"Lucky with traffic" is Alonso being humble, we saw from his onboard that he's awesome at managing traffic - save a bit more fuel or use a bit more depending on which car he's lining up for an overtake... perfectly judged entries and exits... it was sublime to watch.
He hasn't been working with Toyota *long enough* to NOT be humble. And that long enough isn't probably gonna take that long seeing how fast Alonso can go full salt with McLaren in 2007.
@@SkillzorZ021yeah, he often is, despite what the British media portrays, even tho he is the best driver ever so he can avoid being humble if he wants.
That's why he almost won the f1 championship with a Ferrari for 2 years against a superior Red Bull car. Why he was in a prime position to win the Indy-500 until his Honda broke. He's a smart racer, always knows where he stands, what he has to do. And knows how to be a team player, as demonstrated in this LeMans win.
Joe Sheppard nope one of the best, He Is best of the bests, idol of idols, el Diaz magnifizento beautiful and inteligent, example of god inside human body......truly, im sure
Dani ric leaving redbull, Alonso could easily take his spot but idk because redbull with Honda is an unknown but then again we all know how Renault is performing
Captain the word you're looking for is actually "salty" Alonso, being Alonso, is very salty. He also has no chill. Kinda what driving in California turns you into.
Yet his decisions in his career have been terrible. Every move other than when he joined Renault was a good move. Not to mention his awful immaturity in disrespecting Mclarens partner Honda. Which again he was wrong about since Red Bull have signed Honda over Renault when given the choice to compare.
None of that takes away from his incredible ability on track (which everyone agrees he has) his insults against honda where amazing as the engine they provided for years was absolutely shit (thats me being real) and no driver can predict the future. Mclaren gave honda several chances and all they delivered was an unreliable, slow engine package. I think the large majority of people would of made the switch to renault last season if they where in mclarens situation
You mentioned him being such a great guy. I was bringing reality to it. His comments are delusional at times. "Now we can fight" We gonna forget that? or is he just a god in your eyes? He's an amazing driver on the track, i wouldnt go as far to paint such a pretty picture off it my friend.
Considering where he was in the 2017 season i believe mclaren are now fighting further up the grid. I highly doubt that comment was aimed towards taking on the likes of redbull mercedes and Ferrari. He spoken his mind about the honda unit last year and it was all true, the honda package was terrible. Im not saying its as bad now and i believe due to redbull being the partners for next season they will push a whole lot more out of that honda engine but we will have to wait and see. But to answer your question, nando is a god in my eyes.
this is the kind of redemption i wanted to see for him. it's easy for newer F1 fans to forget that before the hamiltons and vettels, there was fernando. i'm glad he can go back to the formula 1 grid knowing everyone is fully awre that regardless of how shitty a car mcclaren delights in giving him, he's still one of the great drivers of our lifetime.
You know that feeling when you had a fun weekend and sunday night rolls around and you realize you have to get up and deal with another work week? I bet thats how Alonzo felt getting back into the mclaren f1 car LOL
None of the top teams in F1 will hire Alonso because he would clash with their current driver pairings but look at how well he was accepted at Toyota. I think Alonso has definitely left F1 behind after winning le mans because McLaren are nowhere and he could be winning his triple crown.
XxLinguinexXPwnzXx yeah he probably just isn't enjoying himself in f1 anymore with uncompetitive machinery and is looking to move on and good on him to be honest because the range of motorsport out there is so huge he could try anything he likes really
Q Z He looked good to get it last year running at the front end for most the race. If the engine didn't fail on him he could have already had the triple crown. It's very likely he will be one day. His star appeal, the question for the triple crown along with McLaren helping him means the chances of him getting in a top end team again are very high. It's a sure bet for me he will get it though I'd rather see him that 3rd WDC in F1
The problem is that he gets bored driving in circles. That's just for americans that want a sport that allows them to go get more food and beer to come back and not having missed much.
Lorenzo Abanes agreed, when every round in the circle is an exercise in trying not to slip or spin or lose traction overall. Probably why F1 won’t work on ovals because their grip is practically cheating and no runoffs. Also probably why Vettel should never run Indy or NASCAR because s🅱️innala.
2:02 Buemi was the overall fastest in the race because the track is clean and there is no traffic at the start so both Toyotas made the fastest laps on lap 4 for the #7 car, and lap 5 for the #8 car, before the track became too dirty and traffic spread enough to catch a lapped car on the wrong spot every lap.
The extra grip is not enough to benefit over the fact that every lap you catch a lapped car and makes you lose time on the braking zone or at the exit of some corners. And because you have to go around lapped cars outside of the optimal racing line, you get into the dirty part of the track every lap. Its not a coincidence Conway was also the fastest with in the first 10 laps of the race. Buemi did the fastest lap on the 5th lap.
The difference in top level racing drivers is how they can adapt to the constant changes in a race and all the different situations to make the most of it. That's what made Alonso fight for Championships in Ferrari and thats what made him being fastest through the traffic in Lemans - which is what they are praising in the video- That's the natural talent you need to win in Lemans (and any other race) , it's not a qualifying but a 24h race. If you haven't noticed that talent in Alonso through all these years you are blind.
Alonso has proved that he is the best driver . If he can adapt to different cars and different series with ease. He is much better than any vettel or Hamilton .
Watch Vettel racing in 8 different cars and winning all of the 8 races 2 years back at the ROC in Florida. Not the same but it shows that he is certainly not a one trick pony.
It is amazing. I started seeing f1 becase of him. Since senna I haven’t got into it. And he deserve more, a lot more. He is a genius and humble. I like him a lot.
Wow he did it again at LeMans, after Indy. What a such all-rounder racing driver. Doesn't matter what car he drives, he will win the race. As they said, it is an ART, and Alonso is a real artist. What a masterpiece.
He's clearly still one of the best in F1 but he's made some poor choices in his career. When it comes down to it, that's the main reason he hasn't won more than 2 championships. There was a championship on offer if he'd stayed at McLaren in 2008. And potentially another one at Ferrari in 2017. He hasn't lucked into having the best car (e.g. Vettel at Red Bull and at Ferrari this year, or Hamilton at Mercedes) granted
Alonso has been making mistakes on his own by taking wrong decisions to switch teams. He would have won 6 championships till now if he would have accepted 2009 Red Bull Offer.
Prasad Shirvandkar in his defence I don't think anyone in 2008 expected red bull to become the dominant force they did. Moving to Ferrari for 2010 seemed to be the smarter choice. I think the move to McLaren in 2015 was irresponsible from a championship winning pov though. So much at risk when the smart money could've told you Ferrari were eventually going to bounce back. Seems like he'd soured that relationship by then though
When Alonso was about to get in the car the first time in the race, the look in his eyes said it all : I AM HUNGRY, LET ME GO HUNTING ! Give that man a competitive car and he WILL absolutely pull all of his weight, maybe even a touch more if it´s one of those "perfect days" .
Alonso is the greatest racer of all time. He can maximize any car he drives. Let’s not forget he did the Indy 500 in the middle of a full F1 season and qualified well and led several laps before his engine failed. It’s just amazing.
Аитор Хара Why Obama? Because CNN said he's a nice person? People, especially politicians, have carefully crafted public personas that almost universally differ from their actual personalities.
Unless you have experienced it first hand It’s hard to understand how the racing drivers world breathes, the written and unwritten rules it is governed by and the ever more stringent borders which apply to them. I’ve been lucky enough to experience this through my father’s work. Over 50 years involved in international motor racing. Fernando’s talent, racecraft and personality are more from a long gone era than they are from those needed in today’s “supposed” pinnacle of Motorsport . He is his own man, even though he has accepted how everything works he finds himself in a position which makes him a potentially uncomfortable driver for any major team to handle. By saying this I mean he has well earned himself a name, reputation and level of recognition unmatched in today’s F1. It also means he will not get tossed around, forced, induced or put in a situation he does not consider fair, and not speak up or stand his ground. Not fearing to voice his claims even if those are against what is considered to be politically correct or commercially acceptable. Which probably are the main drives of any team in nowadays formula 1. He is not a sales man nor a walking advertising banner. He is a thoroughbred racing driver who comes from the most humble of origins and who has paved his career with sweat and tears from him and his own family. I truly believe he is along Hamilton, Raikonen, Schumacher, Senna, Graham Hill or Fangio. One if not The greatest Drivers I will get to see in my lifetime. Particularly because the way the sport is headed these kind of drivers are not likely to shine no more. The circus we see today has lost all the characters which made it Great long ago. Nowadays it’s all about PR, commercial strategies and compliance with awkward regulations it’s no more the combination of ingenious and revolutionary engineering combined with outstanding personalities and talent who dare risk their lives just for the glory and love of the challenge. He has not lost the love for the sport nonetheless his ability, but the understanding that what is needed today are “pet” drivers who are ready to follow whatever orders they are given. If you couple that with the fact that it’s no longer 50-50 driver and machine as it is more 90 machine 10 driver. It has all slowly bored him. Enough with the banter but from my humble point of view, kudos to him for remaining in F1 and to McLaren for re-signing him and keeping him on board, even if that means allowing him to experience other disciplines within the sport to keep him motivated. They sure know and value the cost of having the best paid driver on the grid on you side. Be sure if he wasn’t the best he would not be there.
I'm going to say that after watching Red Bull performance this season and given what Alonso has done in the past - specially with Ferrari - and what he is doing now with Mclaren, I completely think that he would be fighting for the Championship in a Red Bull
Please give this man a proper f1 car already. Is unbelievable how much talent and better F1 races was wasted in all those years already. I understand it was his decisions, which brought him to this bad situation, but for God's sake, wherever he go in F1, he get a bad car. I can feel his frustration.
Nico Hülkenberg already won back in 2015 when there were Porsche, Audi and Toyota competing and nobody really talked about his achievement unlike Alonsos. Really underestimated driver :( Nevertheless great effort from Alonso!
I would really love to see this same analysis for Hulkenberg on 2015. I know it´s 2 different cars and different years, but just to see this peer analysis for Hulkenberg would be fantastic. My bet would be that being an elite driver, Hulkenberg would have done a fantastifull job, but Fernando would have a slight edge. Just guessing.
Any other f1 driver, any of them even Latifi can perform perfectly in a 1 type car race (Toyota). In 2019 their car (no.8 Toyota LMP1) was 40 sec behind the no.7 Toyota but they won thanks to the other car technical issue.
Give him the third best car in F1, and he will put it on first place. That's the difference between drivers like Alonso and other fast drivers. That final ingredient to be a champion.
Also Juan Pablo Montoya came kind of close, Third place, to getting a triple crown. Are there any other current drivers who are close to getting a triple crown?
The adaptability to be able to be legendary at driving in F1 to a a series and car that challenges you in such different manners is wild. He's just in it for fun at this point in his career like Kimi in the way that winning is still the goal but they arent bother if they dont win
C'mon, y'all. Just about any top flight series driver (f1, Indy car, wec, Nascar. Even prolly top fuel dragsters) would have had a super shot at winning Le Mans in the Toyotas. But Alonso did do a super job. He definitely did his part.
In my opinion mclaren as a team needs a complete reorganization, they havent been competitive for a while and i dont see them ever being competitive with the current people they have in the team. I think that the honda engine has come a long way since last season but still has far to go. Its not the most reliable but that can also be said for the renault engine in the mclaren. My worry is that redbull will not within top 3 next season.
If this guy was also recognizably the fastest over 1 lap he would be the modern Senna. Such a shame it's not the case and even Fernando himself admitting he's not the fastest driver out there.
slightly puzzled, how does a day setup differ from a night setup ? surely both cars have spotlight on for the night but apart from that ? more blanking for the night ? but that is not really setup now is it ?
people always give him shit and say that he joins other races because he can't win in F1. But the truth is that Fernando is one of the best drivers and the reason that he doesn't win often in F1 is that Mclaren just sucks. the fact that he's able to keep up still proves that he can still be fast in a slow car. Put Fernando in a mercedes or ferrari and i guarantee you that he'll get at least podium.
Also I would like to take this opportunity to say: RIP LMP1 category. If you think F1's Mercedes domination was bad, look at Audi and Porsche. Then both left. And now, really whats LMP1 for?
I've heard that FIA is planning to ditch the LMP1 class in favor of getting hypercars likes of McLaren Senna and Ferrari FXXK to make a new class of race cars due to the high expenses of the LMP1 class over the years, leaving Toyota being the sole competitor in the LMP1 class this season
"his car was set up a bit more for the night" .. meaning he got working headlights better than those on the #7 car? xD things i see during night are changing humidity and track temperature / both mostly tyre related or am i wrong
U r right during the night the only things changing are the humidity and track temperature which again as u pointed out are related to the tyre and their performance and since the since the performance of the tyres depends heavily on the temperature maybe alonso's car was set up with different suspension set up or something to get better mechanical grip and furthermore his aero set up might also slightly be different allowing greater aerodynamic grip in the cooler night conditions at least thats what i think they meant when they said Nando's car was set up slightly for the night time conditions
Hulkenberge has won everywhere he has been excluding F1. Hulkenberge is no slouch, it's his weight that stops him getting a competitive F1 drive which is why we will likely never see him win in F1
That just speaks the magnitude of Formula 1 drivers, no? They are arguably the best drivers... in the world. (ok taking aside 'some' people who got there out of money and subpar skill to back up their existence there). I bet when one of these non-F1 teams hire a decent F1 driver and barely after he completes the first practice session everyone in the garage would be "oooh.... so THATS an F1 driver"
He is THE most experienced driver in the world today. But I do kinda of think the "fix" was in with his team. I don't think there was a ""pass given", but I'm sure he was in the "A" car. So the whole race comes down to just that Toyota team, as Porsche and Audi have both left the sport; after years of domination, they had no challenge left...so Toyota had no real competition. It was a two car race for LP1.
It will be sad if Alonso ends up leaving F1 at this point . I hope somehow something happens and he ends up in a top F1 car again. But at this point it seems like Alonso has had as much of F1 as hes going to get, and is ready to move on.
How can a car be more set up for the night? The only changing factor is visibility (which doesnt decrease car's preformance) and temperature which shouldn't change prefomance aince both cars have identical cooling sistems that cannot be changed with setup. Can anyone explain?
Borna Siroki the temperature of the ground also xhange. It affect the grip of the tires. I supose you can set the suspension to have more mechanical grip at night. (Pd:sorry if i've made any grammar mistakes)
As mentioned, air temp and Track surface temp can really change how the tires perform, as well as differing levels of downforce with the change in air density.
"luck" does not win races. SOME race teams are lucky I do not have money to sue them over using my idea to put an electric generator on the turbo, for around 160 extra hp, as Mersadies reveled recently, while I am penniless and living in my car. OH and speaking of "grandiose egos", If i were him I would have used the prize money to pay ABBA to reunite and come sign that hit song of theirs at the after party, you know the one....
"Lucky with traffic" is Alonso being humble, we saw from his onboard that he's awesome at managing traffic - save a bit more fuel or use a bit more depending on which car he's lining up for an overtake... perfectly judged entries and exits... it was sublime to watch.
Lol, Alonso being humble..
He hasn't been working with Toyota *long enough* to NOT be humble. And that long enough isn't probably gonna take that long seeing how fast Alonso can go full salt with McLaren in 2007.
Yes an very lucky car 7 leading the race got a second puncture with just one hour to go...hahah --- politics, dishonesty, all over in bold letters.
@@TheMonkini Dafuq mate that was 2019. He won fair and square in 2018
@@SkillzorZ021yeah, he often is, despite what the British media portrays, even tho he is the best driver ever so he can avoid being humble if he wants.
That's why he almost won the f1 championship with a Ferrari for 2 years against a superior Red Bull car. Why he was in a prime position to win the Indy-500 until his Honda broke. He's a smart racer, always knows where he stands, what he has to do. And knows how to be a team player, as demonstrated in this LeMans win.
As we all know, Fernando is one of the best drivers in the world.
Joe Sheppard Agree but in 2009 Massa had to give him a victory and Renault had to cheat for Fernando to win.
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When people start with "We all know..." and "nobody thinks.." it's much the same as all that comes before a but. Simply bullshit.
Stinger 1201 yeah, Reanault is the one cheating, but not Alonso himself.
Joe Sheppard nope one of the best, He Is best of the bests, idol of idols, el Diaz magnifizento beautiful and inteligent, example of god inside human body......truly, im sure
Alonso is the reason I started watching Formula 1, yet nothing would rejoice me more than seeing him hunt down the triple crown in 2019 and further.
Me too man and he is coming back in F1, I couldn't be happier. He certainly can race for podiums. Renault this season looked competitive
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@@dougjudy5352 this aged well
@@spence213 😂😂
If only his F1 car was actually competitive.
If only his car is at least decent..
Kentaro Honjo he just needs a redbull level car and he would be very good.
Alonso is an awesome driver.
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Dani ric leaving redbull, Alonso could easily take his spot but idk because redbull with Honda is an unknown but then again we all know how Renault is performing
Alonso is just amazing. One of the best drivers and people on every grid!
PNathan He’s the best driver but also an absolute self-righteous asshole wanker. His personality is the only reason he is not in a top team.
ScrewCaptain27 didn't know you knew him!
PNathan People???
+ScrewCaptain27 absolutely spot on!
Captain the word you're looking for is actually "salty"
Alonso, being Alonso, is very salty.
He also has no chill.
Kinda what driving in California turns you into.
Alonsos a complete boss man lets just face it, he is a living legend, funny, great on track. Just a great guy man
Yet his decisions in his career have been terrible. Every move other than when he joined Renault was a good move. Not to mention his awful immaturity in disrespecting Mclarens partner Honda. Which again he was wrong about since Red Bull have signed Honda over Renault when given the choice to compare.
None of that takes away from his incredible ability on track (which everyone agrees he has) his insults against honda where amazing as the engine they provided for years was absolutely shit (thats me being real) and no driver can predict the future. Mclaren gave honda several chances and all they delivered was an unreliable, slow engine package. I think the large majority of people would of made the switch to renault last season if they where in mclarens situation
You mentioned him being such a great guy. I was bringing reality to it. His comments are delusional at times. "Now we can fight" We gonna forget that? or is he just a god in your eyes? He's an amazing driver on the track, i wouldnt go as far to paint such a pretty picture off it my friend.
And Handsome! Damn he's good looking.
Considering where he was in the 2017 season i believe mclaren are now fighting further up the grid. I highly doubt that comment was aimed towards taking on the likes of redbull mercedes and Ferrari. He spoken his mind about the honda unit last year and it was all true, the honda package was terrible. Im not saying its as bad now and i believe due to redbull being the partners for next season they will push a whole lot more out of that honda engine but we will have to wait and see. But to answer your question, nando is a god in my eyes.
this is the kind of redemption i wanted to see for him. it's easy for newer F1 fans to forget that before the hamiltons and vettels, there was fernando. i'm glad he can go back to the formula 1 grid knowing everyone is fully awre that regardless of how shitty a car mcclaren delights in giving him, he's still one of the great drivers of our lifetime.
You know that feeling when you had a fun weekend and sunday night rolls around and you realize you have to get up and deal with another work week? I bet thats how Alonzo felt getting back into the mclaren f1 car LOL
None of the top teams in F1 will hire Alonso because he would clash with their current driver pairings but look at how well he was accepted at Toyota. I think Alonso has definitely left F1 behind after winning le mans because McLaren are nowhere and he could be winning his triple crown.
XxLinguinexXPwnzXx yeah he probably just isn't enjoying himself in f1 anymore with uncompetitive machinery and is looking to move on and good on him to be honest because the range of motorsport out there is so huge he could try anything he likes really
If only Red Bull, Merc, or Ferrari gave him a seat
XxLinguinexXPwnzXx Alonso does not need to go back to formula 1 now because he is much more than that crap series.
But his teammates in Toyota are not his rivals
those are just stories thrown up by british journalists who love hamilton.
Alonso is probably the best F1 driver with the least results to show for it in F1 history. Amazing talent, under achieved because of shitty teams.
Just accept it, he is one of the greatest drivers ever!!!!
Best driver I’ve ever seen. I know there is a lot of talk about him moving to Indy but I really just want to see him in a competitive car again in F1
Hello from the future.
I was there at the race. Alonso was mental fast. Shame that Toyota had the only hybrid. But you still have to finish the race. An amazing experience
He needs that final gem in the crown, a big Oval one.
Q Z He looked good to get it last year running at the front end for most the race. If the engine didn't fail on him he could have already had the triple crown.
It's very likely he will be one day. His star appeal, the question for the triple crown along with McLaren helping him means the chances of him getting in a top end team again are very high. It's a sure bet for me he will get it though I'd rather see him that 3rd WDC in F1
The problem is that he gets bored driving in circles. That's just for americans that want a sport that allows them to go get more food and beer to come back and not having missed much.
TheMonkini it’s much harder than it looks mate
TheMonkini and the Indy 500 has much more different winners than in the entire F1 Season
Lorenzo Abanes agreed, when every round in the circle is an exercise in trying not to slip or spin or lose traction overall.
Probably why F1 won’t work on ovals because their grip is practically cheating and no runoffs. Also probably why Vettel should never run Indy or NASCAR because s🅱️innala.
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2:02 Buemi was the overall fastest in the race because the track is clean and there is no traffic at the start so both Toyotas made the fastest laps on lap 4 for the #7 car, and lap 5 for the #8 car, before the track became too dirty and traffic spread enough to catch a lapped car on the wrong spot every lap.
The racing line is becoming better with time, more hot rubber on the ground more grip
The extra grip is not enough to benefit over the fact that every lap you catch a lapped car and makes you lose time on the braking zone or at the exit of some corners. And because you have to go around lapped cars outside of the optimal racing line, you get into the dirty part of the track every lap. Its not a coincidence Conway was also the fastest with in the first 10 laps of the race. Buemi did the fastest lap on the 5th lap.
The difference in top level racing drivers is how they can adapt to the constant changes in a race and all the different situations to make the most of it. That's what made Alonso fight for Championships in Ferrari and thats what made him being fastest through the traffic in Lemans - which is what they are praising in the video- That's the natural talent you need to win in Lemans (and any other race) , it's not a qualifying but a 24h race. If you haven't noticed that talent in Alonso through all these years you are blind.
gomalipess28 - amen
Who s here after his amazing F1 2023 season?
Once he leaves f1 we will have to wait decades for another driver like that. Living legend.
I love Alonso and think he's a fantastic driver but Max exists lol
Alonso has proved that he is the best driver . If he can adapt to different cars and different series with ease. He is much better than any vettel or Hamilton .
Watch Vettel racing in 8 different cars and winning all of the 8 races 2 years back at the ROC in Florida. Not the same but it shows that he is certainly not a one trick pony.
@Chris C I was about to point out the same thing, Vettel is a genius with different types of cars, maybe on 2 wheels also, nobody knows...
The other two haven't tried, so you can't just write them off. F1 is the pinnacle, so they would obviously be as good as Alonso was
Melacome Encasa Hamilton is just faster full stop. His first rookie season with McLaren proved that.
Chris C ROC is totally irrelevant as a measure. It's more like Disney land attraction.
It is amazing. I started seeing f1 becase of him. Since senna I haven’t got into it. And he deserve more, a lot more.
He is a genius and humble. I like him a lot.
It feels good to see the smiles in once frustrated talent.
Wow he did it again at LeMans, after Indy. What a such all-rounder racing driver. Doesn't matter what car he drives, he will win the race. As they said, it is an ART, and Alonso is a real artist. What a masterpiece.
Liberty media please make a deal with mercedes or redbull...get this man a last title shot...what a shame if he leaves f1 next year
Not a shame at all, I'd rather see him hunt for victories than not be able to make it out of Q2 in a shit car
He's clearly still one of the best in F1 but he's made some poor choices in his career. When it comes down to it, that's the main reason he hasn't won more than 2 championships. There was a championship on offer if he'd stayed at McLaren in 2008. And potentially another one at Ferrari in 2017. He hasn't lucked into having the best car (e.g. Vettel at Red Bull and at Ferrari this year, or Hamilton at Mercedes) granted
Alonso has been making mistakes on his own by taking wrong decisions to switch teams. He would have won 6 championships till now if he would have accepted 2009 Red Bull Offer.
Prasad Shirvandkar in his defence I don't think anyone in 2008 expected red bull to become the dominant force they did. Moving to Ferrari for 2010 seemed to be the smarter choice. I think the move to McLaren in 2015 was irresponsible from a championship winning pov though. So much at risk when the smart money could've told you Ferrari were eventually going to bounce back. Seems like he'd soured that relationship by then though
Nathan Rath True!! Agreed.
Alot of Le Mans fans were saying Alonso was a noob in Le Mans and in F1, thats not true Alonso is one of the best!
Buemi was faster due to a cleaner track ..... Fernando wasabsolutely brilliant as always
Hope F. A. will drive on for years. He is a living legend!
When Alonso was about to get in the car the first time in the race, the look in his eyes said it all : I AM HUNGRY, LET ME GO HUNTING !
Give that man a competitive car and he WILL absolutely pull all of his weight, maybe even a touch more if it´s one of those "perfect days" .
Alonso in any top F1 car in current season is a winner.
I LOVE Fernando!!!
Handsome, loves racing cars and is damn good at it... Not sure what more you could want in a man.
Alonso is the greatest racer of all time. He can maximize any car he drives. Let’s not forget he did the Indy 500 in the middle of a full F1 season and qualified well and led several laps before his engine failed. It’s just amazing.
I would love to know how Toyota’s pace compared to the winners the past few years, allowing for the many many slow zones and cautions.
triple crown , baby!
its coming!
its not coming and he is a joke and even with massive help and contract privilege he cant get shit done and its over for the whiny manchild in f1
Stimor I'm sure Vettel and Hamilton aren't man children to you, despite bitching on the radio every race
Alonso is my #1 pick for having a sherry and some tapas with.
why not obama bro
sure
Аитор Хара Why Obama? Because CNN said he's a nice person? People, especially politicians, have carefully crafted public personas that almost universally differ from their actual personalities.
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He deserves the best teams in f1
You forgot to mention how he made an amazing comeback at night, after the stop penalty that Buemi went.
Unless you have experienced it first hand It’s hard to understand how the racing drivers world breathes, the written and unwritten rules it is governed by and the ever more stringent borders which apply to them. I’ve been lucky enough to experience this through my father’s work. Over 50 years involved in international motor racing.
Fernando’s talent, racecraft and personality are more from a long gone era than they are from those needed in today’s “supposed” pinnacle of Motorsport . He is his own man, even though he has accepted how everything works he finds himself in a position which makes him a potentially uncomfortable driver for any major team to handle. By saying this I mean he has well earned himself a name, reputation and level of recognition unmatched in today’s F1. It also means he will not get tossed around, forced, induced or put in a situation he does not consider fair, and not speak up or stand his ground. Not fearing to voice his claims even if those are against what is considered to be politically correct or commercially acceptable. Which probably are the main drives of any team in nowadays formula 1.
He is not a sales man nor a walking advertising banner. He is a thoroughbred racing driver who comes from the most humble of origins and who has paved his career with sweat and tears from him and his own family.
I truly believe he is along Hamilton, Raikonen, Schumacher, Senna, Graham Hill or Fangio. One if not The greatest Drivers I will get to see in my lifetime. Particularly because the way the sport is headed these kind of drivers are not likely to shine no more. The circus we see today has lost all the characters which made it Great long ago. Nowadays it’s all about PR, commercial strategies and compliance with awkward regulations it’s no more the combination of ingenious and revolutionary engineering combined with outstanding personalities and talent who dare risk their lives just for the glory and love of the challenge.
He has not lost the love for the sport nonetheless his ability, but the understanding that what is needed today are “pet” drivers who are ready to follow whatever orders they are given. If you couple that with the fact that it’s no longer 50-50 driver and machine as it is more 90 machine 10 driver. It has all slowly bored him.
Enough with the banter but from my humble point of view, kudos to him for remaining in F1 and to McLaren for re-signing him and keeping him on board, even if that means allowing him to experience other disciplines within the sport to keep him motivated. They sure know and value the cost of having the best paid driver on the grid on you side. Be sure if he wasn’t the best he would not be there.
Alonso is a complete driver
soo happy to see Fernando back at the front of a grid ……..
Fernando ama todo tipo de carreras
Y es una bestia al volante
Tiene talento experiencia y velocidad
ALONSO! One more RACE! One More Time! You're nearly there!
Alonso is a beast
he is the best driver since schumacher retired. He even was beating schumacher in the Renault days.
Nice analysis!
I'm going to say that after watching Red Bull performance this season and given what Alonso has done in the past - specially with Ferrari - and what he is doing now with Mclaren, I completely think that he would be fighting for the Championship in a Red Bull
Please give this man a proper f1 car already. Is unbelievable how much talent and better F1 races was wasted in all those years already. I understand it was his decisions, which brought him to this bad situation, but for God's sake, wherever he go in F1, he get a bad car. I can feel his frustration.
The true G.O.A.T
Give Nando a good F1 car please. He really needs a break.
The Car was #1 shape period.
Good drivers are very professional in their approach, great drivers are that + an air of no fucks given, nothing to prove.
Nico Hülkenberg already won back in 2015 when there were Porsche, Audi and Toyota competing and nobody really talked about his achievement unlike Alonsos. Really underestimated driver :( Nevertheless great effort from Alonso!
Really hoping Micheal can convince him to try IndyCar. He'll absolutely dominate over here.
I would really love to see this same analysis for Hulkenberg on 2015. I know it´s 2 different cars and different years, but just to see this peer analysis for Hulkenberg would be fantastic. My bet would be that being an elite driver, Hulkenberg would have done a fantastifull job, but Fernando would have a slight edge. Just guessing.
Any other f1 driver, any of them even Latifi can perform perfectly in a 1 type car race (Toyota). In 2019 their car (no.8 Toyota LMP1) was 40 sec behind the no.7 Toyota but they won thanks to the other car technical issue.
Give him the third best car in F1, and he will put it on first place. That's the difference between drivers like Alonso and other fast drivers. That final ingredient to be a champion.
how would he beat hamilton in a worse car when he couldnt even beat him in an equal car in has first season?
How he's matured since his Hamilton year at MClaren!!
It will be interesting to see him try WRC too
Also Juan Pablo Montoya came kind of close, Third place, to getting a triple crown. Are there any other current drivers who are close to getting a triple crown?
Is that kid at the desk on Work experience?
How did Alonso’s car pass the sister car? Was it under green? The pit stops? Team orders?
The adaptability to be able to be legendary at driving in F1 to a a series and car that challenges you in such different manners is wild. He's just in it for fun at this point in his career like Kimi in the way that winning is still the goal but they arent bother if they dont win
Please, Mclaren. PLEASE GIVE FERNANDO A COMPETITIVE CAR!!!!
C'mon, y'all. Just about any top flight series driver (f1, Indy car, wec, Nascar. Even prolly top fuel dragsters) would have had a super shot at winning Le Mans in the Toyotas. But Alonso did do a super job. He definitely did his part.
Congrats to Spaniard who win 2 consecutive Le Mans races to regain back his racing faith.
We told you guys, he's actually good.
In my opinion mclaren as a team needs a complete reorganization, they havent been competitive for a while and i dont see them ever being competitive with the current people they have in the team. I think that the honda engine has come a long way since last season but still has far to go. Its not the most reliable but that can also be said for the renault engine in the mclaren. My worry is that redbull will not within top 3 next season.
If this guy was also recognizably the fastest over 1 lap he would be the modern Senna. Such a shame it's not the case and even Fernando himself admitting he's not the fastest driver out there.
Here's hoping he'll get his triple crown, and then we'll see him in some GT racing.
What's up with having a day and a night set up for a car? Track temp maybe? That's all I can think of atm.
Car is king - Fernando is king of the car .:-)
Alonso knows traffic, his McClaren lived it 100% of the time the 47% of the time it was moving.
slightly puzzled, how does a day setup differ from a night setup ? surely both cars have spotlight on for the night but apart from that ? more blanking for the night ? but that is not really setup now is it ?
I would say he won one-third of Le Mans.
at least he has taken his raincloud out of mclaren and f1. both will be much nicer places this season
Yaaaaaaaaaaa Finally! Finally Alonso shines again
Missed the points off that he basically only had to finish to win...
people always give him shit and say that he joins other races because he can't win in F1. But the truth is that Fernando is one of the best drivers and the reason that he doesn't win often in F1 is that Mclaren just sucks. the fact that he's able to keep up still proves that he can still be fast in a slow car. Put Fernando in a mercedes or ferrari and i guarantee you that he'll get at least podium.
GOAT
Who set the lap record during the race ?
Also I would like to take this opportunity to say:
RIP LMP1 category.
If you think F1's Mercedes domination was bad, look at Audi and Porsche. Then both left. And now, really whats LMP1 for?
Wiryan Tirtarahardja The rules are changing in a couple years anyways
I've heard that FIA is planning to ditch the LMP1 class in favor of getting hypercars likes of McLaren Senna and Ferrari FXXK to make a new class of race cars due to the high expenses of the LMP1 class over the years, leaving Toyota being the sole competitor in the LMP1 class this season
@@adlibbed2138 The plan is to go back to a sports cars style like Group C, with cars based or current hyper cars. That's what I saw, at least
Wiryan Tirtarahardja Did you conveniently forget that time when the Audis were dominating?
"his car was set up a bit more for the night" .. meaning he got working headlights better than those on the #7 car? xD
things i see during night are changing humidity and track temperature / both mostly tyre related or am i wrong
U r right during the night the only things changing are the humidity and track temperature which again as u pointed out are related to the tyre and their performance and since the since the performance of the tyres depends heavily on the temperature maybe alonso's car was set up with different suspension set up or something to get better mechanical grip and furthermore his aero set up might also slightly be different allowing greater aerodynamic grip in the cooler night conditions at least thats what i think they meant when they said Nando's car was set up slightly for the night time conditions
air density as well, for the aero.
Nico Hulkenberg went to Le Mans and also won first time out.
Normally, F1 drivers excels in Le Mans. Not just Alonso
Melacome Encasa
His teammates weren't exactly top F1 drivers. There's a reason they left F1 early.
Hulkenberge has won everywhere he has been excluding F1.
Hulkenberge is no slouch, it's his weight that stops him getting a competitive F1 drive which is why we will likely never see him win in F1
Brendon Hartley also won as a rookie Le Man driver......before F1
That just speaks the magnitude of Formula 1 drivers, no? They are arguably the best drivers... in the world. (ok taking aside 'some' people who got there out of money and subpar skill to back up their existence there).
I bet when one of these non-F1 teams hire a decent F1 driver and barely after he completes the first practice session everyone in the garage would be "oooh.... so THATS an F1 driver"
James B shhh they don’t care, they only care about anything Fernando Alonso does because he sells more
Give him Mercedes, Ferrari or Redbull seat and he's gonna become 3 times world champion.
Alonso ti amoooo!!!!
He is THE most experienced driver in the world today. But I do kinda of think the "fix" was in with his team. I don't think there was a ""pass given", but I'm sure he was in the "A" car. So the whole race comes down to just that Toyota team, as Porsche and Audi have both left the sport; after years of domination, they had no challenge left...so Toyota had no real competition. It was a two car race for LP1.
Do you want more proofs? hes a beast behind a competitive car, give him a good car ffs
perfect he is!
I wish he could get back on a good F1 team!
*GOAT.* 🔥🔥🔥
He HAS to move to WEC. F1's glamour and McLaren's fall ruined this man's beastly skills.
Bayu Astha Why move to WEC when he already has that leg of the triple crown? IndyCar is calling his name now.
Alonso, drove at Mans, at night, just like Senna, used to drive in the rain. Sorry folks, no other analogy!
Toyota and Alonso had no competition,except perhaps for the Gremlins.
F1 Engine F1 YEAH
It will be sad if Alonso ends up leaving F1 at this point . I hope somehow something happens and he ends up in a top F1 car again. But at this point it seems like Alonso has had as much of F1 as hes going to get, and is ready to move on.
He’s back 🎉
How can a car be more set up for the night?
The only changing factor is visibility (which doesnt decrease car's preformance) and temperature which shouldn't change prefomance aince both cars have identical cooling sistems that cannot be changed with setup.
Can anyone explain?
Borna Siroki the temperature of the ground also xhange.
It affect the grip of the tires. I supose you can set the suspension to have more mechanical grip at night.
(Pd:sorry if i've made any grammar mistakes)
weather and elements that make up weather - temp, wind, etc...
As mentioned, air temp and Track surface temp can really change how the tires perform, as well as differing levels of downforce with the change in air density.
Temperature. Different turbo pressures, different cooling and suspension setups.
Someone get this man a Ferrari
"luck" does not win races.
SOME race teams are lucky I do not have money to sue them over using my idea to put an electric generator on the turbo, for around 160 extra hp, as Mersadies reveled recently, while I am penniless and living in my car.
OH and speaking of "grandiose egos", If i were him I would have used the prize money to pay ABBA to reunite and come sign that hit song of theirs at the after party, you know the one....
cut that off a bit early, no?
a big help for nando was porsche leaving 😜 jkjk
Your kinda right tho
Great driver and a true professional without the massive ego a celebrity to aspire too