Fernando Alonso in the United States Grand Prix just after his collision with Lance Stroll. Note his ideal-hand-aspect mirror.Image: Mark Thompson (Getty Visuals) One particular of the most surprising times of past Sunday’s United States Grand Prix was when Lance Stroll’s blatant block on Alpine’s Fernando Alonso. As Alonso attempted […]
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Fernando Alonso’s F1 Comeback Race Was Ruined by a Sandwich Baggie
Fernando Alonso has not had an easy return to racing in Formula One. The 39-year-old, two-time world champion has contended with quarantine issues that saw him miss the Alpine team’s car launch and a cycling crash that hospitalized him and meant he will be racing this season with metal plates […]
Fernando Alonso Undergoes Successful Jaw Surgery After Being Hit by a Car
Alpine F1 team has given an update on Fernando Alonso’s condition after it announced he was involved in a road accident while cycling Thursday and had to be taken to the hospital. The team issued a statement confirming reports that Alonso had been injured and a police report gave further […]
Fernando Alonso Hospitalized After Being Hit By a Car While Cycling
Two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso has been “involved in a road accident while cycling in Switzerland,” according to an official statement by the Alpine F1 Team. Luckily, the French squad has also confirmed that Alonso is fully conscious and awaiting further medical evaluation. Alonso’s team announced the incident […]
Here’s Proof That Fernando Alonso Can Still Thrash His First Title-Winning Renault F1 Car
When last we saw Fernando Alonso behind the wheel of the Renault R25, he was 24, and on the cusp of winning the first of two Formula 1 championships. That was 15 years ago, and since then, Alonso has left Renault, returned, left again, spent a troublesome few years at […]
Fernando Alonso Is This Year’s First Indy 500 Practice Crash
Beloved two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso became the first person to crash out in practice for this year’s Indianapolis 500, reports Racer. Alonso was unhurt, although it’s certainly a bummer to be the first in this regard. The crash happened with 43 minutes to go in the session and […]
Fernando Alonso on Proving Himself at the Indy 500, This Time Without Fans
It might look like the 2020 Indy 500 will go down in history for all the wrong reasons: no Memorial Day racing, no fans, no Bump Day, less prize money for the teams and drivers, and no women drivers for the first time in two decades. But it’s not all […]
Fernando Alonso Returns to Renault for 2021 Formula 1 Season
As Fernando Alonso is allegedly about to demonstrate, history has an amusing way of repeating itself. After winning two consecutive Formula 1 world championships at Renault, and narrowly missing a third during his first year at McLaren, Alonso returned to the Enstone-based team for a fruitless stint before bailing on […]
Fernando Alonso’s 2020 Indy 500 Car Is Ready to Hopefully Do Something Cool This Year
Fernando Alonso and the enigmatic McLaren IndyCar squad—now paired with Schmidt Peterson Motorsport—are giving the Indianapolis 500 another shot this year. Their last attempt, as we all know, did not go well, though top brass at McLaren has acknowledged these issues and seemingly corrected what they can for 2020. Alas, […]
Fernando Alonso Completes Dominant Virtual Sweep at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
We knew going into this weekend’s The Race Legends Trophy event that it’d be one to watch. With the likes of Mario Andretti and Fernando Alonso competing against one another at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, it was destined to be a thriller. However, what we couldn’t guess was that Alonso would […]
Fernando Alonso and Mario Andretti Will Go Wheel-to-Wheel in Epic Sim Race This Weekend
There are some motorsport matchups that could only happen in your mind—Hamilton versus Fangio, Schumacher versus Ascari. Another example would be Mario Andretti versus Fernando Alonso, two all-time greats separated by some 42 years in age. However, the latter will become a reality this weekend as The Race’s Legends Trophy […]