Lewis Hamilton brushed aside Fernando Alonso's promise to help Ferrari's Felipe Massa win the F1 title, saying it was none of his business what other drivers did.
Fernando Alonso all but wrapped up his second Formula One title with a win at Japanese Grand Prix.
Fernando Alonso passed a final medical examination on Thursday and will be able to participate in the Malaysian Grand Prix this weekend after the Spaniard missed the Formula One season-opener in Australia due to concussion.
Fernando Alonso led a Ferrari one-two in the German Grand Prix on Sunday after denying Brazilian team-mate Felipe Massa an emotional victory one year on from a near-fatal crash.
Fernando Alonso would be top of the list for Mercedes if Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton fails to agree a new deal with the team beyond this year.
Spain's first race winner and first F1 world champion shrugged off suggestion that he is the face of a new era.\n
Renault's Fernando Alonso defended his 2008 Singapore Grand Prix win as a proper victory on Thursday despite a race-fixing scandal that led to a suspended ban for the Formula One team.
The Renault's driver kept his head up after McLaren rival Kimi Raikkonen bit a sizeable chunk out of his Formula One lead.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was "more or less happy" to finish just off the podium at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday after a poor start left the Spaniard fighting tooth and nail for points.
Twice Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso said on Thursday he will decide his future shortly but dismissed media reports that he will make an announcement next week. He said reports that he would disclose his intentions in Monza next week are incorrect.
Fernando Alonso can take one of Michael Schumacher's many records on Sunday by becoming Formula One's youngest double world champion.
Formula One's pre-season mind games kicked off on Tuesday with Fernando Alonso having a dig at Red Bull after one of Sebastian Vettel's main mentors accused the Ferrari driver of playing politics last year.
Ferrari's Michael Schumacher qualified third with his Brazilian team mate Felipe Massa alongside.
What the Spaniard needs to do to become the Formula One champion, and what he needs others to do.
Jarno Trulli was second for Toyota, while Michael Schumacher took third place in the new F2005 in the first qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Fernando Alonso seized a longed-for victory in his first Italian Grand Prix for Ferrari on Sunday while Lewis Hamilton lasted less than a lap and handed the championship lead back to Australian Mark Webber.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso lost his lead in the Formula One championship but still found positives to take away from a Korean Grand Prix dominated by Red Bull rival Sebastian Vettel on Sunday.
Drivers watched in amusement as the monitor lizard, a familiar sight in Singapore, reacted to the chase with a sudden burst of speed after sauntering onto the circuit shortly after the start of the daylight session.
Renault's Fernando Alonso stormed to his second straight win at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday while McLaren's championship leader Lewis Hamilton failed to score.
Verstappen collided with Leclerc and twice with Mercedes' George Russell after the safety car restart.
Fernando Alonso failed to win a third Formula One championship on Sunday but the Ferrari driver still rated his season as the best of his career.
Fernando Alonso said allegations that his Renault team staged an accident to help the double Formula One world champion win last year's Singapore Grand Prix had surprised him as much as anyone. 'It is difficult to understand all this situation, all these investigations,' the Spaniard told reporters at the Italian Grand Prix on Thursday.
He became the first Spaniard to win his home grand prix on Sunday to the screaming adulation of a 130,000-strong crowd.
Fernando Alonso's move to Ferrari, confirmed on Wednesday, will give the Formula One driver merry-go-round the big push that everyone has been waiting for. The deal took nobody by surprise, with Finland's 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen making way for the Spaniard next year at the Italian team who now have Spanish bank Santander as major backers.
World champion Sebastian Vettel won the Korean Grand Prix in a Red Bull one-two finish on Sunday to take the overall Formula One lead from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso with four races remaining.
Fernando Alonso has had the French Grand Prix on his mind ever since he tried and failed to find a way past McLaren team mate Lewis Hamilton at Indianapolis.
The Briton said his stunning success is creating some tension between him and McLaren team mate Fernando Alonso.
A victorious Lewis Hamilton tried to speak a few words in Italian on the Monza podium on Sunday, but there was no winning over the red-capped crowd on the track beneath the McLaren driver.
Brazilian Felipe Massa finished second for Ferrari with Australian Mark Webber third for Red Bull.
George Russell took Mercedes' first win of the Formula One season in Canada on Sunday while McLaren's Oscar Piastri went 22 points clear in the championship after teammate Lando Norris smashed into him and retired.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton added the Italian Grand Prix to his list of Formula One victories on Sunday while Ferrari's Fernando Alonso stretched his overall championship lead to 37 points with third place.
Rediff Readers chat about the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix.
Ferrari's Formula One championship leader Fernando Alonso and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton crashed out of the Belgian Grand Prix at the start on Sunday.
But the Spaniard also believes that he will be able to fight back strongly in the last three and retain his title.
Last Sunday's Malaysian GP, says Raja Sen, was all about a master driver outclassing the field with a bad car.
Fernando Alonso led a Ferrari one-two in the German Grand Prix on Sunday after denying Brazilian team mate Felipe Massa an emotional victory one year on from a near-fatal crash.
Fernando Alonso improved his chances of claiming a third Formula One world title by storming to pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday.
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