Fernando Alonso’s worst ‘nightmares’
Fernando Alonso has been one of the most solemn and focused drivers Formula 1 has ever produced. He is one of those people who would work through the night if he had to and work his engineers and team to the bone to produce the
best car they can possibly make. However, due to this intense involvement and work Fernando puts in before every race, he is bound to get very emotional and therefore it is quite difficult for him to digest a defeat or a race error.
Of course, it is not a drawback for Ferrari or Alonso in anyway. This is the sort of attitude a team expects from its drivers and this is the only reason why Fernando Alonso is known as one of the best drivers in the sport. According
to Autosports, he was the driver of the year according to a poll taken from the 12 team’s principals and one cannot disagree with this in any way.
However, keeping the theatrical reactions of Fernando Alonso in mind, one has to wonder what would be the great Spaniard’s worst nightmare?
One of the worst nightmares for Fernando Alonso could be Fernando driving alongside Lewis Hamilton in a Ferrari. Now that would be frustrating for the Spaniard. Having Lewis Hamilton in the pits alongside him doing his rapping
and impressing the rest of the team with his rhyming skills would ‘obviously’ drive the whole team away from Fernando’s ‘boring’ knowledge about aerodynamics and how a car works. That is the last thing the Spaniard would want after his dreadful experience
with McLaren in the 2nd half of 2007.
Lewis Hamilton:
Yo Yo Ferrari, wassup ma homies? I believe in chillin, can you feel the adrena-lin.
Team Ferrari:
You’re so awesome Lewis. Please rhyme some more!
Fernando Alonso:
Don’t you guys think we should have some more fun building and preparing our car for the Spanish Grand Prix? We’ll play with all those screws and wings and what not!
Lewis Hamilton:
Working is for sissies, safety is for pussies, hand me that ball, I’m going out with a Pussycat Doll.
Team Ferrari:
HAHAHAHA! You are so AWESOME Lewis!
Fernando Alonso:
c**p!
Other than that, another possible nightmare that might turn out to be the very ‘worst ‘ for the Spaniard could be if Felipe Massa somehow starts performing better than Fernando and the team at a point, asks Fernando Alonso to back
off and let Felipe Massa win. It seems impossible doesn’t it? The great Fernando Alonso sacrificing a win for Felipe Massa. The post-race press conference would be quite a sight if this ever happens.
Interviewer:
Felipe, the race was going pretty well for you and Ferrari and you guys were able to score your 5th 1-2 of the season. How did it feel when you passed Fernando Alonso to take the win and score some extra points?
Felipe Massa:
It was a good experience. I mean for sure Fernando was not travelling at the pace I was going at. I was going fast like this, while Fernando was going slowly like this. So I think that I would’ve taken the lead anyway even though
he braked right in front of the finish line in the very last lap of the race. I believe I could have easily overtaken him so the team made the right decision.
Interviewer:
How did it feel to let Felipe take the lead at the very last moment Fernando?
Fernando Alonso:
*sob sob* (a tear drop runs down his cheek)
On a serious note, it was heartbreaking for Alonso and his fans when he was literally forced out of McLaren after the 2007 season. The team should have tried to come to peace with both of their drivers and not take away the team
Fernando always dreamed of driving for.
Other than that, when Michael Schumacher announced that he would return, it was also quite a nightmare for Fernando as well. But this nightmare turned into a dream after Michael gave the worst performance of his career to date.
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