Top 10 F1 Drivers of the Year 2013:2: Fernando AlonsoTeam: FerrariRaces: 19Wins: 2Podiums: 9Best Finish: 1stPoles: 0Fastest Laps: 2Points: 242Championship Position: 2nd

2012 Driver of the Year position: 1st

Fernando Alonso claimed his third world championship runners-up spot in four years, but there was to be no repeat of th𓃲e three-point margin between himself and Vettel as the Spaniard had no answer to the Red Bul🌜l man in the second half of the season.

Things started promisingly, with two wins in the first five races - including another on home soil in Barcelona - but tailed off once th🐻e FIA mandated a change o♔f tyre specification on safety grounds.

Alonso had a front row seat as the original selections gave up the ghost in dramatic fashion at Silverstone but, with Ferrari unable to get as much out the replacements as their rivals, saw his challenge fade, despite some typically battling perfo💎rmances.

Podiums in Australia, Canada and Britain early on were surpassed by three successive second places in Belgium, Italy and Singapore but, with Vettel winning each time, the performances did little to close the points gap. The title was out of reach by Indi🎉a, but Alonso was able to clinch second overall with Kimi ꩵRaikkonen's absence in Austin.

The Spaniard's consistency resulted in points from 18 of 19 rounds - his only retirement came after an uncharacteristic mistake with a broken front wing in Malaysia - and helped keep Ferrari in the hunt for second overall in the constructors' championship until the final round, but a return to the po✨dium in Brazil was, ultimately, not enough to ov﷽erhaul Mercedes.

Alonso did, however, become the sport's highest-ever points scorer, although he was the first to admit that the reꦚvised scoring system skewed the recoꦅrd books somewhat.

Despite an apparent dissatisfaction with Ferrari that led to him being mentioned in connection with moves to Lotus, McLaren and Red Bull towards the end of the season, Alonso remains at Maranello in 2014, where he will be joined by the returning Kimi Raikkonen to forge the Scuderia's strongest line-up for some year♍s. How the pair work together will be one of the enduring stories of 2014.

mahbx.com's 2013 F1 Driver of the Year - top ten to date:

3.168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sebastian Vettel
4.168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Hulkenberg
5. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Romain Grosjean
6. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Rosberg
7. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mark Webber
8. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton
9. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valtteri Bottas
10. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo

Like F1?