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 the Spaniard had scored up to the 2013 Japanese Grand Prix, and the words "F1 points World Record". The message was also accompanied with a thank you message in English, French and Italian. The helmet Alonso used at the 2017 Indianapolis 500 marked a departure from his usual F1 designs. Alonso wore a predominantly black lid with red, yellow and blue stripes running around it. This striping reflected the Asturias region's associated colours as per Alonso regular design. He also used this design at the 2017 United States Grand Prix with the only changes revolve around F1 specific sponsors, and