Fernando Alonso to Pink Bull
In an F1 profession that has spanned over 400 Grands Prix up to now, Fernando Alonso has received races for the likes of Renault, McLaren and Ferrari. A number one workforce not on that record, nevertheless, is Pink Bull – however had issues turned out otherwise, the Spaniard may have probably joined the Milton Keynes-based outfit a number of years in the past.
After a tension-filled marketing campaign alongside rookie workforce mate Lewis Hamilton noticed Alonso depart McLaren on the finish of 2007, the two-time World Champion got here near partnering with Pink Bull for the next season.
Whereas he as a substitute returned to Renault, Alonso says that additional talks happened with Pink Bull over the potential for signing for 2009. The 43-year-old advised F1’s Beyond The Grid podcast: “2008 was the closest [I came to joining Red Bull]. I keep in mind completely, we had been in a carpark at Spa airport, the little airport on prime of the hill.
“We had been in that automobile park, sitting within the again seats, each of us at night time, speaking concerning the risk. I used to be very near Ferrari. If it was not [happening] in 2009, [it] could be for certain in 2010. We went into that highway they usually took Sebastian [Vettel, who] was in BMW at the moment, doing a little Fridays and a few check driving in BMW.”
That partnership between Vettel and Pink Bull proved vastly profitable, yielding 4 consecutive championships, whereas Alonso failed to attain title success with Ferrari. However the Spanish driver doesn’t dwell on this, stating: “I did not suppose an excessive amount of about that. By no means. Not these years and never even now. I by no means remorse something.”
