Carlos Sainz believes the overall talent level of Formula 1 drivers is overlooked by the recent criticism of Fernando Alonso. The two-time world champion returned to the series in 2021 with Alpine, but so far he is very much still in the process of getting back up to speed. A late surge saw Alonso make his way into the points at the Portuguese GP, but it came at the end of a weekend where he was comfortably the second-best driver at Alpine to Esteban Ocon. Alonso himself has pinpointed qualifying as a weakness, but Sainz feels that criticism in Formula 1 is always fickle. One day the talk is negative, the next all is good, as was the case for Alonso, and overlooked is the calibre of...
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