18 years go a long way, but for the memories of the Formula 1 there will always be the transcendental and incredible defense of Fernando Alonso to Michael Schumacher the San Marino Grand Prix. A april 24 of the year 2005 the Asturian made the ‘kaiser’ despair in the fourth appointment of the season.
In that race all eyes were on Kimi Rakkonen, who did the ‘pole’, and in the Asturian, who started second. The Finn had a technical problem and Alonso was on his way to victory.
Meanwhile, a loose Michael Schumacher which started from the fourteenth position He was doing a track show. He came to position second behind Alonso with 11 laps to go cutting a distance of 20 seconds to the R-25.
a very young Fernando Alonso knew how to withstand the pressure of having a seven-time world champion behind him. He Ferrari Schumacher went through the flag of squares being an extension of Alonso’s Renault.
On this day 18 years ago. What an epic battle between Fernando Alonso and the Michael, 2005 Imola pic.twitter.com/HFH1mAycqn
— Aston Martin F1 updates (@startonpole) April 24, 2023
During the 11 laps that he was behind him, he was able to overtake him on several occasions but the asturian left his stamp in each curve that closed the door to german.
The congratulations from ‘Schumi’ to Alonso also went down in history when they both got out of the car at the end of a Big prize agony.
The podium: Alonso, Schumacher and Jenson Button
The three drivers completed the podium photo on a historic day. In the end, all three ended up being world champions.
However, button was disqualified for finishing the race with an insufficient amount of fuel, and alexander wurz ended up being the third.
To this day it is a race that is still remembered, and will always be recognized Imola GP as the place where two of the best pilots in history represented the pure image of the Formula 1.
