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Fernando Alonso has spoken of the need to be ruthless when being a Formula One driver.
Speaking to McLaren's official website, the two-time world champion also said that if you can "hurt" another driver on track, that it's better.
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"You need to have no heart," he said. "You are not enemies with the other drivers, but you have to focus on yourself to win. If you can 'hurt' someone by getting an advantage over them, that's even better."
"I am a competitive person and competition is important in F1, but I don't race in F1 for the competition. I can get that in other areas of my life, like cycling and playing tennis - or racing my mother to the supermarket. The reason I race in F1 is because the cars give me a feeling that I can't get anywhere else. It's unique."
The Spaniard has been one of F1's more vocal critics recently but admits that the feeling he gets from driving an F1 is something hard to beat.
"It's hard to explain what this feeling is like because nothing else comes close to F1," he said. "Your brain has to re-set every time you get in the car because things happen so fast. If you haven't driven an F1 car for a few weeks, the level of performance takes you by surprise."
"I go karting to enjoy the competition; I drive in F1 for this feeling. The driving styles in karting and F1 are quite similar, but nothing unexpected happens in a go-kart," he continued. "Your brain is never taken by surprise. You can predict everything that the kart is going to do."
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