News Details

Alonso facing engine change at Silverstone

McLaren driver Fernando Alonso may need to change his engine in this weekend's British Grand Prix, Honda has revealed. Both Alonso and Jenson Button were given 25-place grid penalties in the Austrian Grand Prix after having used their fifth power unit of the season. Alonso retired from the race before the end of the first lap when he was involved in a dramatic crash with Kimi Raikkonen. As as result of the accident, Alonso's engine may have been damaged and will likely need replacing. The team said, however, that it will revert to an old power unit in order to avoid a grid penalty.  Honda boss Yasuhisa Arai said Button's engine was still under investigation after it had a sensor failure...
Full Story »
10y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Alonso facing engine-change penalty at Silverstone

McLaren driver Fernando Alonso may need yet another new engine in this...
10y ago from Motorsport.com

Räikkönen, Alonso describe collision

imi Räikkönen and Fernando Alonso escaped unharmed from a dramatic...
10y ago from GPUpdate.net

Alonso: I'm in a transitional period for a few more...

Double world champion Fernando Alonso has described the 2015 Formula 1...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Ricciardo expects Brit GP fightback

After two dismal race weekends, Daniel Ricciardo believes Red Bull will...
10y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Long Beach to bring in new leadership for iconic event

Organizers of the annual Grand Prix of Long Beach event have announced...

Pato O’Ward joined by F2 champion in McLaren F1...

McLaren has announced its driver development program lineup for 2026,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Mikel Arteta gives intriguing response to question...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has spoken out on the reported addition...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

White Unlikely To Depart But Will Arsenal Strengthen...

With us now a few weeks into the New Year, the January transfer window has...
4h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Here we go: Arsenal & Liverpool transfer target...

Manchester City reportedly look to be closing in on the £20m transfer of...
10h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Red Bull pay emotional tribute to late founder

Red Bull's first foray into F1 power unit... Read More »
2h ago from GPFans.com

F1: Cadillac hits the track

Cadillac was in action at Silverstone today, as... Read More »
4h ago from Pitpass.com

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.