Fernando Alonso says the 2018 Formula 1 world championship season opener is unlikely to host any surprising results with teams catching up on pre-season mileage at the second test at Circuit de Catalunya.
Full testing times from the fourth day of the second F1 pre-season test at Circuit de Catalunya, Spain [Friday – FINAL]. 1. Kimi Raikkonen FIN Scuderia Ferrari 1m 17.221s 157 laps
Full testing times from the fourth day of the second F1 pre-season test at Circuit de Catalunya, Spain [Friday – 3pm] 1. Kimi Raikkonen FIN Scuderia Ferrari 1m 17.221s 79 laps
Kimi Raikkonen leads the timesheet for Ferrari midway through the final day of Formula 1 pre-season testing having gone for a qualifying simulation as McLaren and Renault each suffered a fresh setbacks.
Fernando Alonso says he feels prepared for the 2018 Formula 1 world championship season opener and could race tomorrow if required despite losing the majority of his penultimate testing day due to an oil leak with his McLaren.
Fernando Alonso pulled up on track midway through the morning of the second day of the second F1 pre-season test at Circuit de Catalunya with a confirmed oil leak onwith his McLaren MCL33.
Full testing times from the second day of the second F1 pre-season test at Circuit de Catalunya, Spain [Wednesday – 10am] 1. Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport 1m 19.830s 20 laps
Full testing times from the second day of the first F1 pre-season test at Circuit de Catalunya, Spain [Wednesday – FINAL]. 1. Fernando Alonso ESP McLaren F1 Team 2m 18.545s 11 laps
The third day of the 2018 Formula 1 pre-season testing was effectively washed out by snow and rain as a total of 17 laps were completed by all F1 teams with no competitive times set.
Fernando Alonso has played down the significance of his early Formula 1 pre-season testing crash on the opening day at Circuit de Catalunya as McLaren’s new Renault engine partnership took to the track.
Daniel Ricciardo has topped the times on the opening day of Formula 1 pre-season testing at Circuit de Catalunya having seen off a late flurry of quick times before the afternoon weather dampened proceedings for the first day of the 2018 season.
Full testing times from the opening day of the first F1 pre-season test at Circuit de Catalunya, Spain [Monday – 3PM]. 1. Daniel Ricciardo AUS Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 1m 20.179s 74 laps
Full testing times from the opening day of the first F1 pre-season test at Circuit de Catalunya, Spain [Monday – 1PM]. 1. Daniel Ricciardo AUS Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 1m 20.179s
Nico Hulkenberg says he admires Fernando Alonso “looking for fresh challenges” with his dual Formula 1 and World Endurance Championship campaign in 2018 but warns of the difficulties ahead.
Zak Brown says McLaren faces a “luxury situation” with the possible options it has at its disposal for its Formula 1 driver line-up for the 2019 season.
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier says he was 100 percent certain Fernando Alonso would leave the team after its disastrous third season of its Honda partnership in Formula 1.
McLaren has described Fernando Alonso’s commitment to Toyota and the World Endurance Championship as minimal and emphasised he’s a Formula 1 driver being loaned to endurance racing despite the date switch of the 6 hours of Fuji being solely to cater for the Spaniard.
Fernando Alonso has compared his early experiences with the Toyota TS050 LMP1 car to a rocket ship under acceleration after testing with the Japanese manufacturer at Aragon in preparation for the FIA World Endurance Championship ‘super season’.
As preparations for the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship ramp up the team launch dates are beginning to trickle through ahead of the start of winter testing in Barcelona which begins on the 26 th February.