FORMULA 1 | FERNANDO ALONSO WINS 2011 BRITISH GRAN PRIX

Great day for SPANISH SPORTS with the victory of Spanish two time F1 World Champion FERNANDO ALONSO adding the 2011 British F1 GP title at Silverstone. Long time since the driver got back in the top of the podium as the Spaniard got his first win of the season & finally managed to break the domination of current World Champ Vettel & the Red Bull cars.

Fernando Alonso

Awkward race with all four seasons being experienced at once at the track. It started wet, then humid & finished dry & that made for lots of pits stops & strategy changes. In the 2º pit stop Vettel had some problems getting out of boxes as Alonso passed by after his tyre change & the Spaniard never looked back except for a one on one Hamilton battle that Alonso managed to dominate. There was some great racing between all top four finishers Vettel, Webber & Hamilton ( in that order ) as they attempted to win places with some on edge driving in difficult conditions.

Ferrari has definately bettered the car with new pieces & the huge gap with Red Bull has been pulled back. Although Vettel looks unreachable in the World Championship points table, the Ferrari cars will sure be able to give Vettel - Webber some more tough afternoons in coming races.

Current Word Championship table:

1. Sebastian Vettel (GER/Red Bull) 204pts
2. Mark Webber (AUS/Red Bull) 124.
3. Fernando Alonso (SP/Ferrari) 112.
4. Lewis Hamilton (GB/McLaren) 109.
5. Jenson Button (GB/McLaren) 109

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SPANISH SPORTS WEEKEND SUCCESS | FOOTBALL, CYCLING, HANDBALL & FORMULA 1

SPANISH SPORTS has experienced a fabulous afternoon today to add to the excellent weekend with victories & podiums in CYCLING, HANDBALL & FORMULA 1. The Spanish Sports flag keeps flying high after FC BARCELONA yesterday won the Champions League title in European Football. 

Alberto Contador 2011 of  Cycling Italian GIRO

Spanish cyclist ALBERTO CONTADOR has won this years ITALIAN GIRO - his second -  in a comfortable & dominating fashion. The Tour de France holder & currently the World´s Nº1 bike rider stamped his authority in one of the Worlds toughest road race.

Here are the final standings in the General table:

1 Alberto Contador ESP SAX 84:05:14
2 Michele Scarponi ITA LAM 06:10
3 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 06:56
4 John Gadret FRA ALM 10:04
5 Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver ESP KAT 11:05
6 Roman Kreuziger CHE AST 11:28
7 Jose Rujano Guillen VEN SDA 12:12
8 Denis Menchov RUS FTS 12:18
9 Steven Kruijswijk NL RAB 13:51
10 Konstantsin Sivtsov BIE THR 14:10


Another notable Spaniard is Joaquin Rodriguez who finished 5th.

FC Barcelona wins the European Handball Cup 2011

Continuing on with Spanish Sports success, FC BARCELONA defeated another Spanish Team CIUDAD REAL 27 - 24 to take the 2011 EUROPEAN HANDBALL TITLE , winning the Final 4 competition held in Germany. FC Barcelona score a double with Euro titles in Football-Soccer & now Handball.

Fernando Alonso 2ºnd in 2011 Monaco F1 GP

Spain flew its flag in the 2011 FORMULA 1 GP podium at Monaco, with Spanish driver & twice F1 World Champ FERNANDO ALONSO coming in front of English driver Button & behind the winner Vettel. This win should lift the confidence of both Alonso & his team Ferrari for the upcoming F1 races ahead.

It has been an extraordinary weekend for Spanish Sports, congratulations to all.

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FORMULA 1 SEASON KICKS OFF | ALONSO 4TH - ALGUERSUAR 23RD

The Formula 1 season kicked off in Melbourne Australia with Current World Champion Sebastian Vettel starting as he finished last season; untouchable & winning the Australian GP 2011. Englishman Lewis Hamilton came in second & the surprise was Petrov with his third.

Fernando Alonso : photo Ap

However, although I congratulate the winners, the main concern here for obvious reasons is to describe how our Spanish Sportsmen & Formula 1 drivers – Fernando Alonso & Jaime Alguersuar – faired in the race.


Two time World Champion & Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso finished fourth & nearly managed to overtake third placed Petrov in a stunning last part of the race. The Spaniard admitted in the post race press conference that his main big mistake was at the start where he was 5th & due to “traffic” problems made a “wrong” situation decision that put him behind the “8 ball” for the rest of the race. The Spaniard then managed to maintain his position, get into 4th  & nearly finished on the podium.


The other Spaniard Jaime Alguersuar finished 23rd after he collided with another car at the start that forced him into boxes which made it difficult to gain the lost time & places for points.


Next race: the Malaysian GP. Tweet

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F1 2010 | FERNANDO ALONSO FINISHES SUB - WORLD CHAMPION

Firstly, congratulations to SEBASTIAN VETTEL for winning the Abu Dhabi F1 Gran Prix & in doing so becoming the F1 2010 WORLD CHAMPION. The German becomes the youngest driver in F1 History to do so. Secondly, congratultions to Spanish two time World Champion FERNANDO ALONSO who finished sub - Champion just 4 points behind Vettel. The work & the season done with Ferrari has been extraordinary & above all expectations as Alonso managed to get to where he finished via his talent & not by his car that has been below the levels that we are accustomed from Ferrari.

Sebastian Vettel celebrates becoming 2010
F1 World Champion

In fact the better driver "overall" lost to the better car "overall". This & a bad strategic decision allowed Vettel to grab the World title when he did not even expect it before the start of todays race. The rival for Alonso was Webber & all of Ferrari´s plans were focused on staying ahead of the Australian , holding out & finishing 4th,  but no one took into account an accident by Schumacher that allowed in a "safety car" onto the track that changed things dramatically &  opened doors closed beforehand. 


Most started with soft rubbers with the idea of changing to hard in the 10th-15th lap. Webber was 5th behind Alonso (who Button overtook in the start & the Englishman decided not to stop at all) & with the safety car on the track Red Bull decided to pull in Webber & change to hard rubbers. Obviously Ferrari thought that they could not allow Webber to fly away & decided to follow the same idea. What happened is that Alonso found drivers -"obstacles" (others had decided too change as well) when he got back & a stubborn Petrov that did not allow him to pass & get back to the 4th position. In fact, Alonso was "trapped" until the end of the race behind Petrov.


The Red Bull team had sacrificed Webber, knowing Ferrari was thinking in him & not Vettel & played their cards that Vettel would escape & Alonso would be blocked below the 5th place that he needed to become World Champion. Ferrari should have not followed Webber, gone on further to secure places while others did rubber changes & then gone in to get back without "traffic" problems. Ferrari had fallen into the Red Bull trap - line, hook & sinker - as Ferrari had configurated Alonso´s car for a "defensive" strategy" & did not have the horse -power to overtake Petrov & win back places. The rest is now history.

Fernando Alonso - sub Champion F1 2010

The final F1 World Championship Table looks like this:

1. Sebastian Vettel (GER) – 256 pts

2. Fernando Alonso (ESP) – 252 pts

3. Mark Webber (AUS) – 242 pts

4. Lewis Hamilton (ENG) – 240 pts

5. Jenson Button (ENG) – 214 pts

Having written all of the above, merit cannot be taken away from the Red Bull whom were the far better team & deserved to win. Congratulations! Tweet

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FORMULA 1 | FERNANDO ALONSO WINS 2010 ITALIAN GP AT MONZA

Good news from Monza (Italy) the home of Ferrari & for Spanish Sports with the victory of Spanish Formula 1 driver FERNANDO ALONSO in the Italian GP. The Ferrari driver won his third F1 race this season putting in a fantastic performance after Button overtook him early in the start & then retook the lead after a dramatic & perfect pit stop that put Alonso back ahead & onto the victory. Part of the victory must go to the Ferrari team who put in a perfect job with the car, the strategy & the perfect pit stop.

Fernando Alonso also was favoured when Lewis Hamilton abandoned the race, did not finish thus did not gain any points for this race.

Fernando Alonso now gets back into World Championship Title contention with this victory as he is now third placed in the Classifications table & there are still 5 races left to battle for the points.

Today’s results:
1. Alonso (Sp) ; 2. J Button ( UK); 3 F. Massa (Bra)

Current World Championships Table:

1. M Webber (Aus) -187 pts
2. L. Hamilton (UK) – 182 pts
3. F . Alonso (Sp) – 166 pts

Next race - Singapur

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SPANISH SPORT SUCCESS | CONTADOR IN TOUR E FRANCE ALONSO IN GERMAN F1

Spanish Sport continues with its string of success stories, this time in Cycling & in Formula 1 racing.

Spanish cyclist ALBERTO CONTADOR won his 3rd TOUR DE FRANCE (2010) today ahead of Andy Schleck & Denis Melchov. The Spaniard was emotional as this edition was the most fought especially after nearly “losing” the leaders grip yesterday in the 52 km time-trial that although he won Contador later let known that he experienced dedicated moments during the leg.

The other great Spanish Sports story today was that Spanish Formula One driver FERNANDO ALONSO won the GERMAN F1 GP ahead of Ferrari team-mate Massi with third place to Vettal. However, there was controversy as Felipe Massa allowed Fernando Alonso to pass him when he was leading to give Alonso the race. This off course led to a 100.000 US$ fine & Ferrari will have to wait to see want the World F1 Council has to say & what extra penalty they may place on the “Italian Stallion”.

Blemish aside, grand day for Spanish Sports

PD. JORGE LORENZO wins the USA Moto GP at "Laguna Seca". Grand!

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F1 | FERNANDO ALONSO 2º IN THE SPANISH GP

Australian F1 automobile pilot Max Webber put in a great weekend & a perfect race to take the F1 SPANISH GRAN PRIX at Montmelo (Barcelona) this afternoon. The Australian was just “sublime” with his racing & his F1 car operated as smooth a silk. The second placed driver was Spain’s two times F1 World Champion FERNANDO ALONSO who took advantage of a Lewis Hamilton abandoned when his tire blew with two laps to go. Third place went to Sebastian Vettel with a great race as well. Another note & a highlight today, apart from the Lewis Hamilton tire blow-out, was the 4th place for Michael Schumacher which brought back memories & lighted up the crowds with cheers.

The World Championship table currently looks this way:

1. J. Button (UK) – 70 pts
2. F. Alonso (SP) – 69 pts
3. S. Vettel (GER) – 60 pts
4. M. Webber (AUS) – 53 pts
5. N. Rosberg (NOR) – 50 pts

14. J.Alguersuari (ESP) – 3 pts
17. A. De la Rosa (ESP) – 0 pts

Next Race: 16th May MONACO GP Tweet

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FORMULA 1 | 2010 | FERNANDO ALONSO 4TH PLACE IN CHINA GP

Spanish Formula 1 Driver FERNANDO ALSONSO has finished 4th in the 2010 CHINA GP in rainy conditions & an accidental race that gave us an authentic dance of changing positions. The other Spaniard who got a place was JAIME ALGUERSUARI who is quickly learning & catching the eye of many, while Spanish veteran driver DE LA ROSA didn´t finish.

Alonso was sanctioned for a starting violation that possibly cost him an achievable podium position (forced to do a “drive-through via pit lane). However, the merit must all go to the winner Button (McLaren) who did an excellent race, along with Hamilton who finished second & took it all to the edge, risking himself with sanctions for pit stop entry violations (some think he escaped again from them thanks to favouritism) , & third placed Rosberg.
The F1 World Championship calssification table current looks this way:

1. Button 60 pts
2. Rosberg 50pts
3. Alonso 49 pts
4. Hamilton 49pts

Just to finish off, once again we saw subtle signs of the uneasy relationship between Ferrari team-mates Alonso & Massi. As written here weeks back, their is a tense “calm” awaiting to explode, as both are under strict orders from Ferrari not to illustrate to the “open World” any conflict. However,several pit lane manouvers today makes one think how long this “artificial” relationship will last before it explodes.

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FORMULA 1: FERNANDO ALONSO FELIPE MASSA - A "HAPPY" TEAM-MATE RELATION FULL OF "INCIDENTS"

Source: Spanish Football Sports Blog /
Theses two "happy" team-mates are NOT friends. Spanish two time F1 World Champion FERNANDO ALONSO & Brazilian Sub-World Champion FELIPE MASSA have been joined together by “destiny” to represent the famous colours of Italian racing car legend FERRARI. As professionals, & under strict orders from their Italian employers, they are “forbidden” to voice &/or express any divergent disagreement in public. The powerful Ferrari Public Relations team is in charge to give us all the image that they are happy mates at the team & only super competitive on the track – "competition is healthy" is the saying.

But don’t be fooled. Both have their egos the size of the “Empire State Building” & both wish to be World Champions; the Brazilian was a “hairs breath” away in season 2008 were he privately still blames Renault, & indirectly Alonso as a co-conspirator, for losing the F1 World Title in the 2008 Singapore F1 “Pique Incident” which starved Massi out of points that would cost him dearly. But the Massa – Alonso clashes (or Alonso – Massa) come from way back. In 2007 in another “incident”, both accused each other of dangerous driving & attempting to take out the other off the track in the Europa F1 race. The verbal attacks straight after the race were televised & very public.

What raised eye-brows of an a persistent ingrained suspicion from the Brazilian was the public comments that Massa made straight after it was made official that he would be sharing team with Alonso, again recalling the “Singapore” incident & Alonsos involvement, which he later “rectified” by order of Ferrari.

Yesterday in the Malaysian F1 race, we again witnessed “vibrations” that both don’t share a beer in their time off when Massa manoeuvred, or protected his advantage, while Alonso climbed the classification standings lap after lap before the Spaniard blew out his engine. This unfortunate “incident” should have given Massa a smile as Alonso did not score any points, & thus facilitated that the Brazilian became the provisional leader of the World Championship table after only three races. The Ferrari Public Relations team flooded the press with great pictures of hugs & ...“bad luck mate” next time.

How long will the peace all last? Both are extreme professionals who know perfectly well the “brand” they represent, & that they are the public image of Ferrari throughout the World. Both will follow orders, but the season is long & many strange things happen throughout its course. Now that things are relatively on course with team objectives everything is fine, but if Ferrari cannot solve their apparent motor anomalies? If Alonso doesn’t win races as expected or Massa doesn’t get podiums? He they - God forbid - get involved in a "racing incident"? Plenty of work for the Ferrari Public Relations team I would suspect, they may be hoping that they won’t have to do long & difficult extra-hours. Tweet

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FORMULA 1: FERNANDO ALONSO WINS 2010 BAHRAIN GP

Source: Spanish Football Sports /
Spanish Sports got off to a flying start in the motor category with a win in the first race of the new 2010 season of FORMULA 1. Two times F1 World Champion & Spaniard FERNANDO ALONSO won the Bahrain GP raced this afternoon ahead of team-mate Brazilian Felipe Massa & British driver Lewis Hamilton. The Spaniard has always said that given the a competitive car & team he would ensure titles & it looks as if this prediction has got off on the right direction. Alonso’s strategy was to ensure flawless driving with lots of patience that concentrated on steady & continuous lap times that maintained the pace & pressure on his rivals.

(photo: Alonso celebrates with Massa & Hamilton_ap_Luca Bruno)

The main race “tussle” was upfront between Vettel & Alosno with the former experiencing engine/car problems towards the end of the race to which Alonso found this the moment to move from "stalking" mode to attacking & overtook Vettel for the lead. This of course, made Massa & Hamilton react as they fought out the minor places.

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FORMULA 1: ALONSO 3ºRD IN SINGAPORE GP

Two time Spanish F1 World Champion FERNANDO ALONSO had
not reached a podium since Brasil 2008, & today he managed to
finish 3ºrd in the SINGAPORE GP.















Although Alonso started from 5th on the grid, his persistant & steady
driving saw how others made mistakes & were penalized; Rosberg &
Vettel, who gave the Spaniard the 3ºrd & final place.















The winner was Hamilton followed by Glock who was second,
& third for Alonso must have felt like glory. The Spaniard dedicated
his podium to banned ex-Renualt Director Briatore Tweet

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FORMULA 1: FERNANDO ALONSO 7TH AT MONACO 2009

Monaco is the type of circuit that Spanish two time World Formula 1
Champion FERNANDO ALONSO likes & wins. But not today, as the
Spaniard did a "flawless" drive but his R29 could only smell the fumes
from the faster cars. The best that the Spaniard could do today at
Monaco was a 7th place.

(photo: Fernando Alonso - elmundo.es)














It was precisely one of the fastest cars & better drivers JENSON
BUTTON ( Braun GP team) who won today in an awesome
performance, that gives him 5 wins from the last 6 races & takes
him closer to this years F1 World Championship title.

(photo: elmundo.es/Luca Bruno)



















Button´s team-mate Barrichello came in second & Ferrari driver
Raikkonen a cool third.

The World Championships table currently stands as follows:
1. Button 51 pts
2. Baarrichello 35 pts
3. Vettel 23 pts

7. F.Alonso 11 pts

Next Race: Turkey 07/06/2009. Tweet

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FORMULA 1 BAHRAIN 2009: FERNANDO ALONSO 8TH

Spanish two time World Formula 1 Champion FERNANDO ALONSO
finished in 8th position today in the Bahrain F1 race. Alonso´s team
have´nt as yet increased the speed relative to their competitors who
are well ahead in the horsepower area, not to mention the
aerodynamics.

Race winner was J.BUTTON, followed by Vettel & Trulli

(Fernando Alonso)














The Top three World Championship Table cuurently looks like this:
1. Button 31 pts; 2.Barrichello 19pts; 3.Vettel 18pts... 8. Fernando
Alonso 5 pts.

Next Race - Montmelo SPAIN - 10th of May. Lets hope Alonso can
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FORMULA 1: CHINA GP - FERNANDO ALONSO 9TH

No, this is not FERNANDO ALONSO, its S.VETTEL who won todays
FORMULA 1 CHINA GP, with 2º place going to his Red Bull team-mate
M.WEBBER to give their team a historical double.

It was a rain trenched race that gave headaches to all drivers & one of
those was 2 time World Champion & Spaniard Fernando Alonso who had

a horror race. The Spaniard started from 2ºposition to fall to 20th after

he made a pit stop coinciding with the safety car, pure bad luck. In his

attempt to win places he managed to get to 8th when he lost control under

strong rain to fall 5 places behind again. In the end Alonso finsihed 9th &
did not get into the points.

Final results: 1 Vettel; 2. Webber; 3. J.Button

World Championship points: 1. Button 21pts; 2. Barrichello 15pts &
3. Vettel 10 pts ... 8. Fernando Alonso 4 pts.

Next Race : Bahrain - 26th April

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FORMULA 1 MALAYSIAN GP 2009: RACE SUSPEND & ALONSO 11TH

The Malaysian F1 GP race was suspended due to torrential tropical storms
that made driving impossible & dangerous. With 24 laps still left the skies
opened up on the Sapang circuit & stopped the race with Spanish Driver
FERNANDO ALONSO skidding out at that precise moment with slicks on
to go back onto the track & be halted in at 11th place. It was pure bad luck
for Fernando as he made a brilliant start from 9th place to get into the 3ºrd
position to see the water take him backwards.

(photo: Alonso reuters/elmundo.com)

With less than 75% of the laps done & the race suspended, the pilots take half
points & the position from were they were called in. That gave this final result:
1. Jensen Button
2. Nick Heidfeld
3. Timo Glock

& 11. Fernando Alonso

(photo: Alonso - efe/elmundo.es)

Overall Drivers Classification (after 2 races):
1. Button 15 pts 2. Barrichello 10pts 3.Trulli 8pts …6. Fernando Alonso 4pts

Crazy race & in some sense not understandable, as the race time 17.00 is well
known to be the precise moment of the day that storms habitually take place
in Malaysia. The pressure from International TVs (European in most cases) to
accommodate better watching hours has played a negative part in the outcome,
an issue that needs to be further analyzed & studied in the future.

Next race: CHINA 19 April

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HUMOUR: FERNANDO TORRES FINALLY STOPPED

SFS thanks Jason, a regular SFS reader from Asia who contributes
with his comments, & today with this video which he says he picked
up from another Web site titled "The Spoiler".

Jason knows beforehand that SFS has a "slight" Atletico de Madrid
inclination & has passed me this FERNANDO TORRES clip which is
worthy of a mention, if not for its humourous angle.

It looks like that one of the Worlds great forwards has finally come
up against his match. While most of the World´s defenders struggle to
stop Torres from scoring this German shepard dog has & can do the
job. Watch & see the dog in action:



Grand defending, perhaps Real Madrid should consider the signing of this
talented canine, will certainly improve their defense : ) Tweet

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FORMULA 1 JAPAN GP 2008: ALONSO WINS

SFS has had little to say this year in the Formula One area, since
FERNANDO ALONSO has had a terrible Renault car & a bad year
up till now. He won in Singapur - under lights - & now he returns to
win today in the Japanese GP. It seems his team has finally managed
to get the Renault automobile in shape late in the season & Alonso
his form as well.

Great news for the Spaniard as he has been thinking about his future
for next season. Everything points that he will continue in Renault
another year, awaiting the call of Ferrari that is his real objective.










Race result: 1.Alonso; 2. Kubica; 3.Raikkonen; 4. Piquet; 5. Trulli Tweet

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FORMULA 1: FERNANDO ALONSO 6TH IN TURKEY

Brazilian driver FELIPE MASSA turned in a great race to win
todays TURKISH Formula 1. Behind him were Lewis Hamilton
& Ferrari team mate & current World Champion Raikkonen.

The race had its share of moments, like the smash up between
Fisichella & Nakajima at the beginning of the race.

Spaniard FERNANDO ALONSO finished 6ºth & commented that
he was happy with the result seeing improvements in his R28
Renault. The 2º time World Champion is now 9ºth in the drivers
Championship points table with 9ºpoints.

Next Race: Monaco GP

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FORMULA 1 BAHRAIN 2008: FERNANDO ALONSO 10TH

Spanish two time World Champion FERNANDO ALONSO finished
10th place in todays BAHRAIN F1 GP race, therefore not scoring
any points for the World Championship table.
















The winner was FELIPE MASSA with teamate Raikkonen second
& Kubica third, in a gran race for the Brazilian & Ferrari. Its obvious
that Fernando Alonso´s Renault is not competitive & needs lots of
work if he is to get to podium this year.

Another contender Lewis Hamilton is not having a great start either
he finished 13th after crashing into the back of Fernando Alonso, to
slide out & then get back into the race: see video



The Current World Classification standing are:
1.Raikkonen 19pts; 2. Nick Heidfeld 16pts; 3.L.Hamilton 14pts...
9. F.Alonso 6pts

NEXT RACE : Spanish GP 27 April

Other winners at Bahrain were these beautiful women...ahh racing

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FORMULA 1 2008. FERNANDO ALONSO 4TH IN AUSTRALIAN GP

The new FORMULA 1 GP season kicked off in Melbourne Australia
with victory going to Lewis Hamilton, followed by Heildfeld & 3ºrd
place to Rosberg. It was an accidental race with plenty of crashes &
motor breaks that left it all down to 7 cars, with both Ferrari´s going
out & not finishing.













The great news was the 4th place for Spanish two time World
Champion FERNANDO ALONSO (above), that must have felt
like a victory after starting from 11th place. The Spaniard grabbed
5ºpoints & sets up an optimistic future as he & his car can only get
better. Great driving.

Next Race -23 March Malaysian GP Tweet

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