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Renault CEO’s racing passion gave Alonso confidence
Date published:
January 27 2021
Fernando Alonso says the passion for racing held by new Renault CEO Luca de Meo gave him “confidence” in the Alpine F1 team.
Alonso is set to return to the series in 2021, having walked away from the sport at the end of an unsuccessful stint with McLaren in 2018.
He will make his comeback with Alpine, formerly known as Renault, the team which Alonso won both of his World Championships with in 2005 and 2006.
“It’s a nice thing, it’s a nice emotion,” said Alonso when appearing on the TG2 Motori programme in Italy, as quoted by Marca.
‘Ocon won’t be in Alonso’s shadow at Alpine’
Date published:
January 21 2021
Alpine’s Esteban Ocon has what it takes to give Fernando Alonso a tough challenge in 2021, according to the team’s reserve driver Sergey Sirotkin.
Two-time former World Champion Alonso will represent the newly-branded Alpine Formula 1 team, previously known as Renault, and many believe he will be paces ahead of French team-mate Ocon.
Ocon has a season’s experience driving for Renault in 2020, while Alonso himself has been away from the sport for the past two years, although he did impress in the end-of-season ‘Young Driver’ test in Abu Dhabi.