Ron was definitely toxic, Fernando just has a tremendous will to win and wears his heart on his sleeve. Lewis is also a very complex character, also ruthless in his desire to win, hard on his teammates and often a bit petulant and childish. Would Alonso have run riot in a Mercedes? Almost certainly.

Even Lewis could not hold his emotions after a P7 at Monaco..just one bad result. Nando had to bear 7-8yrs of continuous disappointment..

Just to add to Hungary 2007, if you see the pit stop you'll see that the tyres fitted to Alonso's car are used hards, while the tyres that the mechanics had there prepared for Hamilton were new softs (Softs were marked with a white line in one of the grooves back then). Imagine being on a pit stop, knowing that your teammate has ruined your lap previously and now you see that the team puts you worse tyres than your teammate. Wouldn't you be furious? Because I would.

Whatever people say.....I still like him and it was Drivers like Kimi and Alonso made me love F1 in my childhood

Finally, the truth. People like to take Hamilton's side in 2007, forgetting that he was equally to blame for things going ballistic. But the entire video was spot on Aldas, really set the record straight.

What Ricciardo didn't realise is, even though he's a multiple race winner and better paid, he is stepping into Norris team.

That dreaded McLaren-Honda... While Alonso definitely was harsh publicly about its engine (and we still don't know for sure to what extent it was team failure), that car looked like it was solely powered by Alonso's sheer willpower. It was fantastic.

He's not toxic, he's a very direct and sincere Person instead, which most of times turns out to be unpleasant. Toxic people have fake behaviours and he doesn't at all.

Fernando is an all time great. His performances on track are incredible. He made me love F1

They consider him "toxic" because of a few unique traits, 1 - He's damn well aware of how good he is 2 - Man's smart, and has some good insights, and can usually point out what's stupid 3 - Has no filter, but isn't an asshole 4 - Doesn't take shit 5 - Even if you disagree with the how, he's usually got a point Couple the 5 above traits together and you have an Eyebrow Powered Machine that Pisses off Normies.

In Spain, the F1 tv guy, once said that when Alonso was in McLaren, hardly anybody would talk to him at the McLaren facilities other than to inform about car issues or so, and they went even further by sending a spanish guy who worked in the McLaren´s kitchen on the race road trips, to do something else so that Fernando couldn´t talk to him. They -lewis and Ron Dennis- made his life miserable in 2007, yet he was the toxic one

Mans wasn't toxic he was just honest and willing to point out his higher ups mistakes

Alonso is one of the greatest. Imagine an equal talent, like Max for example, was given cars that underdelivered year after year. I could see them both going down very similar career paths.

He's fast and he knew it That's how I see him as a driver

The power of the media is amazing

8:09 ah yes the great Ferrari master🅱lan, 🅱oss. If ppl tell that Fernando is toxic, then it's like telling schumi was a hitman. Ppl will only realize the anger Alonso had if they were in his shoes, being at ur prime but driving a brick.

Alonso fans needed a video like this. Thank you very much! It will be quite educational on some people

You have articulated very well what I have thought for years. Yes Alonso has had some controversy in the past (like all multiple champions have at some point), but after his McLaren year people just assumed that it was always Alonso's fault. At McLaren, he was promised first driver status by Ron Dennis, which he was not given. He tried to force the issue, but most of the team just wasn't behind him. In the end you would have to say he was right, the McLaren's lost points to each other and Kimi snatched the title away from under their noses. Concerning the 2008 Singapore GP, personally I still believe he did not knew it. He had an opt out in his contract that said he could leave Renault (and go to Ferrari in 2009?) if they did not produce a winning car. All Flavio had to do was make Fernando win and he saw the chance at the Singapore GP. Flavio has always pulled these kinds of tricks, so this theory is at least consistent with Flavio's past behaviour. Of course he didn't knew Fernando would also win the next race in Japan! He spent four years at Ferrari, the first three of which were virtually without incident. (I mean come on people, why are team order suddenly a controversy at Ferrari?! That is just business as usual. It was just the way that Ferrari did it and the circumstance that made it very controversial. Alonso had nothing to do with this.) In the fourth year they produced a shitbox and he had enough, and fair play to him. McLaren Honda was just the most grandiose embarrassment I have ever seen the in the sport. Spending a billion dollars over three years to produce little more than an unreliable midfielder. I consider it a larger disaster than the well known Toyota fiasco, at least they produced some results. McLaren had again promised him everything under the sun and all Fernando got was a wet noodle of a car. That Fernando stuck around for as long as he did is nothing short of a miracle. Also, Fernando is no engineer, he doesn't build the car and certainly does not build the engine. Blaming Fernando for engine unreliability and aerodynamic inefficiency is just nonsensical. After 2007 the narrative was build and people have been trying to fit his whole career within this narrative ever since. No he is no likeable Felipe Massa or Jenson Button, but he is not the controversy magnet people see him as.

What surprise me more about Hungary 2007 is that a lot of people talk about Alonso, Hamilton, Ron but almost no one talks about the FIA that steal Alonso pole and send him to 5th when he had just not broke any rule, that end up costing him the championship

It’s not enough to say that this video WAS NECESSARY

Nando was my childhood favourite driver and always will be! He's a great driver!

Hammy is that kind of kid at school who got an A- after getting As and throwing a hissy fit 😂

Nando and Seb rivalry will always be my favorite! They outshone everyone during the most competitive era of F1!

Tbh even if he was toxic, who could blame him after the experiences he made during his time at Ferrari?

9:01 Fernando's post Renault career summed up

THANK YOU! I've been a fan of Alonso for over 15 yrs and forever will be my favorite. Honestly many people just trash and trash him forgetting how much of a legend he is and just hate him without knowing anything about him, just sticking to hear - say bs.

People be like: yeah alonso is very toxic And then toyota takes him to compete in the wec and gives him a shot at dhakar, so toxic

The only toxic people at Mclaren in 2007 were Lewis and his sugar daddy Ron Dennis.

Thanks for making these video some new fans defo needed some clarification

Alonso in 2021 season is the most humble Alonso i've ever seen. I'm really happy for him. He enjoys it more than ever

This is one of your best works my friend. Great video

Thanks for a balanced approach to Alonso's career. When Schumacher was dominating it really felt like he and Ferrari were just laughing at everyone and then Fernando walked in...He was not manicured in manner or appearance like Michael was. It was this underdog persona in such a young driver actually winning on the track that had us all screaming and fist pumping. I think it did alot for the sport after years of Williams BMW being so close but just not enough to really make Ferrari sweat. Frankly what happened after his championship seasons doesn't really matter to me because what he did those years seemed truly unbeleivable to many of us. He will always be a titan.

I still don't get one thing, Alonso is heavily criticized for 2010 hockenheim race due to the switch ( it was done mainly for the championship charge ) but Lewis is not even questioned at all for his switch at 2018 Sochi. Just a question no implications that either one is a hero or villain.

Yes he may look toxic. But thats just Alonso’s mentality to win and the best were during the end of his time with Ferrari to his first retirement back in 2018.

As a die hard fan of Fernando it is actually heartbreaking to see all his potential wasted with mediocre cars. I think he will go down in history as one of the drivers with worse luck. At least there is still a chance of redemption next year hopefully…

This is one of the best videos you've done so far, one my favourites from this channel. The British influence so much of the F1 media that it's just nauseating. There are always 2 sides to the story and I thank you for bringing out a video that brings forth the story from Alonso's side with a balanced viewpoint.

I really recommend watching his Prime Video series about himself in 2018-2020. Really does help see a more relaxed approach to who he is and why he acts how he acts too. And also shows how he has made progress as a person too. It really did make me appreciate him more. Though I agree that sometimes it´s really how he reacts to things that gets him in trouble, things that could have been avoidable.

Lewis and Denis and his “Hockey dad” caused this breakdown at McLaren. Fuelled by British media. Look at Hamilton throwing his team under the bus if he is not on the pole line in Monaco.

This video made me cry🥺 I’m loving Fernando since 2007 and I am really really glad that he came back🥺

Imo his supposed toxicity is wht pushes him to be such a great driver

Pedro said in" beyond the grid" that Alonso was managing break temperature issue in monoco and was doing slow laptimes compare to Lewis and that is the reason Lewis was all over Alonso in ending stages and Pedro also said that some of the personal in Mclaren thought this was Lewis victory because he was faster than Alonso and when Alonso came to know this he really pissed off because he was clearly managing break temp issue

You should have added that he divided the prize money with the whole team :)

In the 2007 days those were extremely toxic for Fernando, experiencing the constant toxicity in the team. The briatore scandal in Singapore is another one that added huge toxicity towards Fernando and Briatore. Briatore had to win that season if not Renault was considering leaving Formula 1. But the fact that he did the best to make the team remain in Formula 1 costed him his formula 1 career and a ban from the Formula 1 paddock. But no one considered how brave he was to put his job at risk just to make a team remain. Great video showing the misconceptions about him and his career.

Ron took revenge of Alonso by convincing him about McLaren Honda.

One of the greatest of all time, one of the best displays of his skills and raw talent was dragging that dogshit early 2010s ferrari into the title race by the scruff of the neck

Ocon as of making this: I’ve heard many things about Alonso before he joined the team... all of them are wrong.

He is what the world thinks f1 drivers are like. And i love it!

Some of his comments towards his teams haven't been ideal. No team is slow on purpose, and when everyone is working at 100%, the last thing your colleagues want to hear are negative comment from the drivers. I get his frustrations but he could have handled some of the Mclaren Honda / Ferrari situations far better. If he'd focused on driving in 2007 he'd have probably won his third championship and then remained at Mclaren for 2008 where he would have had another chance to fight it out on track with Lewis potentially for yet another championship. 2007 had a negative chain reaction on his career. Mclaren could have done more to support him, maybe not. If he'd have remained at Mclaren for 2008 would he have still been looking to go to Ferrari for 2010? Who ultimately knows, but I doubt he'd have been in a place where he needed to go crawling back to what would be the woeful Mclaren Honda in 2015. If he'd have let his driving do the talking you never know, he could have had a shot at a drive with Redbull or even Mercedes. I highly rate Fernando and certainly think he's a far better driver than some of his stats suggest. It was fantastic to see him end Michael Schumacher's dominance during the 2005 season and it's great that he's back in F1. Fernando is a great character for F1 and I look forward to seeing what he can do for remainder of this season and hopefully next.

Alonso came to Maclaren the reigning back to back world Drivers Champion, they treated him very badly .

Underrated and most hated GOAT 🙏🏽

Very well put as always! It doesn't help that most new F1 fans have watched DTS where this sort of misconception is just kind of superficially drilled in to the casual fans, portrayed as if McLaren could finally move on to better things after Alonso retired and stopped being a "hindrance" to their progress.

Thank you for this video. Finally someone discusses the side what is not just "toxic bad driver lel". He is the driver who got me into Formula 1 and it has been though seeing him consistently get cars what were not capable. Also, thank you for speaking about 2007 and how the team actually worked inside and how the pit incident had more sides than people think.

Great video! Fernando is one of the greatest drivers of all time. If only he had a little bit more lucky... he could have won a couple of WDC more. I hope he achieve a good level soon so we can enjoy it on track.

thankyou for this post... I agree with the summary "Lewis caused the start and flow of the incident, but Alonso took the brunt of the fallout".

This is my favorite Aldas video, you're killing it mate. This quality of content will lead to greatness. Keep it up!

Would love to see a video about current Alonso at Alpine.

"Indirectly" ehem ehem... He was clearly aware of what was going on at the crashgate. When they called him in that early he said nothing, he didn't even asked why. He's really smart, the king of the drivers questioning orders. So it was pretty obvious to me. I agree with the video overall, he was an incredible driver.

He’s still one of the best drivers in this generation and he is a two time champion for a reason. I’m still convinced that he should have won the 2012 title.

Aaaah your music always gives me chills :)

Great qualy today for him as well

Ppl keep talking about the 'inner bastard' in schumacher. I've ALWAYS seen that in lewis. Let me explain. Aldas already showed what he'd done, on his DEBUT season with alonso, using his power within the team. Then comes heikki kovalinen, who despite the talent he showed in his f2 series, was played as the number 2 driver by mclaren, having given his spot to lewis many times, but he wasn't exceptional, so let's keep that aside. 2010, with one of the best teammates to have on the grid, Jenson Button, he screwed up yet again. Unfortunately for him jenson was british as well as a world champion. Lewis definitely overtook him in 2010, but by a narrow margin, only to have himself defeated in the very next season, by a mile. In fact, he didnt even end up third in the championship, whereas jenson came second after vettel's domination. And from here, he starts accusing the same team which chose him over the reigning two time world champion, of providing them with unequal engines, accused jenson of not playing fair, and using the upper hand in this, going as far as to try and prove it by posting a picture of engine performance outputs on twitter, all allegations were proven false, but i must agree, mclaren pit stops in 2012 were a disaster, which cost them a chinese grand prix[jenson chasing rosberg] and a podium in singapore[lewis third, jenson second, vettel first]. And this is where he'd had 'enough' and decided to leave. Get's into mercedes yet agin with the upper hand over nico rosberg because of niki's bias[ like it or not] and although toto wasn't there Yet, he had major influence on their decisions as their future team principal. Ppl accuse nico of cheating at monaco, perhaps it's true, not defending him, but he wasn't as dumb as lewis to make their dirty play as obvious at least, and it's till hard to accuse him. But i'll ccept, 2014, lewis definitely earnt it, depite all his dnf's. 201 though, lewis played it cheap THROUGHOUT, even in the us grand prix, he pushed nico off the track o go on and win the championship. HE DEFINITELY DIDN'T GET AWAY WITH IT. Nico went on to win ALL THE FINAL THREE RACES, and continued this trend well into the next year, equalling michael schumacher with the most consecutive wins a driver has got, and it couldve been more, if the inner bastard in lewis didnt kick in, and crash into him in spain that year. nico had the lead. and yes it's the same race max won his first race on debut. Rosberg's time wouldnt get easier. Lewis finally gave us the ultimate example of the inner bastard that he is, tryng to make nico rosberg get overtaken by slowing down the whole circuit, check it, it's everywhere. All nico had to do was crash into lewis, but he wanted to win fair and square.and he did. Lewis's inner bastard has kicked in every single time with valteri too. Asking the team to tell valteri to slow down so that he could overtake seb in azerbaijan, and yes, lewis has been good sport too, like 2018's hungarian grand prix, but all of this together, is the reason why i only see the same inner bastard in him as ppl did in schumi. And that's probably what makes him a seven time world champion as it did for schumi. But lewis definitely isn't a man i look up to.

“Many people on Twitter hate Fernando”, dude, twitter hate everything, even themselves. If you use Twitter to gather any kind of information, its time to leave the internet Edit if you use Twitter for anything besides making money is time to retire from life

Hello aldas! I can tell this video is going to be amazing as usual! Have a great day!

Thank you for making this video,this really does help back my argument in school about the misconception of Fernando Alonso

Amazing video Aldas! You covered all the bases really well, though Alonso always ruffles some feathers in F1 opinions, so ignore any hateful comments! Thanks for the great content 👍

Glad you reported Hungary incident accurately. Lewis started the tit for tat but Fernando was ultimately penalised 🙁.

thank you, Aldas, for your easy to follow in-depth video. Very much enjoyed it. You have a new sub from me and I'm sure plenty more. Keep up the great work mate.

What a great, unbiased channel you have. WAAAY, WAY better than the other mainstream ones. Keep it up!! 🏁🏁🏁

I love what Alonso is doing in Alpine.

I strongly believe that Fernando having Briatore as a manager does not help his toxicity problem

The backing music is stuck in my head again, love your videos

I love your channel! Good morning from San Jose California!

Alonso is my second favorite current F1 driver after Kimi. Alonso is a born winner and is still at his peak.

Not toxic, just a winner. He knows what he wants and he's good at his job, something considered offensive these days.

Thanks for putting things straight!

Brilliant and balanced video Aldas!! 👍🏽

You can say what you want But Vettel was better for Ferrari especially in the Media He never criticised the team and always kept Ferrari as a dream for kids to look up to

I know I'm 2 weeks late to this, but I have to say, beautifully balanced article. You nailed it with so many truths, you probably lost some support. You have however gained my sub. Well done.

Couldn't have said it any better myself mate. Great video

your videos are soo insane good keep the good work up

If the team doesn't give Fernando what he wants even when they knew what he wants while signing him up, he has the rights to be angry

I find it absolutely fascinating that Alonso gets the toxic reputation. While somebody like Lewis dosent, genuinely laughable.

YES!!!! I have been waiting for this to be said.

Thansks for clearing up Alonso, as many does not know the scenario behind it. They left the shits fall on Alonso for so many years on that 2007 issues.

Would love a video like this on Kimi. I would love to know your opinion on why Kimi kept his seat at Ferrari even with his bad seasons like 2014

No word about the spygate his first time at Ferrary and the fact he tried to blackmail Ron Denis to gain an advantage on Hamilton?

love your videos aldas. i watched the “how good was sebastian vettel in his prime” video and was instantly hooked onto your channel. however, if i may suggest one thing to make your videos just that little bit better, i think including some of the things you talk about briefly but don’t necessarily include in the video or show, would make the videos better. for example, you said somewhere “the infamous radio message alonso made” however, being a newer F1 fan, i don’t know of the radio message you spoke off. of course my next stop is going to be to youtube the clip you’re talking about but for the context of the video and to just make things smooth along easier and add more to the story you’re trying to tell, i think it would be good for not only newer formula 1 fans like myself who don’t know all the lore, controversies, drama, etc, but for also in the perspective of older fans who made have forgotten that radio message or were even unaware of it themselves. just something i thought i’d say to make the best formula 1 youtuber’s videos just that little bit better :) much love aldas

Love your videos man, pretty surprised you are not even 100k subs strong yet, your content deserves way more, however I'm sure you'll grow very fast👍👍

Fernando Alonso always knew he was a championship winning level driver but he was given bad cars again and again. If you do the same to Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen or Sebastian Vettel, you'd hear worse in the first two cases for sure and probably enough in seb's case. And as far as spygate, crashgate and team orders are concerned, I wouldn't pin the entire blame on him for the first one. Simplified, crashgate is a reputed team management's attempt to win a GP to hold on to its sponsors, by cheating. By making one driver (piquet jr.) a pawn to be sacrificed and making the other (alonso) make the decisive move to win. And team orders in Germany 2010 is an attempt by another team to further the case for making their leading driver win the championship by hook or crook, because clearly, their machine purely on its merits, couldn't do it, if circumstances stayed the same.

Actually, Alonso Lewis controversy started before Lewis started driving Mclaren, remember Alonso was against Ron’s decision to bring Lewis.

Very very good work Great synthesis

What a GREAT video. Finally something talking things clear. Since I watch Formula 1 since not THAT long ago, I've read some "old" things and pretty much about Fernando. I'm a McLaren fan thx to him. Started watching F1 in 2015-16-17 and that was not the best thing as a new fan haha. Always watching that man suffering in a horrible car. I was sad to see him leave. So now I'm a McLaren fan but I always want him to do well. I hope he can finish this second part of his career better than the first one. Some podiums...imagine a win...it looks pretty hard right now, I don't know with the new regulations...I won't make predictions but I hope this comment can age well.

What I don’t get about crashgate is that Renault weren’t even close to fighting for the championship, so why take such a great risk to get only one win?

Nando isnt toxic, hes honest

Excellent video Aldas. Subscribed.

Great video. This sums it all up as I've always been an Alonso apologist. He's definitely one of the best drivers of this era, just a shame the teams he's jumped to haven't supported that. Reminds me of Emerson Fittipaldi a bit. He also had two early titles and then threw it away to support his brother's team.

I don't care whether people think Alonso is toxic or not. All I know for a fact is that he is the only driver ever to take a title fight to the last race of the season TWICE with a car that is only fast enough for P6 on average all throughout both seasons. And I am willing to bet anything that no other driver will give an outstanding performance like that for the next couple of decades at the very least, maybe never.

Alonso needs a redemption although hes got nothing to prove and even if Ocon defeat him during this years in Alpine he still will be one of the greatest of all time. If Alpine manages to get their act together for 2022 and produce a competitive car I'm sure Alonso will be back at the top of his game competing with the likes of Hamilton, Verstappen....

Good video. Maybe you could have spoken about the "alone so" sign above the Renault Garage in 2006 (at Suzuka if I'm not mistaken).

You just mirrored my thoughts into this video. I am also a big Nando, Lewis & Seb fan. These guys made me fall in F1 and I will continue to support these guys no matter what. I just hope Fernando does not have to go through the midfield years again. The Alpine should be able to perform well for a podium!