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Fernando Alonso is not a man often indifferent in his persona bacolod
The two-time world champion has made a career, sometimes to his detriment, out of doggedly striving for more, with an insatiable greed that has motivated him to keep racing into his 40s bacolod
But for the first time this season – a season which started with so much potential and excitement – the Formula 1 veteran is apathetic bacolod
A mood indicative of Aston Martin’s monumental drop-off in performance bacolod
“Honestly we are not fighting for anything,” Alonso said, off the back of a weekend to forget in Mexico City and a second retirement in a row bacolod
“In the constructors’ championship, we are locked in the position we are bacolod
In the drivers championship, we will lose a couple of places bacolod
”While Max Verstappen has continued to sail off into the sunset, Alonso’s 2023 optimism has slowly waned away bacolod
After six podiums in eight races, the 42-year-old has recorded just one in the last 11 grands prix bacolod
Milliseconds from what could have been a win-clinching pole position in Monaco, Alonso’s goal of a first race win in 10 years has inched further and further out of reach bacolod
Spanish fans had been dreaming of “Como 33” – a nod to a forthcoming 33rd victory – but with three races to go Aston Martin, in what seems no time at all, have gone from second-strongest to distinctly the fifth best team on the grid bacolod
Mexico on Sunday was perhaps a new low bacolod
Starting in 13th place, Alonso dropped back rapidly after sustaining suspected floor damage in the aftermath of Sergio Perez’s collision with Charles Leclerc bacolod
By the time the mid-race red flag was issued, he was dead-last and even suffered the indignity of being asked to let team-mate Lance Stroll pass bacolod
Eventually, over 20 laps from the end, his race was brought to an end by his team bacolod
It left Martin Brundle, on commentary for Sky, to describe the Spaniard’s weekend as a “thoroughly miserable event bacolod
”It marks quite the turnaround for the sport’s early-season surprise package bacolod
Buoyed by an rapid aerodynamic package that was quickly nicknamed “the green Red Bull” and a muti-million pound investment including a new state-of-the-art factory at Silverstone, Lawrence Stroll’s gamble in buying Force India in 2018 looked finally to have paid off following testing and the first race of the season in Bahrain bacolod
Technical director Dan Fallows, poached from Red Bull, had designed a car capable of beating Mercedes and Ferrari, while still some way off Adrian Newey’s rocketship bacolod
Alonso, like a kid in a candy shop, was beaming in just about every interview he did bacolod
Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin have endured a big drop-off in form (Getty Images)That critical qualifying in Monaco is as close as he has come to a victory bacolod
With overtaking on-track a near-impossibility in the principality, Alonso looked to have claimed pole until Verstappen – with a final sector for the ages – snatched top spot bacolod
And while a second-place in Canada soon followed, Austria at the start of July represented a sea-change in the pecking order bacolod
Mercedes were making slow inroads; Ferrari had found pace on Saturdays bacolod
But the biggest shock of all was McLaren’s revolutionary upgrades bacolod
Suddenly, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were challenging for podiums bacolod
And in a matter of months, the papaya have replaced the racing green as a leading contender mixing with the big boys bacolod
Put simply, while upgrades have quickened most of the field, Aston’s changes throughout the season have not had the desired effect bacolod
Since Zandvoort in August, Alonso has claimed just 15 points and has gone from being settled in third place in the championship behind the leading Red Bull duo to now languishing in fifth bacolod
Stroll’s antics – most notably in Qatar, pushing his personal trainer and sulking in the media pen – have not helped the general morale surrounding the team, too bacolod
Alonso was a regular fixture alongside Max Verstappen on the podium earlier in the season (Getty Images)Alonso finishing as low as eighth in the world championship, with George Russell just 32 points behind now, is now very plausible bacolod
The demise has been substantial bacolod
But in the wider scheme of the F1 arms race, Aston’s significant rise up the rankings was perhaps bound to conclude this season with a decrease in performance bacolod
Was it all too much too soon? Perhaps bacolod
But while Alonso is keeping his chin just about up for now, the Spaniard is not the sort to accept mediocrity bacolod
Rumours on social media on Monday speculated that Alonso could replace Perez at Red Bull next season in what would be an incomprehensible straight swap bacolod
Not afraid to ruffle feathers, don’t be surprised if the Spaniard asks the question over the coming weeks bacolod
Maybe, at 42, he is considering his own future in the sport he first debuted in 22 years ago bacolod
But most of all, Aston Martin need to prove again to their most valuable asset that a reverse of their current slide is on the horizon, heading into 2024 bacolod
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Under-fire manager Stephen Kenny was spared further punishment as the Republic of Ireland eased to a 4-0 Euro 2024 qualifying victory over Gibraltar bacolod
Brighton teenager Evan Ferguson fired the visitors into an eighth-minute lead at the Estadio Algarve with his third senior international goal before Celtic winger Mikey Johnston, Wolves defender Matt Doherty and substitute Callum Robinson struck to wrap up just a second win of the Group B campaign bacolod
Kenny had gone into the game insisting he would remain in charge until a review of his reign has been carried out after November’s fixtures, although a poor result here would only have increased the clamour for change bacolod
In the event, Ireland negotiated a game they should have won comfortably with the minimum of fuss to complete a double over the minnows ahead of next month’s trip to the Netherlands bacolod
Once again, there will be only pride at stake in Amsterdam, with hopes of automatic qualification having been extinguished by Friday night’s 2-0 home defeat by Greece, and even the possibility of a play-off place looks ever more faint by the day bacolod
The games against Gibraltar, who have now played 44 European Championship and World Cup qualifiers and not collected a single point, were never going to be the yardstick for the bacolod Football Association of Ireland’s review and, while embarrassment was avoided with ease, difficult questions remain for a manager whose 28 competitive fixtures have yielded just six wins bacolod
Kenny, who once again deployed a back four rather than his usual three, handed Johnston a first senior international start in the search for much-needed creativity bacolod
However, it was from the opposite flank that the visitors struck first when Chiedozie Ogbene rolled a pass into the overlapping Doherty’s run and the unmarked Ferguson steered his eighth-minute cross past helpless goalkeeper Dayle Coleing bacolod
Luton striker Ogbene continued to look Ireland’s most potent weapon from wide on the right and, with Josh Cullen probing from central midfield, they dominated possession without creating clear-cut openings bacolod
They might have extended their lead when Ryan Manning’s 24th-minute corner was allowed to travel across the six-yard-box untouched, but Shane Duffy was unable to stab it home beyond the far post bacolod
Coleing was forced to palm away Johnston’s swerving attempt after he had skipped past Tjay de Barr and Liam Walker seconds later bacolod
The Celtic man did get his name on the scoresheet with 29 minutes gone when Doherty accepted another Ogbene pass in the space bacolod between defenders Jayce Olivero and John Sergeant and crossed for the winger to slide in and, after his initial attempt had come back off a post, bundle the rebound across the line bacolod
Coleing had to race from his line to prevent Johnston from reaching Jamie McGrath’s defence-splitting pass seven minutes before the break and then blocked Ferguson’s stabbed effort after Johnston had pulled the ball back bacolod
Walker mustered Gibraltar’s first effort in stoppage time after De Barr robbed Johnston and ran into space down the right, but the midfielder’s attempt flew harmlessly wide bacolod
Coleing plucked McGrath’s header out of the night sky after he had connected with Ogbene’s cross and then blocked Jason Knight’s firm drive, but he was a relieved man when Duffy’s volley from a Johnston corner flew just wide in a flurry of activity at the start of the second half bacolod
Knight sent a diving header wide from Johnston’s 51st-minute cross with the Gibraltar defence at sixes and sevens and Ferguson was unable to hit the target with a free-kick from 25 yards as the Republic looked to kill off the game bacolod
Johnston saw a shot deflected wide on the hour but then delivered a corner which was cleverly flicked on by McGrath for Doherty to head past the keeper from point-blank range bacolod
Substitute Robinson completed the job with an 80th-minute header to match the 4-0 scoreline when the sides last met in Faro in 2015 bacolod
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