With Fernando Alonso never set to drive for Alpine ever again, given that he officially becomes an Aston Martin driver on 1st January 2023, Esteban Ocon has started to open up on what it was like alongside the double World Champion. The duo’s relationship was certainly one of mixed emotions, with the pair having worked
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Alpine are a team on the up, and while they remain some way off being able to challenge Red Bull and Ferrari for race wins, their ambition in assembling a line-up of Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly shows that they are building for the future. The team have been close to challenging for podiums this
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Fernando Alonso sent the Formula 1 ‘silly season’ into overdrive when he announced that he would be departing Alpine for Aston Martin next year. This shock move triggered a domino effect that saw Alpine replace the Spaniard with Pierre Gasly, and AlphaTauri then filling their vacancy with Nyck de Vries from Mercedes. Gasly was not
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Alpine will be looking forward to a fresh start in 2023 with Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon, after the relationship between their current driver pairing turned sour. Fernando Alonso grew frustrated with Alpine towards the end of the 2023 season, admitting that he was counting down the days until he could complete his move to
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With the 2022 season complete, all eyes have already turned to 2023, with the post-season test at Abu Dhabi having seen moving drivers with their new sides. Two of the drivers who have moved team for 2023 are Fernando Alonso, who’s gone from Alpine to Aston Martin, and Oscar Piastri. Piastri is a controversial one and someone that Alpine
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Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon share a frosty relationship at Alpine, as the two drivers have come to blows in recent weeks. The Spaniard suggested after the Mexican Grand Prix that there is favouritism as “once again car number fourteen stops,” following his retirement in Mexico City. While the 41-year-old has experienced more than his
MoreAlpine will be hoping for a less eventful weekend in Abu Dhabi to wrap up the season than they experienced in Brazil, where team principal Otmar Szafnauer was forced to publicly shame his drivers. Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso have been the best of friends and the worst of enemies during their two years together
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Following much speculation, it was finally confirmed on Wednesday morning by Haas that Mick Schumacher won’t be racing for the team in 2023, with the 23-year-old being replaced by fellow German Nico Hulkenberg. It was highly anticipated that Schumacher was going to be dropped by the Americans, with the side opting to go for experience
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Last weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix was certainly an odd one, in regard to how many drivers requested certain things over the team radio, something 2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button labels as “weird”. On Sunday alone, four teams were faced with requests from one of their drivers, with all being about switching positions. Each
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Alpine would have hoped for a smoother weekend in Sao Paulo, with stellar recovery drives from Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon helping the team to overhaul a tough sprint race. Ocon and Alonso qualified P6 and P7 respectively but started Sunday’s race from P17 and P18 after an early collision between the two drivers saw
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