Fernando Alonso was visibly frustrated with his DNF in Mexico, lashing out at the air as he exited his car in the run off area down by Turn 1. The Spaniard was sat in a very respectable seventh place when his engine began to fail, eventually causing him to have to stop the car and
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If a Formula 1 fan were asked to name a driver who they think would amass 12 penalty points in a single year, Pierre Gasly is probably not the first name on their list; however, that is exactly the situation the Frenchman risks finding himself in. Since its introduction in 2014, no driver has ever
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2023 looks set to be a strange year for Formula 1 viewers, with Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo all but confirmed to not be on the grid next season. Vettel is, of course, retiring from the championship at the end of the season; however, Ricciardo’s future was still unknown heading into last weekend’s Japanese Grand
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The Singapore Grand Prix was the Alpine F1 Team’s first double-retirement of the season, after Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon both suffered from what looks set to be a “similar” power unit failure. Whilst the race was already looking fairly miserable for Ocon after qualifying P18, Alonso had been having a brilliant weekend up to the
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Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi has opened up on the current decisions facing the Enstone-based team, in regard to the controversially departing Oscar Piastri. Piastri is, of course, joining McLaren in 2023 to replace Daniel Ricciardo, after rejecting the chance to replace Fernando Alonso. Following Alonso’s shock departure, Alpine announced that Piastri would drive alongside Esteban
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1997 world champion, Jacques Villeneuve, has suggested that Alpine sign Jack Doohan from Formula 2, rather than look outside of their talent pool. Alpine came into the 2022 season with Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon as their first-team drivers, while F2 champion, Oscar Piastri, has been serving as their reserve. Alonso, at 41 years of
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Former Formula 1 driver and manager of Oscar Piastri, Mark Webber, has suggested that Alpine were not entirely honest about the money they put into the 21-year-old’s junior career. Piastri was promoted to the role as test and reserve driver with the French side this season after winning the Formula 2 title last year as
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As expected, Oscar Piastri has been announced as Lando Norris’ team-mate at the McLaren F1 Team next season, as the young Australian’s situation with Alpine was finally resolved. It was announced towards the end of the week by the FIA that their Contract Recognition Board (CRB) had come to the decision that the 2021 F2 World Champion
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Fans on social media have amusingly suggested that Sebastian Vettel could head to Alpine after he stopped for a chat with Otmar Szafnauer in the Netherlands. Vettel worked with Szafnauer last year upon his arrival to the Aston Martin team, and he scored points seven times over the course of the year. The four-time world
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Alpine’s handling of their driver situation this season will very likely go down as one of the biggest fumbles we have seen in recent memory, but questions are also being asked of McLaren. The British side signed Daniel Ricciardo at the beginning of last season, and he has since struggled. The car has not been
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