Fernando Alonso has identified similarities to his lack of the F1 title in 2010, warning that main the championship heading into the ultimate race doesn’t assure the title.
For the primary time since 2010, a number of drivers are competing for the F1 World Championship.
Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri might declare the 2025 crown.
Norris presently holds a 12-point lead over Verstappen, and a podium end is nice sufficient for the title.
Fifteen years in the past, Alonso held an eight-point benefit over Mark Webber and was main the standings heading into the Yas Marina circuit.
Sebastian Vettel was 15 factors behind Alonso, whereas McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton was an outsider, 24 factors off the lead.
Vettel in the end took the title after profitable the ultimate race of the season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, on account of Ferrari’s strategic error.
The staff determined to pit early to cowl Webber’s cease, however didn’t keep in mind three drivers, together with Renault’s Vitaly Petrov, who Alonso was unable to overhaul.
Reflecting on his expertise, Alonso warned that F1 is “unpredictable”.
“The final time we had three drivers was in 2010,” he advised reporters. “It is arduous to foretell. I all the time suppose the highest guys have a bonus as a result of they’ve some margin by way of outcomes and it is a little bit bit simpler, however F1 is unpredictable.
“In 2010, the protection automotive got here out and I made the flawed resolution to not get in it.
“Final week we had the protection automotive, and it was additionally a nasty selection not to participate in it. However these items can occur in a Formulation 1 race, so even for those who lead the championship, it is not assured.
Alonso responds to Verstappen’s McLaren claims
Verstappen claimed in an interview with F1 TV that the title was “a very long time in the past” when he was driving for McLaren.
Alonso opined on Verstappen’s claims, saying: “You by no means know. It is all the time a guess and it is troublesome to reply.”
“I feel everyone knows that Max is a good driver and will get essentially the most out of the automotive, however a few of the races he gained this 12 months in all probability weren’t actually in regards to the automotive, it was about him, and that was the case final 12 months as effectively.
“Everybody will say you may win the championship with the most effective automotive. Everybody has that confidence. However this can be a query that can not be answered.”
