"Meet Alonso. A boy of about 25 years old, with a neat reddish beard, a cap tightly pulled over a shaved army head and a shy smile.

My first question to him is: "Footballer Xabi Alonso or driver Fernando Alonso?" "Of course, Fernando," he immediately replies, almost with a touch of hurt pride in his voice," writes Bely. Bely worked a lot with the artillery division of the Cascade MBTF, which is commanded by his old - since the "Spartan" times - comrade with the call sign White.