Alonso took part in a special demonstration run at Albert Park last Thursday evening when he drove Randle’s Tickford Racing Mustang.
He was one of two F1 stars to sample a Supercar, with Sergio Perez also driving a Red Bull-backed Triple Eight Commodore.
For the Alonso drive, Randle rode shotgun to help give the Spaniard some tips on how to drive the car.
An attempt to link the two via radio wasn’t overly successful, so Randle had to revert to using hand signals to tell Alonso what gear he should be in for each corner.
“The radio worked but it wasn’t that great, I couldn’t really hear him, and I don’t think he could really hear me,” Randle told the Castrol Motorsport News podcast.
“So it was just easier to do the third gear, fourth gear, second gear [hand signals]. He knew straight away what it meant.
“There were a couple of times he was on his way into the corner and I just said ‘down one more gear’ and he’d give me a thumbs up.
“Then he remembered the gears after…
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