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Ocon and Gasly say Alpine “have to do better” as Famin apologises for Q1 miscall in F1 Hungarian GP qualifying

Saturday turned out to be a difficult day for Alpine on the track. The team from Enstone faced a qualifying in Hungary that threatened with rain and left the track slightly damp. With 6 minutes left in the first session, the competitors headed to their garages as the rain began. The session was interrupted by…

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Gasly wishes for Sainz to join Alpine F1 squad in 2025: “I welcome the fastest guy — we all know who it is”

Summer break is already knocking on the front door, which means it’s time for even more driver transfer news and rumours. The latest announcement only dates back to a few hours ago, when Haas confirmed that at the end of the season they will part ways with Kevin Magnussen. However, there are still many seats…

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Taking differential settings from Ocon has given Gasly “a lot more consistency” in 2024 F1 season

It would not be an exaggeration to state that at the start of 2024 Formula One season Alpine appeared to be the slowest car of the grid. The Enstone-based team had wrapped up the 2023 Constructors’ Championship in a respectable P5, with multiple point scoring finishes and podiums with both their drivers. To find themselves…

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Sanchez: Alpine F1 “developing around the weaknesses” with A524 package

Alpine’s 2024 campaign endured a difficult start that saw the Enstone-based team occupying the back of the grid. The poor start to the seasonled to the departures of Matt Harman and Dirk de Beer following the lack of competitiveness from the overweight A524. With the departure of the duo, Alpine gradually recovered lost ground with…

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Gasly on Pérez’s Red Bull F1 difficulties: “There’s clearly something that is missing at the moment between the two”

Sergio Pérez’s future at Red Bull is at serious risk after three and a half seasons together, in spite of the recently announced 2-year contract renewal. The gap between the two Red Bull drivers is enormous: 137 points separate championship leader Max Verstappen and Pérez. The 34-year-old is now 6th in the Drivers’ Championship, and…

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Esteban Ocon paraphrases Murphy’s Law after terrible F1 British GP: “Everything that could have gone wrong went wrong”

To state that Alpine had an abysmal British Grand Prix is an understatement. Having one car with enough penalties to line up in London, which subsequently had to withdraw after the formation lap due to gearbox issues was bad enough, but the other car then ending two laps down after fumbling the strategy took the…

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“Just not quick for some reason” — Ocon left to rue lack of race pace in F1 Austrian GP as he slides to P12

Following two consecutive race weekends where he scored championship points, Esteban Ocon had to settle for 12th in Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix. Despite finishing outside the points, Ocon remains pleased with the team’s recent surge in form. Having qualified tenth for the main event, Ocon sets his eyes on Haas’ Nico Hülkenberg ahead of him….

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Carlos Sainz has learned to trust “very few” people in the paddock amid the talk about his F1 future

Carlos Sainz is still the hot topic on the drivers’ market as he’s considering all options for his future in Formula 1. He was recently being linked to Sauber or Williams, and now the talk is that Alpine came in with an offer that could be the dealbreaker for the Spaniard. Even though Sainz promised…

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