IndyCar driver Alexander Rossi admitted he was “relieved” Fernando Alonso didn’t win the Dakar Rally on his first try, as it shows even the most talented drivers in the world cannot jump from one racing class to another and win without any experience.
“I pay attention now [to Alonso] because it’s funny, we’re kind of doing the same things,” Rossi, a former F1 driver, told RACER.
“I paid very close attention to what he did at Dakar. I was actually asked to do it at one point, but it didn’t work out timing-wise for this year. But I will do it in the next three to four years, I think.”
“I was kind of relieved he didn’t [win] because it just shows that yes, he is one of the best racing drivers in the world, but that doesn’t mean that you can just go into a category where these guys have been doing it for their entire lives and just show up and beat them. That doesn’t really exist.”
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