Fernando Alonso skips the F1 rules to vindicate the Spanish

2023-05-07 13:48:21

Fernando Alonso It is in its best moment at a sporting level in recent years. The decision to leave Alpine to join the ranks of Aston Martin has not stopped giving him joy and the last one has come at the Miami Formula 1 Grand Prix: the Spanish driver has qualified in second position for the race that will take place this Sunday.

Only the Red Bull driver, the Mexican Sergio ‘Checo’ Perez, who has achieved his third pole position, has been faster than him. Just behind has been the other Spaniard, Carlos Sainzwho has managed to hold on to third place to achieve something historic: it will be the first time in history that three Spanish-speaking drivers occupy the first three places in qualifying in F1.

Fernando Alonso, Checo Pérez and Carlos Sainz, after qualifying for the Formula 1 Miami GP

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It is not surprising that, after the success of the three Spanish speakers, in the press conference after the classification the absolute leading role was given to the Spanish language. Fernando Alonso himself has been in charge of this, who even the rules of the organization have been broken to be able to do it.

Fernando Alonso vindicates the Spanish

The two-time world champion has responded to one of the questions at the press conference in Spanish, although the regulations dictate that pilots can only speak in English. He has done it to try to vindicate Spanish in a city like Miami, where the Spanish-speaking population also abounds.

«I will not say anything bad, but I will answer in Spanish, for all the Spanish-speaking people. It is a great day to have Mexicans and Spaniards in Formula 1, in a time trial I think for the first time in history, “explained Alonso, who has switched from English to Spanish in the middle of a press conference.

«We are the second most spoken language on the planet and we also deserve to answer in Spanish», recalled the Aston Martin driver, sitting next to Checo Pérez and his compatriot Carlos Sainz.

When the interviewer asked him to do a brief translation of what he had just said in Spanish, the pilot limited himself to joking, saying that he had said “very bad things”. This funny moment has also been joined by the Spanish from Ferrari, who has offered to translate Fernando Alonso’s words.

Finally, Alonso has translated his words so that those who did not understand him.