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Matador Alonso in for the kill

A swashbuckling Fernando Alonso beat Ferrari in Germany; now Lewis Hamilton should be worried. By MARK HUGHES

Autosport Magazine Aug 1, 2007, 2:51 PM

A swashbuckling Fernando Alonso beat Ferrari in Germany; now Lewis Hamilton should be worried. By MARK HUGHES

It came so fast, an ambush from over the Eifel Mountains, a rainstorm of biblical proportions just as the racestart procedure had got under way. As fast as it came, it dried out. It left chaos in its wake, litters of cars in the gravel bed, a red flag, a suspended race, confusion about positions. Those who survived the carnage were left to fight out a relatively normal race, one in which Ferrari looked to have a slight edge over Fernando Alonso. Then the sting in the tail - another rain ambush seven laps from home, another throw of the dice for Alonso.