News Details

Alonso tops shortened first session at Austin

Fernando Alonso went fastest in the first free practice session at Circuit of the Americas near Austin. The session's running was shorted to about 45 minutes following fog and issues with the medical helicopter. The session was initially delayed 4 times by 10 minutes due to fog not clearing. 40 minutes behind schedule, the session did eventually get underway, but only for 15 minutes, as then Charlie Whiting stopped the running again due to 'further problems with the medical helicopter'. Interestingly, it turned out that there is no medical helicopter present at the circuit, but it wasn't there at the start of the session either. 15 minutes into the session, Button set the fastest of only 5...
Full Story »
12y ago from F1Technical.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Alonso passes medical test at Austin

Fernando Alonso has passed medical checks at the Circuit of The Americas,...
12y ago from GPUpdate.net

F1 Video: Unique Helicopter Aerial View –...

Get a bird's eye view of the Circuit of the Americas with this unique...
12y ago from TheF1Poet.wordpre...

Prac One: Fog & missing choppers dominate

Fernando Alonso set the pace in a truncated first practice at Austin when...
12y ago from PlanetF1.com

Alonso given all clear to race in Austin

Fernando Alonso has been given the all-clear to race in this weekend's...
12y ago from RichlandF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

McLaren eyes Fernando Alonso reunion to complete...

Zak Brown has said he will "continue to bug" Fernando Alonso to...

Arrow McLaren unveils liveries for 2026 IndyCar...

Arrow McLaren has taken the wraps off its trio of challengers for the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Alvarez up front, no Odegaard: Arsenal's stunning...

Arsenal's XI next season could be even better than the one topping the...
7h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal fans will love what Martin Zubimendi was...

Martin Zubimendi was on the target for Arsenal for the second successive...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Watch: Martin Zubimendi scores long-range stunner to...

Martin Zubimendi has drilled a strike from outside the box to give Arsenal...
11h ago from CaughtOffside.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.