News Details

Fernando in a Jaguar

With Eric Silbermann reminiscing over past days spent in the cold during testing at Silverstone, his feature looks back at a time when unlimited testing led to more opportunities for drivers to try different cars. One such driver was Fernando Alonso who, during his year as Renault test driver, also got a run out in the Jaguar at Silverstone in 2002. Jaguar used the test to provide a benchmark for the other drivers it ran that week, as well as having a look at Alonso in case he did not get promoted at Renault the following year. For the record, Alonso was marginally quicker than Jaguar race driver Pedro de la Rosa on the day.
Full Story »
9y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Eric Silbermann: A winter's tailwind

The lack of pre-season F1 testing for the teams this year leads F1i's...
9y ago from F1i.com

Winter games

This is how Sochi Autodrom looks like these days, a hardly surprising...
9y ago from F1i.com

Dennis says F1 must look outside for Ecclestone...

McLaren chairman Ron Dennis thinks Formula 1 must look outside of the...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Villain of the Year: Bernie Ecclestone

As long as Bernie Ecclestone continues to be at the helm of Formula 1 he...
9y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Honda confirms Jorge Martin ‘an option’ for 2026...

Honda Team Manager Alberto Puig has reiterated its interest in signing...

Gresini reveals extent of Alex Marquez's injuries...

Gresini Racing team manager Michele Masini revealed the extent of Alex...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Feature: Evaluating IndyCar’s hybrid power system...

The NTT IndyCar Series introduced its long-developed hybrid system in the...

RLL having to ‘unwind’ and ‘backtrack’...

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing is making a concerted effort to move...

IndyCar will not return to Thermal Club in 2026...

According to comments made by Thermal Club founder and owner Tim Rogers,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Oliver Solberg goes Rally1 – Sebastien Ogier enters...

After dominant victories in WRC2 in Rally Sweden, Portugal and most...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Journalist feels Arsenal are 'going to lose' player...

Arsenal attacker Ethan Nwaneri could be on his way out of the club during...
51m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Romano confirms 'contacts are taking place' for...

Arsenal are hoping to sign Noni Madueke from Chelsea during the summer...
31m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Real Madrid youngster holds talks with Real Madrid to...

Endrick has held talks with Real Madrid amid uncertainties surrounding his...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Ex-Arsenal star Thomas Partey charged with 5 counts of...

Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has been charged with five counts...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

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.