Alpine are reported to have been asked to pay €10 million to acquire the services of Pierre Gasly from AlphaTauri in 2023. The French team entered the season with Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon as their full-time drivers, and Oscar Piastri as reserve. The Spaniard was out of contract at the end of 2022, so
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Robert Reid, vice president of the FIA, has moved to cool speculation around who may have breached the financial regulations in 2021. The governing body brought in a cost cap last year, with the teams required to avoid spending any more than $145 million. They were also asked to keep a record of their outgoings
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Following on from being awarded a five-place grid penalty for the Japanese Grand Prix, outgoing Williams driver Nicholas Latifi has revealed his frustration at the FIA failing to listen to his side of the story, after his collision with Zhou Guanyu at the Singapore Grand Prix. Whilst battling for P18 at the wet Marina Bay
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At a time when there is so much talk surrounding how difficult it will be for Daniel Ricciardo and Mick Schumacher to return to Formula 1 in the future should they fail to get a 2023 seat, Williams’ Alex Albon is living proof that such a thing is very much possible. The Thai driver who raced
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Former Formula 1 drivers, Karun Chandhok and Paul di Resta, received retorts from fans after they suggested Pierre Gasly was partially at fault for his near miss with a recovery vehicle in Japan. At the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, Jules Bianchi was involved in a collision with a crane that had been sent out to
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Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, has indicated that it is entirely possible the cost cap debacle will end up being settled in court. The FIA introduced financial regulations last season, prohibiting the teams from spending any more than $145 million on their car, as well as development for this year under in preparation for the
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Following the announcement that Pierre Gasly is joining Alpine next season, AlphaTauri finally confirmed prior to FP3 at the Japanese Grand Prix that Mercedes reserve Nyck de Vries will be taking the Frenchman’s place next season. The 2019 F2 World Champion and the season seven Formula E World Champion has been linked with a move
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Alpine headed into this weekend’s returning Japanese Grand Prix in desperate need of a really good result for both Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon, after both drivers suffered engine failures at last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix. The “unbelievable” double DNF for the Enstone-based team was made even more miserable for them with their rivals, McLaren, having a
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Nyck de Vries has revealed that Max Verstappen played an integral role in him signing with AlphaTauri next season. The Red Bull junior side had initially signed Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda for another year, but Alpine came knocking for the Frenchman when they lost both Fernando Alonso and Oscar Piastri in the space of
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The first Japanese Grand Prix since 2019 will be remembered for all the wrong reasons, despite Max Verstappen having claimed his second World Championship after claiming what was his 12th victory of the season. Whilst already being under pressure for a lack of consistency throughout the season and ahead of Monday’s budget cap announcement, the FIA were thrown into further
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