Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer has revealed that he spoke to IndyCar driver Colton Herta, as he tried to get Red Bull to release Pierre Gasly from the Austrian’s family. As rumours regarding Gasly possibly moving to Alpine began to circulate, Red Bull looked into signing IndyCar star Herta for AlphaTauri, so that they could
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Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer believes the bigger teams in Formula 1 are trying to “exploit” the budget cap rules by moving employees to different departments to ensure that they aren’t included in the budget. With the biggest teams in Formula 1 having multiple departments and other racing programmes, some of the current teams on
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The Alpine driver pairing in 2022 turned toxic towards the end of the season, as Fernando Alonso became more and more frustrated at both Alpine and Esteban Ocon. The Spaniard was forced to retire from six races over the course of last season as Alpine struggled massively with reliability issues, while Ocon experienced better fortunes.
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When Racing Point rebranded to Aston Martin ahead of the 2021 season, Martin Whitmarsh joined the team as the Group Chief Executive Officer of Performance Technologies to work in tandem with team principal Otmar Szafnauer. In February of 2022 however, only a year into working with Whitmarsh, Szafnauer left Aston Martin to become the team
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Having come through the Alpine driver academy and being the 2021 Formula 2 champion, it looked as if the French team had the perfect replacement for the ageing Fernando Alonso waiting in the wings. The team’s initial plan was to loan Piastri to Williams to gain experience until Alonso’s contract expired, however when the Spaniard
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Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer wants to see Esteban Ocon making “better judgements” in 2023 alongside new team-mate Pierre Gasly, with the Romanian-American being concerned seemingly about the Frenchman’s aggression. The Enstone-based outfit enjoyed a mixed 2022 campaign, which saw the team claim fourth in the Constructors’ Championship despite what seemed like endless power unit-based
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Red Bull’s split from Renault at the end of the 2018 season was filled with tension as the energy drink giants had grown tired of the unreliable power units supplied to them by the French manufacturer. Christian Horner and Cyril Abiteboul came to blows on a number of occasions, ending with the Frenchman signing Daniel
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Formula 1 ‘silly season’ was sent into overdrive over the 2022 summer break, as Alpine driver Fernando Alonso announced that he would drive for Aston Martin in 2023, replacing the retiring Sebastian Vettel. The Spaniards move shocked many in the paddock as his current employers were battling for the best of the rest spot in
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Pierre Gasly is set to embark on perhaps the most exciting campaign of his Formula 1 career, as the Frenchman prepares to race in a completely French set-up. Gasly is, of course, racing for Alpine in 2023 alongside former friend turned rival Esteban Ocon, forming an all-French partnership. The 26-year-old’s departure from AlphaTauri and the
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Alpine may have been due some good luck after missing out on the chance to promote Oscar Piastri to a 2023 race seat, as the Contract Recognition Board deemed that the Australian was free to race for McLaren despite being an Alpine academy driver. After switching their attention to other targets to replace the Aston
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