Since Pierre Gasly departed AlphaTauri, it would appear things have finally started to click for Yuki Tsunoda. The Japanese driver has installed consistency to his racing, granting him points for the second weekend running. With a 10th-place finish in Baku, Tsunoda will be full of confidence heading into the Miami Grand Prix. As for ex-teammate
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Nyck De Vries experienced a disastrous weekend in Azerbaijan, as he suffered two crashes in as many days, leaving him without a chance of securing points. The Dutch driver has had the toughest start to the Formula 1 season out of all three rookies on the grid, leaving him in 20th place in the Drivers’ Standings
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AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost has defended his team’s decision to poach Laurent Mekies from Ferrari, as the Red Bull junior team looks to desperately improve its poor performance on track. Laurent Mekies was announced as Tost’s replacement ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with AlphaTauri’s long-serving team principal stepping away from the team at
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AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda revealed his fury at Logan Sargeant over the team radio when a crash during the spring qualifying session cost the Japanese driver a shot at a top level start on Saturday afternoon. Sargeant had already secured a spot in SQ2 but was attempting to improve his standing during a flying lap when
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With Red Bull dominating the Formula 1 season, having scooped three victories out of three races, teams have come to Baku with upgrade packages in a bid to get back in the title fight. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff delivered on his promise to introduce updates to the W14, implementing a new rear wing endplate,
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Red Bull’s Helmut Marko has raised doubts about whether former racing driver Sebastian Vettel will return to Formula 1 shortly after his retirement “to work more for less pay.” There has been some suggestion that Vettel could be back in the paddock as a pundit or in a management role only a few months after
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AlphaTauri’s team principal Franz Tost has accepted that their car is “too slow” after a disappointing start to the season and questions over the future of the constructor. AlphaTauri’s sole point-scoring finish of the season came at the Australian Grand Prix, as Yuki Tsunoda was promoted into the top ten after Carlos Sainz was hit
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Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg was caught on his team radio swearing, as he realised that the AlphaTauri of Yuki Tsunoda was closing on him during the Australian Grand Prix. Having started the race in P12, Tsunoda pushed Hulkenberg for points in the final laps of the Grand Prix. The second red flag restart saw chaos
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As one of only two teams to have not scored any points, AlphaTauri has found itself in ninth position in the Constructors’ Championship, trailing far behind Red Bull’s dominant lead. The disappointing start to the 2023 season hints that AlphaTauri might be on course to finish in the bottom two of the Constructors’ Standings for
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67-year-old AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost has announced that he will no longer be in his role with the team by the time he turns 70. One of the longest-serving Formula One team principals of all time, Tost has been with AlphaTauri since 2005, when the team was known as Scuderia Toro Rosso. “I don’t
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