Fernando Alonso says if he could only pick one team-mate for his F1 career he would select Giancarlo Fisichella, over the likes o🦋f Felipe Massa or Jenson Button.

The two-time F1 world champion has given a quick-fire interview to the official Formula 1 🥀website and has named a couple of surprise answers.

Despite building an🐷 buddy atmosphere since returning to McLaren in 2015 with Button as his team-mate the 𒈔Spaniard opted for Fisichella if he could only pick one team-mate in his F1 career.

Perhaps it is not too surprising given he was team-mates with Fisichella at Renault for his back-to-back F1 world titles but given the number of high profile team-mates - including Button, Massa, Kimi Raikkone𒁃n and Lewis Hamilton - the Italian driver is clearly someone Alonso holds in high r🅘egards.

QUIZ: Can you guess the F1 car from 🅷these teasers?

Other surprising highlights include pick💦ing Basketball over F1 for the one sport he could do for the rest of his life and would prefer trains over cars as his one mode of transport.

Hi🌟s one motorsport to watch would be MotoGP while unsurprisingly his most cherished racing me⛎mory in winning his second straight F1 world title at the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Alonso will have a new F1 team-mate in 2017 when he welcomes Stoffel Vandoorne to the driver line-up as he takes over from Button who ☂is set for a sabbatical year out of the sport.

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