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Alonso: Respect is more important than winning titles

Double Formula 1 World Champion Fernando Alonso says feeling the respect of the paddock is more important to him than adding a third world championship title to his tally. The Spaniard reacted angrily two weeks ago in Bahrain, when while he was recovering from chest injuries, former F1 driver Johnny Herbert urged him to retire. 'Actually,' Alonso told the Spanish sports daily AS in Shanghai, 'after the years at Ferrari I feel I have more respect in the paddock than ever. 'I won two world championships but I have to say that the Renault was very good with reliability in that year (2005) compared to McLaren. And in the second (2016), the Michelin tyres were better than the Bridgestones....
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