Fernando Alonso says if he could only pick one team-mate for his F1 career he would select Giancarlo Fisichella, over the likes of Felipe Mass🃏a or Jensoꦫn Button.

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

Despite building an buddy atmosphere since returning to Mc𒁃Laren in 2015 with Button as his team-mate the Spaniard 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 h꧑is back-to-back F1 world titles but given the number of hi🐻gh profile team-mates - including Button, Massa, Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton - the Italian driver is clearly someone Alonso holds in high regards.

QUIZ: Can you gueꦿss the F1 car from these teasers?

Other surprising highlights include picking Basketball ov♏er 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.

His one motors💖port to watch would be MotoGP while unsurprisingly his most cherished racing memory in winning his second straight F1 world title at the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Alonso wilไl have a new F1 team-mate iꩲn 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.

Latest Tweets from