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# Video: Alpine’s the third F1 team to waste Alonso’s ability
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/video-alpines-the-third-f1-team-to-waste-alonsos-ability/
- Published: 2022-07-18T10:56:21.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-16T14:12:09.000Z
- Description: There’s little doubt Fernando Alonso could be doing better if he was in more competitive machinery than the 2022 Alpine. But the team is not the first unable to make the most of his potential in F1
- Author: Jack Cozens
- Tags: Formula 1, #video, #image-center-center

Fernando Alonso’s estimate that misfortune has cost him 50-70 points already in the 2022 Formula 1 season [might be a slight exaggeration](https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/how-many-points-has-alonso-really-lost-in-2022/).

But there’s still little doubt that Alonso could be doing better if he was in more competitive – and reliable – machinery than the 2022 Alpine has turned out to be most of the time.

It’s a familiar story for his career too, with a driver who most agree has operated at a remarkably high level for two full decades having not won a title for 16 years and not won a race since 2013.

So Alpine is far from the first team that hasn’t made the best use of Alonso’s ability.

Our new video takes a look at why Alpine’s not delivered as Alonso would’ve hoped, where his points have been lost, and how Ferrari and McLaren wasted Alonso’s potential too.