Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel has affirmed that the environment was not the determining factor in his decision to retire from Formula 1 at the end of the season. The German started his career at BMW Sauber in 2007 when he stood in for the injured Robert Kubica, and he scored a point in eighth at
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McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo was delighted when he saw a picture of Harry Styles wearing his merchandise while he was out in New York. The singer was seen out and about donning a shirt with the words ‘Daniel Ricciardo’ embroidered in capitals on the back of it, along with the rear of a race car. The
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Alpine CEO, Laurent Rossi, has launched an attack on Oscar Piastri following the breakdown of the relationship between team and driver. Piastri won the Formula 2 title last year while part of the Alpine academy, a year after the French team had helped fun his successful Formula 3 campaign. There was no room for the
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Oscar Piastri will reportedly earn just under £500,000 a year under his McLaren contract that will see him race with the British team until the end of 2024. The young Australian won the Formula 2 Championship last season, but could not find a seat in Formula 1 for this year. He was promoted to the
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Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, believes that the team’s junior programme remains a strong one despite one or two “underwhelming” performances in 2022. Liam Lawson, Juri Vips, Jehan Daruvala, Ayumu Iwasa, and Dennis Hauger have all been plying their trade in Formula 2 as part of the Red Bull system this season. In Formula
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2022 is looking set to be the most unsuccessful season of Sir Lewis Hamilton’s Formula 1 career, with the seven-time World Champion currently sixth in the Drivers’ Championship and yet to claim a victory. Hamilton has faced a difficult year as a result of the problems with the W13, most notably, the porpoising issue. Whilst the
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2009 world champion, Jenson Button, had a hilarious reply to Esteban Ocon after the Frenchman indicated that he is the second-best team-mate Fernando Alonso has had. Ocon is the 13th team-mate Alonso has raced alongside in his decorated career, with the first being Tarso Marquez in 2001 with Minardi, who would go on to become Toro
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Alpine reserve driver, Oscar Piastri, has revealed that he was considering calling Daniel Ricciardo to smooth out any awkwardness over the 21-year-old taking his compatriot’s seat at McLaren. Piastri started the year as a test and reserve driver for Alpine, shadowing full-time drivers, Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon. Team principal, Otmar Szafnauer, was trying to
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Lando Norris heads into the final six races of the season occupying the ‘best of the rest’ spot in the Drivers’ Championship, with the Brit currently sitting P7 with a comfortable 22-point-lead over eighth-placed Esteban Ocon. It’s been a frustrating season for the McLaren driver, with the Woking-based side having taken a step backwards since
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During a recent appearance on the Beyond the Grid podcast, Red Bull boss Christian Horner revealed that he has spoken to former Formula 1 race director Michael Masi “on a couple of occasions”. The Australian, who now works in the Australian Supercars series, was deemed to have made a “human error” at the controversial 2021
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