Today is not an easy one for Fernando Alonso, because even if I always look to the future with great enthusiasm and determination, at the end of this season Fernando Alonso journey as a Scuderia Ferrari driver will come to an end, It was a difficult decision to take, but a carefully considered one and from start to finish, my love for Scuderia Ferrari was a prime consideration. .

Fernando Alonso

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If you're in the best team in the world, you or your teammate have to win.

Fernando Alonso

team winning world

Ferrari gives you a special feeling.

Fernando Alonso

special feelings giving

I don't have any relationship with God and I've never wanted it. I don't believe in fate or in any superior entity; if a plane crashes and people die, it's not because Heaven said so.

Fernando Alonso

fate believe people

Creating a top team and being in a position to win the Tour de France will give me a nice feeling. But I know it is not easy to create a top team from zero. You need good riders, good staff, a lot of preparation and, most important, a lot of sponsors.

Fernando Alonso

zero team nice

I have always been very calm on the outside. I'm not too stressed now just because I'm in formula one. For me, tomorrow will be another day whether I finish first or last. I have to do the maximum and I cannot ask any more from myself.

Fernando Alonso

stressed lasts firsts

I look at myself as someone who has been very lucky - my job is also what I enjoy most in the world, and I can make my life doing it.

Fernando Alonso

lucky jobs looks

The race is lost. You can't overtake here and I'm starting from 15th... It's over already.

Fernando Alonso

starting race lost

I like to race, not to do laps alone.

Fernando Alonso

lap race

My parents are responsible for the two things I like doing most - driving and magic tricks. They bought me my first go-kart and a magician's kit.

Fernando Alonso

magic parent two

For me, it was not destiny to make it to where I am now - I thought for a long- time I would become a go-kart mechanic, or a job like this, not an F1 driver.

Fernando Alonso

destiny jobs long

I am very proud of what we have built in Spain, because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think we have found passionate fans, and built up a strong culture for the sport - and things are improving every day, with more and more people getting interested.

Fernando Alonso

strong sports country

Totally uneventful. It was a very successful first flight. To be honest, it was a little bit boring.

Fernando Alonso

airplane successful littles

I have always been very calm on the outside.

Fernando Alonso

stressed-out calm another-day

When I race in Australia or Korea or Japan I know it will be a big change for me because Ferrari fans are worldwide.

Fernando Alonso

korea japan race

In Spain there were no TV rights for Formula One.

Fernando Alonso

spain tvs rights

I like America, and I think probably the American people like me.

Fernando Alonso

america people thinking

I thought I would be a go-kart mechanic - not an F1 driver

Fernando Alonso

mechanic drivers would-be

I will be going to Belgium to win -- and we will see how the weekend develops from there.

Fernando Alonso

belgium weekend winning

This is a fantastic fight for the championship. I'm really confident and believe we can do it.

Fernando Alonso

championship fighting believe

It was a bit of a surprise for us that we had problems in Hungary. But in reality, I think the car could have been pretty competitive with a trouble-free race.

Fernando Alonso

race reality thinking