Fernando Alonso keeps defying the limits of what’s possible, signing for a new team for 2023 as he shows no sign of slowing down despite his age. At 41 years of age, Alonso finished ninth in the drivers’ championships, however without his plethora of race retirements due to Alpine’s reliability issues he could have been
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Despite Fernando Alonso having moved to Aston Martin, the Spaniard had time for one last dig at Alpine, following the post-season test at Abu Dhabi. Whilst the double World Champion is contracted to the Enstone-based team until the end of the year, he was given permission to drive for his new side in the post-season test,
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Fernando Alonso seems to already be loving life as an Aston Martin driver, following a season full of reliability issues at Alpine. The double World Champion endured the most horrific luck in 2022, with the Spaniard having endured some sort of reliability-based issue at the vast majority of the races. Last Sunday’s season finale at
MoreEyebrows were raised earlier in the season when Fernando Alonso announced that he would be swapping high flying Alpine for Aston Martin next year, with his new team finishing seventh in the constructors’ championship. It seemed like an obvious step down for the Spaniard, with Alpine only a step away from challenging for podiums at
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Sebastian Vettel’s Formula 1 career is officially over and the German certainly went out all guns blazing, after a spirited drive at the Yas Marina Circuit. The four-time World Champion managed to put all the farewells and tributes to the side momentarily, as he did all he possibly could to try and claim Aston Martin
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Sebastian Vettel’s swansong was perhaps not as successful as he would’ve liked, as Aston Martin missed out on sixth in the Constructors’ Championship by the smallest of margins. The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was a strong weekend on the whole for the now retired German, after he made a final Q3 appearance before enjoying some
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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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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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