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2012 European Grand Prix – 6 votes

It is undoubtedly the heart of aficionados of Fernando Alonso who spoke. Maybe even the double world champion slipped into the votes, because The 2012 Valencia event is his favorite race in F1!

If you took the train from F1 Over the decade, you surely missed this attempt by the Valencian Autonomous Community to have its own GP, ​​and to walk on the grounds of Monaco or Singapore with a city race. On paper, the project is tempting, but in reality, the circuit is located in the heart of a charming port area.

Before the local government threw in the towel in the face of staggering debt in 2013, the European Grand Prix was saved by national hero Fernando Alonso. On his Ferrari, the Asturian enters the 2012 edition in second place in the championship with success in Malaysia.

Unfortunately, the qualifications go in the direction of Red Bull and McLaren. In this season where understanding Pirelli tires is a Chinese puzzle, the starting grid is surprising. 

Thus, Pastor Maldonado (Williams) signs the third time, ahead of the Lotus of Romain Grosjean and Kimi Raikkonen. Fernando Alonso narrowly misses the cut of Q2 and only starts 10th!

The Spaniard has his work cut out for him. However, you should never underestimate a downed bull. As soon as the lights go out, Fernando Alonso attacks. The leader of the Scuderia overtakes three competitors at the first braking. He climbed again and again, up to fourth position when the Safety Car intervened to clear away debris from a puncture between Heikki Kovalainen and Jean-Éric Vergne.

There, he snatches third place from a Lewis Hamilton delayed in his pit stop. Then, he boldly overtook Romain Grosjean on the outside of the first corner from the green flag. Finally, he takes advantage of the cruel abandonment to Sebastian Vettel, with an alternator failure on the 34th of 57 laps, to take control!

“Perfect strategy, good overtaking, big risk-taking, everything worked perfectly, remembers the double winner of the 24 Hours of