Towards the end of the 2022 season, it was clear that Fernando Alonso was looking forward to joining Aston Martin, even admitting that he was counting down the days until he could leave Alpine. The Spaniard’s 2022 was plagued with engine failures, with Alonso being forced to retire from a shocking six races over the
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Growing up in France during a very successful period for French football, Pierre Gasly developed a huge passion for the sport alongside motor racing. The likes of Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira and Marcel Desailly lead France to an iconic World Cup victory back in 1998, however like many young football fans, there was only one
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When the Contract Recognition Board ruled that Alpine Academy driver Oscar Piastri was free to join McLaren for 2023, many wondered who Alpine would be able bring in to replace the Aston Martin-bound Fernando Alonso. Impressively, the team managed to acquire the services of Pierre Gasly from AlphaTauri, a target who looked previously unattainable due
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In 2022, the midfield teams did not really stand a chance of competing for race wins, with Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull proving to be a class above the rest, despite their struggles. Lando Norris was the only driver that did not race for either of these teams to score a podium, coming in Imola
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Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur has rubbished rumours that the Italians power unit is 30hp more powerful this season, with the Frenchman labelling such speculation as a “joke”. Whilst engine performance upgrades are currently banned under the current engine freeze, reliability improvements are allowed “for the sole purposes of reliability, safety, cost saving”. The Maranello-based team’s power unit reliability was abysmal last season,
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While the summer break is supposed to provide the teams and drivers with time to relax and recharge their batteries, this was certainly not the case for Oscar Piastri last season. The 21-year-old sensationally took to Twitter to reject Alpine’s claims that he would be racing for them in 2023, eventually revealing that he had
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AlphaTauri’s head of trackside engineering Jonathan Eddolls believes that Pierre Gasly will experience a “different” atmosphere at Alpine this year, with the Faenza-based team having always been not “too harsh” on the drivers. The Frenchman’s move to the Enstone-based outfit brought an end to his five-year stint at AlphaTauri, a period where he claimed the
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AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost has admitted that Pierre Gasly may have found himself out of Formula 1 in 2024 had Red Bull not allowed him to join Alpine, with the team boss having praised the Austrians for making a “fair decision”. Gasly was a formidable part of the AlphaTauri team, with the French driver
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Whilst Alpine aren’t launching their 2023 challenger (the A523) until February 16, the Enstone-based outfit have given fans a “snippet” of what to possibly expect, with there being a noticeable similarity to a 2022 design. Alpine released a video onto social media showing their new car’s sidepods and cockpit, with it looking incredibly similar to
MoreAs far as reliability issues go, Fernando Alonso experienced the worst of the worst last year with a shocking six race retirements. The Spaniard was forced to deal with a very unreliable Alpine power unit which gave him so many problems that he began to count down the days until he could complete his move
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