Fernando Alonso’s Formula One Legacy Determined By Win at Korean Grand Prix

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Published: October 26, 2010

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Formula One fans tend to romanticize the past, as do other sports fans. In Formula One there are names that fans associate with eras, drivers that we think off as being "the greatest ever," men that defined eras of Formula One for the fans and the sports itself men like Senna, Lauda and Stewart.

Well there's one new name to be added to that list Fernando Alonso.

With his masterful win at the Korean Grand Prix, where he was able to benefit from the bad luck of the two Red Bull drivers and take care of his tires in an increasingly dry track as the race went on and other drivers had trouble staying on the track with less and less grip.

In the future, Alonso's win at the inaugural Korean Grand Prix will be mentioned along with Senna's win at 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix in Estoril with Jackie Stewart's greatest triumph at the Nordschleife in 1968 where he won by more than four minutes in wet conditions with a broken wrist from Graham Hill.

Fernando Alonso is now to be mentioned along with those men as a driver that has defined and changed Formula One in his era, along with Mikka Hakkinen, Alonso is the only driver to be able to stem Schumacher's irresistible dominance at Ferrari. Winning the championship in 2005 and 2006, the latter championship under intense pressure from Schumacher and the Scuderia.

Alonso is currently leading the championship by 11 points from Webber with two races to go. He is two races away from winning his third championship. Three championships would give Alonso as many as drivers that are considered to be the greatest Formula One drivers of all time. Ayrton Senna, Nelson Piquet, Niki Lauda, Jackie Stewart and Jack Brabham. That is some fine company to be named along.

Alonso with his win at Korea has tallied his 26th career win, more than both Jim Clark and Niki Lauda with 25, one less than Jackie Stewart at 27. Further, the only drivers with more wins than Fernando Alonso as of today ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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