Fernando Alonso before being overtaken by Daniel Ricciardo only a couple of laps before the finish. Alonso finished sixth in the championship, with only one other podium, a third-place finish in China. In spite of his worst championship position during his time with Ferrari, he was far ahead of teammate Kimi Räikkönen in the championship. Alonso had severe disagreements with team director Marco Mattiacci. In November 2014 both Alonso and Scuderia Ferrari announced that the season would be his last with the team, with former title rival Sebastian Vettel replacing Alonso at Ferrari for the following season, both drivers leaving their previous
Fernando Alonso at the top of Eau Rouge, and finished 7th and 3rd respectively. At the , Alonso took a 45 place grid penalty and started the race from the very back of the grid, but finished in 7th, just as in Belgium. Alonso was partnered with Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne for the 2017 season. In April, Alonso announced plans to miss the to compete in the Indianapolis 500. In qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix, he made it to Q3 for the first time in 2017 and impressed with a seventh place on the start grid. He also managed to get the