Formula 1: Fernando Alonso Sets His Sights on Senna’s 3 F1 Titles, is it Enough?

Fernando Alonso is having a very good year. He is leading the 2012 Formula 1 Championship by a healthy 34 points in what most pundits agree is an inferior car compared to the Red Bull and McLaren machines. With three race wins, he has won more races than any other driver this year. He has also been remarkably consistent, finishing in the points in every race—a feat unequaled this season. It has been a deliberate ploy. YallaF1.com quotes Alonso from the Hungarian Grand Prix driver’s press conference, “We need to maximise what we have at every race; maybe sometimes that means a podium, or sometimes a fifth or seventh place. We can’t afford to make mistakes and it’s much too early to think of the championship, wit...

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