News Details
McLaren's wet weather gamble failed to come off
McLaren opted to gamble with Fernando Alonso and put on the intermediate tyres a few minutes before the heavy rain was due to hit Hockenheim. The ran never came and gamble failed but Alonso admits they “had to try something” during the German Grand Prix to get a top 10 finish. The Spaniard eventually retired from the race as engineers spotted something on the data. The Woking-based team have fallen to 7th place in the constructors' championship having once held 4th place in the early stages of the year. “It was a tricky race,” Alonso said in an interview on motorsport week. “We bet on the rain and at the first drops, we pitted for intermediate tyres,...
Full Story »
Full Story »
6y ago from GPBlog.com
0
You May Also Be Interested In...
Pierre Gasly on Wet Tyre Gamble: 'We had to take the...
Pierre Gasly started the German Grand Prix from the back of the grid on...
6y ago from TheCheckeredFlag....
McLaren ‘had to try something’ - Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso believes McLaren 'had to try something' during...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com
Verstappen on German GP Weather: “It was a hard day...
Max Verstappen felt the gamble to switch to Intermediate tyres when the...
6y ago from TheCheckeredFlag....
Honda’s Toyoharu Tanabe: “It was good to see both...
Honda F1 Technical Director, Toyoharu Tanabe, felt the German Grand Prix...
6y ago from TheCheckeredFlag....
Elsewhere On The Network
Popular On MGPToday.com
Toprak Razgatlioglu laughs off Honda MotoGP 2026...
Reigning WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu laughed off rumours...
4h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
How advice from Marquez is helping Martin recover from...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
MotoGP race director validates the chaos caused by...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
Jorge Martin sets sights on MotoGP return in Qatar...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On IndyCarToday.com
Renovated IMS museum reopens with all-new displays
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum reopened on Wednesday following a...
1d ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
New livery revealed for Kyle Larson's Indy 500 / Coke...
Kyle Larson will be attempting to compete in IndyCar’s Indianapolis 500...
2d ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Kyle Larson's McLaren-Hendrick paint schemes revealed...
No description available...
2d ago from Motorsport.com
The difficult transition from Indy NXT to IndyCar is...
No description available...
2d ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On TotalWRC.com
Evans wins brutal Safari Rally to boost WRC title bid
No description available...
1w ago from Motorsport.com
Elfyn Evans bags the big game on Safari
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin claimed their maiden Safari Rally Kenya...
1w ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Katsuta loses fifth after dramatic final-stage Safari...
No description available...
1w ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On GunnersToday.com
Mikel Arteta provides injury updates on 3 Arsenal...
Arsenal find themselves in a difficult spot on the defensive front due to...
50m ago from SportsKeeda.com
Ray Parlour and Alan Brazil name one Arsenal star who...
Arsenal find themselves in a tricky situation as Brazilian defender...
30m ago from SportsKeeda.com
UEFA issue Antonio Rudiger and Kylian Mbappe ban...
UEFA have punished Real Madrid duo Antonio Rudiger and Kylian Mbappe with...
30m ago from SportsKeeda.com
Paul Merson predicts Manchester United vs Manchester...
The games are coming thick and fast in the Premier League as we approach...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com
Comments
Hottest News
Tsunoda delivers worrying Red Bull verdict after debut...
Yuki Tsunoda had expressed confidence he could... Read More »
4h ago from RacingNews365.com
Alpine reveal cause of horrendous Doohan crash
Jack Doohan is okay and concussion-free after his... Read More »
4h ago from RacingNews365.com
F1 2025 Japanese Grand Prix – FP2 Results
McLaren's Oscar Piastri rounded out Friday's... Read More »
9h ago from MotorsportWeek.com
