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F1 legend and Alpine driver Fernando Alonso shares a brutal take on the sport's press conferences held before and after races.
Despite the onslaught of juicy topics on Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton's rivalry and other controversies around F1, the Spaniard seems to downplay all of this, especially when it comes to the media's coverage of the sport.
Via The Independent
Article Continues Below“It’s very, very repetitive,” said Alonso, quoted by Motorsport-Total.
“It’s not directed against you [the journalists]. It’s just that Formula 1 is very open to the media. We do a press conference on Thursday, Friday, Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon, on Friday at the drivers’ parade, on Sunday at the drivers’ parade and on Sunday after the race. And there’s nothing to say really.
Indeed, the media is there to deliver the sport's emotions, entertainment, and beautiful narratives. But, having that much time devoted to press conferences can drain and repeat the relevant topics within F1.
“In principle, we can make the same statements for Qatar, for Jeddah, and Abu Dhabi. I think the most interesting thing is the title fight with Hamilton and Verstappen.”
“Everything else is very, very boring, very repetitive.”
This is quite a heavy take from Alonso, knowing he has spent so much time in the sport. However, journalists aren't strangers to brutal takes from athletes in any sport, as there are occurrences that athletes tend to get annoyed with some media members. Moving on, how will Alonso act in future press conferences? Will we see him way less compared to before?
