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 which then had to pit to have it fixed. This dropped the car from the lead lap to 25 laps down. Later in the race the same problem happened again. The car finished in 38th place overall, 90 laps down on the winners, and 13th place in class. On 27 November 2018 it was announced that Alonso would race in the 2019 24 Hours of Daytona for Wayne Taylor Racing. Alonso with co-drivers Kamui Kobayashi, Jordan Taylor and Renger van der Zande will drive the No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R. On 19 November 2017 Alonso participated in the FIA