{"id":27400,"date":"2024-02-23T19:59:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T16:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/27400\/formula-1-grid-already-thinks\/"},"modified":"2024-02-23T19:59:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T16:59:48","slug":"formula-1-grid-already-thinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=27400","title":{"rendered":"Formula 1 grid already thinks title is Verstappen&#8217;s &#8211; Alonso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Formula 1 grid already thinks title is Verstappen&#8217;s &#8211; Alonso\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>BAHRAIN \u2014 Max Verstappen&#39;s rivals already know he will be world champion in 2024 according to Fernando Alonso, who said Red Bull&#39;s current superiority perfectly encapsulates the &#8220;brutal&#8221; nature of Formula 1.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen took a record 18 Grand Prix victories in 2023 to claim a third consecutive championship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Unlapped: How to listen or watch the new ESPN F1 show, episode archives, and more<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In total, Red Bull have won 21 out of 22 races, and the consensus during pre-season testing is that they have gone one step further with their new car.<\/p>\n<p>Alonso is perhaps one of the best examples of how F1 works in different eras and how drivers must both have the talent to <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a> a title and find themselves in the right place at the right time.<\/p>\n<p>Alonso won the championship in 2005 and 2006 and is considered one of the best drivers on the grid, but his last Grand Prix victory came in 2013.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Fernando Alonso believes most drivers have already admitted defeat. <cite>Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC\/AFP via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have a crystal ball to know what other people are doing,\u201d Alonso said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMax is the world champion and Red Bull dominates the sport. Moreover, the concept they presented this year is also a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the moment we just have to observe them and see how they behave. I think 19 drivers in the paddock will now think that [they] will not win the championship.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It happens 99% of the time in a career. It&#39;s a brutal sport.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reigning world champion Max Verstappen said on Friday that his new Red Bull car had taken a clear step forward compared to last year.<\/p>\n<p>The final day of testing should provide an indication of Red Bull&#39;s lead: estimates from rival teams in the paddock put the advantage at around half a second per lap, a considerable margin in modern F1.<\/p>\n<p>Before Red Bull&#39;s streak, Lewis Hamilton won six championships with Mercedes between 2014 and 2020, with his former teammate Nico Rosberg winning the other in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull had dominated the previous era, with Sebastian Vettel winning four consecutive championships.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formula 1 grid already thinks title is Verstappen&#8217;s &#8211; Alonso\u060c BAHRAIN \u2014 Max Verstappen&#39;s rivals already know he will be world champion in 2024 according to Fernando Alonso, who said Red Bull&#39;s current superiority perfectly encapsulates the &#8220;brutal&#8221; nature of Formula 1. Verstappen took a record 18 Grand Prix victories in 2023 to claim a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2153,10031,1459,11129,1201,4822],"class_list":["post-27400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-alonso","tag-formula","tag-grid","tag-thinks","tag-title","tag-verstappens"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27402,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27400\/revisions\/27402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}