"Wollte ihn gleich in der ersten Runde schocken!" - Interview mit Gerhard Berger & Jean Alesi 2024
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Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger were among the top drivers of their generation in the 1980s and 90s. Each competed in over 200 Grand Prix races. For five years and 77 races, they even drove for the same team: from 1993 to 1995 at Ferrari, and then again in 1996 and 1997 at Benetton.
Despite their rivalry, these two very different personalities always got along well. We brought them together for the first time for a joint interview. In the first part of the conversation, they reveal their secret to why, in a time of team wars and intense rivalries, they never clashed and have remained friends to this day.
They talk about their entry into Formula 1, their team bosses, and their experiences driving alongside superstars Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost. They also recall the moment their stars rose. Alesi in Phoenix in 1990, Berger in Imola in 1986. And they reveal how they found their way to Ferrari. Both Alesi and Berger had other options, but Ferrari's allure was simply too strong. Gerhard Berger was the last driver to negotiate personally with Enzo Ferrari. The conversation, however, was rather one-sided.
Gerhard Berger and Jean Alesi retained their fans even after their racing careers ended. In the second part of our interview, the two talk about their time together at Ferrari from 1993 to 1995. About their great duels on the track, the dangerous misunderstanding in Monza in 1993, and the near-disaster with the loose TV camera two years later.
Then things get amusing. Outside the cockpit, they also played the occasional prank on each other that would be unthinkable today. Alesi and Berger convincingly describe how, back then, a kind of release valve was needed to relieve pressure—pressure that also arose from the increased risk.
In 1996, Michael Schumacher joined Ferrari. For Alesi and Berger, this was the signal to leave Ferrari. They discuss their personal reasons and how they suddenly found themselves at Benetton. After two more years as teammates, Gerhard Berger retired. Jean Alesi continued racing until 2001, adding DTM races, Le Mans, and Indianapolis to his Grand Prix career. The now 59-year-old Frenchman admits: "The DTM was the best time of my racing career."
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20 Comments
Und das Schönste in der heutigen Zeit: weder populistisch noch tendenziös, sondern herrlich entspannt und unaufgeregt!
Musste auch so lachen!
Was für lustige Geschichten!😂👍
Sehr interessantes Interview mit den beiden Ferrari Teamkollegen, Danke Dir Schmidti. Beide waren starke F1-Fahrer & Sie waren fand ich, immer sehr fair wenn Sie gegeneinander fuhren. Das ist in der Formel1 schon etwas Aussergewöhnliches,denn wie man heute sieht ist das nicht selbstverständlich. Ich war ein sehr großer G.Berger Fan,er war der Grund warum ich mit meinen Eltern damals zu meinem ersten F1-Rennen (Monza) gefahren bin & das hat sich bis heute nicht geändert,einmal Formel1 Fan immer F1 Fan. Jedes Jahr fahre ich zumindest in Europa zu einigen Rennen (Red Bull Ring,Spa,Zandvoort, Hungaroring & Monza etc.).
Beide sind sehr sympathische Menschen. Und es ist schön zu sehen das sie sich bis heute sehr gut verstehen & gute Freunde geblieben sind. Top! Solche Interviews sind wirklich sehr interessant & man hört ihnen gerne zu wenn Sie von früher erzählen. Schöne Grüße aus Wien & ich freue mich schon sehr auf die F1 Autopräsentationen in den nächsten Wochen!
Dennoch coole Socken und echte Charaktere während den wilden Tagen der F1! 🔥🔥🔥
Toll zu sehen, dass so eine lange Zeit als Teamkollegen so eine tiefe Freundschaft erzeugt hat.
"Wollte ihn gleich in der ersten Runde schocken!" - Interview mit Gerhard Berger & Jean Alesi 2024
ams.F1
62,655 views
Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger were among the top drivers of their generation in the 1980s and 90s. Each competed in over 200 Grand Prix races. For five years and 77 races, they even drove for the same team: from 1993 to 1995 at Ferrari, and then again in 1996 and 1997 at Benetton.
Despite their rivalry, these two very different personalities always got along well. We brought them together for the first time for a joint interview. In the first part of the conversation, they reveal their secret to why, in a time of team wars and intense rivalries, they never clashed and have remained friends to this day.
They talk about their entry into Formula 1, their team bosses, and their experiences driving alongside superstars Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost. They also recall the moment their stars rose. Alesi in Phoenix in 1990, Berger in Imola in 1986. And they reveal how they found their way to Ferrari. Both Alesi and Berger had other options, but Ferrari's allure was simply too strong. Gerhard Berger was the last driver to negotiate personally with Enzo Ferrari. The conversation, however, was rather one-sided.
Gerhard Berger and Jean Alesi retained their fans even after their racing careers ended. In the second part of our interview, the two talk about their time together at Ferrari from 1993 to 1995. About their great duels on the track, the dangerous misunderstanding in Monza in 1993, and the near-disaster with the loose TV camera two years later.
Then things get amusing. Outside the cockpit, they also played the occasional prank on each other that would be unthinkable today. Alesi and Berger convincingly describe how, back then, a kind of release valve was needed to relieve pressure—pressure that also arose from the increased risk.
In 1996, Michael Schumacher joined Ferrari. For Alesi and Berger, this was the signal to leave Ferrari. They discuss their personal reasons and how they suddenly found themselves at Benetton. After two more years as teammates, Gerhard Berger retired. Jean Alesi continued racing until 2001, adding DTM races, Le Mans, and Indianapolis to his Grand Prix career. The now 59-year-old Frenchman admits: "The DTM was the best time of my racing career."
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