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 to light blue and finally blue typical Asturias in 2004. Starting the 2006 season, Alonso changed the style of colour design on his helmet, combining the previous bright blue with an additional yellow. The colours were reversed when he moved to McLaren in 2007. This time, Alonso wore a black and red helmet, along with customised colour schemes for the McLaren team. He also added a silver part in the back of the helmet. For 2008, Alonso switched back to one of his previous helmet designs, the yellow-blue coupled with a slight outward surrounding white helmet. Besides the rear helmet,