Fernando Alonso has reviewed the present, the future and the past of his long career in Formula 1, as well as his abrupt and famous chapter in 2007 with McLaren, when he had a tense relationship with his then teammate Lewis Hamilton. The Asturian regrets that outside of Spain, especially in England, he has been placed on "the dark side" of history, among other aspects, in his opinion, because he does not have "much support" from the media due to the Spanish origin of he. "I'm just from a small country in southern Europe," he said in an interview on the BBC.
"You have to sell the story, you have to say which are the good ones and the bad ones. In each race, in each discussion, in each controversy, there is always a good power and a bad power, good and bad", defended his idea that of Oviedo, which defines the highest category of motorsport as "a great show, both on and off the track". "And you need to play a character, you know? Whatever is assigned to you," he added.
"And people in general, the media or whatever, always put me on the bad side. As if I was doing something wrong or whatever," he said, although he also insisted that "the most important part is that people she still loves you and she's still interested in how many years you have on your contract because they may be interested in you driving in the future."
Alonso, a confessed Real Madrid player, clings to football to explain how he feels in Formula 1: "With all due respect to any other football player, maybe the right midfielder of a small team has some episodes and nobody knows anything about them If Ronaldo or Messi or some other great player sometimes gets a yellow or red card or (says something in) any interview, there's a great story behind it."
In any case, Alonso is happy to help Aston Martin progress and is disappointed in Alpine for having "undervalued" him. "When you're doing the best you can every weekend, when I've also done so many things for Renault, you take it a bit personally when someone doubts your performance or your age or these kinds of things," he said.
"To the old fans who still remember some of the good days, it's nice to show them that I can still be fast and enjoy my driving. And for the new fans who maybe never saw me on the podium, it's nice to have this possibility again. ", concluded an Alonso who still hopes to run "a few more years." "But I don't know how many," he finished.
