Austin Practice 1: Alonso on top at the end of delayed session 15 November, 2013 Fernando Alonso was fastest in FP1 Fernando Alonso topped the timing screens at the end of the first free practice session of the United States Grand Prix weekend, at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Dense fog caused a half hour delay to the start of proceedings, and when they finally got underway the running was brief before the red flag waved to stop the action, because the medical helicopter was not at the venue for some odd reason. As a result what should have been a typical 90 session was truncated to around half an hour. Alonso, who was nursing a back injury, set the session best early on, but...
Full Story »