Andreas Seidl isn’t surprised that Alpine and Alfa Romeo have often been equal to or faster than McLaren this year given the British team can no longer outspend them. It’s been a largely disappointing first half of 2022 for Seidl and co, with McLaren P4 in the standings and often slower than multiple midfield teams
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McLaren IndyCar driver Pato O’Ward has hit out at the team and Zak Brown for their “laughable” pursuit of Oscar Piastri. With Daniel Ricciardo struggling since joining the team last season, there has been a huge amount of speculation about who will be Lando Norris’ team-mate going forward. IndyCar pair O’Ward and Colton Herta have
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Former Formula 1 driver Jean Alesi is confident that, given the right car, Daniel Ricciardo can return to the race winning form he showed prior to his McLaren days. Not all has gone the Australian’s way since he departed Renault at the end of 2020 and signed with Zak Brown’s McLaren team, and he has
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It’s been a mixed first half of the season for the McLaren F1 Team, with Lando Norris leading the ‘best of the rest’ in the Drivers’ Championships, and Daniel Ricciardo outside the top ten. Norris has once again been the star performer for the Woking-based team, with the Brit currently holding seventh in the championship.
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Former Formula 1 driver, Christian Danner, reckons that former Renault team principal Flavio Briatore was a key factor in Oscar Piastri’s shock rebellion against Alpine. Briatore is currently the manager of Fernando Alonso, who is set to leave Alpine and join Aston Martin next season when Sebastian Vettel retired. The German was quickly replaced by
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The summer break is for most a time to relax and digest the first half of the season; however, for the Alpine F1 Team that certainly isn’t the case. It’s turning into the worst summer break that the French team could’ve hoped for, with a trip to the High Court looking all but certain. The
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Arrow McLaren SP IndyCar driver, Felix Rosenqvist, has assured that he does indeed have a contract with McLaren beyond this season. It was reported back in June that Rosenqvist, who signed with McLaren’s American single seater project last year, has extended his deal with the side for 2023 and beyond. This did not restrict him
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Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas has told Sebastian Vettel that he wants him to stay involved with Formula 1 amid the German’s impending retirement from the sport. The Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA) was set up in 1961, with Sir Stirling Moss becoming its first-ever chairman. It was set up as a union for the drivers,
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McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo believes that his team anticipated too much from him when they signed him from Renault at the end of 2020. The Australian had suffered a difficult season with an underperforming Renault car in 2019, a year after he had been in talks with McLaren over a seat for that season, but turned
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Lando Norris has enjoyed a strong first half to 2022, after ending the first part of the season as ‘best of the rest’ in the Drivers’ Championship. The McLaren F1 Team driver hasn’t been able to fight with the frontrunners as often so far this season, with the Woking-based side having taken a step back
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