Oscar Piastri will finally get his opportunity in Formula 1 next season, as the 2021 Formula 2 World Champion makes his highly anticipated move from being Alpine’s reserve driver to replacing fellow Aussie Daniel Ricciardo at McLaren. Piastri is arguably the highest-rated driver for the future, with a number of teams having had their eyes on
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McLaren Racing CEO, Zak Brown, has affirmed that, should his team make a move for Colton Herta, it will not be for the benefit of AlphaTauri. Herta has been in the IndyCar Championship since 2018, and he has won four races in the American single seater series with a combination of Harding and Andretti. The
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McLaren Racing CEO, Zak Brown, finds it peculiar that some of the best IndyCar drivers on the grid are not eligible for a Formula 1 super license. Andretti driver, Colton Herta, has been trying to find a seat in the pinnacle of motorsport this year, but the super license system has stood in his way.
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Lando Norris has been without a doubt the star performer at McLaren since he was joined by Daniel Ricciardo in 2021, with the 22-year-old having consistently beaten the former Red Bull driver. Norris has made the Australian look like a fool in 2022, with the British driver currently seventh in the Drivers’ Championship on 88 points. Ricciardo,
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The Italian Grand Prix was a somewhat boring race, which ended in the poorest of circumstances. As Max Verstappen crossed the line to claim his fifth consecutive victory, he was met with a wave of boos from the Tifosi, due to the race finishing behind the Safety Car. A Safety Car was deployed on Lap
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Daniel Ricciardo is certainly in a race against time to find a seat for 2023, with the much-loved Australian rapidly running out of options. 2022 has been disastrous for the 33-year-old at McLaren, with the Honey Badger having been comfortably second best to Lando Norris once again. Bar his victory at the 2021 Italian Grand Prix, the
MoreAlpine CEO Laurent Rossi has shed light on “some mistakes” which took place in regard to their reserve driver and 2021 Formula 2 World Champion Oscar Piastri, who rejected a 2023 seat at the French side in favour of a move to McLaren. As is well documented, the saga between Alpine and Piastri began following
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Esteban Ocon has his eyes set on becoming just the second driver to have ever beaten Fernando Alonso whilst competing in the same team, something which has only ever been done before in 2007. In 2007, Alonso was beaten at McLaren by rookie team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton by one point, with the double World Champion having finished above every
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Daniel Ricciardo’s days in Formula 1 appear to be numbered, with the outgoing McLaren driver still searching for a 2023 seat. His options are thinning by the second, with Nyck de Vries’ impressive debut at the Italian Grand Prix having put the Dutchman on Alpine’s, AlphaTauri’s and Williams’ radars. It’s being increasingly reported that should
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Daniel Ricciardo came agonisingly close to one of his best results of the season at the Italian Grand Prix last weekend, the venue where, of course, he claimed a famous victory last year. The Australian was forced into retirement from seventh place on Lap 47/53, with a suspected oil leak the cause. The outgoing McLaren
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