What 'that' rumour and 'that' Brazil podium told us about Alonso

OPINION: Fernando Alonso found himself unwittingly embroiled in a whirlwind of rumour not of his making on the eve of the Brazilian Grand Prix. Having underlined his displeasure with chatter that he was dissatisfied with the Aston Martin project, he underlined his fighting spirit with a tigerish podium that underlined his commitment to the cause

Published Nov 9, 2023, 11:03 AM

Fernando Alonso never deals in half measures. He is an all-or-nothing man – both on and off the track. It is an attitude that extends to how he views those who work around him, and whom he interacts with.

Just as he gives 100% in everything he does, so too he demands the same of everyone else in return. You are either with him, or you are against him. That is why it was really no surprise that he did not take too kindly to the social media rumour mill surrounding him as he arrived at Interlagos last week for the Brazilian Grand Prix.

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Author Jonathan Noble

Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.

Jonathan has won multiple awards for journalism - in 1991 he was the winner of the Guild of Motoring Writers’ Sir William Lyons’ Award for young journalists, in 2010 he was awarded the Outstanding Individual accolade for consumer journalism in the Haymarket wards, in 2011 he won Haymarket’s Scoop of the Year, and in 2018 he was awarded a prestigious Medaglia d’Oro at the Lorenzo Bandini Awards for his contribution to F1 journalism.