When Sebastian Vettel announced over the summer break that the 2022 season would be his last in Formula 1, Aston Martin acted quickly to arrange a replacement for the four-time world champion for the next season. The team opted to poach Fernando Alonso from Alpine, replacing one former world champion with another and the team
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The Formula 1 world was essentially sent into a period of mourning over the summer break, as fan favourite driver and four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel announced that the 2022 season would be his last in the sport. The German finished the season with a flurry of ‘Driver of the Day’ performances and a Q3
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The FIA have made serious efforts in recent seasons to make the Formula 1 grid more competitive, and prevent the top teams from creating too much of a gap to the backmarkers, like Mercedes had done in the previous era. A budget cap was introduced in 2021 to limit spending to $145m per season for
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As the Formula E championship grows more competitive year after year, Stoffel Vandoorne will face the difficult task of retaining his title in the 2022-23 season. The Belgian will be racing for Penske Racing next season, after three successful years with the Mercedes-EQ team, the most recent of which saw him win the championship title.
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Aston Martin can be pretty pleased with their driver recruitment for 2023 onwards, having signed double World Champion Fernando Alonso, Formula E World Champion Stoffel Vandoorne, and Formula 2 World Champion Felipe Drugovich. Alonso will, of course, be partnering Lance Stroll next season, after replacing the now retired Sebastian Vettel. Vandoorne and Drugovich will become
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Alpine’s reliability issues were nearly their undoing in 2022, as the team struggled to hold off McLaren to keep fourth place in the constructors’ championship. Esteban Ocon was forced to retire from two races over the course of the season, while Fernando Alonso’s shocking six DNFs saw the Spaniard grow frustrated with his team, even
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It would come as absolutely no shock that Aston Martin found four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel incredibly “motivational” during his two-year spell with the side, as they attempted to move to the front of the midfield. Vettel’s move to Aston Martin for the 2021 season certainly marked the end of his time as a frontrunning driver, something
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Formula 1 lost a number of beloved drivers at the end of the 2022 season, with fan favourites Mick Schumacher, Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel all bidding farewell to the sport, albeit only temporarily for some. Four-time champion Sebastian Vettel ended the season with a flurry of Driver of the Day awards and bowed out
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Saying that four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel is now a retired Formula 1 driver certainly sounds unusual; however, that is now the reality that faces the F1 community. Vettel’s career in the sport will be remembered for his remarkable success both on and off the circuit, with the German having been a role model to
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Aston Martin will be aiming to build on their excellent end to 2022 in 2023, rather than start the new season the way they did this year. Given their typical status as a midfield side, it was somewhat of a shock to see the Silverstone-based outfit struggle early in the year; however, to their credit
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