Any special memmory , and how much hard work he put in.

Oh neat. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Khan

A nice story on fernando's first time out on a f3000 at montmeló. Smedly race engineer for that test looking for a driver. After seeing alonso on used tyres and then with a new set, called his boss and told him: stop the search, i found our driver. Google this: it's in spanish, but you can use google translate. La visión sobre Alonso del ingeniero del "Felipe, Fernando is faster than you"

@@akhileshmoorthy he worked smart not overly hard. Always very focused and professional when it came to the car but always in a relaxed manner. He struck a nice balance and was very much one of the lads doing his card tricks and entertaining after tests etc.

@@SturdivantRacing126 🤣 you found me then.

Most wanted driver? Complete and utter nonsense. No top team in F1 wants anything to do with him Mercedes? Nope. They want Hamilton, not Alonso. They also still blame Alonso for his blackmail attempt and his subsequent role in the Spygate Scandal in 2007. Ferrari? Nope. The signed Vettel behind his back in 2014 when Alonso was being his usual toxic self during contract negotiations and now Ferrari have dumped Vettel to focus on Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz for the future. Red Bull? Nope they have have stated they don't want Alonso and why would they when they have Max Verstappen? Alonso would never in a million years join a team against someone like Max anyway because he's afraid of getting exposed again the same way Hamilton exposed him as a rookie in 2007. So what the hell are you talking about? Alonso is now in a last ditch desperate gamble with Renault who have been garbage for years now. Its all a bit of a shambles really.

@@MT-pv2rf Ciaron Smith is that you? hahaha

@@MT-pv2rf Bro first of all alonso is better than any driver u just named also he was the one who wanted to leave Ferrari he had to gamble cause they were failing every single year to give him a top car also in 2007 fernando didn’t do any testing he had to re adapt his driving because mclaren used Bridgestone tires and Renault used Michelin tyres also Fernando never performed at his best that season he never realised that he joined Lewis Hamilton team McLaren were against Fernando and Fernando wasn’t even supposed to win Monaco Pedro Delarosa Even confirmed it and the situation in Hungary most people don’t even know what happened and they make a look like Fernando was wrong when Lewis started everything and Fernando went to Ferrari or Mercedes in 2017 or 2018 he would’ve won the championship cah Hamilton and Seb ain’t on his level

@@MT-pv2rf Lewis couldn’t match Fernando Alonso in 2010 and 2011 and 2012 and 2013 in Lewis is just pure speed Fernando is a more complete racing driver in terms of race craft everything else and we saw today Lewis is race craft in terms of wheel to wheel racing is atrocious Fernando Formula One IQ and everything else is just better he’s away more intelligent driver Fernando and Max are the best right now

​​@@MT-pv2rf hes currently picking up podiums for a former midfield team and Lawrence Stroll definitely wants him in this team

I spoke to Paddy at Hungary 2014 in the Tom George restaurant about this very thing . His words … the very best and most complete driver hes ever worked with, and that was when he was technical director at Mercedes that year

@Dante The Great Lewis did nothing but whine during his last seasons at McLaren when the car was shit. 2012 proved that Alonso was (and still is) the best of his generation. As for wet conditions, do us a favor and watch Hungary 2006 and shut up.

Alonso is a myth

@@ghhh9012 He's a LEGEND.

Same with Pat Fry, Mark Temple (called Alonso "the most intelligent driver I have ever worked with) and Andrea Stella. Stella said this of Alonso: “And while Fernando may look a tough personality, that is more a presentation. It is more when he is part of a competition. When he is inside the group of engineers, he becomes very comfortable. He is the first one to say: How can I improve?” “When he came to Ferrari, he said to me things I could not understand. Like: I am not a good driver in the wet. I am not good in Hockenheim. I am not good (in this and that)… And I was like, What? I thought you were better than this. He was very open.” “The process of being humble, of acknowledging the gap to perfection, is a strong characteristic of his, which I can understand from outside may not be perceivable. But within the entourage, the team, it is actually quite developed. Through the years, he has worked on these weaker characteristics.” “The essence of his qualities is that he is very complete. You struggle to find a weak point, basically, in terms of high-level skills. The technical preparation in terms of driving. The ability to cope with a variety of situations. Intelligence - just capacity to understand the situation while he is in or out of the car.” Massimo Rivola ex Ferrari Sporting Director just said that Fernando made them "feel like idiots" at times because he could see beyond when they couldn't. He was supposed to be doing his job and the engineers were supposed to plan and strategize but often Alonso had to intervene. He would be doing things they were still figuring out. He also added that Fernando is one of those drivers who teach you a lot. Fernando Alonso is a sad tragedy in F1. His talent and abilities deserved more.

Or not at all. A completely pointless addition.

@SUPREME MEGATRON ....Your an IDIOT!...And that's a compliment!...SUPREME MEGATRON?...Someday you'll understand what a CLOWN you are!

@@jonathinrice914 he is right though

And too loud at times.

Too much background noise. Can't hear Nigel given my hearing loss from years of racing.

@@MarkInArizona Yes, baffling why anyone would add music to an interview.

@Christian Slater Rather whine than swine.

Me too only a decade after you...was is called "The 5th Collumn" or some such. Yes he could recapture an era of decades past and be relating to the then current era of Prost/Senna in a way few have articulated like Nigel does.

Aston enters the chat.... Hello :)

According to Cyrile, FA knows what car he will be getting, and it won't be a 'great' one... which is, apparently fine with him.

Alonso=trouble Alonso=unfair play Alonso=unnecessary rudeness Alonso=never a dull moment.

@@Conservator. 🤣🤣🤣

@@Conservator. delete your comment please

@@Conservator. así debes sentirte tú

@@Conservator. Alonso used to come into our family restaurant back in 05/06 - Holywells bar & brasserie Oxford. He was the most kindest and gentle person, really down to earth & gave time to chat to everyone inc our waiters and cleaner, also something not mentioned in the media, he gave £20k to a customers young child who needed cancer treatment abroad. Rude? don't make me laugh

Alonso dead? Wishful thinking!

I think the music has been added in after

@@dmg8530 Now what folder did I put that photo of Picard in?

Kimi is already on the grid we're good thanks.

@@ciaronsmith4995 My family always says two is better than one and two titles are better than nond

What is a "pure racer"

It more foreground music!

I think it adds a lot

St Michael's Hill , yes a lot of unnecessary sound obscuring the main purpose of a documentary - the talking

Simplistic analysis. Plus, the easy thing would be to go to a Mercedes and just let the car do the work for you. FA isn't like that. He isn't Hamilton.

We do NOT need a cheating, blackmailing racist in the paddock!

@@koitorob 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@koitorob hamilton fanboy

I think the problem is a lot focus on his “missteps” than his talent and greatness on track and as a whole. A lot of anti-Alonso fans and the European fan base (same thing?). Many I assume have only watched F1 recently. Not towards you personally but as a fan, reading comments about him is 99% undeserved negativity.

Ugh. Just stop. Hamilton was super aggressive in his earlier years and the Senna comparisons were never far away. He was the most naturally gifted wheel to wheel racer on the grid and made overtaking look easy before Pirelli turned the sport into a tyre preservation championship, which enabled slower drivers to compete, just through sheer tyre management alone, while DRS made it easier for every driver to overtake, negating the advantages that Hamilton had. I swear the constant attempts at revisionism by Alonso fanboys is the most pathetic thing I've ever seen

@@MT-pv2rf cry about it

@@MT-pv2rf Not any more pathetic that your little insecure rage tirade

I've been a Lewis fan for the last 10 years but I don't think he's unbeatable. Some favorable circumstances were enough for Rosberg to edge him in 2016. If Bottas keeps his current form he too is within a shot. Fernando is easily better than both. Don't get me wrong I think Lewis deserves his 6 titles... but I do think Fernando could beat him in the same car. Would he beat him? I do not know.

@@ajunta2270 He got beat by Lewis as a rookie lol

@@pr-tj5by They LOST in 2007 to Kimi....Hamilton got beat by Rosberg...HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! for the 2016 WDC...Alonso never got beat by a teammate for a WDC title...LITTLE CLOWN!

lmfao... thanks for that. is alanso a cheater?

Ezra S, Great driver but not as good as Hamilton.

@ATS599 to be fair... vettel and hamilton sort of just walked in to very dominant cars and noone other than schumi has truly built a team from the ground up

Better than Hamilton lol

Yeah he's a huge fanboy. I like Alonso and I'll be cheering for him when he returns but I don't like this type of fawning over from a journalist.

@Valentino Raikkonen you seemed to be triggered pal...i think it was a valid point...lighten up...

D.M.A. - you’ve cant lighten up an automaton troll... you’ll see, when it responds to this...

@Valentino Raikkonen Let's review his history shall we. He's racist. Had Hamilton's number on his phone under nigga. That was discovered when he lost his phone in the paddock and whoever found it went through his contacts. He ended Piquet Jnr's F1 career when he and Briatore had him crash so Alonso could pit in front of everyone else. He tried to blackmail Ron Dennis into giving him preferential treatment over Hamilton otherwise he would go and tell the FIA about McLaren having Ferrari documents. Ron went straight to them himself. He's such a talented driver that he continually demands his team mate to let him past. EVEN WHEN MASSA WAS LEADING THE RACE ALMOST A YEAR TO THE DAY AFTER HIS ACCIDENT! AND every team he has left he has slagged off in the press. The guy is a total prick!

@@koitorob Yep!

He's just a fanboy and his obsession stems from the fact that Hamilton beat Alonso in same car and is the one emulating Schumacher today rather than Alonso. Nigel's brain just can't process it, which is why he looks and sounds like he's about to cry in all of these desperate pro-Alonso propaganda video's he does. All Alonso fanboys are guilty of this. To cope with Alonso's failings they've created a fantasy in their own heads about him being some kind of mystical driver from another planet. Its absolutely nauseating.

@@MT-pv2rf Alonso is regarded as one of the the best ever up and down the pit lane and id cetainly entertain the position of somebody like Nigel over someone like you who just comes across as a pathetic hater.

@@xflynskywlkr27 Come on mate. He isn't objective at all.

@@xflynskywlkr27 well said they are lucky lewis fanboys

Prove it

Hahahaha nice joke

Kimi? A great great driver. Maybe the fastest when the car was perfect suited to him. A total disaster when the car was 1% percent wrong for him. That's too much of a weakness to be considered the best, so no way. Kimi was great for the 30% of his career and worse than his teammate (massa, alonso, vettel, even grosjean) the rest 70%.

I agree ! Dixon and Alonso are the most similar drivers of this generation. Just look at Dixon at Mid-Ohio last year on used tyres at the end of the race, the same fighting spirit and awareness.

I gave up after about a minute. It may have been a good interview. Who knows.

Preferably, yes. Or any other competitive car really so his talent can be on display.

How so?

Agreed!