Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi has released an onslaught of anger towards current reserve driver Oscar Piastri, who will be leaving the team at the end of the season to replace Daniel Ricciardo at McLaren. The Frenchman’s comments regarding the Australian are as a result of the 21-year-old rejecting the chance to race for Alpine next
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The FIA have indicated that they plan on banning the innovative rear wing that Aston Martin brought to the Hungarian Grand Prix before the summer break. The British side are ninth in the championship, and have been for much of the 2022 season, with Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll doing all they can to score
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Formula 1 is planning to allow the drivers to use DRS on the opening lap of the race, according to Tobi Gruner of Auto Motor und Sport. DRS was first introduced in 2011, after a season in 2010 that did not feature KERS or help from the rear wing. It followed a frustrating end to
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With so much history between Germany and Formula 1, fans have begged for the championship to return to the home of Mercedes instead of racing in money-rich countries. However, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has insisted that Germany isn’t showing any interest in hosting a race. The official German Grand Prix last took place in 2019
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Sebastian Vettel who is, of course, retiring from Formula 1 at the end of the current season, has questioned the sport over simply having a “nice slogan”, with the German concerned that the sport’s sustainability goals won’t be met. Over recent years, the 35-year-old has become a leading figure, alongside Sir Lewis Hamilton, in pushing
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Ferrari team principal, Mattia Binotto, has rubbished suggestions that his team suffered as a result of the rule changes midway through the 2022 season. This year, Formula 1 went through an unprecedented volume of rule changes as ground effect aerodynamics made a return, and Ferrari and Red Bull adapted to it best. They have won
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Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi has opened up on the current decisions facing the Enstone-based team, in regard to the controversially departing Oscar Piastri. Piastri is, of course, joining McLaren in 2023 to replace Daniel Ricciardo, after rejecting the chance to replace Fernando Alonso. Following Alonso’s shock departure, Alpine announced that Piastri would drive alongside Esteban
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Pirelli’s head of motorsport, Mario Isola, has warned that a whole new range of tyres will be needed should Formula 1 push forwards on a rule to see electric tyre blankets banned from 2024, in what would be a massive changing point in the Italian manufacturer’s approach to the championship. Should the rule be implemented,
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Several members of the Formula 1 paddock are said to have been caught by surprise when the 24-race calendar for 2023 was announced, according to a report by the Guardian. The F1 schedule has been gradually expanding in recent years, with the exception of 2020, when there were 17 grand prix during the COVID-affected campaign.
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Alpine’s sporting director Alan Permane has called for Formula 1 to look into getting the current procedures in place correct first, before implementing a rule change which would see races red-flagged should an incident occur late on. The comments come following the highly disappointing ending to the recent Italian Grand Prix, which finished behind the
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