Fernando Alonso
"Obviously we spent a lot of time together outside of the track. I take those memories of him outside of the track because on the race weekend we him as a talented driver, we all know he had a bright future. Even the Ferrari seat was maybe a strong possibility. Outside the track I spent time with him a lot, in Maranello for three years, we did some training camps together, we had some good rides on the bicycle, football matches, playing cards. I spent one week in Lanzarote at a training camp with Ferrari in 2012 and we were room-mates during that time, so a lot of time together and a very strong feeling now and a sad moment.
"Of course, I will always have him on my heart because for many years without any fatality in Formula One and we had this incident last year in Suzuka. He’s the first lost in my whole career, we shared the track together and he is not [here] anymore so this will always be in my heart."
