But while both Ferrari and the German driver have started 2015 well - winning in Malaysia - Alonso has struggled in a far less competitive car.
Even the taxi drivers have started to speak a smattering of English.
As the Formula One series prepares for the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend, an increasing number of drivers have started out at top teams, which has proven costly both to those drivers and to their rivals, raising the question of the importance of the time-honored apprenticeship.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in Arlington, Va., a nonprofit research group funded by the insurance industry, has documented in at least three studies that, since the 1980's, drivers have started to go faster on all kinds of roads in response to the increase in some highway speeds.
The ego is a powerful driver and has started many wars.
Jeff Gordon, who in his last full season, is the only driver who has started all 29 Sprint Cup races at Texas since the track opened in 1997.
With Automatic, parents will be able to filter distracting applications – like social media apps – from disturbing teen drivers when the car has started.
The annual Race of Champions, scheduled next winter in Beijing, has started inviting drivers from outsider styles like drifting to take on stock-car and Formula One specialists.
Ola — which counts Didi as an investor — announced today that it has started recruiting drivers in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in what will be its first expansion outside of India.
Amazon has started using freelance drivers to deliver goods but claimed they will earn between £13 and £15 an hour.
