1996 Formula 1 World Champion Damon Hill has questioned if McLaren rookie Oscar Piastri is beginning to “regret” leaving Alpine for the Woking-based team, following McLaren’s woeful start to the 2023 F1 season. The start of his career at the pinnacle of motorsport certainly hasn’t gone smoothly for Piastri, who retired from the season-opener in
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Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer has revealed that he was unsuccessful in getting some of Pierre Gasly’s penalty points removed from his super licence, following a change of the rules by the FIA. Last season saw plenty of criticism fired towards the governing body, who were awarding penalty points to drivers for incidents which didn’t
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At the age of 41, Fernando Alonso is continuing to defy expectations and with the Spaniard at the start of a two-year deal with Aston Martin, he will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Frustrated by the number of times he was forced to retire from races due to engine issues last season,
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At the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix, Esteban Ocon would have hoped to have got his season off to a good start and get one over on his new teammate Pierre Gasly. This was not the case for the Frenchman however, as Gasly performed a stunning P20 to P9 drive while Ocon was forced to DNF.
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During the summer break of 2022, it seemed routine that Fernando Alonso would extend his contract with Alpine, who were in pole position to secure the best of the rest crown in the championship. Sebastian Vettel’s retirement sent the paddock into overdrive, with Aston Martin desperately searching for a replacement for the German. Team owner
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Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi has seemingly backtracked on a recent comment he made regarding Esteban Ocon, who he labelled as an “excellent second driver”. The Enstone-based team’s CEO made a bizarre comment about his French driver recently, who he described as being “not guaranteed World Champion material… so at the very least I have myself
MoreMidway through last season, the F1 paddock was sent into overdrive by Sebastian Vettel’s retirement announcement. Despite being on the verge of agreeing a contract extension with Alpine, Fernando Alonso decided to jump ship and move to Aston Martin to replace Vettel, leaving Alpine with an empty seat for 2023. The team swiftly announced that
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Pierre Gasly recovered incredibly well at last weekend’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix after starting from last on the grid, following a mistake during qualifying at the Bahrain International Circuit. Starting 20th certainly isn’t what Alpine’s newest driver would’ve wanted, with Gasly having been determined to start life strongly at the Enstone-based team. To give the
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Last summer, it seemed all but certain that Fernando Alonso would extend his contract with the high-flying Alpine team. Sebastian Vettel’s shock retirement from F1 started a domino effect however, resulting in Fernando Alonso being tempted into a controversial move to Aston Martin to replace the German. This move looked strange at the time, with
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Towards the end of F1’s previous era, the field was getting too spread out, with Mercedes and Red Bull being lightyears ahead of everybody else. Formula 1 decided to counter this by introducing a cost cap of $145m in 2021, hoping that every team being able to spend the same amount would allow more competitiveness
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