News Details

Alonso could be disqualified after tyre mistake

The McLaren team has been summoned by the British Grand Prix stewards after fitting one of Jenson Button's tyres on Fernando Alonso's car during qualifying. McLaren boss Eric Boullier confirmed the mistake, which will likely mean the Spanish driver will be disqualified from qualifying. Boullier said the mistake was caused by confusion during a double pitstop during Q1. Alonso had qualified in 17th position after another difficult day for the team and looks now set to start from the back of the grid. Representatives from the team were summoned to see the stewards.  Teammate Jenson Button was 18th, only ahead of the Manors.
Full Story »
10y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

British GP: Friday team Principal press conference

F1 News British GP: Friday team Principal press conference F1 Strategy...
10y ago from Formula1Blog.com

New aero updates showed positive signs – Boullier

McLaren Racing Director Eric Boullier says the team's new aero upgrades...
10y ago from RichlandF1.com

British Grand Prix: Friday press conference

Full transcript from the team representatives press conference on Day one...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Jordan: Whitmarsh never ran McLaren as badly as Dennis...

McLaren's arrogance is holding the once-great team back according...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Nicolo Bulega: If no 2027 MotoGP move arrives, it's...

Nicolo Bulega believes that not securing a 2027 MotoGP ride wouldn’t be...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Pato O'Ward issues damning verdict on ‘Mario...

Pato O'Ward isn't chasing F1 any more after falling out of love with...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar names officiating director ahead of Indy 500

IndyCar Officiating has announced Scot Elkins as the new Managing...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal could look to sign Manchester City veteran as...

Arsenal are reportedly weighing up a move for Manchester City midfielder...
53m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Pitch Points: the pioneering Pellegrino Matarazzo, a...

world of soccer throws up no shortage of questions. Today, Graham Ruthven...
1h ago from TheGuardian.com

Merse: If Man City don't thrash Burnley, Arsenal are...

In his latest column, Sky Sports' Paul Merson says the Premier League...
3h ago from SkySports.com

Bernardo Silva’s performance against Arsenal shows...

Manchester City captain’s all-action display captured what has made him...
3h ago from TheGuardian.com

Comments

Hottest News

Ferrari set to give Lewis Hamilton F1 monster to beat...

Ferrari are bringing a completely revised car... Read More »
53m ago from GPFans.com

F1: An update from Honda

Honda's trackside general manager, Shintaro... Read More »
2h ago from Pitpass.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.