It cost the Italian team more than $20 million to get rid of the Finnish trouble maker, who won a world title for the team before backsliding through the 2009 season. He was paid out with a year to run on his contract and has retreated to the World Rally Championship.
Alonso proved Ferrari right with his classy drive to victory in the Bahrain grand prix, driving a red car that was the pre-season favourite but looked out-classed in the early laps.
He was out-qualified by his team mate Felipe Massa but muscled around the outside of the Brazilian on the opening lap, before leading the pursuit of mercurial German Sebastian Vettel.
The way Alonso swept past into the lead, even if Vettel was crippled by tyre troubles, was a classic demonstration of the skill and smarts that allowed the Spaniard to win his two world titles with Renault against the might of Michael Schumacher at Ferrari.
The Bahrain result answered many questions but posed just as many more.
The top four teams - Ferrari, Red Bull, McLaren and Mercedes - are very, very close in both qualifying and race pace.
And all eight drivers are capable of winning races.
But why did Vettel drop back so dramatically after changing tyres?
Why was youngster Nico Rosberg quicker than Michael Schumacher?
And why did Mark Webber fall two places from his promising sixth spot on the grid?
There will be more answers when the Formula One circus arrives at Albert Park, where Ferrari has often painted Melbourne red.
But there could also be a fresh set of questions.
Source: Heraldsun
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