Nine years ago Fernando Alonso at Ferrari appeared to be a union made in Formula 1 heaven, even blasting off to a great start with a famous maiden win for the new partnership at the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix. Leading Ferrari during this period was charismatic Luca di Montezemolo who had offered the Spaniard refuge from a Renault team in disarray and with the disastrous 2007 McLaren episode still fresh in everyone's memory. At the time Alonso saw himself as a Ferrarista for life but, in the end, what promised so much did not deliver a title as the might of Red Bull at the time was insurmountable. History shows they came desperately close to nabbing the F1 title, but as they say: no cigar....
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