De La Rosa recalls moment he knew Alonso was a ‘special’ driver

In the first part of this interview series, we spoke with Giancarlo Minardi, owner of the Minardi team, for which Fernando Alonso made his F1 debut in 2001. When Fernando Alonso made his Formula 1 debut with backmarker team Minardi in 2001, he was up against fellow Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa on track who was competing with Jaguar. At 52 years-old, De la Rosa is very familiar and beloved face in the F1 paddock. He began his career in 1999 with Arrows, after a year as a test driver with Jordan in 1998, then joined Jaguar in 2001. While…

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