On the other hand, Alonso was shunted in McLaren for the rookie Hamilton, and decided to not continue. They parted ways and he returned to the team with which he had won the two championship titles. But this time Renault had been struggling. The freeze on engine development had hit Renault the most and it had lost its footing, having to fight off second-tier teams just to compete. This was the team which welcomed back Alonso. And now take a look at what Alonso has achieved with the same team. No one ever predicted a podium finish for the Spaniard this season, but instead he proved everyone wrong by claiming two races successively. He was amongst the points in nearly every race. Ranault now finishes the season fourth in the constructors championship - well ahead of their predicted position.
Had Kubica or Alonso driven in Ferrari or McLaren, they would have accumulated far more points than what Lewis and Massa have done. I would love to see them drive for Ferrari someday — they might go on to achieve (or perhaps better) what the legendary Michael Schumacher has done.
In the end, I would rate the drivers worthy of being the champions in the following order:
Robert Kubica: He has performed consistently with a car whose development was halted midway.
Fernando Alonso: With talent beyond compare, he’s made an unexpected comeback in the later part of the season.
Kimi Raikkonen: Hit by misfortunes, he surely deserves to win, evident from the fact that he has most number of best lap times.
Felipe Massa: He’s also been hit by unavoidable miscues, but I feel he doesn’t have the attitude to carry the championship tag. He needs to be more aggressive and think by himself instead of taking orders and doing what’s safe.
Lewis Hamilton: The least-deserving candidate. Extremely arrogant. Known to make mistakes under pressure. Put him in a BMW and you’ll see him cry. He’s just riding on good fortunes to have actually start the career with a McLaren.
Article comments
1 - rage
ha ha alonso had the same team and car which hamilton and the double champion lost it
2 - Anuvrat
he he, my friend, do not forget Ron Dennis comment last year after the China GP --
"We were not racing Raikkonen, we were racing Alonso" -- how do you intend to win a championship if your boss himself is conspiring against you