Is Alonso the luckiest driver on the grid?

[GeoffP]

I seem to remember Schumacher & Vettel getting the same reputation in their strongest years.

It's true, Alonso is lucky, but then so are others, he's just making betting use of it, or being more ready to take advantage when the pendulum swings his way right now

 

[KekeTheKing]

Yes, you could consider Alonso "lucky", but you need to get yourself in position to be "lucky".

Others, mainly Hamilton and his team, have been singularly unable to capitalize on the misfortune of others.

At this point in time you'd have to say that Alonso is driving just about as well as anybody ever has, and skill played a bigger part than luck today.

 

[Foaad]

Like I said, name the last time Alonso lost when leading and the guy in 2nd position ( making his own luck by virtue of being 2nd as many posters are implying ) won. Lets not forget he was half a minute off the lead and so despite all his overtaking would have only ended up P3 with the same drive.

 

[KekeTheKing]

Fernando hasn't had a dominant car in many years, and I fear the day that he does again....

The guy is incredible.

When is the last time he had a car that deserved to lead on merit?

 

[F1ang-o]

@Keke The King
True...& a team that are 'up for it'... too, great combo.

 

[Foaad]

What exactly would lead you to conclusion that a car is dominant, I would argue that in Malaysia he had the joint best car for the conditions with Sauber, again he had the car underneath him to win in Barcelona or Monaco, yet it took a retirement and a safety car to give him the win. Even in 2010, whenever Alonso won, Massa was on podium except Singapore where he started way back due to qualifying issues.

 

[Foaad]

Well with Ferrari having traditionally a good race car than qualifying, its easy to say that he does not have the car based on qualifying and then praising him for gaining places during the races.

 

[KekeTheKing]

There are several things that might lead someone to believe a car is dominant. And one thing is for sure, Alonso hasn't had one.

 

[Mephistopheles]

No you make your own luck.

I don't believe he is lucky because if I did then I would have to believe in some sort of external benevolent force such as fairies guiding a persons fate and looking out for them throughout their lives, which I don't..

I don't believe in horoscopes, palm reading, tarot cards, the boogeyman, mystic Meg, a psychic pig or any of that sort of mumbo jumbo either...

 

[Incubus]

I don't believe in horoscopes, palm reading, tarot cards, the boogeyman, mystic Meg, a psychic pig or any of that sort of mumbo jumbo either...

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So you're not really Mephistopheles then???

 

[KekeTheKing]

I'll say another thing. Alonso has routinely received excellent service in the pits. If he was receiving Hamilton's service, he wouldn't be perceived as being lucky by any stretch of the imagination. Mainly because he wouldn't be put in position to succeed.

F1 has never been more of a "Team" sport than it is now. And Fernando's team is 100% behind him.

 

[MCLS]

I wouldn't say consistently outperforming a Ferrari this year to be top of the championship was lucky, he might have had fortune with the wins, but you have to at least be in a position to benefit from it or else you wont.

 

[Road of Bones]

Alonso's is not the luckiest driver on the grid...Maldonado is, for being allowed to be a racing driver...

 

[Fenderman]

 

[Mephistopheles]

What has having millions of euros to buy a drive in F1 got to do with luck...

 

[Fenderman]

Hmm, or to put it another way "What has having millions of euros got to do with luck...?"

 

[no-FIAt-please]

Perhaps Alonso is lucky in that he is so talented...

 

[Incubus]

Alonso is definitely the luckiest drivrer on the grid today. Have you seen his new missus?

 

[Fenderman]

Yup. had he been unlucky he might have been born butt ugly. Sorry to stray off topic ... although I did use the word luck in there, sort of ...

 

[Foaad]

Ah well I guess the consensus is that the definition of "being in the position to make your own luck" means trailing the leader by 30s after 30 laps, I now clearly see what a great drive that was.