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THE F1 ANALYST

WHY F1 STILL SEES VALUE IN AGEING DRIVERS

Two decades after bursting up to the top level of motorsport, Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen will be headliners again in 2021. With three world titles between them, plus several that slipped away, their impressive statistics set the scene.

Alonso has won 11 races more than Räikkönen, but Kimi has the higher number of podiums (103, including race wins). Add their joint tally together and it comes to 200 and counting. Fernando has half the number of Kimi’s fastest laps (23), but Alonso has

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