Kingshark wrote:What a drive by Alonso today, what a beast.
In fact, I’d go as far as saying that Alonso is the 1st person to beat a Mercedes on merit alone this season.
Granted not Hamilton, as he had to start from the pits, but he beat Rosberg on merit. Nico didn’t have a mechanical failure, and unlike Ricciardo, Fernando did not benefit from a luckily timed SC.
He overtook Rosberg on track around the outside of turn 3, drove away from him in the damp half of the race, he also passed Vergne very early on, something which Nico in a superior car was not able to do. Then kept both Mercedes drivers behind in the dry portion of the race, where their superior package came into play.
Alonso, in a frigging F14T, beat a WO5 on merit. Nothing else needs to be said.
With that being said, Ferrari did look a lot better today than they've done for a long time.
That's what makes it so tough to watch Ferrari wander aimlessly year after year. They have in my opinion, the greatest driver currently in F1, and they have been unable to give him the equipment he needs to compete. Granted this year was going to be a loss due to the Mercedes engine being head and shoulders above the Ferrari unit, but the team may as well be called the Scuderia Alonso. He's the only thing that kept them afloat the past 4 seasons. I'd hate to see what their line would look like had he not been driving for them.
One can only hope they field a 2015 challenger that actually
challenges. I'd prefer not to see them piss away another year of his career with a subpar car.
I still don't know what to make of the organizational changes and what kind of an impact any of them will actually have. Ferrari's problem always has been with having the right structure in place, so we'll see what happens there.
On a different note, Alonso's performance is why I love the Hungaroring. There's something to be said about tracks that don't have widths that could allow for 4 or 5 wide in most spots since it takes away all the freebie garbage overtakes that exist now.
