Despite Fernando Alonso having moved to Aston Martin, the Spaniard had time for one last dig at Alpine, following the post-season test at Abu Dhabi. Whilst the double World Champion is contracted to the Enstone-based team until the end of the year, he was given permission to drive for his new side in the post-season test,
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With the 2022 season complete, all eyes have already turned to 2023, with the post-season test at Abu Dhabi having seen moving drivers with their new sides. Two of the drivers who have moved team for 2023 are Fernando Alonso, who’s gone from Alpine to Aston Martin, and Oscar Piastri. Piastri is a controversial one and someone that Alpine
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Alpine will be hoping for a less eventful weekend in Abu Dhabi to wrap up the season than they experienced in Brazil, where team principal Otmar Szafnauer was forced to publicly shame his drivers. Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso have been the best of friends and the worst of enemies during their two years together
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For Alpine, 2022 has been somewhat a year of loss, given that a third high-stake employee of the Enstone-based side has been reportedly sacked. According to companies house, director of legal affairs Benedicte Mercer has been relieved of her responsibilities, having played a role in the French side losing the highly talented Oscar Piastri to McLaren. The Piastri saga has played a
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Alpine would have hoped for a smoother weekend in Sao Paulo, with stellar recovery drives from Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon helping the team to overhaul a tough sprint race. Ocon and Alonso qualified P6 and P7 respectively but started Sunday’s race from P17 and P18 after an early collision between the two drivers saw
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Fernando Alonso is perhaps more ready than anyone else to say goodbye to 2022 and hello to 2023, with the double World Champion desperate to get out of Alpine. The Spaniard revealed at the Brazilian Grand Prix last weekend that he “just wants” to “test the green car”, in reference to his imminent switch to
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Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer was left bitterly disappointed by both of his drivers following the Brazilian Grand Prix sprint race, after the duo decided to put themselves before the “tirelessly working” Alpine employees. Tensions have been building between Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon all season, with the duo having fought one another incredibly hard
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Pierre Gasly has spoken at length about his disappointment surrounding his penalty points situation, with the French driver now finding himself only two points away from being forced to serve a one race suspension. The 26-year-old took his points total to ten in Mexico after forcing Lance Stroll off the track as he locked up
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21-year-old Oscar Piastri has reportedly gotten his career as a McLaren Formula 1 driver underway, with French outlet Auto Hebdo reporting that the Aussie took part in a ‘secret’ test at the home of the French Grand Prix. Piastri was an instrumental part in one of the storylines of the season, with the 2021 Formula
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Penalty points can be accumulated a number of ways in Formula One, usually related to causing an accident on track or breaking some sort of regulation, like ignoring yellow flags. Should a driver accumulate twelve penalty points then they will be handed a race ban for a single Grand Prix, forcing them to watch on
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