He finished nearly forty points behind Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa in the last championship, but Fernando Alonso was voted (again) the best driver in 2008!<\/p>\n
Such is the conviction of David Coulthard, who made this remark during a visit to Spain at the Zaragoza Auto Show.<\/p>\n
\u00ab Alonso with Renault, his team, was not as good as the McLaren or Ferrari drivers, but he worked throughout the year to eventually secure two magnificent victories at the end of the season, \u00bb the Scot told the Diario AS newspaper.<\/p>\n
The F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone also acknowledges the performances of the 27-year-old Spaniard, who is still at the center of rumors announcing his imminent move to Ferrari.<\/p>\n
Ecclestone indicated during a visit to Valencia that the Iberian is one of the best drivers in the world, who should one day demonstrate his immense qualities at Ferrari.<\/p>\n
The Spanish world number one in tennis, Rafael Nadal, who has just won the Australian Open in Melbourne, agrees with these words.<\/p>\n
\u00ab Ferrari must have the best driver in the world in its ranks, and Fernando is that driver. \u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
He finished nearly forty points behind Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa in the last championship, but Fernando Alonso was voted (again) the best driver in 2008! Such is the conviction of David Coulthard, who made this remark during a visit to Spain at the Zaragoza Auto Show. \u00ab Alonso with Renault, his team, was not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":43069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[1235],"class_list":["post-25203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-pilotes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n