The F2 rookie is a contender for the vacant Alpine Formula 1 seat for 2023 as team-mate to Esteban Ocon after Fernando Alonso announced his move to Aston Martin. Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi said the priority for the team was to secure a driver who would score points from the off, rather than need time […]
Four-time world champion Vettel announced at the end of July he would be quitting F1 at the end of the season, calling time on a grand prix career stretching back to 2007. Vettel joined Aston Martin in 2021 following his exit from Ferrari, scoring the team’s first – and to date only – podium since […]
Red Bull recently brought negotiations with Porsche over cooperation on its 2026 power unit project to an end, leaving Audi as the only Volkswagen Group brand on the grid when the new regulations come into force. Red Bull Powertrains is to press on with the project independently while remaining open to a future partnership with […]
Following months of uncertainty about the future of the event, amid differences of opinion over the race hosting fee, TV rights, trackside sponsorship and infrastructure, a deal has finally been put together for another three years. The news came as F1 confirmed its 24-race 2023 calendar, which begins in Bahrain in March and finishes in Abu […]
The schedule, which is the biggest in F1 history, includes the Monaco GP, whose future had been in doubt, as well as the Las Vegas and Chinese GPs. Having been put together by F1 owners Liberty Media over recent weeks, the calendar has now been ratified by an e-vote of the FIA’s World Motor Sport […]
Tsunoda became the first F1 driver to pick up a grid penalty for accruing five reprimands in a single season when he was sanctioned for driving with his seatbelts loosened briefly in the Dutch Grand Prix. It resulted in a 10-place grid drop for Monza, where Tsunoda was hit with a further three-place penalty for […]
The Enstone-based squad remains on the lookout for a team-mate for Esteban Ocon for 2023 after Alonso elected to jump ship to Aston Martin and its reserve Oscar Piastri signed for McLaren. Alpine has set its sights on a deal to take Pierre Gasly from AlphaTauri, but Red Bull, which owns the Frenchman’s contract, says […]
The Italian, who is already closely linked with a drive at Haas, has emerged as a possible candidate for the seat left vacant by Fernando Alonso. Alpine is running the 2021 A521 used for its driver development programme at the Hungarian GP venue. The team’s protégé Jack Doohan, who would have participated in the test […]
Max Verstappen looks almost certain to wrap up the F1 drivers’ championship in the next few races, with his first opportunity coming at the Singapore Grand Prix if he wins and title rivals Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez do not score heavily. Verstappen has won 11 races this season so far, including the last five […]
Mercedes is yet to win a race in 2022 after struggling to compete with Red Bull and Ferrari since the overhaul of the car designs for this season. But after combatting a porpoising problem on its W13 car through the early part of the year, Mercedes has been getting closer to the front, recording a […]