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Over 100,000 people watched Fernando Alonso street inauguration in Oviedo !
Over 100,000 people watched Saturday in a demonstration conducted by the pilot Fernando Alonso in Oviedo his natal city, the Spaniard received on this occasion a replica of the street which will bear his name in the hometown.
Downtown Oviedo has turned into a circuit of 1.8 kilometers, the Spanish pilot demonstrating his qualities using the “R28” monopost and other cars from the French brand Renault, a Megane Sport RS a Megane CC, a Megane Trophy and a kart.
“I never thought one day I will stand in front of my fellow-citizen with an F1 and it will come so many people to see me. Time has come that day and I will never forget it, will be a great memory for me. It is an event to see a F1 monopost on the streets that tomorrow will come to shop, “said Alonso.
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This was the third Roadshow in which Alonso participated in the steering wheel of a Renault, the streets of Spain after the Madrid (2003) and Seville (2006).