Aston Martin team principal, Mike Krack, hopes that Fernando Alonso asks the team difficult questions upon his arrival next year. The Spaniard has developed a reputation as being one of the most demanding drivers on the grid, and he has never been afraid to voice his opinion. The 41-year-old famously pushed McLaren and Honda to
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Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi has shed light on “some mistakes” which took place in regard to their reserve driver and 2021 Formula 2 World Champion Oscar Piastri, who rejected a 2023 seat at the French side in favour of a move to McLaren. As is well documented, the saga between Alpine and Piastri began following
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Esteban Ocon has his eyes set on becoming just the second driver to have ever beaten Fernando Alonso whilst competing in the same team, something which has only ever been done before in 2007. In 2007, Alonso was beaten at McLaren by rookie team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton by one point, with the double World Champion having finished above every
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Daniel Ricciardo came agonisingly close to one of his best results of the season at the Italian Grand Prix last weekend, the venue where, of course, he claimed a famous victory last year. The Australian was forced into retirement from seventh place on Lap 47/53, with a suspected oil leak the cause. The outgoing McLaren
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Mercedes reserve driver, Nyck de Vries, is said to have met with Red Bull adviser, Dr Helmut Marko, about a possible opportunity next season. The Dutchman spent nine years in the McLaren programme, during the last of which he claimed the Formula 2 championship. A move to Formula 1 did not materialise though, so he
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Nyck de Vries’ stock has reached an all-time high, after his incredible rookie performance for Williams at last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix. De Vries sensationally drove for two teams across the weekend at Monza, with the Dutchman having featured for Aston Martin in FP1. Saturday morning, he was suddenly called up to Williams, after Alex
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1997 world champion, Jacques Villeneuve, has suggested that Alpine sign Jack Doohan from Formula 2, rather than look outside of their talent pool. Alpine came into the 2022 season with Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon as their first-team drivers, while F2 champion, Oscar Piastri, has been serving as their reserve. Alonso, at 41 years of
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Former McLaren mechanic, Marc Priestley, has revealed that Fernando Alonso used “tactics” to win over members of the team during the 2007 season. Alonso had just on two championships on the spin with Renault in 2005 and 2006, but he moved from Enstone to Woking to join Ron Dennis’ McLaren side. That door had opened
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2016 world champion, Nico Rosberg, believes that Alpine must look in the mirror when figuring out why they started the year with three drivers, and now have just the one. Fernando Alonso went into this season alongside Esteban Ocon knowing that he was out of contract at the end of the season, so both parties
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Alpine’s Esteban Ocon wants to see changes made to the engine allocation going into next year after another raft of penalties at the Italian Grand Prix. The drivers are all given three engines at the start of the season, with a specific number of components available. The first time a driver exceeds their allocated pool
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