Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer has revealed that he had reached an agreement with Fernando Alonso, before the Spaniard decided to take Aston Martin up on their offer. Alonso had been negotiating a new contract that would see him remain at the French side beyond the end of this season, but Alpine were only willing
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Aston Martin owner and chairman Lawrence Stroll has lauded a new deal with the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) that will help raise $400 million for the team. Stroll took over a team in turmoil in 2018 when he bought the Force India side from Vijay Mallya, and he has since been hard at work
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Sebastian Vettel has once again been called a “hypocrite”, following on from his climate change talk at the recent Canadian Grand Prix. Vettel spoke out against the “climate crime” of “mining tar sands” in Canada, something which has since been deemed hypocritical by Alberta energy minister Sonya Savage. Savage called Vettel out over his climate
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Lance Stroll has so far faced a disastrous 2022 season, ahead of the team’s home race; the British Grand Prix. On the back of a good couple of years, the Canadian driver has struggled getting to grips with the new regulations. In Stroll’s defence, the AMR22 has appeared to be an incredibly difficult car to
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Former Formula 1 driver Johnny Herbert has warned Lance Stroll that he is not immune from losing his Aston Martin seat despite the ownership of the team by his father, Lawrence. Lance has scored points in Imola and Miami this season, and has out-qualified team-mate Sebastian Vettel once in the six races they have had
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After making their allegations against the Aston Martin F1 Team “personal”, Red Bull Racing have decided to drop the ‘green Red Bull’ saga with no “concrete” evidence available. Aston Martin shocked the Formula 1 paddock at the Spanish Grand Prix, after revealing some distinctive upgrades to their AMR22 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. However, they
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An FIA parody account on Twitter caught a few fans out by “announcing” that Aston Martin had been “permanently banned” due to their new design. Aston Martin arrived at the Spanish Grand Prix with fresh upgrades on the car, but it was hard not to notice that they looked very similar to those of Red
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Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer has revealed that the arrival of Martin Whitmarsh as CEO at Aston Martin Racing ultimately made his position as team principal there untenable. Szafnauer started out with Aston Martin during their Force India days in 2009, and he helped oversee six podiums with Force India before he became team principal
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Aston Martin team principal Lawrence Stroll has confirmed that Audi have enquired about purchasing the Silverstone team. Volkswagen charman Herbert Diess recently stated Porsche’s intent to join up with an existing team on the grid to provide them with powertrains and, such is a complexity of making and developing engines in Formula 1, they have
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Audi’s supposed quest to buy McLaren is seemingly dead in the water after the pair failed to come to an agreement about the price of the team, according to a report by Reuters. Late in 2021, it was reported that Audi had already agreed a deal with the Woking-based company to purchase the entire McLaren
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