Alpine F1 driver Fernando Alonso is set to undergo surgery before the beginning of the 2022 season following a bicycle crash in early 2021. Alonso was out cycling in Switzerland back in February when a heavy bike crash landed him in hospital, with police confirming a week later that he was hit by a car.
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Formula 1 champions Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso are both set to auction cars, with Verstappen’s proceeds going to charity. The pair have three F1 championships between them, and Alonso’s 2004 Renault F1 car will be up for auction on 2 February. The blue and yellow R24, which helped Alonso to a fourth-placed championship finish
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Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi has described the dramatic nature of the 2021 title battle between Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen as a “great advertisement” for Formula 1. Mercedes and Red Bull were locked in an intense battle throughout the entirety of the 2021 season, with Hamilton and Verstappen clashing several times en route to
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Fernando Alonso is less difficult to work with and have as a team-mate now that he has matured, according to Damon Hill. Alonso publicly fell out with McLaren and Sir Lewis Hamilton when they were team-mates in 2007, and he has often been considered difficult to work with. READ: Bottas Suggests Mercedes Could Have Saved
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2021 Hungarian GP winner Esteban Ocon has reacted to Sebastian Vettel being disqualified from the race for a fuel violation. The German crossed the finish line to P2, thinking he had scored Aston Martin’s second F1 podium. READ: Lewis Hamilton Blocks Meme Page On Instagram After Hungarian GP However, his car was found to have
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Remi Taffin, Renault’s engine technical director, left the French automotive brand’s F1 operation in early July by “mutual agreement”, the Enstone-based team confirmed this week. Taffin began working with Renault in Formula 1 in 1999, and he had remained at the team under its various different names until last month. READ: Perez: I Have ‘No
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Senior Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko has criticised Sir Lewis Hamilton for suggesting that Fernando Alonso defended too aggressively against him in the Hungarian Grand Prix. Hamilton was steadily making his way up the field after a poor tyre call for the restart of the race, but he encountered staunch resistance when he was
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Double F1 World Champion Fernando Alonso has clarified the remark he made ahead of last weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, when he suggested that Max Verstappen’s nationality will make his Championship battle against Sir Lewis Hamilton more difficult for him. “He is not British, so it will always be more difficult for him,” Alonso said in
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The 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix provided viewers plenty of action and entertainment, with first-lap carnage drastically changing the grid for the restart. Alpine driver Esteban Ocon won his first-ever F1 race and secured his second-ever podium finish after holding off Sebastian Vettel, who was looking to hand Aston Martin their first victory in Formula 1.
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Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi has admitted that Esteban Ocon is not “guaranteed World Champion material”, but he believes he is at least on par with Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz. Speaking to BBC Sport this week, Rossi said he considers Ocon to be a “really good” driver and said that “signing him is basically taking almost
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