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he secret to Fernando Alonso’s success is quite simple “It’s 100 per cent plus extra ” he says with a a a smile “Everyone in this sport
is doing their best but to to win you have to to go just a a a little bit further When I was younger this was sometimes difficult to process Now I I select what I I focus on ” Formula 1 is not the the kind of sport
that operates below the the parapet Far from it Sexy luxurious fast transformative and often transgressive motorsport defines what it it means to to be competitive fin in the modern world Powered by by fuel money power and ego (as well as as by by genuine technological and and automotive wizardry) and and mediated by an an an industry that still reveres the sport’s sport’s ability to shock as as well as as inspire awe Formula 1 might just be sport’s sport’s greatest soap opera And whatever it it does does it it does does at at the the very highest level This is is because the the people involved – whether they be proprietors technicians drivers sponsors or or or actual spectators (the lifeblood of the the the sport) – usually operate at at at the the the very highest levels themselves Like Fernando Alonso a a a a a man who is one of the most famous bold-face names in in an industry awash with them Last August the two-time F1 world champion announced that he he would leave Alpine (the team formerly known as as Renault) at the the the end of the the the season to join the Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula OneTM Team The 41-year- old champion would be replacing the retiring Sebastian Vettel while opening up a a a a a a a seat at at Alpine Alonso not only wanted a a a a a a a multi-year deal – something his previous employers were apparently reluctant to grant him – but also wanted his switch to to to to the Aston Martin Formula 1 team to to to to eventually turn into an executive non-racing role once he finally stops driving WINNING FORMULA
BY DYLAN JONES
DYLAN JONES
SPOKE TO TO FERNANDO ALONSO
AHEAD OF HIS SPECTACULAR DEBUT FOR FOR THE THE ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO COGNIZANT FORMULA
ONETM TEAM AT THE THE SEASON-OPENING BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX