McLaren looked at some alternative options before Daniel Ricciardo’s confirmation that he will be remaining in their Formula 1 team next season. The Australian has been off the pace of team-mate Lando Norris since he joined the side at the beginning of last year, and he has now been out-qualified 24 times in 33 races
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Alpine’s Fernando Alonso has labelled Formula 1 “boring” due to the dominance by Red Bull and Ferrari this season. The top two teams have taken all of the 11 victories on offer this season between Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz. The only other team to feature on the podium this year
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Alfa Romeo CEO Jean-Philippe Imperato is delighted with the relationship his company currently have with Sauber amid rumours of an Audi takeover in 2026. Alfa Romeo began sponsoring Sauber in 2018 when they became a name partner, and they bought the naming rights from Peter Sauber in 2019, with the Swiss side struggling for cash
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A Formula 1 commentator has been suspended for making a horrendous comment about Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll. Lionel Froissart is a French commentator working for Belgian television channel RTBF sport, and he was covering the Austrian Grand Prix live on air when he insulted the Canadian. He described Stroll as “the autistic,” immediately stirring a
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Jan Lammers, boss of the Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort, has assured that there will be cordial conduct from “real” Dutch fans when the circus visits the Netherlands after the summer break. Hamilton was subjected to cheers when he crashed into the wall at the Austrian Grand Prix last weekend, and there were also allegations
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Former F1 team owner, Vijay Mallya, has been sentenced to jail by India’s Supreme Court, after being found guilty of failing “to disclose his assets after defaulting on a loan”. Mallya owned Force India, which took the place of former-team Spyker, who were bought out by a consortium that was co-led by Mallya himself. Force
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It was an Austrian Grand Prix to forget for Pierre Gasly, having been involved in collisions in both the Sprint and the main race, on his way to finishing the grand prix in 15th place. The Frenchman went well initially in Friday’s Qualifying session at the Red Bull Ring, after claiming P10 for Saturday’s Sprint.
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It was mixed-emotions for Scuderia Ferrari at the Austrian Grand Prix, as Charles Leclerc claimed his first victory since the Australian Grand Prix but Carlos Sainz suffered yet another dramatic power unit (PU) failure. The Italian team were looking highly likely for a 1-2 finish, with Sainz having been right on the back of second-place
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Former race director Michael Masi has opened up on his departure from the FIA in his first official, public statement since the controversial end to the 2021 season. Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen had gone into the final round of the year level on points, and it looked as though the 37-year-old was set
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has observed that Ferrari generally look quicker now than they have done in previous races, but he remains focused on his own side. The Scuderia have seemed to have much better race pace than they did before Barcelona, and part of that is owed to new rear wing they
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