Fernando Alonso and pals play charity game before Turkish GP

Here’s Fernando Alonso getting stuck in during one of the regular charity football matches played by the F1 drivers’ XI. The Nazionale Piloti, as the team is known, played a team of Turkish All-Stars in Istanbul last night, ahead of this weekend’s GP. Alonso scored a goal, as did Giancarlo Fisichella, but we couldn’t find out the actual result - not that it matters to anyone except the ultra-competitive drivers, who clearly would rather be making millions out on the pitch than in the cockpit.

Alonso in particular hates to lose – as we saw last season – and is not afraid to resort to diving to win a penalty:

A disgraceful piece of simulation from the thick-necked Spaniard.