Fernando Alonso feels that throughout his career he has been plagued by the injustice of always driving weaker cars than his opponents.
A Spanish television station filmed a documentary with Alonso in which the two-time world champion talked about how he was always at a technical disadvantage. Even very early on, since childhood...
"I remember when I started karting as a kid, I only ever had one set of tires. It rained a lot in Asturias, and the other kids got the rain tires, but I didn't because we didn't have the money.
That hasn't changed in Formula 1. Here, I get the rain tires, but I don't get, for example, the Ferrari wings or the McLaren floorboards. Ultimately, my entire life, my entire career, has been about that: I had to fight with blunter weapons and adapt better than everyone else... That hasn't changed, nor has my hunger for success.
If I go to a kart track these days and see that the best drivers are a second or a second and a half faster than me, I'll be just as angry, just as frustrated as if I couldn't eat dinner that evening. I hate losing; it keeps me alive!" mused the Aston Martin star.
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