The Formula 1 Organize an invisible friend among all the drivers on the grid (except for Lewis Hamilton) by the end of the season. In this situation, gifts are of all kinds, although there are always some more striking than others, as has been the case of the one who has received Fernando Alonso.
Kevin Magnussen He was in charge of making a gift to the Asturian. “Let’s see what we have… the size is ok“he starts to say alonsowho then sees that on the packaging it is written: “From my first car.”
That’s when he opens the gift and it’s a green rear view mirror. “I’m trying to think who had a green car and this tiny mirror,” he says. alonso.
Having no idea, the journalist tells her that the author of her gift is the pilot of Haas. At this, he thanks her for the mirror, with which he looks very happy.
This gift may have some kind of ‘message’ from magnussen for alonso. This year in Austin, The Asturian’s Alpine lost a mirror just as he overtook Magnussen. It was for this reason that they penalized him at the end of the racealthough a few days later they would remove the penalty.
In 2018, in Silverstone, both had a run-in on the track. The Dane closed the Asturian on several occasions and alonso exploded over radio: “What I see of Magnussen I have never seen in my life“. Finally, the Asturian overtook him in the last lap.
other gifts
For his part, the pilot Aston Martin gave to Pierre Gasley a Monopolya board game with which the Frenchman was very happy. Alonso’s reaction when he found out that he had to give Gasly a gift is gold. to own magnussen he gave Alex Albón a black and orange flagwhich was removed three times in 2022.
Esteban Ocon gave to George Russell a tambourine, charles leclerc a max verstappen the official video game of the Formula 1. Some gifts contained alcohol, as Yuki Tsunoda gave to Sergio Perez a bottle of sake and Valtteri Bottas a Lance Stroll several bottles of gin.
Yuki loves his gift
But who was his Secret Santa?
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—Formula 1 (@F1) December 19, 2022
