Fernando Alonso hopes he is a better person as well as a better driver in his return to Formula 1 after two years away. The 39-year-old is two races into his comeback with Alpine and collected his first point since Singapore 2018 when he inherited 10th position in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after a penalty was issued to Kimi Raikkonen afterwards. Having clearly had enough of F1 at the end of that 2018 season following four unsuccessful years with McLaren, Alonso took a sabbatical of unspecified length to compete in other motorsport categories – and was lured back for 2021 when a vacancy emerged at Alpine. The two-time former World Champion admits he was “frustrated” at failing to...
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