McLaren made the bold choice earlier in the season to replace F1 veteran Daniel Ricciardo, who has underwhelmed during his time with the team, with a fellow Australian, young Oscar Piastri. The rookie has won both the Formula 3 and Formula 2 titles in 2020 and 2021, but failed to secure a seat in Formula
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Penalty points can be accumulated a number of ways in Formula One, usually related to causing an accident on track or breaking some sort of regulation, like ignoring yellow flags. Should a driver accumulate twelve penalty points then they will be handed a race ban for a single Grand Prix, forcing them to watch on
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Pierre Gasly’s eight-year journey as part of the Red Bull family will be over in just two races’ time; whether he takes part in both, though, is up to him. The Frenchman is staggeringly just two penalty points away from a race ban, meaning he is actually at risk of missing the season finale in
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Fernando Alonso was visibly frustrated with his DNF in Mexico, lashing out at the air as he exited his car in the run off area down by Turn 1. The Spaniard was sat in a very respectable seventh place when his engine began to fail, eventually causing him to have to stop the car and
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If a Formula 1 fan were asked to name a driver who they think would amass 12 penalty points in a single year, Pierre Gasly is probably not the first name on their list; however, that is exactly the situation the Frenchman risks finding himself in. Since its introduction in 2014, no driver has ever
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Fernando Alonso was left frustrated and annoyed in Mexico as he was forced to retire from the race for the fifth time this season. The Spaniard experienced engine issues that saw him slow down and drop down the order, before eventually having to stop the car all together, being met by a plume of smoke
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Fernando Alonso is looking forward to joining Aston Martin next year, after reportedly becoming tired of the car problems he has experienced this year with Alpine. The Spaniard made it all the way to lap 66 of 71 in Mexico in seventh place, bettered only by the Ferraris, Red Bulls and Mercedes, looking set once
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The FIA have thrown themselves into further disarray at the Mexican Grand Prix, after it was revealed that race director Niels Wittich gave Haas incorrect information at last weekend’s United States Grand Prix. Haas decided to protest to the FIA 54 minutes after the race at the Circuit of the Americas concluded that they believed
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Times are certainly tough for the FIA currently, with the governing body having to embarrassingly revert a penalty they awarded to Fernando Alonso at the United States Grand Prix last weekend, after being seemingly corrected by the Oxford Dictionary. Alonso, who crossed the line in seventh at the Circuit of the Americas last weekend, was awarded a
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Esteban Ocon will be looking forward to racing in Mexico this weekend, with the Alpine driver finishing an astonishing third in FP2 on Friday. The Frenchman enjoyed a strong session after sitting out FP1, lending his car to young Australian Jack Doohan as Alpine looked to fulfil their young driver session requirements. “It’s been a
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