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Luckiest Person of the Year: Fernando Alonso

< > Formula One’s existing safety measures saved Fernando Alonso’s life in a horrific crash during the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, the fact that he is still with us today is because lady luck was at his side on the day. The Spaniard clambered from his demolished McLaren after the high-speed collision with Esteban Gutierrez’s Haas and later posted an Instagram photograph of himself holding the Melbourne Herald Sun bearing the front-page headline ‘Luckiest Man Alive’. The two-time Formula One world champion said he extricated himself so his mother would see he was safe. He went on to praise Formula One’s safety improvements, saying: “It was a scary moment and...
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