Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko has affirmed that there is no get-out clause for Pierre Gasly amid links to Alpine. The French team are looking for a replacement after Fernando Alonso was announced as an Aston Martin driver after the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Spaniard wanted a longer deal that the one on the
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AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly has divulged conversations he has had with Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel, which helped him at the start of his Formula 1 career. Gasly was signed to the Red Bull system towards the end of Vettel’s time at Red Bull, and he went on to achieve 13 podiums and four wins in 2015
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AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly has confirmed that he intends to see out the rest of his contract with them and Red Bull despite rumours linking him with Alpine. Gasly had a contract with the Red Bull programme that saw him remain as part of their system until the end of 2023, but he recently signed a
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Generally this season, not an awful lot of drivers have been sent to the naughty step by the stewards, but there have been some incidents, some more amusing than others. In recent races, Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton were all fined for being in breach of parc ferme regulations after the Austrian
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Scuderia Ferrari race director Laurent Mekies has announced who will be driving for the team in both of their FP1 rookie sessions in the second half of the season, with Ferrari Driver Academy star Robert Shwartzman set to take the spotlight. 2021 Formula 2 runner-up Shwartzman will drive for Ferrari in two FP1 sessions during
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AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost has ruled out losing Pierre Gasly at the end of this season amid rumours of an exit clause. There is a bit of a mess happening in the driver market at the moment, and all of it seems to revolve around Alpine, who have had a rough week. Sebastian Vettel
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Max Verstappen is all but certain to defend his Drivers’ World Championship, after dominating the first half of the season. The reigning World Champion leads the standings by 80 points over Charles Leclerc, with the Dutchman having won eight races already this season. The Red Bull Racing driver has been unstoppable, with the 24-year-old having
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McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo has praised the spirit of AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly for the Frenchman’s performances since he was released by Red Bull. Ricciardo left Red Bull for Renault at the end of 2018, with Gasly earning a promotion after some solid displays with junior team Toro Rosso at the end of 2017 and throughout
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Daniel Ricciardo might be struggling to relax during this season’s summer break, with the Australian’s seat at the McLaren F1 Team looking increasingly at risk. It has been reported that Alpine F1 Team reserve driver Oscar Piastri has signed a contract with McLaren, which will see the young Australian line-up alongside Lando Norris. Piastri’s manager,
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Pierre Gasly felt hard done by at the Hungarian Grand Prix as he walked away from the race with no points for the fifth weekend running. Gasly was eliminated in the first qualifying session in Budapest, but not before he had a lap time deleted for running off the racetrack, which he did not agree
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