Fernando Alonso Wins Epic Valencia F1 Grand Prix: Maldonado Disgraced Again

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Published: June 25, 2012

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In another staggering example of how this new season has turned our expectations of Formula One on their heads, the world’s most boring and uninspiring track—Valencia—has produced arguably the race of the season, with drama and excitement from start to checkered flag.

Even more strangely, Fernando Alonso became the first driver to secure a second victory this season. Not that he isn’t a brilliant driver, but he’s in a car that saw team boss Luca di Montezemolo leave the circuit despondently shaking his head.

Anyone tuning in to the race late would have wondered whether they weren’t watching a repeat from 2005, with Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen and Michael Schumacher standing there. And with Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton nowhere to be seen.

While the race was exciting in its own right, the behavior of a number of drivers resulted in it being exciting for a whole range of other reasons.

This race saw more carnage than we’ve seen for almost the entire season.

Some of it was understandable, like a simple racing incident between Kamui Kobayashi and Bruno Senna. Some was more avoidable, like the one between Kobayashi and Felipe Massa

There seemed to be a bit of an outbreak of testosterone-fueled racetrack hooliganism. There was a lot of wheel to wheel racing and nudging, but occasionally it got out of hand.

Jean-Eric Verrne pulled a strange move on Heikki Kovaleinen, seeming to throw an unnecessary feint at him after completing a solid overtaking move. It resulted in a collision which left Verne unable to continue and Kovaleinen making another trip back to the pits.



Verne’s excuse of starting to turn in for the corner is laughably ridiculous.

Had that actually been the case, Verne would have hit the wall 100 metres before the corner and would have had even more explaining to do in his garage. It was...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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