Fernando Alonso enjoy again on top of a single-seater. He is once again fighting at the top with a competitive car that, despite his inability red bull (“still”, as Alonso said on Saturday), he was the second fastest car in the first two races and allowed him to return to the podium in the first two races of the year. The Asturian had a car that just got passed red bull in the first two races, on completely opposite circuits, and therefore, it proves that the car with which the Spaniard started should allow him to add to his list of podiums (and perhaps victories) in all kinds of tracks. So far, its start has been amazing and the numbers show that MD divide it below.
When examining his numbers and the achievements of his career, this is when you really appreciate the magnitude of what the Spaniard has achieved with Aston Martin at the start of the World Cup. Almost 16 years later, he managed to start the campaign with two podium finishes in the first two rounds, something he had achieved just 3 times in his previous 19 seasons in F1. Pay attention to your records. It was Alonso’s best World Cup start since 2012.
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He has not achieved two podiums in the first two races since 2007
After 15 years, 11 months and 11 days
Alonso has not started a season with two podiums in two races since 2007 with McLaren-Mercedes. That is, repeat the two podiums in the first two appointments of the year After 15 years, 11 months and 11 daysafter the total 5,824 days.
In the first two races of 2007 Alonso was 2nd in the opening round in Australia and 1st in Malaysia. The beginning of the year started with 4 podiums in the first 5 races, two of them with victories.
2
Two podium starts, with only 3 more courses
2005, 2006 and 2007
He started with only two podium finishes in the first two races in the three other seasons of his F1 career: In 2005 (3rd in Australia and 1st in Malaysia), 2006 (1st in Bahrain and 2nd in Malaysia) and 2007 (th -2 in Australia and 2nd in Malaysia). 1st in Malaysia).
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The last time he achieved two consecutive podiums
2013: 9 years, 5 months and 26 days later
The last time he achieved two consecutive podiums in F1 was in Italy-Singapore 2013, with two secondary positions. done it again After 9 years, 5 months and 26 daysafter a total of 3,465 days.
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Last time you achieved at least two podiums in the same year
2013
The last time he achieved at least two podiums in the same season was in 2013 (9). In that season, Fernando Alonso achieved 2 wins, in China and Spain, and 5 second positions and two third places for a total of 9 times climbing the drawer.
5
Two in a row in the Top-4
since 2014
Fernando Alonso finished two consecutive races in the top four for the first time since 2014 (there he had 3 in a row, including the last 2013 in Brazil and the first two of 2014 in Australia and Malaysia).
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In two races, twice as many podiums as Alpine
In Alpine he was 44 races
After just two races with Aston Martin, Fernando Alonso has twice as many podiums (2) as he could achieve in Alpine in 44 races, in two consecutive seasons with the French (1 podium in 2021 and 0 in 2022).
7
Same podiums in 2 races as in all 2014
Equivalent of podiums achieved throughout the 2014 season: China (3rd) and Hungary (2nd)
8
More podiums than 8 in his F1 season
All year round!
It surpassed in podiums the years 2001 (0), 2009 (1), 2015 (0), 2016 (0), 2017 (0), 2018 (0), 2021 (1) and 2022 (0).
9
Only one podium from all of 2008
Fernando Alonso was just one podium away from the achievements of 2008: That year, the Spaniard won in Singapore and Japan and 2nd in Brazil.
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Two podiums away from all-year achievements in 2003 and 2004
Fernando Alonso, after just two races in 2023, is two podiums away from matching the full-season achievements of 2003 and 2004.
In 2003: 3rd in Malaysia, Brazil and 1st in Hungary.
In 2004: 3rd in Australia, Germany and Hungary.
Eleven
More points in 2 races than in the entire years 2015 and 2017
With 30 points, he surpassed those achieved in 2015 (11) and 2017 (17). But that’s not all, because the Asturian pilot is 20 away from the achievements throughout 2018 (50).
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At this point, in Alpine 2021 and 2022…
I only got one or two points
He has 30 points after the first two races of the year. So far, in Alpine, in 2021 he has scored 1 point (10th in Imola) in two races and two in 2022 (9th in the opening race in Bahrain). In both seasons, he had a DNF in the first two races. There is no point of comparison.
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3rd in the Drivers’ World Championship
14 behind the leader
After two races, with 30 points, Alonso is third in the World Championship. With a 10 advantage over Sainz and Hamilton. He is 14 behind leader Verstappen and 13 behind second, ‘Checo’ Pérez.
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Alonso’s best start since 2012
35 points against 30
Adding 30 points in the first two races of the F1 World Championship (15 and 15 for two third places), Fernando Alonso is starring in his best start to the World Championship since 2012. That season he started with 35 points in the first two races, with a 5th place (10 points) in Australia and a victory in Malaysia (25 points). 11 years later, he added 30 points in two dates.
Source: La Verdad
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