The Spaniard spoke out against the logic of the new fans who “when you have a good week, you are like a god“although this changes”when you have a bad week, you’re too old, or young, or whatever“. “There is no longer a true Formula 1 culture,” he said.
They are more like football fans, they only care about the results
“Now I think the fans we have are new fans who, in their own way, and I don’t want to disrespect them, don’t know much about Formula 1. They are more like football fans, they only care about the results. Whoever wins is the best and whoever is last has no level for Formula 1,” Alonso told The Race.
The two-time world champion was emphatic, “now the fans only watch the races live, they provoke emotions, and then they tune out until next Sunday.” “They don’t understand about the performance of the car and the package that you need. Now you are more on a roller coaster of emotions and perceptions, of what people feel towards you,” added the Spaniard.
Now the fans just watch the races live, get excited, and then tune out until next Sunday.
Alonso referred to his history as world champion. “Let’s say there’s a new generation of fans that wasn’t there in 2006, when I won the World Cup, or in 2012, when I was at Ferrari fighting for the championship,” he said.
The Alpine driver believes that “in 2007, maybe there was a perception” about what he was like “as a driver and as a person.” “That changed when I went to Ferrari, I fit in well with a Latin team,” he said.
When his retirement arrives, he acknowledged that he would like to be remembered as “someone who does not give up easily”ended.