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Windsor: Alonso has to make sure he builds the team around him

Windsor: "Alonso has to make sure he builds the team around him"

11-07-2020 08:46 Last update: 08:58
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After not driving in Formula 1 for two years, Fernando Alonso returns to Renault in 2021. The team with which he won the world championship twice, will replace Daniel Ricciardo, who will go to McLaren. According to Peter Windsor, Alonso has more plans than just driving for the French team.

"When Fernando returns to Renault in 2021, he won't just return as an F1 driver, no matter how weird that sounds," Windsor begins on his Youtube channel. "Fernando has had time to reclaim himself, whatever he's done with his victories at Le Mans and his experiences in other racing classes." 

Not like at Ferrari

"However, I also think he enjoyed his role as team boss enormously. He has a number of teams in karting, giving young drivers a chance to prove themselves". Windsor expects Alonso to be at Renault to challenge himself. "For him, the logical next step would be to take a Formula 1 team under his wing. He shouldn't do it alone, because it will end dramatically, as it did at Ferrari".

"He should have done what Michael Schumacher did, taken the good team members from his old team to his new team. So he has to make sure that he has a good team around him and that he is the one that the team is going to build around. Halfway through the season in 2021 we will find out if everything has worked within the team", Windsor concludes.