McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has spoken out about winning the Oscar Piastri saga, for the first time since the FIA’s Contract Recognition Board concluded that the Australian was legally allowed to race for the Woking-based team next season. Piastri is, of course, Alpine’s reserve driver and has been a profound part of their driver
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Alpine look likely to go from one difficult situation to another, following a number of reports that Pierre Gasly will sign for the French team for 2023. The Enstone-based side are still recovering from the debacle of losing Fernando Alonso to Aston Martin and the highly-rated Oscar Piastri to McLaren, following the FIA’s Contract Recognition
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Nyck de Vries made waves last weekend when he practiced for Aston Martin, and raced with Williams at the Italian Grand Prix. By our estimation, this has only happened three times before, and it was an opportunity that was long overdue for the Dutchman. De Vries had been waiting for a chance to arise with
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It was a disappointing Italian Grand Prix for Alpine, after Fernando Alonso retired from the race and Esteban Ocon finished P11. The Spaniard failed to make the most of his sixth-place start, which he was awarded after a number of drivers were awarded grid penalties for exceeding their legal number of components, most notably power
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Oscar Piastri’s situation with Alpine has by far been one of the stories of the season, with the FIA’s Contract Recognition Board (CRB) having come to the conclusion that Piastri is legally allowed to race for McLaren in 2023. It has left the Enstone-based team in a huge mess, having lost both Piastri and Fernando Alonso, who is replacing Sebastian
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Williams driver, Nyck de Vries, believes that waiving the rules to allow Colton Herta into Formula 1 would set a dangerous precedent. AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly has been strongly linked with the Alpine seat left vacant by Fernando Alonso after reserve driver, Oscar Piastri, agreed to join McLaren next year. The French team would need to
MoreIt was one of those days for Alpine at the Italian Grand Prix as neither Fernando Alonso nor Esteban Ocon scored points. Alonso started up in sixth after engine penalties were handed out to Verstappen, Sergio Perez, Carlos Sainz and Sir Lewis Hamilton, while Ocon’s penalty saw him go from 14th. Try as he might,
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Fernando Alonso started the Italian Grand Prix from seventh place, after a number of drivers were awarded grid penalties for various component changes. The double World Champion had actually qualified P10, after failing to set a time in Q3. The Spaniard was promoted to P7 due to Carlos Sainz, Sergio Pérez and Sir Lewis Hamilton
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There is, as yet, no guarantee that Pierre Gasly will leave AlphaTauri at the end of this season, but who should Red Bull choose to replace him if he does? Gasly has impressed since his return to the junior side following his tough half season alongside Max Verstappen in 2019, earning three podiums and a
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Alpine’s Fernando Alonso does not see himself returning to WEC to contest Le Mans when he signs with Aston Martin next season. Alonso first won the Le Mans 24 Hours with Toyota in 2018, before achieving the same feat a year later after he left the pinnacle of motorsport. The 41-year-old returned with his current
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