It may be almost a decade since his last World Championship, but Fernando Alonso has, throughout that time, retained a steady reputation as arguably the finest driver on the Formula One grid. His 32 career victories place him 5th on the all-time winners list, an impressive tally that illustrates the enduring consistency of a man whose career lacks even a single season of epochal dominance. Alonso hasn't been blessed with the fastest car in the field since 2007, yet has been a race-winner in every season since with the exception of 2009, consistently hauling indifferent machinery into chequered flag contention. The statistics may crown Sebastian Vettel as the undisputed king of the...
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