As F1 enters the second year of a power unit freeze that lasts until the end of 2025, there are now strict limits on what elements on engines can be changed.Hardware tweaks... read more »
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Esteban Ocon feels Alpine have a good asset with the Renault power unit, and he knows it will only get better once they reduce the reliability issues they faced in 2022. read more »
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Bruno Famin says Renault will be looking to solve the problems they had with the auxiliary parts of the engine during the 2022 Formula 1 season ahead of the 2023 campaign. read more »
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While Alpine made good progress in speed terms in 2022, as it emerged as best-of-the-rest behind Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes, it did endure a spate of frustrating... read more »
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However, a combination of poor reliability, strategy and driver errors, and rapid progress from Red Bull, meant that the team was unable to sustain its championship challenge... read more »
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Otmar Szafnauer has revealed his confidence that Alpine can fix its reliability gremlins and continue to hunt down the top three teams. read more »
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Alonso finished his second season since returning to F1 ninth in the championship, but rued a number of missed opportunities due to recurring reliability problems that emerged... read more »
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If Alpine can solve their reliability issues that affected them in 2022, they can score a lot more points next season, according to Otmar Szafnauer. read more »
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Alpine Formula 1 CEO Laurent Rossi says his team was "in shambles" at the opening pre-season test ahead of the 2022 season. The Enstone-based squad went on to enjoy a... read more »
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Charles Leclerc says that he enjoyed a "good season" despite being dominated by Red Bull and Max Verstappen across the 2022 campaign. Leclerc won two out of the... read more »
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Ocon finished the 2022 season in eighth in the drivers' standings, 11 points clear of teammate Fernando Alonso, the Spaniard rather bearing the brunt of Alpine's... read more »
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Fernando Alonso has predicted a "massive" change of fortune in 2023 after enduring relentless reliability problems this past F1 season. read more »
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Despite a lacklustre start to the campaign, when it struggled with reliability and was on the back foot in pace terms, Red Bull successfully turned its season around.A... read more »
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The Italian F1 squad announced earlier this week that it had accepted Binotto's offer to resign from his role as team principal after just less than four years in the... read more »
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Red Bull's Max Verstappen has admitted he thought his chances of retaining his title were slim after the team's shaky start to the season. The Dutchman suffered... read more »
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The Monegasque driver made the most of Ferrari's strong start to the 2022 campaign as he won two of the opening three grands prix.However, the combination of a resurgent... read more »
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However much Binotto became an easy target for the critics amid Ferrari's reliability and strategy errors that grabbed the headlines in 2022, it was his many... read more »
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There were two factors at play here: the first that the setup of its power unit, and especially its turbo size, was not ideal for the high-altitude races in Mexico and... read more »
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Former Formula 1 driver, Martin Brundle, has predicted several seasons of dominance from Max Verstappen barring some herculean efforts from Mercedes and Ferrari. Despite... read more »
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While Ferrari made a step forward in 2022 and finished runner-up in both championships, its best result since 2018, the year was not without its disappointments.And in... read more »
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Red Bull scored its 17th victory of the year to close out the 2022 season in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, capping off a dominant campaign that saw it capture both titles for the first... read more »
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Otmar Szafnauer has countered Fernando Alonso's criticism of Alpine's dreadful reliability record in F1 this season. read more »
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Max Verstappen has described his qualifying session as "messy" after surviving a reliability scare to secure pole position in Abu Dhabi. read more »
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Lando Norris has conceded he would have been in a "bad condition" had a reliability issue not brought his race to a premature end in Brazil. read more »
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Toto Wolff has revealed Mercedes kept George Russell in the dark over a reliability problem that threatened to derail his bid for a maiden F1 victory. read more »
Chinese Grand Prix
21st of April 2024
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Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | Max Verstappen | 77 |
2 | Sergio Perez | 64 |
3 | Charles Leclerc | 59 |
4 | Carlos Sainz | 55 |
5 | Lando Norris | 37 |
6 | Oscar Piastri | 32 |
7 | George Russell | 24 |
8 | Fernando Alonso | 24 |
9 | Lewis Hamilton | 10 |
10 | Lance Stroll | 9 |
Pos | Team | Points |
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1 | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 141 |
2 | Ferrari | 120 |
3 | McLaren Mercedes | 69 |
4 | Mercedes | 34 |
5 | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 33 |
6 | RB Honda RBPT | 7 |
7 | Haas Ferrari | 4 |
8 | Williams Mercedes | 0 |
9 | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 0 |
10 | Alpine Renault | 0 |