AlphaTauri CEO Peter Bayer has revealed that Red Bull were initially against Daniel Ricciardo returning to their sister team, something which ultimately happened at the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix. The Faenza-based side had started the 2023 season with Yuki Tsunoda and rookie Nyck de Vries, although the latter significantly struggled in the opening rounds. Pressure
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Ahead of AlphaTauri’s “complete” rebrand ahead of the 2024 Formula 1 season, Motorsport-Total.com have reported that the team’s new name could be ‘Racing Bulls’, with the side set to be closer to their parent team. Since rebranding as AlphaTauri, the Faenza-based outfit have moved away from their Red Bull roots somewhat. AlphaTauri in recent years
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AlphaTauri CEO Peter Bayer has revealed that Red Bull reserve driver Liam Lawson wasn’t given a seat for 2024 as the team can’t have “two young” drivers in order to move forwards, with the Kiwi instead going to put pressure on Yuki Tsunoda and Daniel Ricciardo to perform. Despite having performed brilliantly since replacing the
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Sporting giants Adidas are reportedly set to compete with Hugo Boss for the naming rights of AlphaTauri next season, with Red Bull set to rebrand their sister team. Red Bull have come to the realisation that the AlphaTauri clothing brand hasn’t been a success and are keen to rename the team as part of a
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has expressed his scepticism over the FIA’s appointment of Shaila-Ann Rao, a former legal advisor to Mercedes boss Toto Wolff. Bayer had acted as executive director and secretary general for sport at the FIA until a few races into the 2022 season, when he departed and was replaced by Rao.
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is not a fan of the prohibition of radio messages between the teams and race control ahead of the 2022 season. Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn and executive director of single-seaters Peter Bayer have confirmed that there will be one select member from each team who will be
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Alpine driver Fernando Alonso says he is pleased with the recent changes to race control, but does not believe Michael Masi was removed as race director based on what happened at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Australian was relieved of his duties last week following the hugely controversial Safety Car restart at the
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has reservations regarding the removal of Michael Masi as race director in Formula 1. Masi caused no shortage of controversy at last year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix when he allowed a limited number of lapped runners to pass a late Safety Car, leading to a final lap overtake from Max
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff insists that Sir Lewis Hamilton’s decision to continue racing in Formula 1 in 2022 was not contingent on Michael Masi’s removal as race director, but welcomes the changes made to race management. Hamilton was cruelly denied his record eighth world championship last year when Masi made the controversial decision to
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff and Red Bull boss Christian Horner appeared in an equivocal mood as they left the FIA’s headquarters in London on Monday following a meeting with of the F1 Commission. New FIA president Mohammed ben Sulayem is leading a taskforce into the controversial events of the Abu Dhabi Grand prix last
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