“I think the skills on track are the biggest the sport has seen”– Sebastian Vettel indulges himself in mutual admiration with Fernando Alonso

Tanish Chachra | 18/08/2021
"I think the skills on track are the biggest the sport has seen"– Sebastian Vettel indulges himself in mutual admiration with Fernando Alonso

“I think the skills on track are the biggest the sport has seen”– Sebastian Vettel praises Fernando Alonso’s skillset after a laudation by the Spaniard.

Sebastian Vettel throws massive praises for Fernando Alonso and calls his skills the biggest ever the sport has seen. This comes after the Spaniard heavily praised the four-time world champion.

According to Alonso, Vettel will go with him in the history books while reminiscing their peak days in the sport, when they used to vie for the championship.

“I enjoy it to this day, said Vettel when asked about his rivalry and relationship with Alonso.”The first race that Fernando was back in this year, we had some wheel to wheel, and I was actually smiling in the cockpit because I am looking forward to more of it this year, and I think we had a little,”

“I think I always enjoy Fernando. I mean, in 2003 I was in front of the TV and I remember when he won [his first race]. I think his talent is without doubt.”

Michael Schumacher was impossible to beat, but Fernando Alonso did it

It’s no secret that Michael Schumacher was Vettel’s ideal, and he claims that he started admiring Alonso’s skill when he dethroned Schumacher from the world championship in 2005.

“I think the skills on track are the biggest the sport has seen and he did something that I thought was impossible to do, which was beating Michael [Schumacher],” Vettel explained.

“When I grew up, it was like Michael is the number one and impossible to beat, and Fernando started beating him, so I think that is an achievement.

“Obviously, he has had such a long career, so many different cars, so I consider it a pleasure to race beside him and fight him on the track,” he concluded.

Alonso and Vettel’s best performances this season was in Hungary, though the luck didn’t favour the German race driver, who was stripped from his podium finish.

Post Edited By: Tanish Chachra
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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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