Fernando Alonso

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes hands young Kevin Magnussen a happy new year as they increased his duties in the Young Driver Programme for the 2012 season. At the age of 19, Magnussen appears to be following in the steps of his father, Jan Magnussen, but his own talent is what allowed him to take the next step on the ladder to reach the pinnacle of open-wheel racing. “I’m really pleased by this new agreement with Vodafone McLaren Mercedes. The...  

LONDON: Fernando Alonso reckons Ferrari still have a lot of work to do before Melbourne, saying they are only “20%” there with their new F2012. Ferrari’s first pre-season test got off to a subdued start with the Italian stable failing to match the ...  

Ferrari's worrying start to the 2012 pre-season got a boost on Friday when Fernando Alonso topped the times in the famous team's new car. Earlier, when Red Bull's Dietrich Mateschitz was in the paddock, he wondered to Blick newspaper: "What's up with Ferrari?  

JEREZ, Spain (AP) – Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso finished with the fastest session Friday in Formula One’s first preseason test. The Spanish two-time world champion had a quickest lap of 1 minute, 18.877 seconds to go seven-tenths faster than ...  

(AGI) Jerez - Fernando Alonso was fastest in the morning session of the fourth and final day of tests in Jerez de la Frontera. The Spanish Ferrari driver lapped in 1:18:877, the fastest of 22 laps in the new F2012. Jean Eric Vergne came second in his Toro ...  

The model girlfriend of Formula 1 ace Fernando Alonso's is suing a U.S. escort website for using pictures of her to peddle a £700-an-hour prostitute. Former Miss Switzerland runner-up Xenia Tchoumitcheva said she was 'horrified' to find photos of her ...  

Fernando Alonso says little can be read into the fact that he topped the times in Jerez today during Formula One testing, stressing that the results mean little at this stage of the winter. Alonso at least gave Ferrari some PR mileage after a ...  

autosport.comAlonso gives Ferrari late test boostNDTVJerez: Former double world champion Fernando Alonso clocked the fastest time on the final day of Formula One testing on Friday, ending a frustrating week for the Italian giants on a high. His time of 1min 18.877sec, off 39 laps, was good enough to keep ...Ferrari's Alonso fastest on last day of Jerez testsFirstpostF1: Alonso Gives Ferrari A Boost In JerezSPEEDtv.comFerrari's Alonso ends 1st...  

Cumbrian racing star Oliver Turvey has beaten Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button – after becoming the first driver to get behind the wheel of the new McLaren Formula 1 car. Turvey, a test and development driver for McLaren, took part in the first shakedown ...  

The Scuderia Ferrari team and Felipe Massa completed their second day of Formula One winter testing at Jerez on Wednesday. Massa has now wrapped-up his testing stint as Thursday sees teammate Fernando Alonso take over the development work on the new F2012 car.  

Fernando Alonso is unlikely to have the fastest car, but the 2012 Ferrari should be good enough for the Spaniard to win the title. That is the claim of Flavio Briatore, the former Renault team boss who is still linked to former double world champion Alonso ...  

Lewis Hamilton is better than Sebastian Vettel. That is the sensational claim of Hamilton's former nemesis and McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso. Fernando AlonsoPhoto by: Ferrari Media Center Like Ferrari driver Alonso, Vettel is now a back-to-back world champion, while Briton Hamilton's only title was won in 2008. But Spaniard Alonso thinks Hamilton is better than the Red Bull star. "Lewis is so fast, aggressive, totally focused. He is...  

Ferrari have revealed their driver schedule for the upcoming pre-season tests, with Felipe Massa behind the wheel of their new car for the first two days at Jerez next week. The Brazilian will hand over to Fernando Alonso on Thursday and Friday ...  

• McLaren launch new car at Woking base• Sutil's comments are given the brush-offMcLaren launched their new Formula One car before a global audience on Wednesday. And the global audience dutifully gawped in wonder, even though the new creation, the MP4-27, motionless and driverless and tilting sharply to the right, looked as if it had just come off the track at Suzuka's notorious 130R turn.McLaren's more significant relaunch at their glitzy...  

With seats expected to become available at all the major rivals - Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes - come the end of the ... end of last season as the pain of his break-up with girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger compounded a number of on-track accidents, Hamilton ...