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 just 17 hours after his farewell in Abu Dhabi, Alonso made an unplanned return to a F1 cockpit of the 2013 McLaren-Mercedes to give the car a shake down ahead of a motorsports cultural exchange with seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson at Bahrain International Circuit, where both drivers compared their respective race cars. In 2017, Alonso missed the Monaco Grand Prix to compete in the Indianapolis 500, driving for Andretti Autosport in a McLaren-branded car. On 3 May 2017 Alonso took place for the first time behind the wheel of an IndyCar and his first running on an