Why Alonso Was Denied a Holy Lap of Madrid with the Pope!

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In 2011 one of the coordinators of the papal visit put on the table a surprising idea to sit at the wheel of the Holy Father’s vehicle

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Yago de la Cierva, coordinator of Leo XIV's visit to Spain next June, revealed that his idea was immediately rejected by the Pope's security.

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Yago de la Cierva, coordinator of Pope Benedict XVI's trip to Spain in 2011, has revealed that 'The Radio Canaria' that the Vatican denied Fernando Alonso the option of driving the Popemobile.

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An unusual anecdote was revealed around Fernando Alonso: in 2011, the double world champion could have found himself at the wheel... of the papamobile. At the time, during the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Spain, an amazing idea was briefly envisaged: entrusting the role of official driver to the Spanish pilot. A proposal revealed by Yago de la Cierva, coordinator of pontifical travel in the country. "In 2011, we expressly asked whether the (...)