F1 World Cup | Ten years since Alonso’s last victory in Formula 1: Barcelona 2013, where he promises to celebrate the ’33’

A decade after achieving his 32nd victory, the now pilot of Aston Martin has once again dazzled the fans with the difficult desire of ‘la 33’, to which he has set a date and place for the assault against the steamroller of Red Bull: Sunday, May 28, at the Monaco GP; or Sunday June 4, Spanish GP. Two circuits in which Alonso can make up for the lack of top speed with his driving, and where the teams will have implemented the improvements planned in Imola, the next test (May 21).

“A triumph for the fans”

“I know that many of you have made a great effort to come and this victory is for you. That is why this victory, in my name and in that of Ferrari, it’s for you. Hopefully it will not be the last of this year and you can enjoy others from television”, Fernando Alonso wished that May 12, 2013, without thinking that that would be a full stop in his career in Formula 1.

It could have been worse, it could have been a full stop. Or an ellipsis, as he implies in the locution of his museum, where There are barely a few brushstrokes to portray the torture that he experienced in Alpine. In fact, the sound tour ends with his participation in the Indianapolis 500 and with the invitation to the visitor to return soon, because there will be updates shortly.

For the moment, the official store has changed the blue for Aston Martin’s ‘British racing green’, the protagonist of one of the greatest revolutions that can be remembered on the grid, where it has gone from being in the caboose of the Constructors’ World Championship to be the only manufacturer capable of standing up to the dictatorship of Red Bull.

The ’33’ in the 33rd Spanish GP?

Something possible thanks to the operation of a team where men like Dan Fallows stand out, who spent 15 years as a designer in the energy drink team, and above all to an Alonso who keeps his ambition and expertise intact. Around him, the Spanish pilot has reconstructed a mystique that failed with Alpine’s ‘The Plan’, but has been maintained with Aston Martin’s ‘La Misión’, which has as its objective ’33’, an esoteric number.

As if the cabals were few, The Spanish GP will experience its 33rd edition this year, to round off the trip initiatory. To invoke fate, today the images of Alonso reappear, delighting 95,000 spectators. That last victory to date, at the controls of the Ferrari ‘cavallino’, was built on a masterful start. This continues to be one of the great assets of the 41-year-old Spanish driver who, as is the case this season, exceeded expectations.

Because until his triumph in the 2013 Spanish GP, no one had won on this circuit starting from third place. Alonso did it starting from fifth position. That was the second victory of the season and the third for the Spaniard in Spain, where he also won the 2012 European GP held in Valencia. The triumphant series was inaugurated in Montmeló 2006, when Carlos Sainz Jr. Now a rival, he met in person who was his great reference.

Will Alonso be the oldest modern winner?

From his 32nd conquest in Formula 1, the brightness of the Asturian runner went out. His departure to McLaren-Honda was a leap into the void. On his tour of his museum, the word that is repeated the most is “difficulty”. At Aston Martin, except for DRS and other specific issues, Alonso has forgotten about the problems. The eternal youth in which she lives contrasts with all the longevity records that is overcoming If he manages to get away with taking ’33’, he would be the seventh-oldest driver to win a grand prix.

In the modern era he would be ahead of anyone, equaling the legendary Nigel Mansell, who won the 1994 Australian GP at the age of 41. The same ones who contemplate a pilot determined to celebrate a new victory with a lesson from followers that does not stop growing. Some, due to his age, with a very diffuse memory of the Spanish GP from a decade ago. But in Alonso it deals with time and yes with eternity.