News Details

Alonso: McLaren move justified by Mercedes form

Fernando Alonso says the way Mercedes is dominating Formula 1 justifies his decision to move to McLaren, despite his struggles with the team. The Spaniard, in his first grand prix appearance with the Honda-powered car after missing the first race in Australia, qualified in 18th position, 2.5 seconds off the pace. It was Alonso's worst qualifying result since the 2010 Monaco Grand Prix. His former team Ferrari, meanwhile, was Mercedes' closest challenger, with Sebastian Vettel finishing in second place just 0.074 seconds behind Lewis Hamilton and ahead of Nico Rosberg. But despite McLaren's problems, Alonso insisted that having seen Mercedes dominate the season-opening Australian Grand Prix,...
Full Story »
10y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Red Bull pair praise 'good result'

The Red Bull Racing duo of Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat both...
10y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Rosberg heads Mercedes one-two in final practice

Nico Rosberg led a Mercedes one-two in the final free practice session...
10y ago from SuperSport.com

Malaysia FP3: Rosberg and Hamilton in control

The only drivers able to dip under the 100 seconds mark during free...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Mercedes can't afford to back off - Wolff

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says his team cannot afford to back off despite...
10y ago from Motorsport.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Alex Palou responds to McLaren court ruling

Alex Palou has been ordered to pay McLaren Racing over $12 million...

McLaren wins contract breach suit against Alex Palou

McLaren has prevailed in its lawsuit against star IndyCar driver Alex...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Solberg steals the show on Saturday

Oliver Solberg and Elliot Edmondson continued where they left off on...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Report: Arsenal ‘in talks' to sign Real Madrid...

Arsenal are stepping up their long-term recruitment planning, with sources...
5h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Report: Arsenal interested in signing Brazilian league...

Arsenal look unlikely to sign any senior players soon, but the club do...
5h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Talks held: Arsenal planning transfer move for £43m...

Arsenal are reportedly discussing a potential future transfer move for...
10h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arteta: I feel part of Rams' Super Bowl challenge

Stan Kroenke just became America's largest private landowner. The Arsenal...
11h ago from SkySports.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.