Fernando Alonso Quotes

Ferrari gives you a special feeling.

I look at myself as someone who has been very lucky – my job is also what I enjoy most in the world, and I can make my life doing it.

To be one of the names being talked about is better than not. But it’s only talking.

I am a very competitive person in everything. Not only F1 but in everyday life.

I like to race, not to do laps alone.

I adapt my driving style more or less to anything, from go-kart to motorbike to wet, more downforce, less downforce, Pirelli, Bridgestone, Michelin, V8, V6, whatever.

The Triple Crown is an attractive target because it is so difficult to achieve.

I don’t want to just be a good driver: I want to be a complete driver and hopefully the best driver in the world.

Even if you have a difficult season, you still believe the following year will be better and a good one.

When I race in Australia or Korea or Japan, I know it will be a big change for me because Ferrari fans are worldwide. It’s very nice if you win, but it’s not so good if you lose. All this is part of being a Ferrari driver.

I am very proud of what we have built in Spain, because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think we have found passionate fans, and built up a strong culture for the sport – and things are improving every day, with more and more people getting interested.

McLaren was a risky project because they were completely new, but we are one team – we win and we lose together.

I am one of the best to have raced in F1. I am probably not fastest in qualifying, or the wet, but I am 9.5 in all areas. I try to benefit from that.

When I race in Australia or Korea or Japan I know it will be a big change for me because Ferrari fans are worldwide.

When I take go-karts out with my friends, it’s a disaster normally. But in the race car, I’m calm because they pay me to do this, and I have to be professional.

I feel extremely lucky and privileged to have my achievements.

If you challenge yourself and try to be the best in all areas, you have to be a complete driver.

The day that arrives the first victory or the first win for McLaren-Honda will be a massive achievement for all of us.

If you’re in the best team in the world, you or your teammate have to win.

You can play basketball and have a magic night and score 40 points with your team-mates and win the game. There are favourites for the World Cup, but you can’t guarantee Germany, Spain, or Brazil will win, but here, everyone can guarantee that Mercedes or Ferrari will win the race, and this is very sad for the sport.

For me, it was not destiny to make it to where I am now – I thought for a long- time I would become a go-kart mechanic, or a job like this, not an F1 driver.

I like America, and I think probably the American people like me.

Every day, every year, every new season is a reset from the last, and you are still hungry for success, to do things better and better.

I am very proud to be part of this team, and I know that winning with Ferrari will mean more than winning with another team.

I want to live a normal life that I never had the opportunity to do for many years.

I miss winning. I miss being on the podium.

Creating a top team and being in a position to win the Tour de France will give me a nice feeling. But I know it is not easy to create a top team from zero. You need good riders, good staff, a lot of preparation and, most important, a lot of sponsors.

After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me.

I’m just hungry to win.

With Ferrari sometimes, you win or you lose depending on what the mood of the team in general, of the group in general.