Despite being 40 years old, Fernando Alonso has been fighting with the very best this season in what is proving to be another strong year for the Spaniard. The double World Champion would be sitting much higher than 10th in the Drivers’ Standings if not for a wave of bad luck. Alonso has fallen victim
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Alpine driver Esteban Oon is very pleased with the progress his team are making on the developmental side of things. Ocon has been in the points in seven of the opening nine rounds of the season, but neither he nor team-mate Fernando Alonso have been on the podium just yet. It took until the 11th round
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Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer is struggling to figure out how Fernando Alonso managed to put the car on the front row in Canada last weekend. In changing conditions, the Spaniard put a stunning lap together to displace compatriot and Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz and line up for the race behind Max Verstappen. It was
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Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer has affirmed that their overall performance in Canada was indicative of a team that is capable of winning races this season. Fernando Alonso earned his first front row start since 2012 in Montreal when he qualified second behind polesitter Max Verstappen, and he held off Carlos Sainz for a few
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Haas driver Kevin Magnussen has revealed that Alpine’s Esteban Ocon joked with him about exaggerating his damage to gain a position at the Canadian Grand Prix. Magnussen had started the race in fifth ahead of team-mate Mick Schumacher and Ocon, and behind the Mercedes of Sir Lewis Hamilton. The Dane went side-by-side with Hamilton into
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Alpine’s Esteban Ocon has emphasised that Fernando Alonso has already shown that he deserves to stay in Formula 1 beyond the end of this season. After taking a two-year sabbatical following his McLaren departure, the Spaniard returned to the pinnacle of motorsport with Alpine last year, and managed 15 points finishes as he ended the
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Williams team principal Jost Capito has stressed that Nicholas Latifi has a contract until the end of the year, but insists that Oscar Piastri deserves a place in Formula 1. Piastri is the current Formula 2 champion after winning it last year having won the Formula 3 and Formula Renault Eurocar the two years previous.
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Alpine’s Esteban Ocon was not impressed with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz after he felt as though the Ferrari driver re-joined the track dangerously after going off. Sainz had just completed a fast lap in the first qualifying session, and looked as though he was pushing for another before he went straight on at Turn Three, and
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Sebastian Vettel had his best performance of the season at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, after the Aston Martin F1 Team driver crossed the line in a superb sixth place. It was a great afternoon in Baku for Vettel, who would’ve been fighting Pierre Gasly for 5th had it not been for a costly error during
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The Alpine F1 Team will be hoping to challenge the front of the midfield at this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, after announcing that they’ve brought aerodynamic upgrades to suit the Baku City Circuit. It’s been a mixed start to the season for the French team, who have shown strong pace on a number of occasions.
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