adminFernando Alonso says it has been “a surprise” to see Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel beaten by team-mate Daniel Ricciardo in the last two races.
Vettel was ordered to let Ricciardo past in Bahrain and China. He has also out-qualified Vettel three times.Red Bull in qualifying 2014
“He’s not probably impressed people like he did in the past,” twice champion Alonso said of German Vettel. This year in four races, three times Ricciardo was quicker, a surprise for everyone and also for him, I guess.”
Alonso has been Vettel’s biggest rival for the last four seasons, finishing second to him three times, twice by agonisingly close margins, despite driving an inferior car.
At the end of last season, the Spaniard said that Vettel, world champion for the last four years, would only be able to demonstrate his true abilities when he drove a car that was not the best. — BBC Sport
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