Pierre Gasly is the latest name to be linked to the vacant seat at the Alpine F1 Team, after Oscar Piastri refused to replace the outgoing Fernando Alonso. The Scuderia AlphaTauri driver joins the likes of Daniel Ricciardo, Mick Schumacher and recently Jack Doohan in being linked to the Enstone-based team’s seat. Gasly has recently
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Fernando Alonso may consider thinking twice before making a comment about Sir Lewis Hamilton in the future, after he was well and truly silenced following the 2022 Belgian Grand Prix. The Alpine F1 Team driver called the 37-year-old an “idiot”, after the pair collided on the opening lap at Les Combes. Hamilton and Alonso both
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It was back to reality for the Mercedes F1 Team, after a run of two consecutive double podiums came to a demoralising end at the Belgian Grand Prix, after George Russell finished fourth and Sir Lewis Hamilton retired. It was Hamilton’s first DNF of the season so far, and also saw his run of five
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Fernando Alonso cut a calmer figure after the Belgian Grand Prix than he did immediately after his first lap incident with Sir Lewis Hamilton. Alonso had started the race third, one position ahead of Hamilton after both of them took advantage of grid penalties at Spa, and Hamilton managed to clear his former McLaren team-mate
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The stewards have gone into detail as to why they felt no action was needed after the lap one incident between Sir Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso at the Belgian Grand Prix. Alonso and Hamilton had started third and fourth respectively after Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Esteban Ocon all picked up penalties. Hamilton got
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Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, is unsure how wise Oscar Piastri is to publicly turn down his Alpine team on social media. Piastri won both the Formula 3 and Formula 2 titles while part of the Renault turned Alpine academy, but he did not have a series to go into this year, so he became
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Alpine team principal, Otmar Szafnauer, will only have an idea of what his line-up might look like this season after the situation with Oscar Piastri is settled in court. Piastri won the Formula 3 and Formula 2 titles as part of the Renault turned Alpine academy in 2020 and 2021 respectively, and he has taken
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Fernando Alonso’s shock decision to move to the Aston Martin F1 Team next season has left many wondering if he concocted a plan with Oscar Piastri to cause chaos at Alpine, after the Australian refused to replace the Spaniard next year. Following the Hungarian Grand Prix, Alonso announced that he’d be replacing the retiring Sebastian
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Alpine F1 team principal Otmar Szafnauer is ‘confident’ that next week’s meeting with the FIA’s contract recognition board will come to the decision that Oscar Piastri is contractually bound to race for Alpine next season, rather than the McLaren F1 Team. The FIA’s contract recognition board will ultimately decide if Alpine’s reserve driver will race for
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Sir Lewis Hamilton did not have any interest in hearing what Fernando Alonso had to say in the aftermath of their incident at the Belgian Grand Prix. Alonso and Hamilton started third and fourth, respectively, after penalties for Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Esteban Ocon had bumped them up the order from qualifying. Alonso passed
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