We remember the pre-race interview in Hungary 2011 A Christian Horner. to the boss of Red Bullwhich was imposed with an iron fist on the Formula 1 from the hand of Sebastian Vettelthey asked him: “What worries you more: the rain, Lewis Hamilton or Jenson Button?”

Horner went directly to the fourth way… although he started from fifth position: Fernando Alonso.

The energy drink boss has never hidden his ‘devotion’ to the Asturian. In fact, as he himself has revealed on occasion, he tried to sign him 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012.

Well, before the Bahrain Grand Prix this weekend, Horner was asked on ‘DAZN’ what he saw in common between Alonso there Max Verstappen.

The Briton highlighted two factors: “I’ve never worked directly with Fernando Alonso, but I see Fernando with hunger and determination. I see the exact same thing in Max.”

“When he’s not in the car, Max Verstappen is in the simulator. It’s like a racing machine. When you’re passionate about something, you do it better,” he added.

In fact, he sees Alonso and Aston Martin as the big reveal: “The big cover this year is Aston Martin. Fernando Alonso is in very good shape. Ferrari, we know they have a good car, so it will be interesting to see where we are.”

“I feel immense respect for Fernando Alonso. He is one of the great drivers that Formula 1 has had. He’s 41 or whatever. It’s always competitive and everyone likes to see Fernando, Hamilton, Verstappen,” he added.

“We are going to have some good fights this year. You can’t look at test results and think it’s already decided. I have a feeling there are going to be a lot of great races this year.”

Hours after his words, Fernando Alonso completes the podium with the Red Bull double. From the Austrian team atacan an Aston Martin, but from their dome they exude admiration for the Asturian. They know that with a good sword, the samurai is dangerous.

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