Alonso

Fernando Alonso said he had to drive like a “kamikaze” in the corners after suffering an engine issue early in Formula 1's Canadian Grand Prix.

And even with that I was still quicker on the race. "And I had one second deficit more or less on the straights. Reliability on car 14 should be a little bit better.” So it was difficult." But we could still maybe be fighting for P3, P4. “So we tried to fix it.

Fernando Alonso was demoted two places following the Canadian Grand Prix after being given a five-second penalty for weaving on track.

That, in turn, dropped him down to ninth behind Bottas and his Alfa Romeo team-mate Zhou Guanyu. "The Stewards heard from the driver of car 14 (Fernando Alonso), the driver of car 77 (Valtteri Bottas) and team representatives and examined video evidence and telemetry from car 77," a statement from the FIA read. Fernando Alonso was handed a five-second penalty by the stewards after being found guilty of weaving to hold of Valtteri Bottas on the penultimate lap of Sunday's race in Montreal

Fernando Alonso has received a five-second time penalty for swerving on the straight in his duel with Valtteri Bottas. The two-time world champion gets five ...

Alonso is currently on five penalty points in the past 12 months. Thanks to his P7, Alonso could add a total of six points to the battle for the world championship this weekend, but that number has now been reduced to two. They both move up a spot.

Fernando Alonso has been given a five-second time penalty by the FIA for moving more than once while defending, dropping him two places.

The Stewards therefore impose a 5 seconds time penalty in line with that imposed for a similar incident in Australia 2022.” Alonso was called to the stewards to explain his actions, but the penalty given to him saw him drop from seventh to ninth depending on the outcome of the Bottas summons. Fernando Alonso has been given a five-second time penalty by the FIA for making more than one move while defending, dropping him two places to ninth in the Canadian Grand Prix.

Fernando Alonso says Alpine need to improve the reliability of his car after suffering an engine problem in the Canadian Grand Prix which he says cost him a ...

But it was very frustrating because my car was flying this weekend and I had one second deficit more or less on the straights and even with that I was still quicker on the race. “But then when the engine problem came, it was just trying to survive. Luckily we didn’t retire the car and we still scored a few points.”

On a weekend that promised so much, Fernando Alonso's challenging race in Montreal was made worse, after the Alpine driver was given a five-second time ...

A good start, I managed to overtake at the start and defend Charles mid-race, but he was too quick in the end… But it was very difficult to stay with Esteban [Ocon] or Charles [Leclerc] because on the straights we were losing one second. But the biggest problem was the engine, we had an engine problem in Lap 20 or something like that.