Recently, former Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo spoke about Fernando Alonso and his Ferrari stint. He revealed in the F1 podcast “When he wins, he’s happy. When he doesn’t win, it’s the problem of the team…”.

This was touted as the reason why Alonso was never the world champion with Ferrari. However, it wasn’t long before the matter caught Alonso’s attention.

He replied, “It had to be a reason not to follow this account until now. Today you remind me again!! President never said that. Specially after scoring 80% of the points for our team. We race hard, together, with all our heart and we fought until last race for championships.”

In the podcast, Montezemolo said, “In other words, he’s less close to the team than Michael and Niki, particularly in the difficult moments. To be close to the team in the good moments is easy.”

The Italian also admitted that in terms of performance, Alonso was very good. he believed that the Spanish double world champion is on par with the likes of Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. In terms of race craft, he was very close to the legendary Michael Schumacher. He later clarified that Alonso lost the championship [in 2010 and 2012] through no fault of his own.

In conclusion, Montezemolo said, “If he won one championship, today we are talking about something different. We are talking that Alonso, despite many years he didn’t have the best car, he was able to win the championship. Alonso is very strong.”