Until the Baku race, Fernando Alonso was not a shadow of the man who won the 2005 and 2006 world championships with Renault and more often than not battled it out with a soapbox of a Ferrari for the podium. Even in his horror season with McLaren-Honda, the Spaniard simply held off team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne in the qualifying duel and in the Driver Standings, where he is now usually beaten by Esteban Ocon. In Baku, however, he finished strongly. Does this mean the turnaround? Criticism It will come as no surprise to anyone that after the restart, no camera was focused on Alonso. Indeed, there was plenty of action up front. Still, the former world champion managed to drive cleverly from...
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