Fernando Alonso is having a positive impact at Alpine: Davide Brivio

Fernando Alonso is having a positive impact at Alpine: Davide Brivio

Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso makes his return to F1 after a two-year hiatus from the sport. The two time F1 champion will race alongside Esteban Ocon at Alpine in the upcoming season. Alpine Team principal, Davide Brivio believes that the Spaniard has had a positive impact on the team, ever since his arrival.

Fernando Alonso is known to be a demanding driver, but Brivio does not seem to be worried regarding this topic. Brivio stated that he has no problem in Alonso trying to galvanize those around him so that the team can have a better season this year.

“[Fernando] is really pushing and I think it’s very positive for the team to have this type of driver that tends to stimulate everybody, push everybody to give the maximum,” said Brivio, quoted by Motorsport.com.

“The fact he’s coming back in the most demanding class of motorsports, it shows also how strongly he is motivated to be back in action and to do great,” he added.

Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso can drive the team ahead together: Brivio

Davide Brivio believes that Esteban Ocon has lot to benefit from having Alonso as his teammate at Alpine. He can gain some valuable insights from the two time world champion who has enormous amounts of experience. Brivio believes that both drivers can help the team to move forward in the right direction.

“I think it’s a great combination where Fernando will be important also for Esteban, in order to show also how it can work maybe in a different way with an experienced driver,” added Brivio.

“At the same time, Esteban can help Fernando because he’s becoming more and more competitive and I think it would be very competitive this year, so I like this combination and I’m really looking forward to seeing both in action,” Brivio continued.

There have been suggestions that the Alpine car is not that fast as compared to the competitor cars. However, Alpine had a positive result in the pre-season testing that was held last weekend. Davide Brivio believes that the drivers are doing a good job and they will be able to execute their plans on the race-day.

“They are doing a good job. We were able to go through the plan without any issue. Regarding Fernando, I saw him quite up to the pace. I think they can be up to speed from the first race and ready to fight on the level of the other,” he said.

“Of course, it’s our responsibility and our job to give them the good package. We have to see the race weekend, probably the first few races, but I think we will be ready,” Brivio concluded.

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