Ex-F1 driver Paul di Resta has been confirmed as part of McLaren’s pool of reserve drivers. McLaren have a deal with the Mercedes F1 Team to share the Silver Arrows’ two reserve drivers – Stoffel Vandoorne and Nyck de Vries – this season, but di Resta gives them another option should they be unavailable due
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The stewards have decided not to penalise Sergio Perez or Esteban Ocon for the collision between the pair in Free Practice One (FP1) at Imola which ended both of their sessions and brought out the red flags. The rear of Perez’s Red Bull made contact with the front of Ocon’s car at turn five and
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Sergio Perez must accept he is slower than Max Verstappen if he is to succeed at Red Bull, British F1 journalist Tom Clarkson has said. Speaking on the F1 Nation podcast, Clarkson, the host, said he believes as long as Perez is able to accept that he won’t be able to match Verstappen’s qualifying pace,
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Double F1 World Champion Fernando Alonso has said it is still too soon to say where Alpine stand in this year’s pecking order, especially as both pre-season testing and the season-opener took place at the same venue. Alpine’s 2021 car looked uncompetitive at the Bahrain Grand Prix, with Esteban Ocon well out of the points
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2016 F1 World Champion Nico Rosberg has insisted that Mick Schumacher “completely” deserves to be in Formula One due to his strong track record in junior categories. Mick, son of seven-time F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher, is racing with Haas in his rookie season after winning the 2020 Formula Two Championship. READ: ‘We’re Not Kids’:
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The Alpine F1 Team is wary that the intra-team rivalry between Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon could get out of hand, and team ambassador Alain Prost has said it’s “important that there are no dangerous games.” Following Daniel Ricciardo signing to join McLaren last campaign, Alpine inked a deal with Fernando Alonso for him to
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Rich Energy has attracted plenty of ridicule on social media after posting a mock-up of a 2022 F1 car sporting a black and gold livery which features its logos. The energy drink brand, which previously was the title sponsor of the Haas F1 Team, teased a return to Formula One by posting the mock-up earlier
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McLaren F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo has hit out at Formula One for over-promoting crashes as part of the action and appeal of the sport. “I think last year, F1 put on their social channels, like, ‘top 10 moments of the year’ or something, and eight of the ten were crashes,” Ricciardo said in an interview
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Senior Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has said he believes the Milton Keynes-based team have a good chance of retaining Max Verstappen over the coming years. The Dutch ace has a so-called “performance clause” in his contract which could allow him to walk away from Red Bull at the end of the season despite
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Carlos Sainz could soon “start to irritate” Charles Leclerc at Ferrari if he is able to start putting him under pressure and potentially emerge as the Scuderia’s number one driver, 1997 F1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve has said. Sainz, who raced with McLaren in 2020, joined Ferrari this campaign after they axed four-time World Champion
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