Year: 2023

13 Feb 2023

Sargeant was “100% sure” F1 dream was dead in 2021

Sargeant will make his F1 debut next month with Williams, graduating off the back of an impressive rookie campaign in Formula 2 where he finished fourth in the championship. It completes a swift career turnaround for Sargeant, who, after narrowly missing out on the title to fellow F1 2023 rookie Oscar Piastri in the 2020 […]

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12 Feb 2023

The mutual benefits of Hamilton’s NFL ownership foray

The Mercedes driver is a minority owner as part of the Walton-Penner group that bought the three-time Super Bowl-winning Broncos in 2022 – led by Walmart heir Rob Walton and Greg Penner, the retail giant’s chairman, and his daughter Carrie – in a massive $4.65billion deal. There are two other minority owners that complete the […]

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12 Feb 2023

Tsunoda must do better job this year in F1

The Japanese driver is entering his third year with AlphaTauri, but is coming off the back of a fairly disappointing 2022 campaign where he finished in the top ten just four times. His tally of 12 points left him down in 17th in the overall standings, and it is clear that Tost feels the youngster […]

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12 Feb 2023

The new face running the Alfa F1 team

Newcomers Andrea Stella on behalf of McLaren and James Vowles for Williams will be joined by Alessandro Alunni Bravi, who has taken on the team principal role for Alfa Romeo, although officially he’s known as team representative. Alunni Bravi will be working in tandem with Andreas Seidl, who has come in as Sauber Group CEO with an […]

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12 Feb 2023

Marini tops final day from Bagnaia

The third and final day of the Sepang test in Malaysia was once again affected by rain, but only late on in the final hour when most had completed their run plans. A late time attack just before the end of the penultimate hour put Marini to the top of the times with the best […]

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12 Feb 2023

A launch red herring or a design dead end?

When Valtteri Bottas took the new car out of the garage in Barcelona for the first time, it was running a completely different floor to the original renders from when it was revealed. On the real car, it was a much more traditional edge compared to the radical serrated side that had been present on […]

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12 Feb 2023

AlphaTauri reveals tweaked F1 2023 livery

The Faenza-based squad showed off its new colours at an event hosted in the Lincoln Centre, during New York Fashion Week. The tweaked livery features slightly more red than last year, which has been prompted by a new sponsorship deal with PKN Orlen. Team principal Franz Tost said that the squad’s decision to hold its […]

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