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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Red Bull adviser, Dr Helmut Marko, has observed that Max Verstappen is no longer “freaking out” when not all is going his way at the start of the weekend. The Dutchman signed with Red Bull in 2016 after just one season with Toro Rosso, and he won on his debut at the 2016 Spanish Grand
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Alpine CEO, Laurent Rossi, has affirmed that he has no intention of making a hasty decision over the team’s driver line-up heading into next season. Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon started the year as Alpine’s full-time drivers, with Oscar Piastri in behind as a test and reserve having won the Formula 2 title. Alonso was
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has insisted that he has no grudge against Max Verstappen after the controversial finish to last year’s championship battle. The pair went into the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix level on points after 21 exhilarating rounds, and it was the seven-time champion who looked well on course for his eighth. While he
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Following on from his announcement prior to the Hungarian Grand Prix that he’d be retiring at the end of the season, Sebastian Vettel has reiterated that it’s his choice to retire and that it wasn’t influenced by actions taken by Aston Martin owner Lawrence Stroll. Some interesting rumours began to circulate that Stroll had decided to drop
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Lando Norris has described Max Verstappen as “one of the most talented drivers ever,” and joked that the Dutchman should try driving a slower car. Verstappen’s rise to the top was an astronomical one when he completed a practice session with Toro Rosso in 2014 at just 17 years of age. That was during his
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With so much history between Germany and Formula 1, fans have begged for the championship to return to the home of Mercedes instead of racing in money-rich countries. However, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has insisted that Germany isn’t showing any interest in hosting a race. The official German Grand Prix last took place in 2019
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1996 world champion, Damon Hill, reckons that Charles Leclerc cuts a more nervous figure behind the wheel of his Ferrari than Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. The Monegasque came into the season with one of the quickest cars on the grid after the Scuderia had mastered the technical regulations, and he won two of the opening
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