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Updated: 2005-09-26 09:35

Alonso crowned new world champion

9月25日,雷诺车队的西班牙车手阿隆索在巴西站比赛中获得第三名,顺利地将F1本赛季车手总冠军称号收入囊中。当日,F1巴西大奖赛在圣保罗落下帷幕,阿隆索以1小时29分44秒的成绩获得第三名。迈凯轮车队的哥伦比亚车手蒙托亚和芬兰车手莱科宁,分别以1小时29分20秒和1小时29分22秒的成绩获得冠、亚军。  

Alonso crowned new world champion
Renault's Formula One driver Fernando Alonso (C) of Spain celebrates with his team's mechanics after finishing third in the Brazil Grand Prix in Sao Paulo September 25, 2005. (Reuters)

Spain's Fernando Alonso became Formula One's youngest world champion with a solid third place in the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos on Sunday.

It gave the 24-year-old Renault driver anunassailablelead over Finn Kimi Raikkonen who finished second behind McLaren team-mate Juan Pablo Montoya.

The McLaren one-two sees them take the lead in the constructors' championship by two points over Renault with two rounds remaining.

But this will be scant consolation after another mature performance from Alonso, who started from pole positiion but conceded the lead to Colombian ace Montoya early in the race.

Raikkonen, who moved through from fifth on the grid, took over from Alonso in second place after the first round of two pit stops, but had to rely on the Spaniard having a mechanical failure in the ever-reliable Renault.

Seven times champion Schumacher finished fourth, ahead of Italian Giancarlo Fisichella in a Renault and Brazilian Rubens Barrichello in the second Ferrari.

Briton Jenson Button was seventh for BAR with Ralf Schumacher taking the final point for Toyota.

Williams, whose last win was at Interlagos with Montoya at the end of last season, had amiserableafternoon with both cars colliding at the start.

In a crash that brought out the safety car for one lap, Brazilian Antonio Pizzonia hit the Red Bull of Briton David Coulthard and then his own team-mate Mark Webber seconds after the start lights went out.

Renault boss Flavio Briatore was quick to praise Alonso after bringing the world title to his team for the first time.

"It has been a fantastic championship and Fernando is a fantastic champion. We have been fighting to the end and he has done the best for the performance we have at this moment.

"He has been so consistent this year. His one mistake was in Canada and other than that he has been fantastic. He is terrific."

(Agencies)

Vocabulary:
 

unassailable: able to withstand attack(攻不破的)

miserable: very unhappy; full of misery(痛苦的,悲惨的)
 

 
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