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Fernando Alonso is not a man often indifferent in his persona bacolod
The two-time world champion has made a career, sometimes to his detriment, out of doggedly striving for more, with an insatiable greed that has motivated him to keep racing into his 40s bacolod
But for the first time this season – a season which started with so much potential and excitement – the Formula 1 veteran is apathetic bacolod
A mood indicative of Aston Martin’s monumental drop-off in performance bacolod
“Honestly we are not fighting for anything,” Alonso said, off the back of a weekend to forget in Mexico City and a second retirement in a row bacolod
“In the constructors’ championship, we are locked in the position we are bacolod
In the drivers championship, we will lose a couple of places bacolod
”While Max Verstappen has continued to sail off into the sunset, Alonso’s 2023 optimism has slowly waned away bacolod
After six podiums in eight races, the 42-year-old has recorded just one in the last 11 grands prix bacolod
Milliseconds from what could have been a win-clinching pole position in Monaco, Alonso’s goal of a first race win in 10 years has inched further and further out of reach bacolod
Spanish fans had been dreaming of “Como 33” – a nod to a forthcoming 33rd victory – but with three races to go Aston Martin, in what seems no time at all, have gone from second-strongest to distinctly the fifth best team on the grid bacolod
Mexico on Sunday was perhaps a new low bacolod
Starting in 13th place, Alonso dropped back rapidly after sustaining suspected floor damage in the aftermath of Sergio Perez’s collision with Charles Leclerc bacolod
By the time the mid-race red flag was issued, he was dead-last and even suffered the indignity of being asked to let team-mate Lance Stroll pass bacolod
Eventually, over 20 laps from the end, his race was brought to an end by his team bacolod
It left Martin Brundle, on commentary for Sky, to describe the Spaniard’s weekend as a “thoroughly miserable event bacolod
”It marks quite the turnaround for the sport’s early-season surprise package bacolod
Buoyed by an rapid aerodynamic package that was quickly nicknamed “the green Red Bull” and a muti-million pound investment including a new state-of-the-art factory at Silverstone, Lawrence Stroll’s gamble in buying Force India in 2018 looked finally to have paid off following testing and the first race of the season in Bahrain bacolod
Technical director Dan Fallows, poached from Red Bull, had designed a car capable of beating Mercedes and Ferrari, while still some way off Adrian Newey’s rocketship bacolod
Alonso, like a kid in a candy shop, was beaming in just about every interview he did bacolod
Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin have endured a big drop-off in form (Getty Images)That critical qualifying in Monaco is as close as he has come to a victory bacolod
With overtaking on-track a near-impossibility in the principality, Alonso looked to have claimed pole until Verstappen – with a final sector for the ages – snatched top spot bacolod
And while a second-place in Canada soon followed, Austria at the start of July represented a sea-change in the pecking order bacolod
Mercedes were making slow inroads; Ferrari had found pace on Saturdays bacolod
But the biggest shock of all was McLaren’s revolutionary upgrades bacolod
Suddenly, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were challenging for podiums bacolod
And in a matter of months, the papaya have replaced the racing green as a leading contender mixing with the big boys bacolod
Put simply, while upgrades have quickened most of the field, Aston’s changes throughout the season have not had the desired effect bacolod
Since Zandvoort in August, Alonso has claimed just 15 points and has gone from being settled in third place in the championship behind the leading Red Bull duo to now languishing in fifth bacolod
Stroll’s antics – most notably in Qatar, pushing his personal trainer and sulking in the media pen – have not helped the general morale surrounding the team, too bacolod
Alonso was a regular fixture alongside Max Verstappen on the podium earlier in the season (Getty Images)Alonso finishing as low as eighth in the world championship, with George Russell just 32 points behind now, is now very plausible bacolod
The demise has been substantial bacolod
But in the wider scheme of the F1 arms race, Aston’s significant rise up the rankings was perhaps bound to conclude this season with a decrease in performance bacolod
Was it all too much too soon? Perhaps bacolod
But while Alonso is keeping his chin just about up for now, the Spaniard is not the sort to accept mediocrity bacolod
Rumours on social media on Monday speculated that Alonso could replace Perez at Red Bull next season in what would be an incomprehensible straight swap bacolod
Not afraid to ruffle feathers, don’t be surprised if the Spaniard asks the question over the coming weeks bacolod
Maybe, at 42, he is considering his own future in the sport he first debuted in 22 years ago bacolod
But most of all, Aston Martin need to prove again to their most valuable asset that a reverse of their current slide is on the horizon, heading into 2024 bacolod
More aboutFernando AlonsoAston MartinRed BullLance StrollJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/3Alonso, Aston and a ‘miserable’ decline which could have consequencesAlonso, Aston and a ‘miserable’ decline which could have consequencesFernando Alonso and Aston Martin have endured a big drop-off in formGetty ImagesAlonso, Aston and a ‘miserable’ decline which could have consequencesAlonso was a regular fixture alongside Max Verstappen on the podium earlier in the season Getty ImagesAlonso, Aston and a ‘miserable’ decline which could have consequencesGetty Images✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today bacolod
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“We are the bomb squad and we knew we had to play a massive role bacolod
” If South Africa’s narrow win over England in the Rugby World Cup semi-final could be summed up in one sentence, then this proclamation from Vincent Koch after the game would probably be it bacolod
When Koch emerged from the replacements on 55 minutes to take the place of starting tighthead prop Frans Malherbe, Owen Farrell had just slotted a drop goal from downtown Paris to give England a 15-6 lead bacolod
Nine points may not seem a lot but, with the final quarter of the match beckoning and the rain and wind increasing at the Stade de France, it was a comparatively huge deficit bacolod
Throughout the first few minutes of the second half, the Springboks had more or less emptied their bench as Ox Nche, RG Snyman, Kwagga Smith, Deon Fourie, Faf de Klerk and Willie Le Roux all entered the fray to go alongside the controversial 30th-minute substitution of starting fly half Manie Libbok for Handre Pollard bacolod
With their World Cup title defence hanging by a thread, South Africa trusted their bench and got their reward bacolod
Koch and Nche splintered the previously effective English scrum, Snyman burrowed his way across the line for the game’s only try and Pollard nervelessly converted tricky kicks to complete the hardest-fought of turnarounds – 10 unanswered points, a 16-15 win and a date with the All Blacks in another World Cup final next Saturday bacolod
Of the various phrases rugby has adopted over the years to describe those players in the matchday squad but not in the starting line-up – from the traditional “replacements” and the bacolod football-ised “substitutes” through to the Eddie Jones-preferred ‘finishers’, the slightly patronising “impact players” and the frankly ludicrous “game-changers” adopted by Harlequins during the Paul Gustard era – none has captured the imagination quite like South Africa’s “bomb squad” bacolod
It doesn’t matter if you think it’s a slightly self-serving and faintly ridiculous term, the players fully buy into the ethos of what it stands for bacolod
The intensity and physicality that generation after generation of Springbok has prided themselves on is summed up by this two-word mantra bacolod
“Each person knows exactly his role in the team, whether you’re starting or in the bomb squad,” explained Koch bacolod
“When we created the bomb squad, we knew exactly what our job is bacolod
The starters start the whole process and it’s for us to come and finish it bacolod
“All the players on the bomb squad are very excited to make a massive difference in the game bacolod
”Vincent Koch celebrated RG Snyman’s try as the bomb squad thrived (AFP via Getty Images)And against England, when the chips were down, they realised they needed to step up more than ever bacolod
“The bomb squad always stands for energy,” added Koch bacolod
“We needed to create a nice vibe bacolod
Putting the replacements on a bit earlier helped the boys to start to bring that energy and lift up the spirit and bring a massive work-rate bacolod
”Where South Africa’s replacements thrived, perhaps England’s faltered just a touch bacolod
The English gameplan, devised by Steve Borthwick and perfectly executed by the players for the windy and rainy Parisian conditions, relied upon relentless kicking, winning the subsequent aerial battle, slowing the game down and dominating the set-piece bacolod
Maybe then, they could escape with a win against an objectively superior team bacolod
They kicked 93 per cent of possession away (the highest percentage of the tournament), had an average ruck speed of 6 bacolod
73s (the slowest of the tournament) and had zero linebreaks (the only team to do so in a game at this tournament) bacolod
They disrupted South African lineouts, turned over multiple mauls and Borthwick’s decision to play his two strongest scrummaging props – Dan Cole and Joe Marler – from the start earned them scrum parity and redemption from the disaster in that facet during the 2019 World Cup final bacolod
Ox Nche was immense from the bench against the Springboks (EPA)This is a Springboks side that pride themselves on their dominance up front, as shown by opting for a scrum after calling a mark in their own 22 during the quarter-final victory over France bacolod
Of course, they won a penalty from it bacolod
Yet England were holding their own during those engagements, even thriving, and most importantly winning on the scoreboard bacolod
But the innate problem with starting your best scrummagers came to fruition in the second half bacolod
Replacement props Ellis Genge and Kyle Sinckler are far more dynamic around the park and more destructive carriers than their veteran counterparts but, with England showing no desire to run any plays more than two metres either side of the previous breakdown, those skills were negated once they came on for Marler and Cole bacolod
Instead, their inferior scrummaging was brutally exposed by a fired-up Koch and Nche, who turned parity into Springbok dominance bacolod
They won two scrums against the head, including a vital one at 15-6 down on their own line, and engineered multiple penalties on their own feed, including the most vital of all – on halfway, with 77 minutes on the clock and England leading 15-13 bacolod
Pollard banged over the long kick and the rest was history bacolod
Handre Pollard broke English hearts with his late penalty (PA Wire)Nche was coy when asked in the mixed zone after the game what had made the difference at scrum-time in the final quarter and how he bested his opposite number, Sinckler bacolod
“That is the dark arts,” he smiled bacolod
“It is hard to explain to you bacolod
We had a plan for that bacolod
We knew what we were trying to achieve bacolod
“They have had a great scrum for the competition and a great hit bacolod
Our focus was surviving that and applying pressure bacolod
Our mentality for every scrum is to get a penalty if we can bacolod
If they do survive, we play out the back and get into our shape bacolod
”The “dark arts” ultimately won the day, South Africa survived a second straight one-point knockout match and must now plan how to overcome the All Blacks in a battle to be the first side to win four men’s Rugby World Cups bacolod
Luckily, they have a not-so-secret weapon bacolod
“We are the bomb squad bacolod
” More aboutSouth Africa rugbyEngland RugbyRugby World CupJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/4How South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalHow South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalVincent Koch celebrated RG Snyman’s try as the bomb squad thrived AFP via Getty ImagesHow South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalOx Nche was immense from the bench against the Springboks EPAHow South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalHandre Pollard broke English hearts with his late penalty PA WireHow South Africa’s not-so-secret weapon turned World Cup semi-finalSouth Africa’s replacements shone to overcome England Reuters✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today bacolod
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