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Saving Private Alguersuari

Saving Private Alguersuari

In Spain’s ‘El Mundo’ newspaper, Toro Rosso driver, Jaime Alguersuari, claims that Red Bull forced him to step in and replace Sebastien Bourdais last season and he compares himself to a World War Two hero.

In a rather erudite piece, which… for anybody following his Twitter account is a bit of a surprise, Jaime says; “I was an employee of Red Bull and I could say neither yes or no to replacing Bourdais.” He went on; “I am no longer a soldier thrown on to the beaches of Normandy” before adding that he could be the ‘surprise’ of the season.

The only real surprise is that anybody would choose to give such a headcase the keys to an F1 car…

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