18-12-2014, 15:15
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/12/18/20...do-alonso/
With the equipment he had, it’s hard to see where Fernando Alonso could have done much better during 2014. The Ferrari F14 T was not a potential race winner nor a regular podium contender – though there were times when Alonso made it look like one.
The same could not be said of his team mate. Alonso utterly dominated Kimi Raikkonen, who was not able to force a result out of the car the way Alonso could.
The gap between the two champions was embarrassing at times. When they faced each other on track there was only ever one result – Alonso came out on top when they went wheel-to-wheel in Spain, Brazil and Abu Dhabi.
Alonso has been toiling away in increasingly uncompetitive Ferraris for five years and he has done it so effectively that it’s become increasingly easy to take his efforts for granted. Whereas in previous seasons he could sneak a win here and there, the F14T wasn’t even up to that.
But he remains fiercely hungry for success, and although 18 months have passed since his last victory there was little indication Alonso gave any less than a full account of himself even when fighting for the minor positions this year. His dogged scrap at Silverstone with Sebastian Vettel – a rival he seems to have less regard for than others – was proof of that, even if Vettel did ultimately break through Alonso’s defences.
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With the equipment he had, it’s hard to see where Fernando Alonso could have done much better during 2014. The Ferrari F14 T was not a potential race winner nor a regular podium contender – though there were times when Alonso made it look like one.
The same could not be said of his team mate. Alonso utterly dominated Kimi Raikkonen, who was not able to force a result out of the car the way Alonso could.
The gap between the two champions was embarrassing at times. When they faced each other on track there was only ever one result – Alonso came out on top when they went wheel-to-wheel in Spain, Brazil and Abu Dhabi.
Alonso has been toiling away in increasingly uncompetitive Ferraris for five years and he has done it so effectively that it’s become increasingly easy to take his efforts for granted. Whereas in previous seasons he could sneak a win here and there, the F14T wasn’t even up to that.
But he remains fiercely hungry for success, and although 18 months have passed since his last victory there was little indication Alonso gave any less than a full account of himself even when fighting for the minor positions this year. His dogged scrap at Silverstone with Sebastian Vettel – a rival he seems to have less regard for than others – was proof of that, even if Vettel did ultimately break through Alonso’s defences.
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