Probably a switch between Alpine and McLaren involving Ricciardo and Piastri, the latter probably has some kind of agreement with McLaren already. Alpine not ruling out Ricciardo as Piastri mess opens door. And I truly do wish him well.
Confirmed drivers: Esteban Ocon. "He's the shining star on and off track. This year, the adrenaline junkie is back for another crack at the title, writes ADAM PEACOCK. F1 United States GP: Sainz heads Verstappen in first practice F1 United States GP: Sainz heads Verstappen in first practice. It's the final race of the season and it brings around mixed emotions for many F1 fans. Ground News - Alpine boss open to Daniel Ricciardo return after Oscar Piastri drama and Fernando Alonso exit. The incident is being investigated and the repercussions could last for weeks. The battle for the driver's championship is waiting for yet another chapter to be written in its tale as Verstappen and Hamilton go into the race with a front row start. Confirmed drivers: Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. Alfa Romeo: Valtteri Bottas, Zhou Guanyu. Daniel Ricciardo: Alpine not ruling out return for Formula 1 2023 as Oscar Piastri mess opens door.
FIA ends race director rotation for rest of 2022 F1 season. Non-personalized ads are influenced by the content you're currently viewing and your general location. Hamilton: F1 'might as well not have a cost cap' if breaches get slap on the wrist. Lewis Hamilton was the fastest on Friday qualifying after a blistering first lap in Q3 made sure that he would be starting from P1 for the sprint race on Saturday. "So Lewis, with the way he leads his life, with the full, ultra-narrow focus on his Formula One racing – all the other things are just hobbies – I think he can take it quite far. As we get into the last two rounds of the season every point for these teams will be crucial and reliability issues or driver errors could make the difference in the vital prize money awarded to each team. He still needs to qualify for an F1 superlicence, though, and while that is likely it is not guaranteed. Both are nice problems to have, but three into two doesn't go, and frustrations were building in the background. There are two major reasons as to why Palou would want to break the contract on the surface, regardless of what, if any, internal reasons there are. Alpine boss hits out over Oscar Piastri mess and claims to have 'watertight contract' - Daily Star. This is to prevent any floor-related design which might navigate around the intention of the regulations.
F1 'silly season' prediction made after Fernando Alonso's 'middle finger' to Alpine. Ferrari will take heart from Friday qualifying after Charles Leclerc managed to be the 4th fastest on Friday courtesy of a Perez deleted lap time. First look: Mercedes to debut new F1 front wing at US Grand Prix First look: Mercedes to debut new F1 front wing at US Grand Prix. Alonso in the Alpine already up to P14, plenty of overtaking moves so far including a great pass from Alonso again on Sebastian Vettel. F1 United States GP: Sainz takes pole, Leclerc second fastest from Verstappen. The penultimate round of the season takes us to São Paulo for the Brazilian Grand Prix where we see the final sprint race of 2022. Alpine not ruling out ricciardo as piastri mess opens door for hacking. Sauber backed wonderkid, Theo Pourchaire, who is now showing his mettle in F2. A nice battle is now shaping up for third place in the constructors championship between McLaren and Ferrari with only 7. Russell now out front ahead of Perez but the Mexican goes straight passed at the first attempt.
"You look at Tom Brady, who is somebody I really admire for having the discipline in how he manages his life and his sport, he's 45 – and he's on the pitch. After 66 laps Verstappen crossed the line as the race winner and also takes the lead of the world championship, he is followed over the line by Perez and the Mercedes of George Russell, Sainz is fourth after taking Hamilton one lap from the end due the Mercedes having to lift and coast for the last few laps, Hamilton finishes fifth ahead of Bottas, Ocon, Norris, Alonso and Tsunoda rounding out the top ten. It's a curious situation at Alfa Romeo who, while still active in the drivers' market, are quietly steering towards maintaining their driver pairing for next season. It looks like these frustrations have boiled over in the past week, and the lid will not be going back on this pot any time soon. An extra year at Haas with Magnussen as a teacher will do him and Haas good. For them, they can now focus on their pace which will need to improve to be with the teams ahead. It's an open question, however, how many resources he's going to put into developing young talents like Herta or Palou for F1 when he is potentially locked-in for a very long time with young guns Lando Norris and Piastri driving for the team in that series. Alpine not ruling out ricciardo as piastri mess opens door for johnny. But if De Vries joins AlphaTauri, alongside freshly confirmed 2023 driver Yuki Tsunoda, then Williams will need to think of a Plan C (De Vries was its Plan B after Piastri's McLaren move scuppered the intended two-year loan spell at Williams). The Canadian driver has had his moments in Q2 where he ran wide and was at the mercy of other drivers' lap times.
Adam Peacock, Matt Hickey and Rebecca Clancy discuss the fallout from a big weekend in Texas for the US Grand Prix, from Verstappen and Red Bull's win, Ricciardo's future and why was Brad Pitt there? Rafael Diaz Lehmann - Editor for the English Edition. Gasly "reckless" but FIA also shoulders blame: the Suzuka F1 report's key findings. Suddenly Leclerc has trouble and the Ferrari is limping back to the pits, The first DNF of the season for the championship leader. FIA rules in favour of McLaren and Piastri will drive for them in 2023. Whilst many F1 fans will be in denial, the beloved driver will take to the track in his Aston Martin for one last time on Sunday. Realistically, he has been nothing more than an outside shot for Alpine, and Haas seems to have decided against keeping him for a third season. So at the very least, that aspect of the deal is a big plus in Palou's favor, especially with the F1 driver market for 2023 looking very crowded for how few seats are still open; it's better to be looking for a 2024 seat than a 2023 seat.
Auto Racing: Daniel Ricciardo - news. The breakthrough Ferrari must find in the "meaningless" Austin Pirelli tyre test times. Alpine not ruling out ricciardo as piastri mess opens door cinema. "He too has had a good time at McLaren and he's young, so we hope to see him in a competitive racing car and one of these days, we might see him being a pain for us on the race track and that will be fun because he's a great competitor. Williams has been linked with getting Doohan on loan from Alpine in the same way it was hoping to take Piastri. Why is Ricciardo in the middle of a new storm? First there was the out-of-the-blue announcement that Alonso had actually signed for Aston Martin when just the day before he'd told Szafnauer that this wasn't on the cards.
His teammate Lance Stroll couldn't quite find a similar pace and will be starting from P15. That's that – it's nothing personal. So that's all the conversation was. F1 United States Grand Prix – Start time, starting grid, how to watch, & more. But the more interesting aspect at this point is: why would Piastri - after waiting on the sidelines with Alpine for nearly four years - suddenly turn down a race seat that's finally being offered to him on a plate, and burn all his carefully built bridges in the process? An American team with an american driver, and Libertia Media would like to see that too. This potentially could have the biggest effect on performance so will be fascinating to see how it affects the cars.
After the chaos of the restart, by lap 40 normal racing had resumed and Norris was looking faster than Ricciardo but McLaren confirmed they would hold station to gain maximum points for the team. McLaren CEO Zak Brown stated Ricciardo's time hadn't lived up to expectations - a statement most can agree with. Ricciardo made the shock switch to then Renault four years ago, with his torment over his future at the time well documented in 'Drive to Survive' on Netflix.
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