THE UNEXPECTED; Fernando Alonso stretches his points lead.(Motorsports)
AutoWeek, August, 2005 by Roebuck, Nigel
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Byline: NIGEL ROEBUCK "To finish first, you first have to finish.'' McLaren boss Ron Dennis is fond of quoting that racing cliche, and last Sunday it might well have kept him awake. For the third time this year Kimi Raikkonen's McLaren-Mercedes retired from the lead, and as at Imola and the Nurburgring, his world championship rival Fernando Alonso scooped up the win for Renault.
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Alonso is never a man for hyperbole. "The gap is quite nice now,'' he allowed after the race. With seven races remaining in 2005, Alonso is 36 points clear of Raikkonen, and while the ...
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