Fernando Alonso, the Spaniard racer of Team Ferrari, was able to win his second win in the season after he controversially surpassed his teammate Felipe Massa last Sunday in the Grand Prix of Germany. This is Fernando Alonso’s 23rd win as a professional racer in the Formula 1 World Championship. Alonso won his first race of the season in the Bahrein Grand Prix, after he completed a very well driven race in this season’s opener. With this win, the Spaniard won 25 points towards his battle to win the drivers championship. As of press time, Alonso has 123 points and sits 5th in the drivers’ standings. Fernando Alonso was second in the starting grid. He was followed in third by his teammate Felipe Massa. The pole position belonged to the German racer Sebastian Vettel who drives for Renault. From the start, Vettel did all he could to avoid being surpassed by Alonso. The driver of the Renault made an effort to block the Spaniard, pushing in against the safety wall; closing in what he thought was his most dangerous gap. Still, Vettel was unable to react when Massa pushed from the outside. Massa made a nice move and took the lead by the completion of the first curve. From there on, the boys from the Scuderia Ferrari took control of the race. Massa managed to stay in front for 46 of the 67 laps. Alonso sat close behind, waiting for the right moment to make a pass. Vettel on the other hand was being pushed to the limits in his attempt to stay at a close range from the two Ferraris. While Massa managed to stay in front, it became quite evident that there was a fierce rivalry between the two teammates. They almost managed to blow up the lead when the drivers were inches away from colliding with each other sometime around the 21st lap. Massa managed to veer off, and avoid Alonso who had his aim. The Italian managed to stay in front, but the team managers must had been infuriated by their racers irresponsibility. Despite what could have been, both drivers kept their good pace, and manage to put 7 seconds over the German Vettel. There was little for Sebastian to do. The two Ferraris were simply faster and better tuned then his Renault. As they were completing the 46th lap, Fernando Alonso set a quick lap. Massa was ordered by the team head engineer, Rob Smedley, to step down a bit and allow the Spaniard to pass him. Smedley justified his decision saying that Alonso was making faster turns then Alonso. The Brazilian obeyed the order and the in the next turn he slowed down, ceding over Alonso. Alonso, without missing a beat, took advantage of Massa’s move to take the front of the race. El Nano, as he is known in the race circuit, kept clear until he made it to the finish lined. Massa came in second. Sebastian Vettel completed the podium. This was a controversial call by team Ferrari because of the prohibition by the authorities of the Formula 1 stating that teams can’t tell their racers to let someone else pass. It is not the first time that Ferrari is involved in a situation like thus. In 2002, during the Austrian GP, the Scuderia ordered Rubens Barrichello to slow down for Michael Schumacher. Ferrari was then sanctioned with a one hundred thousand dollar fine. It is expected that the team will have to deal with some sort of punishment by the F1 authorities. After 11 races, Lewis Hamilton sits atop the drivers’ championship board with 157 points, followed by Jenson Button (143), and Mark Webber with 136 unites.
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