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‘He Is Not British, So It Will Always Be More Difficult For Him’: Alonso Says Of Verstappen

Double F1 World Champion Fernando Alonso has clarified the remark he made ahead of last weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, when he suggested that Max Verstappen’s nationality will make his Championship battle against Sir Lewis Hamilton more difficult for him. “He is not British, so it will always be more difficult for him,” Alonso said in Budapest. READ: Stroll Could Join Mercedes As Hamilton Wants A Team-Mate Who Won’t ‘Bother Him’ He later explained what he meant by this comment, saying that as Formula 1 is a UK-centric sport, going up against a British rival in the fight for the Championship is more difficult for a non-British driver. “I have the impression always that when...
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