Slowly but surely, the old Fernando Alonso has returned. thomasmaheronf1 takes a closer look at how El Plan turned into El Pain. F1
Fernando Alonso couldn’t hide his frustration after another Alpine issue affected his car at the Mexico City Grand Prix.
“I think Austin and Mexico have been the best races in my personal point of view, pace-wise, I was like 20 seconds or something like that ahead of the McLarens and my team-mate.Looking back over Alonso’s ’22 season does show he has suffered quite a bit of misfortune over the course of the year, certainly enough to have kept him behind Esteban Ocon in the standings.
After the first five races, Alonso had scored just two points. At this point, it’s safe to assume a figure of at least 12 points had been lost through misfortune. However, another engine issue wrecked his Sunday as he came home in seventh – annoyed due to having to slot in behind Ocon in a bid to keep pace by using DRS from the sister Alpine. His annoyance only grew afterward, as he was given a time penalty for weaving in defence – dropping to ninth as a result. Given his pace that weekend, let’s assume sixth place was on the cards – eight points lost.
A straightforward weekend at the team’s home race in France saw him qualifying seventh and finishing sixth, before going on to finish eighth in Hungary and fifth in Belgium – he was fortunate to be able to finish that race after being clobbered by Lewis Hamilton at Les Combes early on. He also finished sixth in the Netherlands – making it 10 consecutive points finishes.
Finally, in Mexico, Alonso retired within sight of the chequered flag having battled strongly in the points throughout – a victim of yet another power unit problem. Seventh place, and six points, up in smoke.There’s no doubt that Alonso has encountered plenty of misfortune this year – the two retirements in Italy and Singapore were particularly painful for the Alpine driver.
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