Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack acknowledges that Fernando Alonso’s move to the team could be “difficult” but is confident the pros of the decision outweigh the cons. The Spaniard will be replacing Sebastian Vettel at the Silverstone-based team next year, with the German retiring from Formula 1. This move raised eyebrows throughout the F1
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2009 world champion, Jenson Button, had a hilarious reply to Esteban Ocon after the Frenchman indicated that he is the second-best team-mate Fernando Alonso has had. Ocon is the 13th team-mate Alonso has raced alongside in his decorated career, with the first being Tarso Marquez in 2001 with Minardi, who would go on to become Toro
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Alpine CEO, Laurent Rossi, has affirmed that he has no intention of making a hasty decision over the team’s driver line-up heading into next season. Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon started the year as Alpine’s full-time drivers, with Oscar Piastri in behind as a test and reserve having won the Formula 2 title. Alonso was
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Following on from his announcement prior to the Hungarian Grand Prix that he’d be retiring at the end of the season, Sebastian Vettel has reiterated that it’s his choice to retire and that it wasn’t influenced by actions taken by Aston Martin owner Lawrence Stroll. Some interesting rumours began to circulate that Stroll had decided to drop
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It would come as no surprise that seven-time World Champion Sir Lewis Hamilton earns the most on the 2022 grid based on his yearly salary alone; however, he is joined at the top by soon-to-be double World Champion Max Verstappen. Whilst the official figures haven’t been released by the teams themselves, a list can be made
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Fernando Alonso is keen to feature in a James Bond movie in the future, and his upcoming ties with Aston Martin might just help him achieve that. Alonso won two world titles with Renault in 2005 and 2006, before leaving for McLaren ahead of the 2007 season. Two more years would follow with the Enstone-based
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Ex-F1 driver Marc Surer thinks Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin could be a very good partnership next season; however, he’s sent a warning to the British team that “heads always roll” due to the Spaniard’s demands. Alonso shocked the paddock after the Hungarian Grand Prix, where he announced that he’d be leaving Alpine at the
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Given how poor Aston Martin’s 2022 season has been, it would be easy to imagine that team owner and father of Lance Stroll, Lawrence Stroll, would be ready to make a number of changes at the team; however, this doesn’t seem to be the case. The Silverstone-based team’s boss Mike Krack has told the BBC that Stroll
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McLaren have endured a very mixed 2022 season, where they’ve had to deal with legal issues off the circuit which have somewhat affected their on-track performance. The Woking-based team’s 2022 challenger is not capable of fighting with the frontrunning teams, unlike in recent seasons; however, it is capable of battling Alpine for an all-important fourth place
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Nyck de Vries, Jack Doohan and Antonio Giovinazzi are all being given tests by Alpine as the French side aim to find a team-mate for Esteban Ocon next year. Alpine started the season with Ocon and Fernando Alonso as their main drivers, and Oscar Piastri as a reserve, but the Spaniard was out of contract
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