VER regards ALO also highly, and may be he even could learn some things from him. But because of his age I consider it extremely unlikely.Gillian wrote: ↑09 Dec 2021, 22:07Same!Wouter wrote: ↑09 Dec 2021, 21:16.Jambier wrote: ↑09 Dec 2021, 21:11Alonso is my favorite driver, but his career is in the past, he is still great, and the only shot he have is a good Alpine to win some races.
He will stay at Alpine until retirement I think, let's hope he grabs some more victories, but for title he is not in the right team.
Alonso and Red Bull could have been a reality in the past, but not the future, sad, because it would have been a very good setup!
I totally agree with every word!
Got great memories of Alonso in 05/06, then 07 was painful too watch (I like both Hamilton and Alonso) and then he had brilliant races until '14, just couldn't get that WDC again due to circumstances.
He's shown some of that brilliance this year but over the year he's not back to that old level. To be expected I guess.
Maybe the question is if Alonso right now is better than Perez? I think his appreciation towards Verstappen is genuine. Maybe it could work? I know this is probably not going to happen but just thinking about it, the greatest strength of Alonso is his adaptability and staying out of trouble. Isn't that what Red Bull (allegedly) needs? If indeed the Red Bull is skewed towards the needs of Verstappen, would Alonso not be able to adapt to that, better than Perez and those before him? And isn't the ability to stay out of trouble and pickup the points where Verstappen drops them the most important thing Red Bull wants?