Agree on 2007/08 (and fwiw, I think Michael would have done the same if he stayed). I also think Alonso would have at least been a lot closer - with more consistency - in 2017/18 and possibly bagged a title one of those years. I don’t think it would have fizzled out how it did.Seanspeed wrote: ↑17 Jan 2025, 14:30Alonso in 2012 was probably one of the top 10-15 best driver seasons ever. I really do not think it's an exaggeration to say the Ferrari was no more than 3rd best car that year, and probably more like 4th best overall, unless you're the type who still thinks Kimi Raikkonen was a top driver(and thus achieved all that Lotus could do), despite never proving better than Massa, and seeing how Alonso absolutely thrashed him in the same car just two years later.Emag wrote: ↑17 Jan 2025, 12:43I think Alonso still remains a legend, only without the stats to back it up.
A shame. Could sit here and talk about how much of his bad career paths were self-inflicted, but I still don’t think he deserved to drive the cars he got to drive from 2014 and onwards.
Aston somehow lucked into a competitive car in 2023 to give him a chance to show what he is made of, but sadly I don’t see another spike happening before age does its thing and he retires.
He came close with Ferrari though, twice. I feel like he deserved 2012, but 2010 was painful to be lost on the last race of the season too.
If Alonso had been driving for Ferrari in 2007 and 2008, they'd have absolutely WALKED both those championships.
Anyways, I think his years at Ferrari definitely kept his reputation as a great intact. It's a shame he didn't get the full rewards for it, but that's how it goes sometimes. Just gotta hope the same doesn't happen to Leclerc.
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