Fernando Alonso’s 3rd at 2014 Chinese Grand Prix No Sign of a Ferrari Resurgence

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Published: April 21, 2014

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As Fernando Alonso claimed Ferrari’s first podium of the 2014 Formula One season at the Chinese Grand Prix, your thoughts may have turned to Stefano Domenicali.

Domenicali resigned from his position as team principal of Ferrari a week ago, paying the price for the Prancing Horse’s average start to the season, which reached its lowest ebb when Alonso and teammate Kimi Raikkonen finished ninth and tenth, respectively, in the last round in Bahrain.

Insult was added to the injury in Sakhir when Alonso, who has a tendency to allow his emotions to get the better of him, performed a mock celebration as he crossed the finish line, raising his right arm from the cockpit in “victory.”

It proved to be the last act of Domenicali’s six-year tenure as the boss of the most successful team in the sport’s history, a period which saw Ferrari regress from serial world championship winners to mere contenders, now driven by hope rather than the unwavering expectation that defined the era of Michael Schumacher’s domination.

That Alonso saw fit to “celebrate” a ninth-place finish for a team with 221 race victories to its name was the final straw for Luca di Montezemolo, the Ferrari president, whose displeasure was barely contained in Bahrain.



It was, nevertheless, cruel Ferrari should return to the podium in the race immediately following Domenicali’s departure. The record books in the years to come will show the team instantly performed at a much higher level when the Italian was removed from the equation.

Even Alonso himself, despite dedicating the result to his former team principal, spoke as if the result in Shanghai could be a turning point for the Italian outfit, telling Ferrari’s official website:

After a difficult start to the season, this podium is a confidence boost for the whole team, providing extra motivation for a...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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