News Details

Alonso: Fifth place 'what we were expecting'

May 11th, 2013 (F1Plus / Chris Cameron-Dow) - Ferrari drivers Fernando Alonso qualified fifth and sixth respectively for tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix. However, Felipe Massa has been demoted three places after impeding Mark Webber during Q2 and will start the race from ninth on the grid. Qualifying has been Ferrari's weakness so far this season, in contrast to their race performance which has been impressive. The pole-sitting Mercedes team has been having the opposite problem, with strong qualifying pace and poor race pace, which meant it came as no surprise that Ferrari struggled to challenge right at the front in qualifying today. However, fifth place is not a bad result and puts Alonso...
Full Story »
12y ago from F1Plus.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Massa and Gutierrez penalised for impeding

Ferrari’s Felipe Massa and Sauber’s Esteban Gutierrez have...
12y ago from Formula1.com

Massa and Gutierrez get penalties

Felipe Massa will receive a three-place grid penalty for the Spanish...
12y ago from AutoSport.com

Massa, Gutierrez penalised three places in Spain

Felipe Massa and Esteban Gutierrez each got a three-place grid penalty...
12y ago from F1Pulse.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Miguel Oliveira reveals what’s ‘more difficult’...

Miguel Oliveira says WorldSBK’s race weekend format is harder to adapt...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Dual-tone Chevy ZR1X pace car revealed for...

The NTT IndyCar Series has revealed the Chevrolet pace car for the...

Rookie Caio Collet fastest in two-day Indy 500 open...

The NTT IndyCar Series held its traditional two-day open test for the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'I don't see them winning all the games' - Carragher...

Jamie Carragher has delivered a bold prediction about the Premier League...
58m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Man United lead Arsenal in the race for 50m-rated...

Manchester United are looking to sign Morten Hjulmand from Sporting CP. A...
18m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arteta: If you lose a match, they destroy you - you...

Mikel Arteta has urged his Arsenal players to "love" the noise...
38m ago from SkySports.com

Liverpool and Arsenal battling each other in race to...

Liverpool and Arsenal are reportedly aiming to sign Norwegian talent Eirik...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.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.