News Details

Fernando Alonso uses 2016 parts to take P9

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – McLaren's Fernando Alonso put in a performance that caught the eye on Friday, as he finished the day in P9. Alonso told reporters on Thursday that McLaren are running a lot of interim and 2016 parts on the MP4/30 this weekend, as they look to bolster their performance ahead of testing in February. The parts seemed to be working quite well, as Alonso finished the day less than a second behind pacesetter Nico Rosberg, claiming P9. “Many things could be behind this afternoon’s performance: first, I think we’ve made some improvements to the car – the team has kept pushing hard to bring performance. But, second, we probably ran the Supersoft tyre at the...
Full Story »
10y ago from FormulaSpy.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

'Half of the McLaren is now 2016 parts' - Alonso

Fernando Alonso claims the car he will drive in Abu Dhabi is 50 per cent...
10y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Alonso: Half of McLaren car in Abu Dhabi is next year's

McLaren-Honda s Fernando Alonso has revealed that around half of the parts...
10y ago from Crash.net

Alonso: Still optimistic — ‘big actions’ at...

Fernando Alonso is expecting that a major step forward at McLaren for...
10y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Alonso convinced 2016 will be better

Fernando Alonso is expecting a 'completely different' showing from...
10y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Gregoire Munster confirmed for WRC Monte Carlo in...

The season opener marks a return to the event where Munster claimed his...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Sources: Man United & Arsenal enter race for...

Genk’s teenage sensation Konstantinos Karetsas has rapidly emerged as...
15m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Merry Christmas from Arseblog

Whatever you’re doing today, I hope you have a good one. Eat well, drink...
25m ago from Arseblog.com

Arsenal join Tottenham & Chelsea in race for...

Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea remain interested in signing the Juventus...
10h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal plot surprise raid for 6ft 5in teen sensation...

Arsenal are interested in signing the AC Milan defender Davide...
10h 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.