Ocon started two places ahead of Alonso in fifth, but having dropped behind Mercedes' George Russell, he had to fend off the Spaniard, the pair trading places several... read more »

The Spaniard was critical of his weekend-long performance in the Bahrain season opener, in which he played rear-gunner to team-mate Charles Leclerc in a Scuderia 1-2.This came... read more »

Ferrari and Carlos Sainz are close to signing a contract extension to keep the Spaniard at the team beyond this season. read more »

The Spaniard helped his Maranello squad to a 1-2 behind Charles Leclerc at the Bahrain Grand Prix, but was left frustrated by his own performance.He confesses to not being able... read more »

Carlos Sainz says the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend was the most difficult event he's endured at Ferrari, despite scoring a second-place finish in Sunday's race. The... read more »

Sainz revealed after Friday's practice running at the Bahrain International Circuit that he was struggling to understand the Ferrari F1-75 car over the short runs, leaving... read more »

At the scene of his first-ever F1 pole in 2019, Leclerc secured the top spot again at Sakhir after a nail-biting qualifying shootout, which featured three drivers within... read more »

When Fernando Alonso hugged him in 2018, Martin Brundle thought it represented the Spaniard's permanent goodbye from F1. read more »

While Alonso at 40 is now the oldest driver on the grid, Brundle thinks that the Spaniard is still in good enough shape to take on and beat much younger rivals.And he thinks F1... read more »

The Spaniard claimed the top time when the official test finished at 7pm local time, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen in second just under 0.5s behind the leader, and Lance... read more »

Sainz took over the lead from Alpine's Esteban Ocon, who had been fastest in the morning session, with some 90 minutes to go in the session. The Spaniard first set a... read more »

Carlos Sainz leapt to the top of the times in the fifth hour of running on Friday afternoon in Bahrain. The Spaniard went quickest with a 1:33.532 to hold a half second... read more »

Alpine completed just 12 laps on the final day of pre-season testing in Barcelona following a fire at the rear of their car. Alonso caused the first red flag of the day when he... read more »

Double world champion Fernando Alonso is heading into the Formula One season in an optimistic mood, with the Spaniard hoping the new 2022 rules can deliver enough of a shake up... read more »

The Spaniard joined Ferrari as a replacement for Sebastian Vettel at the beginning of last year and now heads in the 2022 campaign as the final season of the initial two-year... read more »

F1 pundits do not feel Carlos Sainz recevied the "credit he deserves" in 2021, the Spaniard beating Charles Leclerc at Ferrari. read more »

Age is an "advantage" for Fernando Alonso with the Spaniard saying with it comes experience many youngsters don't have. read more »

The Spaniard turned 40 last July, and with his contemporary Kimi Raikkonen now retired he is the oldest driver on this year's grid, ahead of 37-year-old Lewis... read more »

Norris spent two seasons racing alongside Sainz at McLaren prior to the Spaniard's switch to Ferrari for 2021, where he partnered Charles Leclerc.Sainz enjoyed his most... read more »

Esteban Ocon has hailed Alpine team-mate Fernando Alonso as a "legend" of F1 after picking up "a lot of things" from the Spaniard throughout 2021. read more »

The progress of youngsters like the Spaniard himself, Charles Leclerc, George Russell and Lando Norris, has opened the possibility of new faces gunning for victories as their... read more »

Alpine's Fernando Alonso says his comeback season to Formula 1 this year has been "fantastic to me". After spending two years away from the sport following a... read more »

Newly-crowned Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen believes Fernando Alonso is deserving of a front-running seat in the sport. Alonso returned to F1 in 2021 following a... read more »

Spanish bank, Santander, will return as a key sponsor of the Ferrari Formula 1 team and its endurance programme after inking a new multi-year deal. Santander has long been... read more »

Hamilton lost out in the Abu Dhabi finale after a late safety car cost him his advantage over Verstappen, and allowed the Dutchman to take fresh tyres and then jump ahead on... read more »