News Details

Alonso's rivals wouldn't skip grand prix to race elsewhere

Fernando Alonso's fellow Formula 1 drivers say they would not skip a grand prix to race elsewhere, as he will do to compete in this year's Indianapolis 500. The McLaren driver will race at Indy instead of competing in the Monaco Grand Prix, and it was the fact he will miss a race that came as the biggest surprise to other drivers on the F1 grid. Lewis Hamilton said he would never miss an F1 race to do something else, while Nico Hulkenberg, who won the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2015 with Porsche, said his situation had little in common with Alonso's. "In my case it was completely different, I didn't go away from F1 in the way that he does," said Hulkenberg. "I would never have done...
Full Story »
8y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Hulkenberg ‘surprised' by Alonso's Indy 500 bid

Nico Hulkenberg, who won the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours, says he would not...
8y ago from PlanetF1.com

Alonso to miss Monaco GP for Indy 500

McLaren's former two-time world champion Fernando Alonso will miss next...
8y ago from SuperSport.com

Fernando Alonso to miss Monaco GP, will race Indy 500

Fernando Alonso will miss the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix to compete in the...
8y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Fernando Alonso: McLaren driver to miss Monaco GP for...

McLaren driver Fernando Alonso will miss this year's Monaco Grand Prix so...
8y ago from BBC.co.uk

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar Nashville – Qualifying Results

The final qualifying session of the 2025 IndyCar season took place on...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

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

The NTT IndyCar Series is visiting Nashville Superspeedway this weekend,...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Callum Ilott, Christian Rasmussen given IndyCar grid...

The NTT IndyCar Series has handed out grid penalties for two drivers...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Ogier leads as Rovanperä falls back in Paraguay

Sebastian Ogier and Vincent Landais led Rally del Paraguay after...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Mikel Arteta admits Arsenal plan vs Liverpool will be...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has admitted that he may have to field an...
9h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Slot’s revamped Liverpool are vulnerable in a way...

ury-hit Arsenal face an ill-at-ease champions struggling to fit the new...
9h ago from TheGuardian.com

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

West Ham United have reportedly joined the race for the potential transfer...
18h 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...
21h 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.