It’s been a mixed first half of the season for the McLaren F1 Team, who enter the summer break with one driver exceeding expectations, and the other rapidly falling behind. Lando Norris has once again delivered the goods for McLaren, in a year where they’ve fallen off the progress they made in 2021 to catch
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Daniel Ricciardo might be struggling to relax during this season’s summer break, with the Australian’s seat at the McLaren F1 Team looking increasingly at risk. It has been reported that Alpine F1 Team reserve driver Oscar Piastri has signed a contract with McLaren, which will see the young Australian line-up alongside Lando Norris. Piastri’s manager,
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Oscar Piastri might have burned his bridges with Alpine with his social media announcement this week, Auto Motor und Sport writer, Andrew Haupt, has suggested. Alpine driver Fernando Alonso is set to eave at the end of the season to join Aston Martin following the announcement of Sebastian Vettel’s retirement. Piastri has been Alpine’s reserve
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As rumours continue to circulate around Oscar Piastri’s future, Daniel Ricciardo’s place at McLaren is beginning to look more and more precarious. Sebastian Vettel turned the key on silly season when he announced his retirement from Formula 1 at the end of the 2022 season ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso knocked the
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Former Lotus and McLaren boss, Eric Boullier, is confused as to how and why Fernando Alonso is seen as a disruptive influence on teams. Boullier worked with Alonso for three seasons at McLaren between 2015 and 2017, during such time the Spaniard became known for hitting out at Honda’s power units as the team struggled
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Zhou Guanyu has confirmed that he has been “completely released” by Alpine, and Oscar Piastri’s current situation vindicates his decision to join Alfa Romeo this season. Piastri and Zhou both won four races in Formula 2 last season as the Australian won the title, with the 23-year-old finishing third. Both did so as Alpine academy
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The FIA seemingly accidentally shared a tweet by Canal Plus Formula 1 journalist Laurent Dupin which appeared to accuse McLaren of dealing in bad faith. The Woking-based team are set to become embroiled in another legal battle after Oscar Piastri’s manager, Mark Webber, reportedly signed an agreement with them for his driver to join their
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Dr Helmut Marko supports Sebastian Vettel’s decision to retire from Formula 1, emphasising that racing is no longer at the top of his list of “priorities.” Vettel worked with Dr Marko for several years as part of the Red Bull programme, and he was given a Toro Rosso seat in late 2007 after an impressive
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With the summer break now in full-swing, the McLaren F1 Team have given fans the opportunity to win a limited edition mini-helmet signed by Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo. To be in with a chance of winning one of the 1:2 scale helmets, all you have to do is sign-up on the competition form found
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Lance Stroll had a go at unlapping himself from Sir Lewis Hamilton at the Hungarian Grand Prix, but it was to no avail as he eventually finished P11. Stroll out-qualified team-mate Sebastian Vettel for the third time this season as he started the race 14th, with Vettel struggling to find pace in qualifying following his
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