Scuderia AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly has said that having a rookie team-mate in Yuki Tsunoda last season led to more responsibility being placed on his shoulders. The Frenchman was signed to Toro Rosso late in 2017 to replace the struggling Daniil Kvyat; the Russian was dropped from the Red Bull programme having been demoted from
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Mercedes EQ Formula E driver Stoffel Vandoorne does not believe that there is a cloud over Sir Lewis Hamilton’s future in Formula 1 after the seven-time champion missed out on his eighth title to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. The 2021 championship was decided in controversial fashion at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, when a strange
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Alpine driver Fernando Alonso is bemused at persistent questions as to whether he is still happy having returned to Formula 1 in 2021. Following a two-year hiatus after his McLaren departure in 2018, the Spaniard signed with the French team for this year, and managed 15 points finishes on his way to the P10 in
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McLaren’s Lando Norris thinks that the new Formula 1 cars in 2022 will be vastly different to 2021, and that every driver will have to adapt and improvise to succeed under the new regulations. Following five seasons of high levels of downforce on the cars, 2022 will see reduced downforce, 18-inch tyres, and the return
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz has spoken of his future with the Scuderia, as he has just one year left on his contract with the Maranello-based team. Sainz scored four podiums on his way to a fifth-placed championship finish, out-scoring highly rated team-mate Charles Leclerc in his debut Ferrari season. The pair guided the Scuderia to P3
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AlphaTauri boss Franz Tost has said that Yuki Tsunoda’s outbursts on the radio over the course of 2021 are “not good for the team” and added that he will discourage the 21-year-old from blowing off steam in a public manner in the future. Tsunoda was signed to AlphaTauri for his rookie year in Formula 1
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The Formula 1 paddock is looking forward to seeing George Russell partner Sir Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes next year, in what should be one of the most exciting driver pairings on the grid. Russell managed a podium finish in the bizarre Belgian Grand Prix in 2021, while also scoring points on four occasions en route
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has moved to cool rumours that Sir Lewis Hamilton may leave Formula 1 after missing out on his eighth world title in 2021. Hamilton lost out on the title to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen on the very last lap of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in a race
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2016 Formula 1 world champion Nico Rosberg has said that he believes new FIA president Mohammed ben Sulayem must implement changes to make for cleaner racing in 2022. Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen were involved in multiple contentious moment on track throughout 2021, with the stewards and race director Michael Masi seeming to lose
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Alpine F1 driver Esteban Ocon is happy with the work done over the course of 2021 by his team, as the French constructor managed a fifth-placed finish in the teams’ championship. The Alpine name emerged as a rebranding of the Renault team in a bid to further promote their sports brand, and Ocon also found
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