Vettel on Alonso: “There is respect, we never really met”

For his longtime rival in Formula 1, Fernando Alonsospoke o Sebastian Vettel on a recent podcast.

The German stated that this is one of the toughest drivers he had to face, while he emphasized that he admires and respects him. Although she can “sketch” him as a driver, she stressed that she doesn’t know him as a person and they were never able to build chemistry and hang out off the track.

“I admire him as a competitor. He was one of the toughest drivers, especially in the first two years when we were rivals. We had really big championship battles in 2010 and 2012. It’s probably one of my favorite experiences and memories. The tension on the morning before the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix was something else. I had a lot of tension, I think we both had a lot of stress” said Vettel.

“I consider Fernando a great driver. He has tremendous natural talent, tremendous determination, strong competitive instinct and he has not lost all of that. It is obvious that he loves to compete. He is passionate. But as a person, I don’t know him. I wouldn’t say we wouldn’t get along, I think we respect each other. But we never got to know each other, build chemistry, spend time together and talk about things outside of racing“, concluded.

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