How Fernando Alonso fared at the Canadian Grand Prix: Results, history and history in Montreal

After three years of absence from his calendar Formula 1 and four from his last participation, Fernando Alonso back to Canadian Grand Prix in 2022. The Spaniard had very different experiences in the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal and in the last, luck was not on his side.

Alonso arrived in the North American country at a fantastic time, having scored points in the last three races, a streak he extended with a seventh-place finish in 2022.

How did Fernando Alonso do in Canada?

Canada It was a place of contrasts for the Spanish pilot. Of the 16 Grands Prix that Alonso has contested at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, he has climbed to podium three times and has scored points in all but one of the races he has finished, where he was 11th.

The problem is that of 16 has given up on 8 of themhis career high at a single track, ahead of only Spa-Francorchamps (7). What makes the difference between Canada and Belgium is that in Montreal he added a win, in 2006. Five of those retirements were due to mechanical failures and three by mistake.

Montreal was a place where Alonso has historically suffered. In 2005 he lost a comfortable victory while leading due to a driving error. In 2007 he suffered so much with the tires that the Takuma Sato’s Super Aguri finished ahead of him despite being second in the standings. In 2011having dropped +0.185 from the pole, he was thrown off the track by Button while beating in the points.

In fact, he hasn’t finished the Canadian GP in the points since 2014and on his last visit in 2018 he retired while 11th and with options to score points with McLaren.

In 2022, everything looked like his luck was about to change. In qualifying he achieved the second best time in the rain and everything pointed to a podium. However, misfortune crossed his path. Two Virtual Safety Cars came out and neither happened at a time that suited the Spaniard. So they were one of the few who had to stop to change tires at the green flag and dropped to seventh. He initially crossed the finish line in this position, but was penalized for changing direction in a dangerous manner and dropped to 9th.

All Fernando Alonso results in Canada