Alonso senses an opportunity on the streets of Monaco.
Fernando Alonso sensing a chance to end dominant Red Bull’s run of success at the most glamorous and historic of street circuits.
May 24, 2023 | 11:19 PM
Reuters Monaco
Gulf Times

Aston Martin’s Alonso, winner in Monaco with Renault and McLaren in 2006 and 2007, will be ready for any opportunity that comes his way after securing four third places so far in 2023.

“We seem to have a car that is maybe not the fastest on the straights. We need to improve that, but we are very good on the corners,” he told Sky Sports television when asked where he might win.

“I would say that the slowest speeds of the championship, let’s say Monaco, Budapest, Singapore; these kind of circuits, I think we put our main hopes at the moment.”

‘EL PLAN: Senses an opportunity’;

https://www.gulf-times.com/article/6...eets-of-monaco


Alonso sees an opportunity on the streets of Monaco
Favourites Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez have between them won all five races so far this season
24 MAY 2023 - 17:51
ALAN BALDWIN
Financial Mail

London — Monaco kicks off Formula One’s flood-delayed European season on Sunday with Fernando Alonso sensing a chance to end dominant Red Bull’s run of success at the most glamorous and historic of street circuits.

‘EL PLAN: Sees an opportunity’;

https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/sp...ets-of-monaco/


Fernando Alonso eyeing chance to end Red Bull winning streak
25th May 2023, 10:02
The Straits Times

MONTE CARLO – Fernando Alonso will seek to break Max Verstappen and Red Bull’s winning streak and claim his first win since 2013, as Formula One resumes this weekend with the 80th running of the classic Monaco Grand Prix.

After four third-place finishes from five races, the 41-year-old has emerged as not only the biggest threat to two-time world champion Verstappen and his teammate Sergio Perez, but also this season’s box-office attraction, a wily wolf with unrivalled experience.

“We have a car that maybe isn’t the fastest on the straights, but very good in the corners,” Alonso explained, with a flash of his customary mischievous grin. “So we need to improve that – but it is good for the circuits that are slower like Monaco and Budapest and Singapore, these kind of circuits. I think (that is where) we put our main hopes at the moment.”

‘EL PLAN: Wily wolf with unrivalled experience’;

https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/f...winning-streak


Alonso ‘a big motivation ball’ – Aston Martin owner Stroll
Wednesday 24th May, 2023 - 7:35am
By Ian Parkes
Speedcafe

Fernando Alonso has been described as “a big motivation ball” by Lawrence Stroll following the two-time F1 champion’s arrival at Aston Martin. “It was never an ambition (to sign Alonso) until we decided to part ways with Sebastian, and then it was very apparent to me Fernando was the driver I wanted,” said Stroll, speaking to this writer in an interview for The New York Times.

“Actually, there wasn’t even a second choice. Should have been, I guess, in hindsight, but I was then quite determined to get Fernando, for several reasons. His talent – he is clearly one of the greatest drivers to ever be in Formula 1; his motivation, for whatever reason, has never been higher.”

“We stayed in contact. When I spoke to him, he said, ‘Listen, I can bring something to this team in my last few years I’m going to drive and hopefully have some sort of role within Aston Martin for many years to come after when I stop driving’. “When he said that, I did not need a lot of convincing.”

‘EL PLAN: A big motivation ball’;

https://www.speedcafe.com/2023/05/24...wrence-stroll/


David Coulthard: Why Fernando Alonso has been stronger in his 40s than Michael Schumacher
15:03 Sat, 20 May 2023.
By George Dagless
Give Me Sport

David Coulthard has examined why Fernando Alonso is performing better in his 40s than Michael Schumacher did in F1. Michael Schumacher, of course, drove in F1 in his 40s but had a few years away from racing before his comeback and his results were not quite up to where he wanted them to be.

Had he been in F1, or another category, between his exit at the end of 2006 and comeback at the start of 2010, though, he may well have been able to produce similar displays to how Alonso is now. Clearly, that is what Coulthard thinks with him telling the Formula For Success podcast:

“When Alonso stepped away from F1 the first time, he went straight into sports cars, IndyCar, he did the Dakar, he’s got a kart track and you see him out testing his karts at his facility in Spain. There’s the expression, ‘don’t let the old man in.’ If you let the old man or the old woman in, that, ultimately, is what you end up becoming.”

‘EL PLAN: See him out testing his karts at his facility in Spain’;

https://www.givemesport.com/david-co...el-schumacher/


Fernando Alonso picked over Hamilton and Verstappen as ‘most complete driver on Earth’
21 May 2023 2:00 PM
Sam Cooper
PlanetF1.com

Fernando Alonso has been selected over Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen as the “most complete driver on Earth.” The former Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul, who since departing F1 in 2020 now works as team principal for Hyundai Motorsport, said Alonso was the “most complete driver on Earth.”

“They are very involved, professional, disciplined and rational drivers,” Abiteboul told Spanish newspaper AS of the two former Spaniards he was in charge of, Alonso and Carlos Sainz. “At the same time they are Latinos and I have a good connection with that kind of people.”

“Carlos is impressive for his attention to all the details, in particular the mechanical part of the car, as if he was an engineer, and he has helped to improve the car since he was at Toro Rosso. Fernando needs no introduction. He is probably the most complete driver on earth and it is a joy to see him back at the top of Formula 1.”

‘EL PLAN: Probably the most complete driver on earth’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/fernan...mplete-driver/