Alpine’s handling of their driver situation this season will very likely go down as one of the biggest fumbles we have seen in recent memory, but questions are also being asked of McLaren. The British side signed Daniel Ricciardo at the beginning of last season, and he has since struggled. The car has not been
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Lando Norris has confirmed that he has split up with girlfriend, Luisinha Barosa Oliveria, in a social media announcement. Norris began seeing Oliveira just over a year ago, and confirmed on Instagram late last year that they had entered into a relationship. Sadly, Oliveira has been under scrutiny from social media fans of Norris, some
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The contract recognition board (CRB) has ruled that Oscar Piastri can join McLaren next season after Alpine’s protestations. Sebastian Vettel sent the driver market into a frenzy ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix when he announced his retirement at the end of the season. Alpine’s Fernando Alonso had been negotiating with the team over a
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Oscar Piastri’s situation with the Alpine F1 Team looks set to reach an end, with the FIA’s contract recognition board having started its hearing on Monday regarding the Australian’s status as either an Alpine driver or a McLaren driver. The situation arose after Piastri refused to drive for Alpine in 2023, to replace Fernando Alonso, despite the team deeming
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McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo has no ill will towards Oscar Piastri or his manager Mark Webber amid the 21-year-old’s imminent move to the British team. Ricciardo left Renault to join McLaren at the end of the 2020 season, but his partnership with Lando Norris has been a tough one blighted by an incompatibility with the car.
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McLaren Racing CEO, Zak Brown, aimed a dig at Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer during the Belgian Grand Prix weekend. Szafnauer is currently looking for another driver to race alongside Esteban Ocon next season after Fernando Alonso’s signature with Aston Martin, and the imminent departure of Oscar Piastri. Piastri won the Formula 2 title last
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Daniel Ricciardo’s chances of remaining on the Formula 1 grid in 2023 have taken another hit, as a potentially vacant seat has already had its possible successor announced. The much-loved Australian is searching for a drive for next season, after himself and the McLaren F1 Team announced prior to the Belgian Grand Prix that they
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McLaren’s Lando Norris believes that his team were even faster on the straights than Red Bull at the Belgian Grand Prix, but the MCL36 makes poor use of DRS. McLaren showed glimpses of pace in Spa over the course of the weekend, with Norris finishing third in FP2, before ending the final practice session fourth.
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Amid uncertainty around his future, the really important thing for Daniel Ricciardo to remember is not to panic. He cannot throw himself into another team with whom he has no idea if things will work out, or if his motives align with theirs. Little did anyone have a clue at the time, that his move
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Jean-Eric Vergne, Daniel Ricciardo’s former team-mate, says he doesn’t know what has happened to the Aussie. Ricciardo has struggled enormously since joining McLaren at the start of the 2021 campaign, rarely able to get anywhere near team-mate Lando Norris. He’s been so disappointing in fact that the British team have elected to end his contract
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