Fernando Alonso hopes to be racing for McLaren at this weekend's Chinese Formula One Grand Prix but the Spaniard says he is taking nothing for granted ahead of a fitness test at the Shanghai circuit. The double world champion fractured his ribs in a crash at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on March 20 and the governing FIA's medical team then ruled him out of the subsequent race in Bahrain. He will undergo more tests at the Chinese circuit on Thursday before the third round of the 21-race season. "It was disappointing to be told I couldn't race in Bahrain, but I fully respected the decision of the FIA medical team," he said on Tuesday in a team preview for the race. "While I hope I'll be back in the cockpit on Friday (for practice), until I get the all-clear from the doctors to race, whenever that may be, we cannot assume anything.
The 24-year-old Spaniard will start from the top slot for the fifth consecutive race
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso roared to victory in the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday, making amends for crashing out of the previous race in Malaysia.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso thrilled home fans by winning an incident-packed European Grand Prix in Valencia on Sunday to take the overall championship lead and become Formula One's first repeat winner of the season.
The world champion finished ahead of Ferrari's Michael Schumacher and McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen.
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.
Fernando Alonso, who left Formula One at the end of 2018 after a final season with McLaren, won his championship titles with Renault in 2005 and 2006.
Australian Oscar Piastri roared back from season-opening disappointment in his home race by winning the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix from pole position in a McLaren one-two with championship-leading teammate Lando Norris on Sunday.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso had precautionary checks in hospital after hurting his back on a heavy jolt over the kerbs at the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday.
Formula One legend Michael Schumacher has accused rivals Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso of coming in his way during various stages of qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix.
'The hunger is always there. After one year and a half without being close to the podium, I have more motivation. I come out as a lion in every race'
While 40-year-old racers were relatively common in the sport's early days, they are a rarity in modern Formula One with an increasing emphasis on youth.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso emphasised the positives on Sunday after Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel dashed the Spaniard's hopes of seizing back the lead in the Formula One championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The 35-year-old, who quit international football in 2014, took to Twitter, to reveal his decision.
Renault's Fernando Alonso condemned racist supporters on Friday after hate messages were posted on a Spanish website targeting Formula One title favourite Lewis Hamilton. McLaren's Hamilton, the sport's first black driver, is poised to become the youngest Formula One champion at the age of 23 in Sunday's season-ending race.
Lewis Hamilton snatched pole position from McLaren team mate and bitter rival Fernando Alonso with a last gasp flying lap at the end of a wet and foggy Japanese Grand Prix qualifying session on Saturday.
McLaren's Fernando Alonso has been ruled out of Sunday's Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix on medical grounds following his huge crash in the Australian season-opener on March 20. The governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement that the decision had been taken after a medical examination at the Sakhir circuit on Thursday. "Two sets of chest CT scans were compared and it was decided that there was insufficient resolution of the signs to allow him to compete on safety grounds," the statement said.
McLaren's Fernando Alonso was involved in a heavy crash on the final day of pre-season testing in Barcelona on Sunday but is "ok and conscious", officials said.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was unshaken in his belief that he can win this season's Formula One title despite rival Sebastian Vettel taking another dominant pole position at the Indian Grand Prix on Saturday.
The Spaniard said it is hard to predict the outcome of the British Grand Prix, with Ferrari resurgent after a one-two in France.
Fernando Alonso has credited McLaren with restoring the motivation he lost after five years at Ferrari.
Fernando Alonso won the Italian Grand Prix while teammate Lewis Hamilton finished close on his heels on second.
The Brazilian said he would never forget the team's support for him after his near-fatal head injury at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix.
Fernando Alonso says Renault must be fully behind his bid for a second successive Formula One title this weekend because it matters more than the constructors' crown.
Schumacher was the quickest, 0.172 seconds ahead of champion Alonso, on a damp track after morning drizzle at an overcast circuit.
Fernando Alonso has shrugged off accusatory comments by future Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa and said their relationship would not suffer next season. Massa caused a storm ahead of his home Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday when he told local reporters Renault's double world champion Alonso must have known about his team's tactics in last year's Singapore Grand Prix that helped the Spaniard win.
Speculation about Fernando Alonso's F1 future shifted into overdrive even as he prepares to fight for his third title.
The 22-year-old Briton was unimpressed after being forced off the track by Fernando Alonso at the start of the Belgian Grand Prix.
The Spaniard took pole position alongside team mate Lewis Hamilton in an all-McLaren front row for the Italian Grand Prix.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso rewrote the Formula One form book by winning his home Spanish Grand Prix for the second time on Sunday.
Sebastian Vettel looked forward to following in Michael Schumacher's Formula One footsteps after Ferrari confirmed on Thursday that the four times world champion would replace Fernando Alonso next season on a three-year deal.
