Formula 1 is seeing drivers’ careers last much longer in recent years, thanks to the advancement of sport science and conditioning. Fernando Alonso is set to enter a multi-year contract with Aston Martin despite being 41-years old, while Lewis Hamilton is on the verge of extending his Mercedes contract at 37. Current world champion Max
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Esteban Ocon shocked the Formula 1 world as he picked up the first win of his Formula 1 career in Hungary last year, in an incident-filled race in mixed conditions. Valtteri Bottas braking late into Turn 1 in the wet conditions saw the Finn cause a pile up, which saw multiple cars retire and Max
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The 2022 season was a turbulent one for Fernando Alonso, who despite being one of the most impressive drivers on the racetrack, finished ninth in the drivers’ championship. The Spaniard was forced to retire from a massive six races over the course of the season, as Alpine battled with an unreliable power unit in 2022,
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Big things were expected of Aston Martin when they entered Formula 1 as part of a Racing Point rebrand, but the team have so far failed to live up to the hype with Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel. The team were tipped to carry on the success of Racing Point and use the immense resources
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Alpine’s driver line-up in 2023 will hopefully be a lot more of a harmonious one than the partnership they harboured this year, with Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon becoming involved in numerous spats with each other over the course of the season. Alonso made repeated jabs at his teammate in the media, claiming that he
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Given that Fernando Alonso is the oldest driver on the grid, it would come as no shock that he’s experienced more than most in Formula 1, in regard to the good, the bad, and the ugly. The double World Champion has tasted success, embarrassment, and controversy during his F1 career, with all three having been
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The Formula 1 world was saddened in 2018, as then McLaren driver Fernando Alonso announced his retirement from Formula 1. The Spaniard had grown frustrated by McLaren’s lack of competitiveness during his four years with the team, never finishing higher than tenth since his move from Ferrari. Alonso was tempted back to the sport after
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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
MoreThe 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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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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