Veteran racer looks back on life at FerrariJean Alesi has told Ferrari's new signing,
Kimi Raikkonen, that driving for the Maranello based team in F1 is a privilege.
The Frenchman, who has now left Germany's DTM touring car series, raced for the Italian team between
1991 and 1995.
"Ferrari? It is the best place to be in F1," 42-year-old Alesi, having raced his last Grand Prix for Jordan in 2001, told the magazine Auto Motor und Sport.
He added: "For Raikkonen, a paradise awaits."
"I remember signing autographs for a whole hour on an Italian freeway - just because I drove for Ferrari. It's like being a doctor - you are respected for it all over the world."
Alesi insists that he does not regret pulling out of a deal with Williams in 1991 to drive a less competitive Ferrari.
"You say I could have become world champion? I also could have died. Like (Ayrton) Senna, who also drove for Williams, who knows what my destiny could have been."
Source GMM
