Juan Manuel Correa shares a physio with Oscar Piastri and says Alpine have been “playing” with the Aussie. Piastri has been in the news more than ever in recent times, caught in the middle of a dispute between Alpine and McLaren. When Alpine lost Fernando Alonso to Aston Martin, they announced that Piastri – their
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Sir Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso are two drivers who know each other very well, and their relationship has always been a fascinating one. Their first experience of one another on a Formula 1 racetrack was in 2007, when Hamilton made his debut for McLaren. They both won four races that year as they challenged
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Sir Lewis Hamilton said that he almost broke his back on the way down from his collision with Fernando Alonso at the Belgian Grand Prix. The seven-time champion started fourth, one position behind the Spaniard, and cleared him at the start of the race. The double world champion was not done with his former team-mate
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After needing to win the Belgian Grand Prix to remain within 80 points of championship leader Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc endured a terrible weekend at Spa-Francorchamps, where Ferrari’s strategy once again was left to be questioned. Leclerc qualified fourth for the race but started P15 due to yet another grid penalty for an engine change.
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has defended Sir Lewis Hamilton, after the British driver was called an “idiot” after colliding with Fernando Alonso at the Belgian Grand Prix. The seven-time World Champion made an excellent start to the race and quickly found himself in third and right behind Fernando Alonso for second. The British driver
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Sir Lewis Hamilton pointed out that his career has been more successful than that of Fernando Alonso after hearing of the Spaniard’s outburst during the Belgian Grand Prix. Alonso started third in Spa ahead of Hamilton, who cleared the Alpine driver at the start of the race. The Spaniard then slipstreamed the seven-time champion heading
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Fernando Alonso has scaled back his criticism of Sir Lewis Hamilton after initially being furious with the Brit for their crash at the Belgian Grand Prix. The two veterans came together at the start of the race in Spa when Hamilton tried to pass the Spaniard around the outside. The collision caused the Mercedes driver
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Alpine are reportedly prepared to let Oscar Piastri leave for McLaren, and they are said to have identified AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly as a strong possibility to partner Esteban Ocon next year. At the start of August, Piastri denied Alpine’s announcement that he has been promoted to the race seat in place of Fernando Alonso, who
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Alpine’s Fernando Alonso has indicated that an over-emphasis from the team on reserve driver Oscar Piastri is ultimately what led to contract negotiations breaking down. The Spaniard returned to the pinnacle of motorsport last season with the team that helped him win two world championships in 2005 and 2006, having left McLaren at the end
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Max Verstappen gave his thoughts on the crash between Sir Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso at the Belgian Grand Prix after winning the race. In a hectic first lap in which Verstappen gained numerous positions after starting down in P14 due to a grid penalty, Hamilton and Alonso came together. The Mercedes driver tried to
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