News Details

Fernando Alonso upbeat over USGP prospects despite 'painful' hydraulics setback

Fernando Alonso is optimistic that McLaren can capture a strong result at the United States Grand Prix, though described lost track time in FP1 as “painful”. Alonso finished seventh overall during Friday practice at the Circuit of the Americas, leading the midfield charge, and expects McLaren to figure in contention for the Q3 grid spots. However, the Spaniard was left to rue a hydraulics issue during the opening practice session, which restricted him to four laps, and dealt the team a setback in evaluating new parts. “We lost the first session because of an hydraulic issue, which was quite painful because we had several items to test, including for next year,” he...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Vettel laments "messy" second practice

Sebastian Vettel lamented a "messy" second practice for the...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

Sebastian Vettel calm despite disrupted FP2, chassis...

Sebastian Vettel insists there is “no need to worry” despite...
8y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Alonso at McLaren for 'long term'

Fernando Alonso says he has agreed a "long-term partnership"...
8y ago from SkySports.com

Hamilton tops wet/dry practice session – FP1...

United States Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton gave his potentially...
8y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Will Power turns first IndyCar laps with Andretti at...

IndyCar veteran Will Power completed his first test laps with his new...

Alex Palou delivers takedown of McLaren F1 drivers...

IndyCar champion Alex Palou has delivered a takedown of both McLaren...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Arteta really believes he's a top player' –...

Arsenal have been calling over a potential transfer move for Crystal...
11h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Sol Campbell names 'top player' Arsenal should sign...

Arsenal legend Sol Campbell has suggested that his old club should look...
12h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal 'have made phone enquiries' over wonderkid...

Arsenal have reportedly made enquiries over the phone for Borussia...
18h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'Among Europe's best' – David Ornstein confirms...

Arsenal fans will be delighted to hear that Bukayo Saka is closing in on a...
16h 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.