Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso: I would prefer Karting over running a Formula 1 team
Fernando Alonso doubts he will one day sit on the formula one pitwall as a team boss.
While talking to the media the two-time World Champion, Alonso stated that Formula 1 is his passion and driving is what he loves to do, yet, he does not intend to run a team after he decides to quit racing.
The Spaniard said, "Today I would say no, because what I like is to drive. But it will be hard to leave F1 one day because I've been driving all my life. I think I will prefer to spend the weekends having fun in a kart rather than doing some other job."
The two-time world champion said F1 drivers' "greatest sacrifice" is to "dedicate our first 30 or 40 years exclusively" to racing.
He said supporting a talented young driver, or working on race driver education at his own kart track in Asturias, might also be options for his future.
The Spanish racer joined the Formula 1 grids for the first time in 2001, under the Minardi umbrella. Although he finished his debut season without being able to bag a single point, yet he was signed by Renault in 2003. The first two seasons with the French Marquee saw the passionate driver finish at 6th and 4th places.
However, the next season was miraculous as he ended the long reign of the seven time World Champion, and statistically the best racer ever in the sports’ history, Michael Schumacher. Both, in 2005 and 2006, Alonso bagged championships and rose to the status of the most threatening driver on the grid.
This year marks his 10th season in the sport while his 2nd with Ferrari. It is largely believed that Alonso is still the toughest contender on the 2011 calender, which carries as many as 5 World Champions.
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