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Fernando’s most recent pole position

Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso has secured 22 pole positions across his storied Formula One career. And it’s hard to believe that his most recent one came on this date at the 2012 German Grand Prix with Ferrari, thus making it a four-year drought in qualifying for the Spaniard.

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