Changing the Guard

Fernando Alonso won the 2005 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola after a tense struggle during the final laps. Michael Schumacher's Ferrari had chased down and passed Jenson Button's BAR-Honda and quickly caught Fernando Alonso's Renault. During the closing laps seven-time World Champion harried the young Spaniard, who calmly held on and repulsed all passing attempts. After an enormous build-up of tension and expectation the young pretender had been able to fairly and squarely beat the great man to a really big win in Ferrari's own back yard. Fernando is seen at the Variante Alta chicane hotly pursued by Michael Schumacher's Ferrari.