What Fernando Alonso really thinks after F1 retirement

Two-time Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso will be ruing the decisions he made during his F1 career, according to expert analyst Tony Jardine. "It will always, always be in his mind because he’ll be looking at Formula 1, and he’s still at the top of his game, that’s the sad thing, and he’ll be thinking, 'I could have beaten him, I could have beaten him'," Jardine exclusively told Express Sport, when asked if Alonso will regret retiring this year. "But he just needed a decent car, but wrong place, wrong time, wrong managerial decisions. Those decisions go back to when he’s in a plumb drive at McLaren. He throws his toys out of the pram in 2007 because he thinks Hamilton is getting the better treatment and he decides to leave. That’s him and his manager, [Flavio] Briatore, and he goes back to Renault. Renault was already on a downward slope, so he spent two years in the backwater then. What a curious, stupid decision. "Okay, gets into Ferrari, nearly, nearly [wins] but all those years of being the bridesmaid are very frustrating.  He showed his incredible talent because the Ferrari wasn’t a great car but yeah, he could win with it. And he is lost to Formula 1. It’s sad that we don’t still have him and he’s just going to be a journeyman doing a few sports cars, Indy 500, whatever he fancies."

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