Fernando Alonso was a special guest of the presentation dedicated to the launch of the Dazn F1 program and the third anniversary of the presence of this digital platform in the Spanish market, although the Alpine racer participated in the ceremony virtually, along video call from Bahrain.
"I'm watching what is happening from Bahrain, where there is a 30-degree heat, so it's not necessary to envy me so much," said Fernando. "But we are good here, we are doing the last preparations for the upcoming season, I train and calmly configure to work that we are waiting for the next weekend.
Our team still needs to do a lot: it is necessary to better understand the car, because so far not all of its advantages, which promised the calculations made on the base - they still have to be confirmed on the highway. But we are gradually moving forward, I have a good attitude, and I'm going to enjoy the first race.
On tests, we focused on our own program and did not give values to the results shown by other teams. I hope we are waiting for a good year, because this season is planned 23 races, so the calendar is very saturated. Let's hope that we will see interesting races, and spectators will allow autodromes in a couple of months. Personally, I promise that I will try to arrange a good show for fans! "
Pedro de la Rosa, a former racer of Formula 1, an old buddy Alonso, and now the commentator of the Dazn F1 digital channel, added: "Fernando is one of those few pilots from which you can wait for special achievements. Whatever its results, it should be noted that in its almost 40 years he was not afraid to return to Formula 1, because it was not frightened.
Professionals know how good it is. I was lucky to work with him, and with Lewis Hamilton - in my opinion, these are the best riders in history, and I saw both in the case, I studied them to telemetry, so I could compare myself with them. When I ask questions about what form is now alonso, I can only say that he is an extra class racer, so we get great pleasure, watching his work on the track.
By the way, if, following the results of the championship, Carlos Sainse will be behind Fernando, it will be a bad sign: it means that in Ferrari again allowed some errors. "
Source: Formula 1 on F1news.ru