AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost believes Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda “will finally be ready for Red Bull” in 2025, hinting that he could be used to replace Sergio Perez. Should Tsunoda replace Perez at Red Bull in 2025, it would actually work very well for the Milton Keynes-based team, given that Perez’s contract expires at
More
Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has quashed any suggestion that himself and new Red Bull CEO Oliver Mintzlaff have been arguing following a football-related comment made by the 79-year-old, with Marko labelling the rumours as “nonsense”. Marko joked about Red Bull Leipzig losing 7-0 to Manchester City in the second leg of their Champions
More
Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has revealed that the Austrians are “reconsidering” whether ‘AlphaTauri’ is the correct name for their sister team going forward, with talks going on behind-the-scenes to make the Faenza-based team more profitable. It’s been a challenging 12 months or so for AlphaTauri, with the side having taken a massive step
More
Yuki Tsunoda has openly admitted that AlphaTauri’s “consistency is a bit poor”, following a very disappointing start to the 2023 F1 season for the Faenza-based team. AlphaTauri entered 2023 on the back of a poor 2022 campaign, where they slumped to ninth in the Constructors’ Championship. There was some hope that the Red Bull sister
More
Having finished less than one second out of the points in Bahrain, AlphaTauri driver Yuki Tsunoda headed into Saudi Arabia with the hope of securing the team’s first points around the Jeddah Corniche Circuit. However, despite making his way from 15th to the top six during the race, the Japanese racer saw his chance at points
More
Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has warned AlphaTauri to improve their “sporting” and “financial” performance as soon as possible, with it currently not meeting the Austrians’ “standards”. 2022 was a very disappointing year for AlphaTauri, with the Faenza-based team having slumped to ninth in the constructors’ championship. Following their woeful campaign, there was some
More
Rookie Nyck de Vries is preparing to make his full debut in Formula 1 this weekend at the Bahrain Grand Prix, with the Dutchman set to compete against several of his former rivals. At 28 years old, De Vries is certainly one of the more experienced rookies, with the 2019 Formula 2 World Champion and
More
Ahead of his first full season in Formula 1, Nyck de Vries has been advised by AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost to avoid comparing himself to fellow Dutchman Max Verstappen, who is seen as somewhat of a hero in The Netherlands. Verstappen is a Dutch legend, with the 25-year-old always having virtually unmatched support no
More
AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost has revealed that the Faenza-based team will continue to work with Red Bull, after confirming that the energy drink company “will not sell” their sister side, silencing rumours from German media. Tost’s statement ahead of this weekend’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix is in response to reports from Germany, with Auto Motor und Sport
More
Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has revealed that any decision on the future of sister team AlphaTauri will be made “entirely” by the “shareholders” only, following a report by Auto Motor und Sport (AMuS) that suggested that the Faenza-based team could be sold. The German publication reported that Red Bull had been evaluating whether
More