Fernando Alonso has revealed why he determined to go away Method 1 between 2019 and 2020 amid Sebastian Vettel’s retirement.
Fernando Alonso took a hiatus from F1 between 2019 and 2020 earlier than returning to the game with Alpine within the 2021 season. He had a irritating stint with McLaren, so he went on to compete in numerous different classes of motorsport.
Following the information of Sebastian Vettel’s retirement, the two-time world champion was questioned about why he determined to go away the game. Vettel cited spending time with household and environmental issues as causes for his determination.
Fernando might have gained the 2006 Hungarian GP ranging from P15 as nicely, if it was not the case with the wheel nut failure then
25% of the race wins of Fernando Alonso got here after beginning exterior of the highest 3
Lowest staring grid for Sebastian Vettel to win a race is P3. pic.twitter.com/L15MlFDHdw
— Fernando Alonso updates (@startonpole) August 12, 2022
Talking about whether or not Vettel shared any of his causes to stroll away, Alonso stated, “I finished in 2018 as a result of I had larger challenges in my head.”
“I had the Le Mans, I had the IndyCar, I needed to attempt cross nation rally, so I [had] different challenges.”
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“F1 was not a contented place to be” – Fernando Alonso
Moreover, the Spanish driver revealed that in 2018 or 2019 the chances within the paddock weren’t enticing.
“It was just one staff successful; solely [Valtteri] Bottas and [Lewis] Hamilton, they have been preventing for every race and every pole place,” stated Alonso.
“So it was, for me, not the place to be and never a contented place, so I made a decision to cease. I don’t know if that got here to play into Sebastian’s determination as nicely, having a aggressive or non-competitive automobile.”
The 2-time world champion stated that numerous components influenced his return to F1. One of many causes was the impression of the Covid-19 pandemic on different sequence.
“In [my] time away from Method 1, we had the pandemic. All the opposite sequence, to be sincere, have been hit fairly badly, when it comes to the sponsors, producers, issues like that,” Alonso stated.
“Method 1 [was] nonetheless fairly wholesome, so I assumed, at that second, the largest problem was to come back again in Method 1 and attempt to do nicely.
“I transfer at all times by [my] personal challenges, greater than what I feel in that second of my profession.”
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