Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer says he wouldn’t be surprised if it was discovered that Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber had worked together in some capacity regarding the fallout between the team and Oscar Piastri. When Alonso announced that he was to leave Alpine to drive for Aston Martin at the end of this season,
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Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko has affirmed that there is no get-out clause for Pierre Gasly amid links to Alpine. The French team are looking for a replacement after Fernando Alonso was announced as an Aston Martin driver after the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Spaniard wanted a longer deal that the one on the
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It’s been a mixed first half of the season for the McLaren F1 Team, with Lando Norris leading the ‘best of the rest’ in the Drivers’ Championships, and Daniel Ricciardo outside the top ten. Norris has once again been the star performer for the Woking-based team, with the Brit currently holding seventh in the championship.
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Aston Martin team principal, Mike Krack, reckons that his team can establish themselves as frequent visitors to the podium in the coming years. The British side had a sluggish 2021, finishing seventh in the Constructors’ Standings with their new driver pairing of Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel. 2022 has not gone much better – it
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AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost has ruled out losing Pierre Gasly at the end of this season amid rumours of an exit clause. There is a bit of a mess happening in the driver market at the moment, and all of it seems to revolve around Alpine, who have had a rough week. Sebastian Vettel
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1996 world champion Damon Hill is amazed at Fernando Alonso’s ability to continue performing at the very highest athletic level even at his age. Alonso returned with Alpine last season after two years away having left McLaren at the end of the 2018 season. In his first spell in the pinnacle of motorsport, the Spaniard
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Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer has conceded that Fernando Alonso’s signing for Aston Martin is the first time he has had to deal with such a bizarre turn of events in his career. Alonso came into the current season out of contract at the end of the year and, despite turning 41 in July, he
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Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack is looking forward to his working relationship with Fernando Alonso when the Spaniard joins the team next season. Sebastian Vettel announced his retirement from Formula 1 at the end of the season ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix and, just a few days later, Alonso was announced as his
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Alpine team principal, Otmar Szafnauer, has questioned Oscar Piastri’s “integrity” amid the Australian’s rebellion against the team. Piastri is currently serving as test and reserve driver to Alpine having won the Formula 2 championship in 2021 as part of their junior programme. The French side have been endeavouring to find him a loan deal for
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The Alpine F1 Team have faced a turbulent start to the summer break, with the French side in desperate need of a new driver for 2023. Following Sebastian Vettel’s retirement announcement prior to the Hungarian Grand Prix, it was predicted that Mick Schumacher would replace him. However, this turned out very quickly to not be
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