News Details

Ecclestone: Alonso not an F1 great

Former owner of Formula 1 Bernie Ecclestone believes that Fernando Alonso is not a legend of the sport due to too many bad decisions made. Alonso has managed to pick up two world championships, but his last win was all the way back in 2013. The Spaniard, who is retiring at the end of the season, moved to his current team McLaren back in 2015 and has not managed a single podium finished with the side. Ecclestone admits that Alonso's one of the best drivers in F1 history but does not think he deserves 'legend' status. "He is definitely one of the best drivers, but sometimes he made the wrong decisions," Ecclestone told Bild. "He is certainly not the greatest in other...
Full Story »
7y ago from GPBlog.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Too many 'wrong decisions' for Alonso to be an F1...

Former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone believes the sum of Fernando Alonso's...
7y ago from F1i.com

Ecclestone laments Alonso's 'wrong decisions'

Sep.4 "Wrong decisions" mean Fernando Alonso will not be...
7y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Ecclestone laments Alonso’s ‘wrong decisions’

'Wrong decisions' mean Fernando Alonso will not be considered one of the...
7y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Alonso laments double-pain weekend and reliability woes

Fernando Alonso believes McLaren's level of performance at Monza could...
7y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Jacob Abel moves from IndyCar to sports cars after one...

After one season competing in IndyCar, Jacob Abel will make a transition...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Mikel Arteta singles out 'exceptional' Arsenal star...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has singled out Leandro Trossard for praise...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Former Arsenal cult hero tips his son to be playing in...

Former Arsenal right-back Emmanuel Eboue has backed his son Mathis Eboue...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'They play against the champions' - Liverpool star...

Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai laid out the gauntlet to Arsenal...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Helmut Marko reveals 2026 plans after Red Bull exit

Former Red Bull motorsport executive Helmut Marko... Read More »
1h ago from GPFans.com

Audi F1 car 'comes alive' after successful test

Audi have confirmed that they have fired up their... Read More »
46m ago from GPFans.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.