News Details

Alonso: I knew my Mum would be watching on TV

Fernando Alonso was wearing a bandage on his knee and a grimace on Monday when he bumped into Blick correspondent Roger Benoit at a Melbourne beach. 'I slept badly and have sore ribs,' said the Spaniard, who had flipped and rolled his McLaren-Honda a day earlier after running into Esteban Gutierrez at 300kph. The entire sporting world and beyond was relieved to see Alonso otherwise unscathed, and pondering what next step F1 needs to make to improve safety. For instance, as the smashed remains of the car had landed upside-down, Alonso was able to quickly climb out of the open cockpit 'as I knew my Mum would be watching on TV'. But if his car had the FIA-supported ‘halo' device...
Full Story »
8y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Alonso-Gutierrez collision judged ‘racing...

Australian Grand Prix – No punishments have been handed out for the...
8y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Gutierrez denies braking early

Esteban Gutierrez insists he did nothing to warrant contact with Fernando...
8y ago from PlanetF1.com

Gutierrez tweets heartfelt message after crash with...

The McLaren-Honda speedy Fernando Alonso climbed out of his car following...
8y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Alonso absolves Gutierrez of blame for clash

McLaren Honda Fernando Alonso believes he is lucky to be alive after...
8y ago from F1Zone.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Juncos Hollinger shows off new-look livery for 2025...

Juncos Hollinger Racing unveiled a new look for the 2025 NTT IndyCar...

IndyCar takes over promotion of Nashville event

IndyCar’s Music City Grand Prix will be promoted internally by IndyCar...

Scott McLaughlin on track to repeat Supercars success...

After spending the last four years moving up the ranks in the NTT IndyCar...

Christian Lundgaard hails ‘pure racing’ aspect of...

Christian Lundgaard is beginning his fourth full season driving in the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Jamie Carragher turns 48: Who are the greatest...

To celebrate Jamie Carragher's 47th birthday, Sports Mole picks out some...
2h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Myles Lewis-Skelly red card overturned: Can Michael...

Arsenal expert Charles Watts believes that Michael Oliver should not...
36m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

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.