Ferrari fans never forget Fernando Alonso and the Spaniard responds

Fernando Alonso left an indelible mark on Ferrari. Beyond their 11 victories, the ‘tifosi’ do not forget their bravery and class on the wheel defending the Prancing Horse shield around the world and their deeds, staying on the verge of winning two world titles, in 2010 and 2012 , who lost both crowns on the latter date. Everyone at Ferrari is clear that at least one of those two titles should have gone to the Asturian, to add his picture and his car to the Hall of Victories at the Enzo Ferrari Museum in Maranello, where the last champion after Michael Schumacher was Kimi Raikkonen (2007). For this reason, it is not surprising how much they talk about the Asturian in Maranello and the nostalgia with which they remember their battles wearing red. The same nostalgia is on display at Ristorante Montana, where the famous ‘Mamma Rosella’ speaks of him as if he were her own daughter. And in Monza, it will be no less. The ‘tifosi’, every time Fernando returns to this track, remind him how much they continue to support him for what he fought on the track defending their interests. Proof of this are the banners placed in the main grandstand, just in front of the Spaniard’s box, to give him strength for this Sunday’s race.

“Beyond the color, you will always be our Fernando”, reads one of them. “Go, Fernando, Go!,” on the other line, in white letters on a red background.

“How do you feel when you see banners dedicated to you in the stands?” He was asked after qualifying when the Spaniard stood up with the Spanish media, including Mundo Deportivo.

“I didn’t see it, so I didn’t feel it,” he joked. And the banner itself with the phrase in his honor is located below the main grandstand and from Alonso’s box it is covered by a protective wall. of But when he found out, he showed his gratitude: “I’m excited, logically, that they remember you and that there’s always this love that I have for Italy. I feel like it’s my second home here.”