The Alfa Romeo team have launched their 2021 Formula 1 challenge with the aim of improving on a disappointing season last year. Alfa Romeo finished eighth in the constructors’ championship in 2021 after a year battling at the back of the field. Team principal Frederic Vasseur said: “We want to improve. All the team is
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Red Bull’s Alexander Albon says he is determined to return to the Formula 1 field in 2022 after being demoted to reserve driver this season. Albon said: “My goal is to be back in a seat and be ready – you never know what will happen with Covid. “I am confident in myself. I know
Mike Beuttler raced against many of the all-time Formula 1 greats in the early 1970s – and then disappeared. Even the British driver’s closest motorsport friends heard nothing from him over the final 14 years of his life. Then, in late 1988, they learned from his family that he had died in Los Angeles of
Brazilian Pietro Fittipaldi is to stay on as reserve driver at Haas this year. Fittipaldi, 24, replaced the injured Romain Grosjean in the final two grands prix last season following the Frenchman’s fiery crash at Bahrain. The grandson of two-time world champion Emerson Fittipaldi finished 17th in the Sakhir race and 19th in Abu Dhabi.
Alpha Tauri have set themselves the target of running consistently at the front of the midfield in 2021 as they launched their new AT02 car. Alpha Tauri, who won the Italian Grand Prix with Pierre Gasly last year, finished seventh in the championship. Team boss Franz Tost said: “In 2020, we were fighting against other
Daniel Ricciardo says he is “excited” about his prospects at McLaren, as the team launch their new car and driver line-up for the 2021 season. The Australian has signed a three-year contract with McLaren, who are switching from Renault to Mercedes engines in 2021. Ricciardo, who joins after two years at Renault, said: “Everything I
Fernando Alonso has been discharged from hospital after suffering a fracture of his upper jaw in a cycling accident last week. The two-time Formula 1 world champion, 39, collided with a car while on a training ride near his home in Lugano, Switzerland, on Thursday. His Alpine team said Alonso will now have “a short