What if Alonso had driven the Red Bull in 2010?
Alonso lost the 2010 title by 4 points. With Vettel's dominant RB6, would he have won it?
The simulation's verdict
Fernando Alonso would have won the 2010 title in 86% of the 200 simulations.
Fernando Alonso
Mark Webber
Who finished ahead
Based on 200 simulations of the 2010 season. Numbers can vary each time you play.
Historical context
The 2010 season was one of the most disputed in history. Alonso arrived in Abu Dhabi as championship leader but a Ferrari strategy error cost him the title against an untouchable Vettel in the Red Bull RB6. The Asturian showed he could extract the impossible from that Ferrari, but the Red Bull was another world.
The real 2010 season
The 2010 season was one of the most open and hard-fought of the modern era. Four drivers — Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton — arrived at the Abu Dhabi finale with mathematical title chances, something extraordinary. Alonso, in his first year at Ferrari, had led the championship and was the big favourite, but a disastrous strategy call left him stuck behind Petrov's Renault, unable to pass, while Vettel won the race from pole. The German thus took his first world title at 23, becoming the youngest champion in history and firing the starting gun on the Red Bull and Adrian Newey dynasty that would dominate the years to come.
Real champion: Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull RB6. Abu Dhabi: four drivers with options, Vettel and the RB6 fastest when it mattered most. See the full 2010 season →
The driver
Fernando Alonso is the most decorated Spanish driver in history and, for many, one of the most complete ever. The Asturian from Oviedo broke the Ferrari-Schumacher stranglehold with Renault, winning back-to-back titles in 2005 and 2006 and becoming the youngest champion in history at the time. What cemented his legend was not only those titles but his knack for wringing more from cars than they should give. Full profile →
How it's simulated
The engine recreates qualifying (Q1, Q2, Q3) and every Grand Prix with the ~20 real drivers of 2010, weighing each car's performance, driver skill, weather, safety cars and tyre wear. Learn how the simulator works →
Season
2010
Mode
One driver, different car
Car
Red Bull Racing
Tags
Choose driver, car and season. The engine simulates the full championship with real drivers.