{"id":13897,"date":"2023-02-28T14:00:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T19:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=13897"},"modified":"2023-02-28T10:39:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T15:39:34","slug":"the-transfers-that-destroyed-f1-careers-part-3-fernando-alonso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2023\/02\/28\/the-transfers-that-destroyed-f1-careers-part-3-fernando-alonso\/","title":{"rendered":"The transfers that destroyed F1 careers – Part 3: Fernando Alonso"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fernando Alonso has some questionable transfers, which put him in the wrong car at the wrong time throughout his F1 career.<\/h3>\n

Fernando Alonso<\/a> was one of the best drivers on the grid – if not the<\/em> best – but his past transfers put him into a position nobody would have believed a decade ago. Relive some of the highs and lows of the Spaniard’s time at Ferrari and McLaren.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ferrari<\/span><\/h3>\n

Alonso became a two-time World Champion with Renault, but his best seasons were in fact the ones where he didn\u2018t win a title – and those were with Ferrari.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2010 – Abu Dhabi<\/span><\/h4>\n

2010 marks the first year in Ferrari for Alonso. A year that surely still haunts Ferrari fans to this day. Even though everything looked so promising to go the way of Ferrari, Abu Dhabi was something else. <\/span><\/p>\n

At the last race of the 2010 season in Abu Dhabi, Fernando Alonso led the championship by eight points. And like so many great championship battles in Formula 1 history, this one has come down to the very last race. For the first time ever, F1 saw four championship title contenders: Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel<\/a> in the Red Bulls, and Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren.<\/span><\/p>\n

If Alonso finished second, he would win, no matter what position his rivals Webber <\/a>and Vettel ended up in. Hamilton\u2018s only chance for the title was to take the win and hope that Alonso did not take any points. <\/span>Alonso started in third, in front of him was Hamilton and pole-sitter Vettel, Webber in fifth behind Kubica.<\/span><\/p>\n

Webber made an early pit stop on Lap 11, rejoining sixteenth. Alonso came into the pits four laps later and came out just ahead of Webber. Alonso and Webber found themselves stuck behind the Renault of Vitale Petrov. Petrov remained ahead of the two until the end of the race.<\/span><\/p>\n

And while Alonso and Webber had the most frustrating race of the grid, Vettel could comfortably take the win as well as the championship title – making him the youngest Formula 1 champion in history. <\/span><\/p>\n

Standings:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Sebastian Vettel (256 points)<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Fernando Alonso (252 points)<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Mark Webber (242 points)<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Lewis Hamilton (240 points)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    2010 ABU DHABI<\/p>\n

    A furious Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) gesticulates at Vitaly Petrov (Renault) at 0:19 on the slow-down lap.<\/p>\n

    Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) celebrates winning his maiden WDC #F1<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/OgGfp86fTs<\/a><\/p>\n

    — F1 Icons That Go Hard (@CrystalRacing) November 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n