Alpine’s Fernando Alonso has offered a hand of apology to Sir Lewis Hamilton after his comment about him on the radio during the Belgian Grand Prix. After grid penalties were given to Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Alonso’s team-mate, Esteban Ocon, in Spa, Alonso and Hamilton started the race third and fourth, respectively. The Briton
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The FIA is reportedly looking into whether Colton Herta is eligible to be granted a Super Licence that would let him join the F1 grid. Silly season has been blown wide open in recent weeks following the news that Fernando Alonso will be leaving Alpine to replace Sebastian Vettel at Aston Martin. Alpine had intended
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After not working since the controversial 2021 season finale, former F1 race director Michael Masi is back, after being appointed Chair of Supercars Commission in Australia. Masi was dropped as F1 race director over the winter, after the FIA’s investigation into his handling of the 2021 season finale came to the decision that he had
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Williams driver Alex Albon has confirmed that he is no longer going to be part of the Red Bull programme after the end of this season. Albon made his debut with Red Bull’s junior team, Toro Rosso, in 2019, having finished third in the Drivers’ Standings in Formula 2 the year previous. George Russell came
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McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo has no ill will towards Oscar Piastri or his manager Mark Webber amid the 21-year-old’s imminent move to the British team. Ricciardo left Renault to join McLaren at the end of the 2020 season, but his partnership with Lando Norris has been a tough one blighted by an incompatibility with the car.
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Esteban Ocon produced a sensational performance at the Belgian Grand Prix to seal a double points finish for the Alpine F1 Team, despite having started from P16. The Frenchman had actually qualified fifth but took a grid penalty for an engine change, which saw the Alpine driver exceed his legal limit. This didn’t stop the 25-year-old
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Jenson Button has confirmed that a documentary series telling the story of Brawn GP and the 2009 season is coming to Disney+. Said story is without a doubt one of the most remarkable in the history of Formula 1. A few months before the start of the 2009 campaign, Button was left without a seat
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Christian Horner hasn’t ruled out the possibility of Red Bull letting Pierre Gasly join Alpine at the end of the season. Until the past week or so, it was widely believed that Gasly would remain at AlphaTauri for the 2023 campaign. However, rumours have now begun to stir regarding his future, with talk that Alpine
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Red Bull are still optimistic that they can get a deal with Porsche over the line, but the deadline is getting nearer with each passing day. At the start of the year, it was reported that Volkswagen’s subsidiaries – Porsche and Audi – would be entering Formula 1. The initial suggestions were that they would
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The director of the Zandvoort Circuit, Robert van Overdijk, is concerned about the financial obligations of putting together future editions of the Dutch Grand Prix. The Zandvoort Circuit made its return to the Formula 1 calendar last season, 36 years after its last one in 1985, which was won by McLaren’s Niki Lauda. It drew
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