Fernando Alonso, shocked after the deadly tragedy at the Villa de Tieno Rally

He Villa de Tineo Rally served this past Saturday at the start of Asturian Championship, in a morning motor show that evokes many emotions, but where death will appear. In the penultimate section of the test, car number 8, Citroen DS3 N5piloted by Julio Cesar Castrillo and for the co-pilot Francisco Javier Alvarez he left the road and crashed into a tree.

Despite all the efforts of the evacuated toilets and the fans gathered at that point, Castrillo and Álvarez lost their lives.

A heart attack, possibly the cause of a fatal outcome

According to ‘La Nueva España’, the first hypotheses point to the possibility that the driver Julio César Castrillo suffered a heart attack during the rally, which would have caused him to lose control of his car. Faced with this situation, the co-driver Francisco Javier Álvarez himself would try to avoid the collision by pulling the handbrake, but he could not avoid an impact that occurred at high speed, with a fatal outcome.

The race -in which 86 cars participated that had to complete a total of 223.1 kilometers, 100.7 of them timed- was suspended after the accident, and the world of sports and sports in general expressed condolences to the two dead and their families.

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One of them was himself Fernando Alonso. “It is sad for the entire engine family to know what happened at the Villa de Tineo Rally. Condolences and all the love to the families of Julio César Castrillo and Francisco Javier Álvarezx. RIP,” said the Asturian Aston Martin driver.

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The rally driver Dani is deaf He also wants to be near the deceased and their close friends. “My condolences to the family and friends of Julio Castrillo and Francisco Javier Álvarez. All my support for the great family of Asturian motorsports. RIP,” said Pilot of Torrelavega.