Former Scuderia Ferrari driver Gerhard Berger agreed with the views of several Formula 1 insiders and fans as he stated that he was “100 percent certain” that Fernando Alonso is still capable of winning Formula 1 races and is confident he would actually fight for race wins if he could driver the Maranello team’s F1-75 car or the Red Bull RB 18 this championship.
In just a few days, Fernando Alonso will turn 41, but proved he still has it, with great on track moments at just about every Formula 1 race in this start of the 2022 season, taking the Alpine car into places it has no place being given its pace and performance, such as the front row start in Montreal, after a great qualifying lap for the Canadian Grand Prix.
But the Alpine is nowhere close to Red Bull or Ferrari, which shows that Fernando Alonso’s impressive efforts on Saturdays have to be matched with even better performances on Sundays as he battles much faster cars that start the race behind him.
But each time he puts on his race suit and helmet, the veteran of 343 F1 starts impresses or shows he is still able to fight any driver on the grid, prompting Motorsport Magazin to ask F1 veteran, and now DTM chief, Gerhard Berger for his thoughts on the Spaniard: “I love it! I have to say for me, with his talent, Alonso could have won five F1 world championship titles. He’s a brilliant driver. After McLaren he closed the doors a bit because if he were in a Mercedes he would have five world titles,” – the former Ferrari driver said.
When asked if Fernando Alonso would be scoring victories in 2022 behind the wheel of a Red Bull or a Ferrari, Gerhard Berger was clear: “Yes! I’m 100 percent sure of that.”
1997 Formula 1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve also admitted to being impressed with the Spanish driver’s performance this season:
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“It took him a little while to get up to speed in the Alpine and to get the team to work with him, to work in his direction, to develop the car in his direction. Be’s been unlucky this year either in strategies, pitstops, cars failing down. So it seems that he’s carrying some kind of weight with him and every time I talk to him, he says: it just never goes right. He’s relentless like Max and never gives up anything. He is passionate and he’s a fighter who never gives anything up. He’s always hungry for more. It’s amazing. Age affects you when you’re not willing to take the risk anymore, you’re not willing to make the sacrifices anymore where you’d rather be at home than taking the risk on the track. And that’s when you start slowing down, that’s when your mind is not on it anymore. Physically, in modern days, we eat better, we train, so you don’t get old as quickly and it depends on how much you’ve hurt yourself in your racing career as well. But the hunger is still there, so you might lose a tenth or two but that gets overly compensated by experience. And as you can see now, he’s a very experienced driver, he’s not the youngest on the grid but look what he’s doing against Ocon now. He’s there when it’s needed.” – Jacques Villeneuve concluded.
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