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Alonso and his dad be part of Zak Brown for some “season-end enjoyable” with legendary Senna Automobile
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Alonso and his dad be part of Zak Brown for some “season-end enjoyable” with legendary Senna Automobile

By Miles Cooper December 23, 2024
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Alonso and his dad be part of Zak Brown for some “season-end enjoyable” with legendary Senna Automobile

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 over time if he’s not racing them himself in classic occasions, he’s inviting pals to take pleasure in 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 gained the Bathurst 1000 with Brown’s former crew, 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 have been supplied 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 informed SennaTV in 2017.

“I believe he was an inspiration for many people [in] that technology,” 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 at some point. Simply due to him. So I believe he’s one of many biggest for positive.”

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 teen in a McLaren-themed crimson 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 dad and mom for all the things [they] have given and taught me.” He additionally added a thanks word to Brown, expressing his gratitude for the American permitting him to “take pleasure in” Senna’s iconic McLaren “sometimes.”

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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