The 2014 driver-by-driver review: Sky Sports
Championship position – 6th, 161
points; Best result – 2nd
So, the partnership that was meant
to dominate F1 has crumbled, two years early and without a single World
Championship title to its name. That Alonso leaves Ferrari with the same status
as when he arrived – a ‘mere’ two-time world champion – certainly reflects a
case of Ferrari having failed Fernando, rather than Fernando failing Ferrari.
Such a reality was never more the case than in 2014, with the team’s hope that
a move away from an aerodynamic-dominant formula would present the springboard
from which to return to winning ways proving to be as flawed as the F14 T they
created to suit the new engine regulations. As a result Fernando graced the
podium just twice all season – and not once the top step.
Not that such an unusually low-key
run of results harmed Alonso’s standing in the sport – in fact the two podiums
he did achieve, particularly his gallant tyre preservation run to second place
in Hungary, only served to increase his widespread reputation as the best
all-round driver in F1. The fact the Spaniard also turned what had been an
eagerly-anticipated intra-team battle with Raikkonen into an effective
no-contest in his favour only added further fuel to the feeling that he was
still operating at his peak, even if Ferrari quite definitely weren’t. That
he’s heading back to McLaren of all places shows how exasperating his time at
Maranello became. JG
2014
rating: 8/10
(fonte: SkySports.com)
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