28-09-2015, 14:02
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/34372681
A destiny unfulfilled
This weekend marked 10 years since Alonso won his first world championship. He followed it up with another in 2006, winning an intense battle with Michael Schumacher.
At the time, those titles marked a generational shift, from Schumacher's era to a new one, of which Alonso was clearly destined to be a leading figure.
That is exactly what he has been ever since, but that third title - which he craves with a burning ambition that can only begin to be imagined - has proved elusive.
He has come agonisingly close three times - in 2007 with McLaren and in 2010 and 2012 with Ferrari. He is eight points short of being a five-time world champion - a tally that would much more accurately reflect his status in the F1 pantheon.
A destiny unfulfilled
This weekend marked 10 years since Alonso won his first world championship. He followed it up with another in 2006, winning an intense battle with Michael Schumacher.
At the time, those titles marked a generational shift, from Schumacher's era to a new one, of which Alonso was clearly destined to be a leading figure.
That is exactly what he has been ever since, but that third title - which he craves with a burning ambition that can only begin to be imagined - has proved elusive.
He has come agonisingly close three times - in 2007 with McLaren and in 2010 and 2012 with Ferrari. He is eight points short of being a five-time world champion - a tally that would much more accurately reflect his status in the F1 pantheon.
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