“I never meant to say I was better than Lewis Hamilton or Max Verstappen”- Fernando Alonso

Tanish Chachra | 28/03/2021
"I never meant to say I was better than Lewis Hamilton or Max Verstappen"- Fernando Alonso

“I never meant to say I was better than Lewis Hamilton or Max Verstappen”- Fernando Alonso claims he was a victim of fake news.

Before the qualifying, Fernando Alonso reportedly appeared to call himself better than the others, but now the Spaniard claims that he misheard the question.

In reality, Alonso didn’t intend to call himself a better driver than Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Kimi Raikkonen; instead, he thought the question was a comparison to his former self in 2018.

“I never meant to say I was better than Lewis (Hamilton) or Max (Verstappen) or anyone,” Alonso said. “Probably I misunderstood the question. I thought it was: ‘Are you as good as in 2018 when you left the sport?'”

But during the Bahrain Grand Prix, Alonso presented his clarification, “Do you think you’re still as good as then?” he claims this is what he heard.
“It was not to compare to Lewis or Max or anyone – first of all, it’s difficult to compare, and they have been dominating the sport for the last few years.”

I really enjoyed driving.

Alonso, after two years, has returned to F1 but could only grab a P9 start for the race on Sunday. Meanwhile, his teammate Esteban Ocon would be starting from P16. Alonso claims he enjoyed driving a car in a Grand Prix after a gap of two years.

“It was great,” he said. “I really enjoyed it. These cars on low fuel and new tyres are very extreme in terms of performance; you have to really trust the car and believe you can go that fast. It was a really nice feeling.”

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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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