Clips from followers of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso stretching the legs of a really particular, screaming V10 McLaren have been circulating on socials as of late. The event? The 2-time world champion and former McLaren driver reunited together with his former boss, Zak Brown for a really particular monitor day, with Alonso’s father, Jose Luis Alonso, in tow.
The Papaya boss’ in depth automobile assortment is well-known for having fairly a number of notable race vehicles, and through the years if he’s not racing them himself in classic occasions, he’s inviting pals to get pleasure from them on monitor with him. This specific friends-only journey took a few of Brown’s prized vehicles, and the trio to Alcainz, Spain.
Making an look on monitor from Brown’s assortment was a 1976 Australian Sports activities Sedan Championship-winning DeKon Monza, together with a five-time IMSA-winning 1989 TWR Jaguar XJR-10, and the 2011 Holden Commodore that received the Bathurst 1000 with Brown’s former group, Walkinshaw Racing.
However the crown jewel of this gathering was Ayrton Senna’s double-world championship-winning McLaren-Honda MP4/5. Making the day additional particular, Fernando and his father had been offered a pair of Ayrton Senna’s overalls to put on earlier than snapping a number of images alongside the automobile, and ultimately taking the legend’s automobile for a spin.
As is the case for the overwhelming majority of F1 followers, Senna served as an inspiration for a younger Fernando, because the then-McLaren driver instructed SennaTV in 2017.
“I feel he was an inspiration for many people [in] that era,” he stated. “We switched on the tv and we noticed that automobile successful, that yellow helmet successful, [and] we needed to turn into Method 1 drivers sooner or later. Simply due to him. So I feel he’s one of many best for certain.”
Fernando later shared a sequence of images from the journey and his private archives to his socials, together with an lovely one in every of him as a teenager in a McLaren-themed purple and white kart. One other confirmed his father making himself comfy within the 16-time race-winning MP4/5 as Fernando crouched by his aspect to seemingly share some useful suggestions.
The Aston Martin driver later shared a touching tribute to his father on Instagram, saying it was “not possible to compensate my mother and father for every thing [they] have given and taught me.” He additionally added a thanks notice to Brown, expressing his gratitude for the American permitting him to “get pleasure from” Senna’s iconic McLaren “once in a while.”
Brown too mirrored on an thrilling day on the circuit on Instagram, sharing a snap of him and Fernando posing alongside the double world championship-winning McLaren.
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