'Alonso is on fire. Literally' - Aston Martin star ridiculed after failure at Imola

Fernando Alonso was on fire at the 2024 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix as his flames came from his brakes during the early stages of the race.

The Aston Martin driver had a bad weekend, crashing in FP3, stuttering in qualifying and then being forced to start from the pitlane.

Things went from bad to worse during the race as his car caught fire, prompting a lot of memes and jokes from Formula 1 fans on social media.

'F1 Twitter' as the community still calls itself, despite Elon Musk's rebranding of the platform to X, provided plenty more heat as flames could be seen coming from Alonso's car.

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Here are some of F1 Twitter's best Alonso memes from Imola.

Alonso without brakes lapping at the same pace than bottas has to be one of the most strange flex I've ever seen

— Your Average F1 Fan // MV01, FA14, CL16 (@UnbiasedFIA) May 19, 2024

Alonso's on fire.

Literally. pic.twitter.com/p4SFKmBrpd

— GPFans Global (@GPFansGlobal) May 19, 2024

Fernando alonso right now: pic.twitter.com/IPjAnCyhuV

— tia 🦦 P10.ᐟ (@WINTERTSUN0DA) May 19, 2024

No one:

Alonso's brakes: pic.twitter.com/EO1b1dw401

— PolMat Racing (@PolMatRacing) May 19, 2024

Fernando Alonso in Imola https://t.co/k5NT1bvzQh

— Mahir 🇹🇷🇬🇧 (@ScrewderiaF1) May 19, 2024

Alonso's front brakes a bit warm after the pitstop @pitlane_girl #F1FTA #ImolaGP pic.twitter.com/VwpOdUsOYj

— Tim Wagner 🏁🎳📷🚗 (@timwagner66) May 19, 2024

Todos: que aburrida la carrera

el auto de Fernando Alonso: pic.twitter.com/dp7V4IFcd7

— francisca (@H7MILT0N) May 19, 2024

Fernando Alonso en Imola: pic.twitter.com/4bk7HGqqY4

— Laura Feliciano (@laufelicciano) May 19, 2024

Alonso Brakes!!!! #IMOLAGP #P1 #F1 pic.twitter.com/PzPSXmCefD

— @t.mcd-actor (@timmcdf588) May 19, 2024

what alonso saw looking at his front brakes pic.twitter.com/k9y1VqBFKM

— Lia (@ricults) May 19, 2024

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