Tags: McLaren
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Alonso last in Germany after ‘wrong bet’
Fernando Alonso was classified in P16, the last of the runners, at Sunday???s German Grand Prix, after a failed tyre gamble.
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Alonso has sympathy for beaten Vandoorne
Fernando Alonso has called for a “deep investigation” into Stoffel Vandoorne’s recent woes after the Belgian was out-qualified once again.
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Vandoorne: Worst Friday of my career
Slowest of all in both practice sessions, Stoffel Vandoorne has billed Friday’s running at the Hockenheim as the “worst” practice day of his career.
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Alonso to consider future ‘on the beach’
Fernando Alonso has said not to expect an announcement on his future before the 2018 summer break begins.
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Vandoorne ‘pretty sure’ of McLaren stay
Stoffel Vandoorne has said he is “pretty sure” that he has done enough to warrant a contract extension with McLaren for the 2019 season.
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De Ferran opens up on McLaren issues
New McLaren sporting director Gil de Ferran has given his first impressions on what needs to change in order to make the Woking team great again.
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Alonso expects difficult German GP weekend
McLaren can expect a trying weekend at the Hockenheimring with Fernando Alonso saying it won’t be “an easy track” for their MCL33.
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IndyCar boss denies McLaren said no to series
IndyCar CEO Mark Miles has quashed speculation that McLaren have decided against a 2019 IndyCar programme.
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Brown and McLaren would ‘welcome cost cap’
Zak Brown is feeling good about McLaren’s chances of being able to compete with the likes of Ferrari and Mercedes in future if a cost cap is introduced.
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Vandoorne: 2018 season ‘not a write-off’
Despite a poor first half to the season for McLaren, Stoffel Vandoorne has said that it is too early to write off their 2018 season.
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Alonso not in favour of revising points system
Fernando Alonso does not support a proposal to award points to every car that finishes a grand prix, saying it would detract from the miracles such as Jules Bianchi’s P9 in Monaco.
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Vandoorne ‘pretty sure’ of McLaren future
Despite lagging behind Fernando Alonso in the standings, Stoffel Vandoorne believes he has shown McLaren why he deserves a third season in 2019.
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Renault won’t ‘encourage’ Alonso rumours but…
Renault may not want to “encourage” rumours Fernando Alonso could return to the team with whom he won two World titles but “could still reach” a deal with the Spaniard.
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Alonso unimpressed with ‘soft’ stewarding
Fernando Alonso feels the British GP stewards were “soft” at Silverstone after failing to penalise Kevin Magnussen for his latest antics.
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Alonso: McLaren need to focus on qualifying
Acknowledging that McLaren are better in race-trim than on one lap pace, Fernando Alonso has urged his team to focus on qualifying in the coming races.
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Alonso explains ‘three Ferrari teams’ comment
Fernando Alonso stands by his comments that McLaren are up against “three Ferrari teams” given Haas and Sauber’s close association with the Scuderia.
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Vandoorne rues his ‘undriveable’ MCL33
Stoffel Vandoorne says his MCL33 was “undriveable” during qualifying for the British GP, explaining the almost a full second gap between himself and Fernando Alonso.
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Alonso: P13 was ‘best qualifying of the year’
Fernando Alonso has said that Saturday afternoon was his best qualifying session of the year for McLaren, despite the fact he failed to get into Q3.
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Alonso edges closer to engine penalties
The FIA has confirmed Fernando Alonso has taken on fresh power unit components ahead of the British Grand Prix.
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Alonso: Magnussen avoided a reprimand
Fernando Alonso reckons the fact that Kevin Magnussen has two reprimands is the only reason he avoid sanctions for his antics in FP1 for the British GP.
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Alonso: MCL33 ‘behaved well’ at Silverstone
Fernando Alonso is happy with how his McLaren is behaving around the Silverstone circuit, having finished P6 in FP2 on Friday afternoon.
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No further action after Alonso, Magnussen clash
The stewards have decided to take not further action between Fernando Alonso and Kevin Magnussen following their FP1 clash at Silverstone.
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Practice quotes: McLaren, Renault, Force India, Sauber
Fernando Alonso finished best of the rest with P6, while Nico Hulkenberg, Charles Leclerc and both Force Indias were in the top 10 in FP2.
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British Grand Prix: Friday’s FIA press conference
Zak Brown, Guenther Steiner and Claire Williams answered questions from the press – plus a rare appearance from Vijay Mallya.
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McLaren ‘years away’ from return to summit
Zak Brown has conceded that it is “going to take some time to fix” the problems that have contributed to the years of McLaren misery in Formula 1.
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Minor tweak to Renault’s turbo for Silverstone
Renault will introduce a minor modification to their turbos at this weekend’s British GP as they loo to improve reliability.
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Alonso: I’m not in charge, I just drive the car
Fernando Alonso has rubbished suggestions that he had any say in Eric Boullier’s exit, adamant he “just drives” the cars.
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Brown: McLaren overhaul ‘far from finished’
Executive director Zak Brown has warned that the restructuring process at McLaren is just getting started after the resignation of Eric Boullier.
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Boullier resigns after woeful start to the campaign
Eric Boullier has left McLaren with immediate effect, the former Racing Director paying the price for what has been a wretched start to this campaign.
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Pit lane to P8, Alonso ‘delivered the goods’
Fernando Alonso says he “delivered the goods” for McLaren in Austria as he raced his way from the pit lane to eighth place at the chequered flag.