40-Year-Old Fernando Alonso Supersedes Former Ferrari Champion’s Massive 5-Figure F1 Record

It looks like Fernando Alonso is breaking a record in every GP he races in. The Spanish driver broke another record when he was driving in the French Grand Prix this weekend. He recently became the first driver to start in 350 races in Formula One.

On Sunday, he surpassed former F1 world champion, Kimi Raikkonen, to break another record in the sport. He has now become the driver to complete most laps in the sport’s history. The Alpine driver has now completed 18,672 laps in Formula One since he started racing in 2001.

It would be fascinating to see if anyone can break that record in the coming years. Lewis Hamilton is around 1500 laps behind the two-time world champion and is third on the list.

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Alonso on Sunday once again showed that he really is the master of the mind games. He was comfortable racing in P6 and managing his race well, but was given a heads up by his race engineer.

Fernando Alonso explains his cheeky response in the French GP

The Alpine driver responded to his race engineer by revealing that he wanted the McLaren driver, Lando Norris, to close up on him, as that will destroy his tires. After the race, Alonso explained why he made such a comment in the heat of the battle.

“I did 350 races, so I know what I’m doing! It was fun. The start was crucial, probably, to get ahead of Lando. I think [McLaren] have a very similar pace, but to be in front of them in the first couple of laps was enough to control the race and to control the pace.”

“I think we played the race like a chess game; we tried to position the McLaren’s close to us and try to have some clear air in front, so all in all… it was a good Sunday,” said the two-time world champion.

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The Spanish legend always loves to play these games, even when he is competing against the best of the best. Let’s see if he can help the French team snatch P4 from McLaren at the end of the season.