News Details

Fernando Alonso: “I really hope this weekend was a one-off”

Fernando Alonso felt his French Grand Prix was compromised as early as the first lap as he fell down the order as others too short cuts to avoid the chaos ahead of them, while pitting early failed to give him any advantage in strategy. The McLaren F1 Team was outside the points when he pitted a second time towards the end of the race at the Circuit Paul Ricard, with the gamble aimed at attempting to set the fastest lap of the race. Unfortunately, circumstances was against him in the final laps, first when the virtual safety car was required when Lance Stroll’s tyre blew at the end of the Mistral Straight, and then when he suffered a suspension problem that forced him into an early...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Sainz's day rescued by virtual safety car after MGU-K...

An MGU-K failure almost wreaked havoc on Carlos Sainz's well-deserved...
7y ago from F1i.com

Sainz: VSC saved us a points finish

Out of power in the closing laps of the French GP, Carlos Sainz concedes...
7y ago from PlanetF1.com

Williams was 'optimistic' over tyre strategy – Lance...

Williams' Lance Stroll felt it was 'optimistic' in their...
7y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

O’Ward tops 202 MPH to take IndyCar pole in Nashville

The NTT IndyCar Series is visiting Nashville Superspeedway this weekend,...
36m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar Nashville – Qualifying Results

The final qualifying session of the 2025 IndyCar season took place on...
26m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Callum Ilott, Christian Rasmussen given IndyCar grid...

The NTT IndyCar Series has handed out grid penalties for two drivers...

Pato O’Ward turns quickest lap in practice for...

IndyCar took to the Nashville Superspeedway oval on Saturday afternoon,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

West Ham may have edge over Euro giants in race to...

West Ham United have reportedly joined the race for the potential transfer...
7h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Done deals: Arsenal set to confirm two major defensive...

Arsenal are pushing to wrap up two significant defensive deals before the...
10h ago from FreshArsenal.com

'Talks ongoing' – David Ornstein provides update...

Arsenal left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko is a transfer target for Marseille,...
11h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Exclusive details on complicated structure of Piero...

Piero Hincapie is set to become an Arsenal player as there's an agreement...
10h ago from CaughtOffside.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.