AlphaTauri team principal, Franz Tost, has affirmed that Max Verstappen was not the determining factor in the team’s decision to sign Nyck de Vries. The Dutchman won the 2019 Formula 2 title, but there were no Formula 1 seats available to him for 2020, so he was forced to look elsewhere. His adventures took him
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In what was by far the strangest and most controversial race of the 2022 season, Max Verstappen matched Fernando Alonso as a double World Champion; however, his victory isn’t the hot topic following the Japanese Grand Prix. Verstappen’s 12th victory of the season came with just 28 Laps having been completed, following a lengthy break
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AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly launched a heavy tirade of criticism at race control after they put his life at risk during the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix. The FIA ruled that the start of the wet race would be completed in intermediate conditions, with a standing start taking place. However, visibility was awful, as were the grip
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Philippe Bianchi, father of the late Formula 1 driver, Jules, was appalled by race control’s negligence during the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix. At the same race in 2014, Jules crashed into a recovery vehicle, which had been sent out to collect the stricken Sauber of Adrian Sutil. The Frenchman spent several months in hospital, and
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Alpine are reported to have been asked to pay €10 million to acquire the services of Pierre Gasly from AlphaTauri in 2023. The French team entered the season with Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon as their full-time drivers, and Oscar Piastri as reserve. The Spaniard was out of contract at the end of 2022, so
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At a time when there is so much talk surrounding how difficult it will be for Daniel Ricciardo and Mick Schumacher to return to Formula 1 in the future should they fail to get a 2023 seat, Williams’ Alex Albon is living proof that such a thing is very much possible. The Thai driver who raced
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Former Formula 1 drivers, Karun Chandhok and Paul di Resta, received retorts from fans after they suggested Pierre Gasly was partially at fault for his near miss with a recovery vehicle in Japan. At the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, Jules Bianchi was involved in a collision with a crane that had been sent out to
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Following the announcement that Pierre Gasly is joining Alpine next season, AlphaTauri finally confirmed prior to FP3 at the Japanese Grand Prix that Mercedes reserve Nyck de Vries will be taking the Frenchman’s place next season. The 2019 F2 World Champion and the season seven Formula E World Champion has been linked with a move
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Nyck de Vries has revealed that Max Verstappen played an integral role in him signing with AlphaTauri next season. The Red Bull junior side had initially signed Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda for another year, but Alpine came knocking for the Frenchman when they lost both Fernando Alonso and Oscar Piastri in the space of
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Somewhat astonishingly and unsurprisingly given the lack of consistency the FIA have demonstrated in 2022, Pierre Gasly has been awarded a 20-second time penalty and two penalty points, after being deemed to have driven too quickly under red flag conditions. The penalty awarded to Gasly follows an investigation into whether the Frenchman drove too quickly
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