The lights have most certainly gone out on silly season, with the Alpine F1 Team being left in the mud after a dramatic 48 hours. On Monday, following the Hungarian Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso announced that he’d be joining the Aston Martin F1 Team in 2023, replacing the retiring Sebastian Vettel. Whilst this move caught everyone by surprise,
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Given the previous comments of Renault CEO, Luca de Meo, Alpine played a waiting game while deciding whether they wanted to go with Fernando Alonso or Oscar Piastri next year, but they waited too long. Alonso re-signed with Alpine last season after taking a two-year sabbatical from Formula 1 having left McLaren for the second
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Former Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher does not believe Oscar Piastri will sign with Alpine to replace Fernando Alonso next season. Sebastian Vettel announced his retirement from Formula 1 at the end of the current season last week, leaving his seat at Aston Martin available for next year. After just a few days of speculation,
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Fernando Alonso has surprised the entire Formula 1 world, after announcing that he will be replacing Sebastian Vettel at the Aston Martin F1 Team. Vettel announced prior to the Hungarian Grand Prix that he would be retiring from F1 at the end of the season, leaving a seat at the British team alongside Lance Stroll.
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Formula 1 journalist Joe Saward reports that Fernando Alonso has agreed a new deal that keeps him at Alpine for another two seasons. The Spaniard has picked up right where he left off since he returned to the pinnacle of motorsport at 39 years of age last year, scoring points on 23 occasions with an
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Williams CEO and team principal, Jost Capito, is “convinced” that Formula 2 driver Logan Sargeant will be in Formula 1 in the future. Sargeant took a win and four podiums with Charouz in Formula 3 in 2020 as Oscar Piastri went on to win the title, and he featured in Formula 2 with HWA last
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Alpine F1 Team reserve driver Oscar Piastri is looking increasingly likely to be racing in Formula 1 next season, but potentially not at Alpine. Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi currently finds himself in a difficult position, of having two extremely talented drivers without a seat for 2023. As well as Piastri, double World Champion Fernando Alonso is also
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McLaren looked at some alternative options before Daniel Ricciardo’s confirmation that he will be remaining in their Formula 1 team next season. The Australian has been off the pace of team-mate Lando Norris since he joined the side at the beginning of last year, and he has now been out-qualified 24 times in 33 races
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Daniel Ricciardo’s recent revival somewhat continued at the Austrian Grand Prix, with a well-deserved 9th place finish at the Red Bull Ring; however, he once again finished behind team-mate Lando Norris. Ricciardo’s 9th place finish means he’s now finished in the top-ten three times this season, with the other two coming at the Australian and
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Despite being 40 years old, Fernando Alonso has been fighting with the very best this season in what is proving to be another strong year for the Spaniard. The double World Champion would be sitting much higher than 10th in the Drivers’ Standings if not for a wave of bad luck. Alonso has fallen victim
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