Oscar Piastri’s situation with the Alpine F1 Team looks set to reach an end, with the FIA’s contract recognition board having started its hearing on Monday regarding the Australian’s status as either an Alpine driver or a McLaren driver. The situation arose after Piastri refused to drive for Alpine in 2023, to replace Fernando Alonso, despite the team deeming
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Martin Brundle has criticised Fernando Alonso for the Spaniard’s comments about Sir Lewis Hamilton made just after he was hit by the Brit at the Belgian Grand Prix. The two former team-mates started next to one another and ended up side by side a few corners into the first lap. Hamilton tried to pass the
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Alpine’s Fernando Alonso has offered a hand of apology to Sir Lewis Hamilton after his comment about him on the radio during the Belgian Grand Prix. After grid penalties were given to Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Alonso’s team-mate, Esteban Ocon, in Spa, Alonso and Hamilton started the race third and fourth, respectively. The Briton
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Esteban Ocon produced a sensational performance at the Belgian Grand Prix to seal a double points finish for the Alpine F1 Team, despite having started from P16. The Frenchman had actually qualified fifth but took a grid penalty for an engine change, which saw the Alpine driver exceed his legal limit. This didn’t stop the 25-year-old
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Formula 1 fans on social media were not amused when Sir Lewis Hamilton was forced to get a fire extinguisher on his own at the Belgian Grand Prix. The seven-time champion had started the race fourth behind Fernando Alonso, and he got ahead of him on the opening lap. The 41-year-old, however, got into the
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Ex-F1 driver and Sky Sports pundit Martin Brundle has called Fernando Alonso out over his unfair radio comment towards Sir Lewis Hamilton, following on from the former team-mates opening lap collision at the Belgian Grand Prix. Both Alonso and Hamilton made excellent starts to the race, with the duo running second and third on the
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McLaren Racing CEO, Zak Brown, aimed a dig at Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer during the Belgian Grand Prix weekend. Szafnauer is currently looking for another driver to race alongside Esteban Ocon next season after Fernando Alonso’s signature with Aston Martin, and the imminent departure of Oscar Piastri. Piastri won the Formula 2 title last
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The spat between Sir Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso has continued with the Mercedes driver signing a cap to give the Spaniard. The two former team-mates, who have fallen out a number of times, did so again at the Belgian Grand Prix. The two veterans of the grid started the race next to one another
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has well and truly responded to Fernando Alonso’s “idiot” remarks during the Belgian Grand Prix, by signing one of his caps with “To Fernando” written on the front. It is clear that there is still a rivalry between the old McLaren F1 team-mates, with Alonso having let his feelings known during last
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Sir Lewis Hamilton’s third power unit has been sent for examination at Mercedes’ powertrains base in Brixworth, after his collision with Fernando Alonso at the Belgian Grand Prix has left the team concerned over potential damage to it. Hamilton started the race from fourth and made an excellent start; the Brit was up to third
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