It was yet another disastrous Grand Prix for Daniel Ricciardo, with his McLaren exit not coming soon enough for one of the paddock’s most popular drivers. Ricciardo qualified P11 for the Belgian Grand Prix, but actually started seventh due to a number of drivers being awarded grid penalties. This put the Honey Badger in a
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Former Formula 1 driver, Martin Brundle, believes that Daniel Riccirdo’s departure from Red Bull in 2018 was a poor choice. The Australian had won seven races with the Austrian side, but was being out-performed by Max Verstappen, and it was clear that the Dutchman was the driver Red Bull wanted to prioritise going forward. The
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Alpine are reportedly prepared to let Oscar Piastri leave for McLaren, and they are said to have identified AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly as a strong possibility to partner Esteban Ocon next year. At the start of August, Piastri denied Alpine’s announcement that he has been promoted to the race seat in place of Fernando Alonso, who
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Lando Norris endured a miserable Belgian Grand Prix, after being stuck in a DRS train led by Williams Racing’s Alex Albon. Norris started the race from P17 following a grid penalty for a new power unit, and eventually crossed the line in P12 at Spa-Francorchamps. The Brit was clearly struggling during the race, after switching
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner is keeping his options wide open as he continues to decide who should race alongside Kevin Magnussen in 2023. Magnussen re-signed with the American side at the start of this year having initially been released at the end of 2020. The Dane replaced Nikita Mazepin, who himself was dropped ahead
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Alpine team principal, Otmar Szafnauer, will only have an idea of what his line-up might look like this season after the situation with Oscar Piastri is settled in court. Piastri won the Formula 3 and Formula 2 titles as part of the Renault turned Alpine academy in 2020 and 2021 respectively, and he has taken
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Alpine F1 team principal Otmar Szafnauer is ‘confident’ that next week’s meeting with the FIA’s contract recognition board will come to the decision that Oscar Piastri is contractually bound to race for Alpine next season, rather than the McLaren F1 Team. The FIA’s contract recognition board will ultimately decide if Alpine’s reserve driver will race for
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Daniel Ricciardo’s options in Formula 1 are quickly running out, with more drivers now being rumoured to be competing with him for the vacant Alpine seat. The Australian announced prior to the Belgian Grand Prix that as expected, he will be leaving the McLaren F1 Team at the end of the year, opening the door for Alpine
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Despite failing to make the top 10 cut during qualifying at the Belgian Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo will start on the fourth row of the grid due to a plethora of grid penalties. The Australian driver came within a tenth of making it into Q3 but was beaten late on by an incredible lap by
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Lando Norris and Max Verstappen had a hilarious interaction after the Dutchman dominated qualifying at the 2022 Belgian Grand Prix. Verstappen and Norris both received engine penalties ahead of the weekend that will see them start at the back, but they have joined by a multitude of others. Mick Schumacher, Zhou Guanyu, Esteban Ocon and
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