Fernando Alonso has mirrored on his missed alternative to affix Crimson Bull in 2009.
One criticism put in direction of Alonso all through his F1 profession is his poor workforce selections.
Whilst you can argue such criticism is harsh, a driver of Alonso’s calibre ought to have gained greater than two titles.
Alonso had a possibility to affix Crimson Bull in 2009.
The Spaniard handed up on the provide as he returned to Renault for 2 years earlier than becoming a member of Ferrari in 2010.
Crimson Bull would in the end change into a race-winning outfit in 2009, earlier than dominating the game within the coming years.
Talking on the Past the Grid podcast forward of his four-hundredth race in F1, Alonso mirrored on his choice to reject Crimson Bull.
“Once more, it’s simple to say now,” he mentioned “Again in 2008, Crimson Bull had, I believe, one podium of David [Coulthard] in Monaco.
“Crimson Bull was an power drinks firm. Nice workforce, nice members within the workforce. However I believe to foretell that they are going to win seven or eight championships within the subsequent decade, it was not completely assured.”
Alonso cited Lewis Hamilton’s shock transfer to Mercedes and the criticism the British driver acquired on the time.
“And it’s when Lewis modified from McLaren to Mercedes, that first 12 months in 2013 was quite a lot of critics,” he added.
“As a result of why [would] you modify McLaren for a Mercedes that was solely attaining one or two podiums till then?
“And he’s a seven-time world champion, and now the identical with Ferrari.
“You don’t know what Lewis will obtain subsequent 12 months. If Ferrari does properly and win a championship, it’s an amazing transfer.
“If Mercedes does properly and so they win a championship, it’s a foul transfer. How will you predict that?”
