Fernando Alonso to compete in his first home race since 2018
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Home favorite Fernando Alonso will be back at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya after a span of 3 years. And to the home fans’ delight, he is coming into the weekend post a good result in Portimao.
Alonso is also the only Spaniard to win in Barcelona. As a Renault driver back in 2006 when we won the driver’s championship, he won an exciting race at home ahead of Felipe Massa.
In a season dominated by Sebastian Vettel, Alonso racing for Ferrari won one of the best races of the 2013 season in Barcelona. This was also his second win at Catalunya and his celebrations post the win showed what the win meant to him.
‘Formula 1 is a very closed environment’: Fernando Alonso
The 2-time world champion, Alonso departed Formula 1 to focus on other racing ventures, appearing in the Dakar Rally, IndyCar and most notably finding success in the World Endurance Championship where he became a two-time Le Mans winner.
He spoke about how formula 1 hi different. “Formula 1 is a very closed environment, you repeat the same thing every two weeks and the same exact routine every two weeks. Your driving style gets in a way the same over the years, and you just follow in a way the instruction from your team.”
“They are optimising everything in the car, and they are optimising as well your driving style, so they are telling you what to do – where to save the tyres, where to save the energy on the battery, where to perform the burnouts, how many to do before the start.”
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