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June 9th, 2010
Spain rediscovered their form yesterday, finishing off their last friendly before the World Cup in brilliant style. Spain beat Poland with an impressive 6-0 win and now have their sights set firmly on glory in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, which kicks off in Durban against Switzerland in ...
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May 31st, 2010
The Spanish driver Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) could only finish in eighth place in the Turkish Grand Prix yesterday, one position behind teammate Felipe Massa, after a disappointing weekend for his Ferrari team in the seventh round of F1 World Championships. The race itself turned out to be a controversial battle
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May 17th, 2010
The Formula One driver Fernando Alonso declared his performance at the Monaco Grand Prix as "the comeback of the year", after starting last from the pit lane and finishing sixth at the Monte Carlo circuit, recovering an astonishing eighteen positions. After suffering an accident in the final practice
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May 13th, 2010
The Monte Carlo Grand Prix started today with two practice sessions, in which Fernando Alonso topped the timesheets in both. The unique street track is famous for levelling the performance of the cars, leaving only the drivers' skill to navigate the treacherously narrow course. In this sense, Fernando Alonso's performance
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May 10th, 2010
Australian driver Mark Webber (Red Bull) rounded off a perfect weekend with a relatively uncontested win in the Grand Prix of Spain. The fifth race of the season took place at Montmelo near Barcelona, with Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) second, followed Sebastian Vettel in third and a season’s best fourth for ...
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April 26th, 2010
The Spanish F1 driver Fernando Alonso and Banco Santander, one of his Ferrari team sponsors, today signed a sponsorship agreement which will see the double world champion star in an upcoming advertising campaign for the Insurance Division of the bank. As part of the collaboration,
Continue reading Fernando Alonso’s Thumbs Insured for €10m
April 16th, 2010
Britain's Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) has set the fastest time in today's practice sessions ahead of the Grand Prix of China. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) was unable to produce a flying lap in the first session, after his engine needed replacing following an engine failure. Alonso managed to finish with
Continue reading Alonso Suffers Another Engine Failure in Shanghai
April 5th, 2010
In the third round of the 2010 F1 season, Spain’s Fernando Alonso's suffered and engine failure with just two laps of the Malaysian Grand Prix to go. He had experienced gear shift problems from the start of the race causing Alonso to describe the Malyasian GP as "the most difficult" ...
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March 15th, 2010
In his first race as a Ferrari driver, Fernando Alonso entered the history books of his new Italian team, by winning the first round of the 2010 F1 World championship at the Bahrain circuit. Alonso passed the chequered flag ahead of Felipe Massa, his teammate, and Lewis Hamilton, who finished ...
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March 11th, 2010
Real Madrid's European journey came to an end last night at the hands of Olympique Lyon, their sixth consecutive elimination in the knockout stages of the Champions League. The defeat comes despite the multimillion euro investment that the club's president, Florentino Perez, made before the start of the season, when ...
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