Formula 1 in Saudi Arabia: Prophecies of Fernando Alonso – Sport

In Jeddah, Max Verstappen managed to catch up from 15th place to second place, and his team-mate Sergio Perez won the race. Alonso was aware of all this beforehand – but not that he would subsequently lose his place on the podium.

That Fernando Alonso! What did the old master of formula 1 Hasn’t dressed anything for roles in the past 22 years. He, the two-time world champion, friend of regular team changes, amateur actors on camping chairs and grandmaster of laconic pit radio. And now, on this muggy Sunday evening in Jeddah, he also gave the prophet quite convincingly.