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The ninety-third photograph to feature in BlogF1’s caption contest. You know the drill, think of something funny and witty to say and leave it as a comment below. This time around we have a photo of Fernando Alonso taken back in 2007 when the Spaniard drove for McLaren. Here is Alonso addressing a group of children taking part in his Karting Challenge in Barcelona. Continue Reading

Just as I did following the Malaysian Grand Prix two weeks ago, I once again feel compelled to discuss the hopeless start to Ferrari’s 2009 championship campaign. As reigning constructors champions, with one of the largest budgets in the sport and with the skill and experience within the squad, one has to seriously wonder what on earth is going on at Maranello. Tactical errors were avoided during Kimi Raikkonen’s and Felipe Massa’s races today, but the severe under-performance from the F60 is very worrying. Continue Reading

BMW have announced that Robert Kubica will be given a KERS-fitted car on Friday when he takes part in free practice for the Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai circuit. The Polish driver has been forced to run a non-KERS car so far this season because the added weight negates the advantage from the added boost in horsepower. However, BMW have been working hard at shedding some pounds from the F1.09 and the team will evaluate its effectiveness on Friday. Continue Reading

It has been reported that Fernando Alonso is carrying an ear infection this weekend, which explains his unusual practice performance this morning. In the first session, Alonso only managed twelve laps and a sixteenth fastest time, and in the second the Spaniard completed just twenty (in comparison to others who managed 35-40) and set the fifteenth fastest time. In both practice runs, team mate Nelson Piquet Jr. finished ahead. Continue Reading

The second of the final test of the pre-season wrapped up earlier, and this time Fernando Alonso managed to set the fastest lap in the Renault R29. Alonso posted a time in the 78 second frame and was 0.055s faster than the chasing Rubens Barrichello. Alonso lost a lot of time during yesterday’s session after an accident meant he had to wait in the garage for most of the afternoon. Today though, the Spaniard was enjoying a more productive time, completing 103 laps to become the second busiest driver of the day. Continue Reading

On the final day of the penultimate group test before the Australian Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso has placed his Renault at the top of the timing sheets after completing 129 laps of the Jerez circuit. Alonso was the only driver to post a sub-80s lap time and led Kimi Raikkonen’s Ferrari and Nick Heidfeld’s BMW. It wasn’t a perfect test day for the teams though, as high winds hampered efforts to refine set ups and make comparisons between runs. Continue Reading

Williams weren’t the only team showing off a new car this morning as Renault too took the wraps off their 2009 challenger in Portugal. The Enstone-based team had both Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet Jr. available to do the honours, and as the R29 was unveiled, a new livery could be seen dressing the 2009 car. Piquet Jr. took the machine out a for a few installation laps in the morning, but most of the talk centred around the team’s use of a shark fin engine cover. Continue Reading

The seventy-second photograph to feature in BlogF1’s caption contest. You know the drill, think of something funny and witty to say and leave it as a comment below. Fernando Alonso recently returned to his native Spain after the 2008 season closed, and here the double world champion is helping out the Spanish arm of the United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF as part of a campaign organised by Renault sponsor ING. Continue Reading

It isn’t the first time that rumours concerning Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso have made their way around the Formula One gossip columns, but it is perhaps the first since the seven-times world champion hung up his boots and retired. However, while Schumacher is just an advisor to the company now, only occasionally testing the Formula One cars, he is likely to be an expensive cog in the cost-cutting machine, and his position is to be evaluated according to Stefano Domenicali. Continue Reading

The sixty-fifth photograph to feature in BlogF1’s caption contest. You know the drill, think of something funny and witty to say and leave it as a comment below. I’m so sorry this week’s caption contest is late – I completely forgot what day of the week it was. But now Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton are best of friends again, I can post this funny image from the 2007 Italian Grand Prix press conference. I have no idea why Alonso was making a face like this, but team mate Hamilton doesn’t look overly impressed. Continue Reading