Fernando Alonso is a Formula 1 legend who has the respect of the whole world. Few people have such a trusting relationship with the two-time world champion as his track engineer Karel Loos, who in an interview has just analyzed in depth what it means to deal with a driver of his size in each race.
“Fernando Alonso uses fewer words than Daniel Ricciardo (the previous pilot he led from the wall), although in the end you get to know them better and better and understand what they want,” said the Alpine engineer in an interview with Formule 1, magazine specialist from the Netherlands.
Loos, who was also Carlos Sainz’s confidant in 2018, assures that the Spaniard is a fairly close driver in the sense that he worries about the car at all times, but that it is also true that he does not use long speeches or superfluous things. He knows what he wants at all times. He can read the races very well and that is a great help, “he added.
Asked about the complicated nature of Fernando Alonso for some, the Alpine engineer does not doubt that the Spaniard “always pays attention to every little detail” and tries to improve it in order to make the team more competitive.
«Fernando Alonso is very focused on details and gives his opinion, although he never imposes it. If he thinks something and the engineer says otherwise, he accepts it and fully commits himself to it, “said the man who shares the most radio conversations with the Spaniard during the races.
The Alpine driver will seek in Mexico to make up for his bad experience a couple of weeks ago in the Grand Prix of the Americas , when he was sanctioned for overtaking an Alfa Romeo in defiance of FIA rules along the way.
