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Scheckter: I think people overrate Alonso

While the motorsport world digests the news that after 17-years Fernando Alonso will not be a Formula 1 driver beyond the end of this season, but while the plaudits are being sung by the media, former F1 World Champion Jody Scheckter has bucked the trend by saying that the Spaniard's achievements are overrated. Speaking to BBC in the wake of the announcement by McLaren, 1979 F1 World Champion, Jody Scheckter said of Alonso, 'I like to just think how many championships somebody’s won. You can rate people that they had bad luck and bad cars. I think people overrate him.' 'One of his problems is he seems to upset teams and everybody around him. That's not the way to win World Championships....
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