Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi, two-time Formula One world champion, believes that Spanish driver Fernando Alonso, who will race for Aston Martin next season, still has a chance of winning his third title.
“Sure, he has possibilities. He is the most experienced driver, he is motivated and very talented. He has shown it this year »with Alpine, he stated in an interview with Efe Fittipaldi, who, like the Asturian, was twice champion of the premier category of motorsports (1972 and 1974).
The Brazilian ex-pilot, of Italian descent, declared himself “a great follower” of Alonso, whom he placed “among the best” of the current F1 grid at 41 years old, although he did not assess his signing by the Aston Martin team.
“He knows what he’s doing. A driver’s decision to change teams is a personal decision involving circumstances that we don’t know about. It is difficult to judge from the outside », he stressed.
“I don’t know how Aston Martin will be or where it will be next year, it’s a complex thing to comment on,” he added.
Despite this uncertainty, he fully trusts the “talent” of Alonso, champion in 2005 and 2006 and who in his opinion “continues very strong.”
«I always say that Fernando is a guy who starts behind and ends up ahead. Historically he is what he likes to do the most », he pointed out.
In this sense, Fittipaldi, the first Brazilian to become Formula One world champion, considers that Alonso still has the rope for a while, as long as he remains motivated.
“The day he has no motivation, he will stop, but anyone who enters a motivated track knows that he can win and he is motivated,” said the also Formula Indy champion (1989) and two-time Indianapolis 500 champion (1989 and 1993). ). EFE
