McLaren team principal, Andreas Seidl, has said he can draw similarities between Oscar Piastri and four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel. Piastri won the Formula 3 title in 2020 in his first crack at it, before claiming the Formula 2 crown last season. The 21-year-old was promoted to his current role as Alpine reserve driver at
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Former Formula 1 driver and manager of Oscar Piastri, Mark Webber, has affirmed that Alpine knew of the 21-year-old’s decision to leave before they announced his promotion. Piastri won the Formula 3 title as part of the Renault junior programme, and his Formula 2 success a year later took place while under the Alpine umbrella.
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Daniel Ricciardo would be open to being a reserve driver next season if it helped his chances of being on the Formula 1 grid in 2024. The Australian has struggled to find form since he arrived at McLaren last season, and the tricky car has been a nightmare for him to adapt to. When he
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Fernando Alonso did not have any complaints about Lando Norris’ defending at the Dutch Grand Prix last weekend. The Spaniard was involved in an entertaining battle with the McLaren driver as they disputed seventh place in the Netherlands, with Alonso eventually coming out on top. The double world champion initially started in 13th following a disappointing
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Former Formula 1 driver and manager of Oscar Piastri, Mark Webber, has suggested that Alpine were not entirely honest about the money they put into the 21-year-old’s junior career. Piastri was promoted to the role as test and reserve driver with the French side this season after winning the Formula 2 title last year as
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McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo was overheard telling Red Bull’s Sergio Perez that he could end up taking a year away from Formula 1 next year and make a return in 2024. The Australian is out of contract at the end next season, but he and McLaren will end their partnership, by mutual consent, at the end
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2016 world champion Nico Rosberg has affirmed that Alpine will not need Pierre Gasly to be best friends with Esteban Ocon if they sign him from AlphaTauri. Gasly has a contract with the Faenza-based squad until the end of 2023, but he will not be moving up to Red Bull after that due to Sergio
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Outgoing McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo has been ridiculed by the sport’s TV graphic designers, after a pre-race graphic regarding the Australian had the wording “struggling again, McLaren”. Viewers who noticed the caption have since called out the sport’s official TV coverage and have labelled the aforementioned Ricciardo caption as “disgusting” and “toxic”. Ricciardo had another horrific weekend at
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Formula 1 CEO, Stefano Domenicali, would like Red Bull to follow “protocol” in their pursuit of Andretti IndyCar driver, Colton Herta. Herta has won four races in the American series since his arrival in 2018 having graduated from Indy Lights, and he currently sits eighth in the Drivers’ Standings in 2022. Initially, he was tipped
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McLaren’s Lando Norris was not feeling the effects of any of the hardship he has been experiencing this week off the track, evidenced by a superb qualifying performance at the Dutch Grand Prix. The Briton split up this week with Portuguese model, Luisinha Barosa Oliveira, whom he had been dating for the best part of
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