Fernando Alonso will be swapping his Alpine overalls for the green of Aston Martin next season, but he hasn’t had the best of starts to his relationship with new teammate Lance Stroll. On the 22nd lap of the US Grand Prix the race was just restarting, following a safety car cause by Valtteri Bottas beaching his
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Lance Stroll has been blamed by the Formula 1 community for what was perhaps the biggest crash the sport has ever experienced at the Circuit of the Americas, where Fernando Alonso’s car was made to wheelie at ridiculous speeds. Following a Safety Car restart after Valtteri Bottas beached his Alfa Romeo at Turn 19, Stroll
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Lance Stroll might be thanking his lucky stars after the United States Grand Prix, as the Canadian almost caused an almost identical crash to the one Mark Webber experienced at the 2010 European Grand Prix. The Aston Martin driver up until Lap 22 was having by far his best weekend of the season, after being
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Fernando Alonso has made his thoughts clear on Lewis Hamilton over the radio once again, with the Spaniard unhappy with the seven-time world champion’s antics on track. Fans may cast their minds back a few weeks to the Belgium Grand Prix when Hamilton attempted an ambitious move on Alonso, launching himself up into the air,
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Max Verstappen’s fellow double World Champion Fernando Alonso has seemingly jumped to somewhat of a defence for Red Bull, following the announcement that the Austrians exceeded the 2021 budget cap. The day after Verstappen sealed his second consecutive Drivers’ Championship at the Japanese Grand Prix, it was announced by the FIA that following much speculation, Red Bull had exceeded
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Former Formula 1 driver, Pedro de la Rosa, believes that Fernando Alonso’s reputation as a difficult man to get on with is perhaps a little unfair. De la Rosa was recently announced as an ambassador for Aston Martin, with whom Alonso has signed as a driver for the 2023 season. Team principal, Mike Krack, previously
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Sebastian Vettel reckons Sir Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso are the most challenging opponents he has come up against in his career. Alonso won two world championships in 2005 and 2006 with Renault, before an unsuccessful move to McLaren led him back to Enstone. The Spaniard was twice beaten by Vettel to the championship in
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Sebastian Vettel has just four races left in his 15-year Formula 1 career, with the German having been his most emotional yet since announcing his retirement at last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix. Suzuka holds an incredibly special place in the 35-year-old’s heart, with the driver having won at the legendary venue four times and also
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Fernando Alonso has declared his support for Pierre Gasly, who came within “metres from death” at last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix. Following an opening lap crash for Carlos Sainz, a Safety Car was released in what were horribly wet conditions. The crash happened on the outside of Turn 12 after the Ferrari driver aquaplaned over
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The retiring Sebastian Vettel has opened up on what Aston Martin need to reach the heights they so desperately desire; the heights Vettel was expecting to reach whilst at the Silverstone-based team. It’s been an extremely challenging period for the four-time World Champion whilst with Aston Martin, with the partnership having realistically failed to what was predicted from it.
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