Has Fernando Alonso been firing secret digs at Alpine all weekend at F1 Miami Grand Prix?
The two-time F1 ✨champion has rolled back the years since joining Aston Martin as a replacement for the retiring Sebastian Vettel, finishing on the podium three times this seas🔴on already.
But it hasn’t stopped him looking over his shoulder to tease Alpine, the team where he spent the past two yea🅺rs.
“I t🐎hink I have always been motivated,” Alonso said after qualifying in P2 🐎in Miami.
“I have always been working𝓡 hard, but I probably didn’t have the team believing in my performance, in my ab𒅌ility to set up the car as well, and to move forward.
“And also I never had a fast car, as I have now. So I think th﷽at’s the reason.
“I didn’t change anything b▨ut Aston Martin changed everything for me.”
A subtle reminder to Alp♒ine of what th♏ey have lost? Perhaps.
On Friday, Alonso’s teasing of his former employers was even clear𒆙er.
“The Alpin꧋es are fighting in the free practice,” Alonso exclaimed over t🔯eam radio.
The reply from his engineer came: “That’s a joke. You were on a fl💃ying la♌p and Esteban Ocon didn’t get out of the way.”
Alonso: “Yeah, copy, but the free practice is 🧔their moment so it’s good.”
Al♛onso has endured ups and downs with many teammates over the years, and last ♋season his relationship with Ocon was tumultuous.
After a season of frequent bickering, both driver💖s were reprimanded by team principal Ottmar Szafnauer for clashing in the sprint race i🌱n Sao Paulo.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for ꧃a decade covering everything from American s🦹ports, to football, to F1.
