Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi has seemingly backtracked on a recent comment he made regarding Esteban Ocon, who he labelled as an “excellent second driver”. The Enstone-based team’s CEO made a bizarre comment about his French driver recently, who he described as being “not guaranteed World Champion material… so at the very least I have myself
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Midway through last season, the F1 paddock was sent into overdrive by Sebastian Vettel’s retirement announcement. Despite being on the verge of agreeing a contract extension with Alpine, Fernando Alonso decided to jump ship and move to Aston Martin to replace Vettel, leaving Alpine with an empty seat for 2023. The team swiftly announced that
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The Andretti-Cadillac project is an extremely exciting one for Formula 1, as it would bring US car giants General Motors to the sport. While F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali remains firm in his stance against expanding the current grid, Andretti-Cadillac are pushing to change the Italian’s mind. FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem is also in full
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Growing up in France during a very successful period for French football, Pierre Gasly developed a huge passion for the sport alongside motor racing. The likes of Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira and Marcel Desailly lead France to an iconic World Cup victory back in 1998, however like many young football fans, there was only one
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While the summer break is supposed to provide the teams and drivers with time to relax and recharge their batteries, this was certainly not the case for Oscar Piastri last season. The 21-year-old sensationally took to Twitter to reject Alpine’s claims that he would be racing for them in 2023, eventually revealing that he had
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The Alpine brand has been growing and growing in recent years, with the success of the Formula 1 team, which entered the sport in 2021, playing a big part. The French car manufacturer are now looking to build on this success and expand their range of cars and the global reach of the company. The
MoreAlpine’s quest to complete their 2023 driver lineup was far from a simple one, as the team were hit with unexpected obstacles along the way. Over the summer break, the team were rocked by Fernando Alonso’s announcement that he would be joining Aston Martin in 2023 to replace the retiring Sebastian Vettel. The team’s first
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When Renault rebranded to Alpine in 2022, many fans were excited to see exactly what the team could achieve, especially after they managed to bring the legendary Fernando Alonso out of retirement to race for the team. Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi claimed that the team had a 100-race plan in place, but never actually described
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When Racing Point rebranded to Aston Martin ahead of the 2021 season, Martin Whitmarsh joined the team as the Group Chief Executive Officer of Performance Technologies to work in tandem with team principal Otmar Szafnauer. In February of 2022 however, only a year into working with Whitmarsh, Szafnauer left Aston Martin to become the team
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A number of Formula 1 bosses have suggested potential solutions of how the sport could deal with drivers who cause “red flags or yellow flags” during qualifying, with McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown calling for lap-times to be deleted. The calls for drivers to be punished for significant qualifying errors comes after suggestions that Sergio
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