News Details

Alonso puts Ferrari on top in rain-hit first practice

Fernando Alonso emerged as the quickest driver in first practice for the Belgian Grand Prix on Friday in a session interrupted by intermittent rain. The Spaniard clocked a time of 1 minute 55.198 seconds around the Spa Francorchamps circuit, marginally ahead of the Force India pair of Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil. Even when the rain had receded during the 90-minute outing, the sporadic damp patches around the 7-kilometre track made it tricky for the drivers to negotiate the corners cleanly. Championship leader Sebastian Vettel, who posted the sixth fastest time, spun twice during his runs when he ran over the wet parts of the circuit. Luckily, no one ended in the barriers. The showers...
Full Story »
11y ago from F1Pulse.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps - Friday free...

1. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 55.198s 2. Paul di Resta...
11y ago from Crash.net

Alonso quickest in rain affected opening practice

Fernando Alonso set the fastest time during a rain affected first...
11y ago from F1Zone.net

Alonso fastest in wet-dry practice

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso set the pace in a wet-dry first practice...
11y ago from BBC.co.uk

Alonso heads wet/dry first practice at Spa

August 23rd, 2013 (F1Plus / Chris Cameron-Dow) - Fernando Alonso topped...
11y ago from F1Plus.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Jorge Martin confirms decision to remain with Aprilia...

Reigning MotoGP World Champion Jorge Martin has reversed his decision to...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Yamaha V4 engine ‘two seconds slower' than...

Yamaha rider Alex Rins revealed that the manufacturer’s V4 project is...
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar Iowa – Race 1 Results

The first race of IndyCar’s double-header weekend from Iowa Speedway...

Taylor Barnard rejected McLaren IndyCar and WEC offers...

Taylor Barnard has turned down the chance to race for Arrow McLaren in...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Expert reveals CL giants have held talks over Arsenal...

Christian Falk reports that Arsenal duo Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Journalist claims Arsenal have made concrete approach...

German football journalist Christian Falk has made the claim that Arsenal...
26m ago from CaughtOffside.com

“He’s a machine!” - John Obi Mikel names player...

Former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has heaped praise on Arsenal star...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

How worried should we be?

Welcome to Friday. Given that the team leave for Singapore tomorrow, I had...
3h ago from Arseblog.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.