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 with new tyres and front wing. The car was damaged with a big hole in the front floor, this caused loss of downforce at the front and rear. Alonso finished seventh two places ahead of teammate Vandoorne, and his average lap time was 0.521 seconds quicker. Alonso would describe this race "one of the best races of my life". At the qualification for the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix Alonso with a heavily revised McLaren MCL33 reached Q3 for the first time in 2018, starting the race in eighth position on the grid; he then finished the race also in eighth.