Something that has been overlooked to much imo, is Alonso's performances in the Aston Martin. The Aston is not a great car. They had some good early season results, but Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes have been doing better since. Yet Alonso is still up much higher than his team-mate. Ok; Stroll isn't the best driver on the grid, but he's not the worst either. The gap between them is huge, however, and I think even with other drivers in the same car, Alonso wouls stiull be some distance in front. Here is a superb driver, in the twilight of his F1 career, still dragging a relatively poor car up above where it really deserves to be. He's done this for most of his career, and let's not forget, beat Schumacher and Ferrari to two world titles whilst in the inferior car. Unfortunately, his various moves to different teams just haven't paid off, that's just down to luck and chance; he must be hating seeing the McLarens doing so well at the moment. He'd be winning races in that car, and giving Max some actual competition. Imo, there are two drivers on the grid right now who can really get the most out of a car; Fernando and Max. Hamilton for all his DWCs, has never done that well in a poor car, and struggles to get the most out of a car that is sub-optimal. He needs (and has had the immense luck to have) a good car to be competitive. Alonso, Verstappen and also Vettel, are all drivers who can win in a poor car. And that to me, is the mark of a true great. And looking at those three in terms of their performances v team-mates; all have routinely and comprehensively beaten their team-mates throughout their careers, mainly. Particularly galling for the likes of Webber, Massa and now Perez. Hamilton on the other hand, has been beaten a few times by team-mates. But I think Alonso deserves more credit than he is given by the English-speaking F1 press at least.
