In Mexico City, Fernando Alonso celebrated his anniversary, his 400th Grand Prix, and today he becomes the first driver in Formula 1 history to make 400 starts.
During this time, the Spaniard missed the start only three times: in Belgium ’02 due to a gearbox failure, in the US ’05 due to general problems with Michelin tires, and in Russia ’17 due to a power plant failure.
Fernando Alonso: “You have to feel competitive sometimes and I don’t doubt myself. Maybe I’m even too confident in my abilities, but a good result still helps, so I’m happy to start eighth today – this is the maximum for our car.
I think it is also important for the team to see that if we are competitive, if the car is okay, my results are also good, and if the car fails in the first part of qualifying, it does not mean that I be slower. . They know my comments can be trusted.”
Source: F1 News
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