso, just remember that in 2012 Alonso was 88 points ahead of Hamilton, while driving a slower car than Hamilton's McLaren. Now, that's how Alonso drives when he's not sabotaged by his team (which was the case in 2007).
Im alonso fan before hamilton fan. He was always th best ever f1 driver. He could have won the 2012 title if the car was fast and didnt crash at spa . Whenever he go, he can deliver it. He even went to podium in shitty 2009 reanult car
"Toxic Character" Yeah, 'Good Guys' dont win championships. They can win a few races, but you have to push everyone around you to the limit and beyond, if you want to win the championship. Even if they hate you for it. Same applies for Life too.
I think that the "toxic" label is very unfair. Someone who knows Alonso very well is Andrea Stella (who previously worked with Schumacher). Stella was his race engineer at Ferrari and moved with Alonso to Mclaren when Alonso left. Stella has this to say of Fernando: “And while Fernando may look a tough personality, that is more a presentation. It is more when he is part of a competition. When he is inside the group of engineers, he becomes very comfortable. He is the first one to say: How can I improve?” “When he came to Ferrari, he said to me things I could not understand. Like: I am not a good driver in the wet. I am not good in Hockenheim. I am not good (in this and that)… And I was like, What? I thought you were better than this. He was very open.” “The process of being humble, of acknowledging the gap to perfection, is a strong characteristic of his, which I can understand from outside may not be perceivable. But within the entourage, the team, it is actually quite developed. Through the years, he has worked on these weaker characteristics.” “The essence of his qualities is that he is very complete. You struggle to find a weak point, basically, in terms of high-level skills. The technical preparation in terms of driving. The ability to cope with a variety of situations. Intelligence - just capacity to understand the situation while he is in or out of the car.”
Its a shame ,you did't seen him from the start.. I have a spanish dad, and he told me way back in 1999,early 2000 that i need to see this 'spanish kid", he's destoying everybody in the karts, and he is promising... So when he did get into F1 i was already a huge fan of him, and knew what he can do in a good enough car. Those 2005 and 2006 where my best F1 years to watch. I enjoyed every race back then... I felt verry sad,when he leaves in 2018, and if not for max verstappen,i probly would stop watching, but my man came back and now i still have 2 drivers i follow. And they have mad love for each other
