‘King of Spain’ is how episode 2 of the pilot season of Drive to Survive unfolded. While Fernando Alonso will always be the ruler of the streets of Valencia, a new Spaniard on the block had arrived. Carlos Sainz, who had always idolized Alonso, is now challenging the Asturian driver. While you let that sink in, our pole man, Sergio Perez, for the Miami GP, found a way to poke fun at his Hispanic buddies as Fernando’s Spanish rival from Albert Park lines third.

The driving royalty from Spain has seen a few clashes with each other, with only four races in. While in Bahrain, the senior overtook the junior in the easiest way possible. The lap 57 restart in Albert Park was the most chaotic of it all and it saw Sainz get a penalty he described as the worst one in the history of the sport.

However, things took a turn for the worse when Alonso asked the FIA to look into Sainz’s maneuvers during the Sprint in Baku. And a very happy Sergio Perez who bagged his third career pole walked up to the two Spaniards in starting from the top three and in Spanish asked them a rather sarcastic question. He said, “You’re friends now, f*****s? [jokingly to Alonso and Sainz] Hahaha” and probably this is the comic relief we needed after the chaotic end to the qualifying yesterday.

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While we are on the subject of poking fun, the senior Spaniard isn’t far behind.

Fernando Alonso takes yet another dig at Esteban Ocon driving for his ex-team Alpine

Fernando, a couple of weeks ago, had declared that Aston Martin is the place to be because his old teams didn’t have much ambition and were even happy finishing fourth. This seemed like a direct jab at Alpine, who finished ahead of the rest of the midfield last year. And a moment in FP2 served Fernando with another opportunity to do so.

During FP2, Alonso got annoyed by Esteban Ocon trying to get faster in free practice. Speaking to his engineer, Alonso said, “Alpine is competing with us in free practice?”

The engineer replied, “Yes, be careful. You were on a fast lap.” The Spaniard, with his claws and elbows out, then said, “Yes, understood. Free practice is his moment,” said the former Alpine man.

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Do you think Fernando Alonso will be able to trump Sergio Perez in the fight during the main race? We all know how strong the Aston Martin driver is going into Turn 1.