During the development of their respective careers, between Sebastian Vettel And Fernando Alonso there never seemed to be a particular affinity. The two old rivals, who over the years competed for two world titles up to the last GP – in 2010 and 2012, both won by the German -, have never been friends. In the past there have also been vitriolic declarations between the two, such as when the Asturian said to play for the title against Newey and not with Vettel, as if to belittle the driving skills of his rival. However, time seems to have eased many contrasts. During the press conference for the presentation of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the two world champions came together side by side and created a funny curtain. Curiously, in fact, Alonso and Vettel are respectively first and second in the ranking of overtaking computed this year.
A particular ranking and certainly not particularly felt, but to which the F1 social media are giving a lot of space, precisely because of the names involved. Behind Alonso – who made 116 overtakes – and paired with Vettel – at 115 – there is another ‘great old man’ from the Circus, Kimi Raikkonen. Questioned at the press conference about their challenge, the two Alpine and Aston Martin drivers let themselves go to a few jokes. “We still don’t know what the prize is “ Vettel sarcastically commented. “We need to know it, so then we can divide it 50 and 50 ″ Alonso echoed. The Asturian then launched the idea of letting Raikkonen win, given that the Finn had to miss two GPs due to Covid. “We could distort it by starting to outdo each other “, concluded the four-time world champion, arousing the hilarity of his colleague.
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