As Method 1 prepares for the ultimate race of the 2025 season, the drivers have exchanged presents for Secret Santa forward of the Christmas break.
Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, who’s the oldest driver on the grid at 44 years previous, was pictured and filmed unwrapping a strolling stick. It comes as no shock that the second rapidly gained traction on social media, with followers commenting on the humorous trade.
“I learn someplace that apparently Hulk was his Secret Santa. High-tier sh**housery,” one fan commented on Reddit, whereas one other added: “That cane is probably going a whole lot of {dollars} and that is what is cracking me up proper now.”
When Nico Hulkenberg was pinpointed because the giver of the cane, many have been capable of see the lighter aspect of the present. “That makes it much less imply and extra hilarious,” one other fan wrote, whereas one other responded: “Yeah, if it was from a rookie it could have been tremendous disrespectful.”
One other fan took the chance to take a jab at Aston Martin. “What a considerate present. That again should damage from carrying Aston Martin for the previous three years,” they wrote.
The Silverstone outfit is at present within the combat for sixth within the constructors’ championship. It sits seventh with 80 factors forward of the season finale in Abu Dhabi. Racing Bulls sits sixth with 92 factors.
Alonso is twelfth within the drivers’ standings with 48 factors, whereas his team-mate Lance Stroll is seventeenth with 32 factors.
“As anticipated, I believe,” Alonso instructed the media after the primary two follow classes in Abu Dhabi. “Difficult circuit all the time to stability the automotive, very completely different nook speeds within the first sector and within the final sector.
“The resort part is all the time very sluggish and tough to barter, however yeah, I believe as anticipated. And let’s attempt to discover extra, particularly entrance grip for tomorrow, and attempt to be extra aggressive.”
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