It’s been reported by L’Equipe that Renault CEO Luca de Meo took a trip to Alpine’s base in Enstone last week, where he delivered a 40-minute “determined” speech to fire up the French side. Alpine have endured an odd season, which has seen a mixture of amazing highs but also shocking lows. Both Pierre Gasly
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has warned that giving Renault an engine boost would be a “disaster” for Formula 1. The F1 commission rejected Alpine’s proposal last Friday to allow them to run illegal fuel rates, to help their Renault power unit produce a more similar amount of power to Ferrari, Mercedes and Honda. The
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Alpine team boss, Otmar Szafnauer, has denied that he may be set to lose his job after a disastrous showing for his team at the Hungarian GP. A crash took Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly out of the race at the Hungaroring, with both receiving DNF results. This comes hot on the heels of the
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Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer insists that powertrain supplier Renault wants the 2026 engine regulations to remain as they are, something Mercedes also want to see happen. Szafnauer’s comments regarding the new power unit regulations in 2026 have been made following concerns raised by Red Bull boss Christian Horner. Horner has insisted that tweaks to
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Luca de Meo, the CEO of Renault, has firmly denied any intention of joining Ferrari in a high-profile role, dismissing recent speculation linking him to the Italian team. As the CEO of Renault, de Meo oversees the company’s Formula 1 team, Alpine, which has been facing criticism for its performance in the 2023 season. De
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With Aston Martin soaring up the grid this season, Fernando Alonso has been thrust into the 2023 title race, sitting just 44 points behind title leader Max Verstappen. Having secured four podiums in five races, taking P3 in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Miami, Alonso is showing that he is as strong as ever. Alonso’s
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Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo has revealed his biggest mistake at Red Bull, as he reflects on his career in Formula 1 during a year off the grid. Ricciardo joined Red Bull’s junior team, then known as Scuderia Torro Rosso, in the 2012 season, partnering Jean-Eric Vergne, before making the step up to Red Bull in
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With Felipe Massa in the middle of a legal bid to overturn the result of the 2008 season, the Brazilian driver could be set for an awkward run in with seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton claimed his first title in 2008, winning it by just one point over Massa thanks to a last lap
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New Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur has interestingly likened the “atmosphere” at Ferrari to Renault’s and Sauber’s, the two teams that the Frenchman worked for ahead of his switch to Maranello. Vasseur worked for Renault first in 2016 as the Enstone-based team’s boss; however, he resigned at the end of that season following multiple disagreements
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Alpine executive director Bruno Famin has questioned “what is a pure, genuine reliability issue?” Following reports from Italy that Ferrari, Red Bull and Mercedes have all increased the power of their power units. As of the start of the 2022 season, the FIA implemented an engine freeze on performance upgrades; however, reliability modifications are allowed. By fixing
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