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 fastest lap of the race at the Hungarian Grand Prix In September 2017, McLaren announced that they would switch to Renault power units for 2018, therefore on 19 October 2017, McLaren announced that Fernando Alonso had re-signed for 2018 onward. Alonso would once again partner Stoffel Vandoorne for the 2018. At the Australian Grand Prix, Alonso scored the team's best result since 2016 with a fifth-place finish. However, in Bahrain Alonso missed out on the Q3 session and finished a distant and lapped seventh. Alonso also admitted seventh was a mere "coincidence" due to faster cars retiring and that McLaren