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He managed to salvage points in only five races, leaving him a lowly 15th overall among the drivers. There, he started fifth then led for a while before retiring with an engine failure. At the end of the season McLaren ended its F1 partnership with Honda and announced a switch to Renault power for , a move that helped convince Fernando Alonso to stay in the sport he once upon a time dominated.
Sharing the winning sportscar in World Endurance Championship racing at the 6 Hours of Spa and the 24 Hours of Le Mans confirmed his talent was still there. He also made plans for another attempt at winning the Indianapolis in But being reduced to an embarrassed also-ran in F1 no longer appealed to the proud year-old Spaniard. He decided to leave that branch of the sport where he had been competing for nearly half his life.
After 18 seasons and over Grands Prix Fernando Alonso's record of success stood at 32 wins, 22 poles and 97 podiums. It could have been much more had he made better career choices and avoided episodes of political strife, though he preferred to be remembered for his fighting spirit. Then after two years away from Formula 1 the Spanish warrior who wanted to be known as the guy that never gives up returned in , driving for the Alpine F1 Team — the rebranded French squad formerly known as Renault where he won his two driving titles in and While his F1 record remains intact it will be a tall order for the year-old veteran to win again.
His last F1 victory was at his home race in Spain in with Ferrari and he left the sport with his reputation as a team player somewhat diminished. This adage refers to the several champions whose ill-advised comebacks tarnished their reputations. Notable exceptions include Niki Lauda and Alain Prost who returned from sabbaticals to win another driving title. Time will tell how Fernando Alonso fares in this regard. Grand Prix Weekend.
Red flag. Sorry Something's gone wrong. Live Commentary. This left Alonso on the dirty side of the grid. Ferrari decided to break the seal on teammate Massa's gearbox. Since Massa had qualified two places ahead of Alonso, Alonso moved up to seventh and onto the clean side of the grid. Alonso benefitted greatly from the sacrifice, and was fourth at the end of lap one, and after Webber's retirement, Alonso once again finished on the podium, with Massa close behind.
Vettel, however, was second and thus the gap between the pair was increased back to thirteen points. The final race, the Brazilian Grand Prix , initially went in Vettel's favour, as the German qualified ahead.
The start went in Alonso's favour, however, and Alonso managed to get ahead, before Vettel was caught up in an accident. He retained his fourth place as teammate Massa held up the chasing pack. Vettel was making his way back up the field, despite the damage to his car.
Massa duly let his teammate past. Unfortunately, Vettel was able to finish in sixth place to take the title, Alonso just three points behind.
Armed with a better Ferrari than the year before, Alonso started the season stronger than in For the first race, the Australian Grand Prix , Alonso was outqualified by teammate Felipe Massa , but after pitting ahead of his teammate, got past him halfway through the race. The Malaysian Grand Prix was a different matter.
Having qualified third but outqualified by Massa again , Alonso managed to bring himself in second place by the end of the second turn, but ran into the back of Vettel and damaged his front wing. Alonso bravely soldiered on, defending strongly against Mark Webber , but decided not to pit. At the end of the main straight, the wing fell off and went under the car, and Alonso was beached in the gravel trap and his race was over after just a lap.
Alonso breezed to victory at the Chinese Grand Prix. Having outqualified Massa, Alonso made a strong start to pressure polesitter Lewis Hamilton , overtaking him on lap 5 before pitting early. As for Bahrain , Alonso made a good start from third but could not hold off Vettel. Nico Rosberg , who started on pole, was soon passed by both drivers, and Alonso was a few seconds behind leader Vettel. On lap 8, Alonso's DRS flap on the rear wing lodged open, and he was forced to pit to get it closed.
After it failed again, Alonso pitted again, and drove strongly to the finish, managing to pick up four points for eighth place. At his home Grand Prix, the Spanish Grand Prix , Alonso qualified down in fifth but on race day, the Ferrari was the quickest car on track.
Two weeks later, in Monaco , Alonso's luck was not there, and he struggled to a seventh-place finish. He performed much better at the next race, in Canada , qualifying in sixth place before fighting strongly to finish in second place behind Vettel.
He qualified poorly, his best Q3 time giving him 10th and last of the session. He started ninth after Paul di Resta 's exclusion from qualifying. After an unimpressive start, Alonso fought for position, overtaking Jenson Button and Romain Grosjean early on.
After the first round of pit stops, Alonso was in fourth behind Adrian Sutil , despite obtaining a puncture on his right-rear tyre as he entered the pits. After pitting for the second safety car, Alonso was able to fight on new tyres and eventually finished third. The German Grand Prix was the next week. Alonso qualified in eighth place, but fought strongly after a poor first stint to finish in fourth place, less than ten seconds down on winner Vettel. Ferrari had failed to change the DRS settings to those for the race, and Alonso used DRS three times when not within one second of the car ahead.
After the mid-season break, Formula One returned to Belgium. Alonso qualified a disappointing ninth, but started magnificently to be in fifth place at the end of the first lap. He soon passed both Button and Rosberg to put himself in a podium position within six laps.
At the first pit stop, he overtook Hamilton, to put himself in second. Unable to challenge the Red Bull of Vettel, Alonso finished an impressive second. Once again though, Alonso was unable to catch Vettel and had to settle for second. At the Singapore Grand Prix , Alonso appeared to struggle, qualifying seventh, but once again, made a lightning start to get himself into third place.
Alonso then raced very patiently, attempting to save himself a pit stop, which, with the aid of the safety car, he managed to do, finishing second to Vettel for the third race in a row.
It was Alonso's second season where he had a single non-points finish in India since the British Grand Prix , and a 11th place since the Malaysian Grand Prix. Alonso's fourth and final year with Ferrari had a lot to be desired, with the spaniard finishing the season in 6th, without a single win to his name. Alonso secured only 2 podium finishes, in China and in Hungary. In the closing stages of the Hungarian Grand Prix, Alonso was leading the final race on worn tyres, but lost out to a possible victory when he was overtaken by Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo on lap At the end of the season, due to an unsuccessful year, Alonso left Ferrari to join his former team McLaren.
The majority of the season was a disastrous one for Alonso, as McLaren suffered major reliability and power issues from the reunited McLaren - Honda partnership. He came in 17th in the standings with 11 points, the best result being 5th in the Hungarian Grand Prix , while at the Japanese Grand Prix , he made his frustrations on the Honda power unit clear on the team radio.
He eventually walked away with minor injuries, but would miss out on the next race at Bahrain. Alonso will stay at McLaren for , [7] and is to be partnered by Stoffel Vandoorne , while Button will still play different roles in the team. For McLaren joined up with Honda as their engine supplier, whom they were dominante with during the late 's, however they would not be successful this time. On the second day of the Barcelona pre-season test Alonso had an accident at turn 3.
Alonso was released from hospital on 4 March and was advised to miss the Australian Grand Prix in order to minimise the chance of suffering second-impact syndrome. Magnussen was announced to take his place. Alonso was passed fit for the Malaysian Grand Prix , allowing him to properly start his second stint at McLaren.
In the race, Alonso failed to finish after overheating issues with his car's hybrid system, while his Ferrari replacement Sebastian Vettel won the race. Alonso said he had no regrets about leaving Ferrari for McLaren, saying that he was no longer content with just podium finishes after 14 years in Formula One and therefore was prepared to take risks in order to win.
At the British Grand Prix , Alonso managed to score his first point of the season. It was also the first time both drivers finished in the points as Jenson Button finished in ninth. However he failed to score any further points in the remainder of the season. Overall proved to be a frustrating season for Alonso. The new Honda turbo-hybrid engine was well below par in terms of performace and Alonso suffered numerous reliablity issues throughout the year, eventually ending the season in seventeenth place with eleven points.
Alonso's helmet design has the flag of Spain surrounding the helmet and shades of blue which are adapted from Asturias flags. This design is an original helmet design from when Alonso joined Minardi in the season, with the difference that he wore a blue color with dark blue shades, and then gradually changed to light blue and finally blue typical Asturias in Starting in the season, Alonso changed the design on his helmet.
He added a background color of yellow as the main color of the helmet together with the bright blue color. The design was then turned upside down again when he moved to McLaren in This time, Alonso's helmet was black and red colors, along with customized color schemes for the McLaren team. He also added a silver part in the back of the helmet. For , Alonso switched back to one of his previous helmet designs; the yellow-blue coupled with a slight outward surrounding white helmet.
Besides the rear helmet, Alonso also attached two pictures of a spade, ace and heart symbol signifying his status as a double world champion. Alonso's return to the style of an old-fashioned helmet was because he re-joined Renault at that time. The design he used in the season was replacing the blue to a bright red at the top and the bottom of the helmet. For , Alonso returned to the traditional color scheme which is a combination of blue shades of the Asturias and Spanish flag. He also put a Ferrari logo on the back of the helmet, just above the drawing of two aces.
Alonso's used the same helmet design scheme in the season. Alonso also introduced a special helmet during the season with a gold background helmet that was used in the Monaco Grand Prix and the Singapore Grand Prix. The F1 History Wiki Explore. Renault F1 Equipe Renault. Lotus 79 Lotus T Lotus Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Fernando Alonso. Edit source History Talk 0. Alonso celebrates victory at the Malaysian GP. Alonso took his final podium for Ferrari at the Hungarian GP.
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