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 26kg (57 pounds) of ballast, and try to advantages in the pits and with stint length nullified. The No. 8 Toyota of Nakajima, Buemi and Alonso qualified 0.091 seconds behind the No.7 Toyota. Starting the 2018 6 Hours of Shanghai second, the No. 8 Toyota of Alonso, Nakajima and Buemi also finished second after losing time midway through the race under a Safety Car. Alonso's helmet manufactured by Bieffe (2001), Arai (2003–2009, 2016), Schuberth (2010–2015) Bell (2017–) has the flag of Spain surrounding the helmet and shades of blue which are adapted from Asturias flags. All of Alonso helmets have