McLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes rookie driver Oscar Piastri has “enough talent” to learn from the “references” laid out by team-mate Lando Norris, to get an understanding of the team’s 2023 challenger. Norris will certainly be the Woking-based team’s number one driver for at least the start of the upcoming season, with Piastri’s initial
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McLaren star Lando Norris has revealed that he learned a “hell of a lot” from former team-mate Daniel Ricciardo, who he raced alongside in 2021 and 2022. The duo appeared to have a brother-like bond, with the pair having been inseparable off-circuit. McLaren’s decision to separate the two for 2023 wouldn’t have been easy to
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Daniel Ricciardo’s career has now come full circle, as the Australian finds himself back at Red Bull having left the team four years ago specifically to break away from the energy drink giants. The 33-year-old had grown tired of the team’s decision to favour a young Max Verstappen and left Red Bull for Renault, then
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Having come through the Alpine driver academy and being the 2021 Formula 2 champion, it looked as if the French team had the perfect replacement for the ageing Fernando Alonso waiting in the wings. The team’s initial plan was to loan Piastri to Williams to gain experience until Alonso’s contract expired, however when the Spaniard
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Mark Webber has warned fellow Australian Daniel Ricciardo that his one-year sabbatical will likely “feel longer” than a year for him, but that it could actually be something that works in the 33-year-old’s favour. Ricciardo finds himself on the bench for 2023 after opting to take a year out of F1 to
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Daniel Ricciardo’s spell with McLaren did not go anywhere near as well as he had planned, as the Australian was destroyed by his teammate Lando Norris across both of their seasons racing together. After both team and driver tried everything the possibly could to make the relationship work, McLaren took the difficult decision to part
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Oscar Piastri’s move to McLaren was certainly not a simple one, as his former employers Alpine clearly believed that their contract with the Australian tied him down to racing for the team in 2023. The French team were rocked when their academy driver publicly rejected their race seat in favour of replacing Daniel Ricciardo at
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Daniel Ricciardo has joked that Red Bull will have “three cars on the grid next year”, as the Aussie settles into his new role as the Austrian’s development driver. The fan favourite will be seen less in 2023, with the 33-year-old planning on only attending a dozen races. His new role will result in the eight-time Grand Prix winner
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The Formula 1 ‘silly season’ went to a whole new level last year, as rookie Oscar Piastri sensationally released a statement to reject Alpine’s announcement that he would drive for the team in 2023. Unbeknown to the French team, their academy driver had already signed a contract with McLaren to replace Daniel Ricciardo for 2023,
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Sacha Fenestraz has had an interesting route to success in motorsport, having now lived in Japan, England, France, Argentina and Italy in his bid to find a home in the sport. The Frenchman made a single appearance in Formula E last season with Dragon/Penske Autosport, standing in for former Alfa Romeo driver Antonio Giovinazzi who
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