Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer has revealed that the Enstone-based team are using the current break to develop “ample car parts”, with the side working on spares and also “further upgrades”. The four-week break between the Australian Grand Prix and Azerbaijan Grand Prix has come at a good time for Alpine, with Pierre Gasly and
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Pierre Gasly’s cheeky message to the FIA from last season’s Australian Grand Prix resurfaced on social media on Saturday, with it having been a year since the Frenchman told the governing body that they could “check my arse”. It was at the Australian GP last season where race director Niels Wittich informed the drivers that
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After what was looking set to be an incredibly positive Australian Grand Prix for Alpine, the Enstone-based team left Melbourne without any points, after Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon crashed into each other on the penultimate lap. Gasly had been enjoying an excellent race at the Albert Park Circuit and found himself in fifth for
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After Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz collided with the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso in a chaotic restart at the Australian Grand Prix, the Alpine of Pierre Gasly was forced off the track. Rejoining the circuit, Gasly didn’t spot his teammate, with Ocon ploughing into the back of his car, taking both Alpines out of the race.
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Formula 1’s sporting body allowed Pierre Gasly to escape punishment for a crash that send himself and teammate Esteban Ocon into the barriers after the second red flag restart. Gasly had put on an impressive performance for his team, moving up four place to fifth, while Ocon was in a battle for the final points
MoreAs the drivers headed into lap 55, the Alpine duo of Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon were set to pick up key points for their team in the Constructors’ Championship. When the Haas of Kevin Magnussen hit the wall and brought out the red flag, all the drivers returned to the pitlane, with Gasly in
MorePierre Gasly was both the luckiest and the unluckiest driver at the Australian Grand Prix, after the Frenchman lost a potential fifth-place finish but avoided a race ban for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Up until the penultimate lap at the Albert Park Circuit, Gasly had been enjoying an exceptional race, with the Alpine driver having
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10 years on from Kimi Raikkonen’s 19th victory in Formula 1, the Finnish driver’s car is now completely unrecognisable, with it having been given a drastic repaint. The Finnish legend famously won the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix which back then wasn’t the season finale, instead it was the 18th round of a 20-round calendar.
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Double World Champion Fernando Alonso is certainly not afraid of causing drama, with the Spaniard having taken another shot at his former team Alpine. The Spaniard, of course, left Alpine at the end of last season in order to move to Aston Martin, after the Silverstone-based side offered him a longer contract. It’s a move
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Following plenty of speculation ahead of the 2023 F1 season that Alpine duo Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon don’t get along, the French pair have seemingly quashed any rumours following their post-race antics in Saudi Arabia. When Gasly’s move from AlphaTauri to Alpine was announced, many quickly questioned if it’d prove to be a bad
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