Alpine F1 Team boss Otmar Szafnauer is full of hope that his side can beat the Aston Martin F1 Team next season, as the Enstone-based side prepare for life without Fernando Alonso. Alonso’s switch to Aston Martin for 2023 shocked many throughout the paddock, with the Spaniard predicted to remain at Alpine for another season.
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2008 Formula 1 runner-up Felipe Massa recently discussed the current hot topics in the sport, during an interview with Sky Sports‘ Any Driven Monday. The Brazilian driver spoke about the current situation between the Aston Martin F1 Team and the Alpine F1 Team, after the surprising revelations which took place both before and after the
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Oscar Piastri might have burned his bridges with Alpine with his social media announcement this week, Auto Motor und Sport writer, Andrew Haupt, has suggested. Alpine driver Fernando Alonso is set to eave at the end of the season to join Aston Martin following the announcement of Sebastian Vettel’s retirement. Piastri has been Alpine’s reserve
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As rumours continue to circulate around Oscar Piastri’s future, Daniel Ricciardo’s place at McLaren is beginning to look more and more precarious. Sebastian Vettel turned the key on silly season when he announced his retirement from Formula 1 at the end of the 2022 season ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso knocked the
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Dr Helmut Marko supports Sebastian Vettel’s decision to retire from Formula 1, emphasising that racing is no longer at the top of his list of “priorities.” Vettel worked with Dr Marko for several years as part of the Red Bull programme, and he was given a Toro Rosso seat in late 2007 after an impressive
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Auto Motor und Sport journalist, Tobi Gruner, believes that Mick Schumacher could end up losing the most once silly season shakes out. Sebastian Vettel announced his retirement last week, bringing an end to a career that started with BMW Sauber in 2007. The fact that he made the announcement was not such a surprise given
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Former Ferrari press officer, Alberto Antonini, has revealed that Sebastian Vettel was very assertive when he first arrived at the team in 2014. Having won four championships on the bounce with Red Bull, Vettel made a pre-agreement with Ferrari at 2013, suspecting that the start of the hybrid era would not go well for the
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Sebastian Vettel reportedly told Auto Motor und Sport journalist, Michael Schmidt, that he might have considered staying in Formula 1 had synthetic fuels been brought in earlier than 2026. The Four-time world champion has not won a race since 2019, and racing further down the field with Aston Martin over the last couple of seasons
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Tobi Gruner, journalist for Auto Motor und Sport, believes that Aston Martin knew they were close to signing Fernando Alonso going into the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend. Sebastian Vettel has been considering his future in Formula 1 for several months now, and the British team were keen to keep him around, so they were initially
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Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer has revealed that he did not see Fernando Alonso’s departure coming. There had been but a few days of speculation as to who would move across to Aston Martin to replace Sebastian Vettel after the German announced his retirement ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend. Those questions were answered
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