![]() ![]() Part 4: Alonso, Vettel and a nice box of chocolates - how Alonso left Ferrari.Part 2: Double-crossing and blackmail - Alonso's Hungarian meltdown.Part 1: How Alonso v Hamilton tore McLaren apart. ![]() He got stuck behind the Renault of Vitaly Petrov, which was faster on the straight, and finished seventh as Vettel won in his Red Bull and grabbed the title from under Alonso's nose. In 2010, after overhauling a 47-point deficit and then taking the championship lead with a remarkable victory in the soaking gloom of South Korea, the team made a mistake in calling him in for an early pit stop at the final race in Abu Dhabi. ![]() Those championship defeats were very difficult to take. "From mid-2010 to 2014," one Ferrari insider said, "Fernando was the best driver in the world. Each time, he had got himself in that position despite not having the fastest car. Twice in his first three years at Maranello, he lost out on the championship at the final race. "What I appreciated about Fernando is he was always a fighter, a fighter, a fighter," Di Montezemolo says.Īlonso joined Ferrari after a two-year sojourn back at Renault. ![]()
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