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Honda ready to try and win with Aston Martin F1 and Alonso come 2026, leaving “GP2 engine” comment in the past

Last week, Fernando Alonso’s renewal with Aston Martin was officially revealed in a multi-year contract, allowing the Spaniard to continue racing the top category in a new era of regulations arriving to Formula 1 in 2026. In that same year, Aston Martin will begin the story of an alliance with Honda that brings back memories…

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Albon admits it’s a “tough time” for Williams F1 as the team goes through a “character-building” phase

It has been a brutal start to the 2024 Formula One for Williams Racing. In Bahrain and Saudi Arabia they failed to score points. Much worse was to follow from there, however. During first practice at Albert Park for the Australian Grand Prix last month, Alex Albon had a big crash at turn 7. Such…

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Alonso: “I will be the first one to raise my hand” and retire from F1 if I lose my speed and motivation

Amidst a flurry of rumours swirling around the 2025 driver market, Fernando Alonso confirming his multi-year contract renewal with Aston Martin earlier this week has officially taken another seat away from others potentially interested in a drive at Aston, namely Carlos Sainz. Despite speculation linking him to teams higher up the grid like Mercedes or…

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Horner: Perez has started the 2024 F1 season “in the best possible way” — “it’s his seat to lose”

Red Bull could well head into the 2025 Formula One season with an unchanged driver line-up for a fifth consecutive season. Mexico’s Sergio Perez has made a very strong start to the 2024 season following his best ever result in the Drivers’ Championship last year with P2. At Suzuka last weekend, he got within 0.066s…

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Alonso reveals that Aston Martin F1’s tie-up with Honda for 2026 “part of the decision to stay” with the team

Fernando Alonso has put pen to paper on an extension deal with Aston Martin that will see him racing through the 2025 and 2026 seasons.  After being tentatively linked to various teams across the grid—Lewis Hamilton’s shock move to Ferrari triggered an early start to silly season—Alonso ultimately opted to remain with his current team….

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Alonso admits he “did speak” to other F1 teams before agreeing a new deal with Aston Martin

Fernando Alonso has confirmed that he did have some talks with other teams before confirming he would stay at Aston Martin until 2026 at least. Since joining the team at the start of 2023, the Spanish driver has been on the rostrum 8 times for the Silverstone-based squad, including three P2 finishes. Alonso has very…

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“I’m sure he’ll bounce back” — Horner confident Ricciardo can turn things around following tricky start to 2024 F1 season

Yuki Tsunoda’s fine start to the 2024 F1 season continued at Suzuka last weekend as he became the first Japanese driver since Kamui Kobayashi to score points at their home race. Kobayashi secured a memorable pole in his Sauber 12 years ago. The P10 finish for Tsunoda certainly did not come easily after making Q3…

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Ocon laments horrible F1 Japanese GP race pace for Alpine: “The first step backwards since Bahrain”

There’s something every F1 fan can agree on: Alpine has been having a terrible season so far. From car issues in Jeddah that saw Pierre Gasly DNF on the first lap to being backmarkers the past four races, the Enstone-based team has been struggling. And according to Esteban Ocon, the Japanese Grand Prix was a…

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