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Alonso calls Norris out: 'Now that he has the winning car, he says that'
- Savannah Lenz
Fernando Alonso has two world championships under his belt, but the past few seasons have not been kind to the Aston Martin driver. After being told about a confident statement made by Lando Norris, Alonso explains why it would be hard for Aston Martin.
After being told that Lando Norris thinks there will be more than 14 race winners, Fernando Alonso joked: “Now that he has the winning car, he says that. When he was in the fifth or sixth team, he was saying that only one team will win all the races.”
Norris is confident
Alonso, who has already said it looks like McLaren has an advantage this season, said “This is a normal confident speech. It is good for him but it is going to be difficult.” He said, “Reliability is so good on these days. There are not many retirements, there are not many incidents. Strategies are quite defined.”
Alonso continued, “Even on Thursday, before coming to the Grand Prix, you know exactly it is going to be one stop, two stops, which tyre you will use. Everything is so perfect now that it is difficult to change or to make a race unpredictable. It has to be crazy weather or something.”
Alonso concluded, “Hopefully there are multiple winners and it is going to be a tight championship. Last year it was already a very good one and hopefully this year it is even better.”
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