News Details

Alonso: McLaren has best car at Mexican GP

Fernando Alonso is adamant his McLaren is “the best car out there” in terms of chassis and aerodynamics and was left dreaming of what could have been possible in qualifying after being halted by engine grid penalties. The two-time Formula 1 world champion produced an impressive Q1 time of 1m 17.710s to go fifth and just two-tenths off the top time in the session. Frustratingly for Alonso, that effectively called the end of his qualifying due to the 20-place engine grid penalty he has been hit with for the Mexican Grand Prix as McLaren opted not to run in Q2 to save tyres knowing it would start from the back regardless of qualifying results. Despite being denied the chance to...
Full Story »
8y ago from Crash.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Alonso expects Mexican Grand Prix penalty

Fernando Alonso says he is likely to start the Mexican Grand Prix from...
8y ago from PlanetF1.com

Mexican Welcome 'Among Best In The World' –...

Fernando Alonso expects to start at the back of the grid for the 2017...

Renault’s Rémi Taffin Explains the Technicals of...

Renault Sport Formula 1 Team’s Engine Technical Director, Rémi Taffin,...

Sauber Drivers Look Ahead For This Weekend's Mexican...

Sauber F1 Team‘s drivers Marcus Ericsson and Pascal Wehrlein say...

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Guenther Steiner: MotoGP riders ‘need to be of a...

Tech3 KTM CEO Guenther Steiner has continued to share his admiration for...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Andretti confirmed to field just three cars for Indy...

Andretti Global has confirmed that the team will only run three cars in...

Toby Sowery joins AJ Foyt Racing in IndyCar reserve...

AJ Foyt Racing has appointed Toby Sowery as the team’s reserve driver...

Feature: RLL’s split fortunes in Barber highlight...

At the most recent IndyCar race from Barber Motorsports Park, Graham...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Oliver Solberg out of Croatia Rally (for now)

Friday: Oliver Solberg crashed out of Rally Croatia about four km into...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Elfyn Evans out of Croatia – SS3

Croatia’s Friday stages were all new. With a 16 second lead going into...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal handed boost as Mikel Arteta confirms key...

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has confirmed that Eberechi Eze is fit for their...
11h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal enter race to sign 22-year-old midfielder...

Arsenal have reportedly joined Leeds United in the race for Stade Rennais...
15h ago from SportsKeeda.com

“Ronaldo should pack it now” - Ex-Arsenal star...

Former Arsenal midfielder Anders Limpar has urged Cristiano Ronaldo to...
14h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

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.