F1 today: the stories everyone's talking about — 27 Sept 2026
GP Headlines' round-up and analysis of the biggest Formula 1 storylines making news right now.
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GP Headlines' round-up and analysis of the biggest Formula 1 storylines making news right now.
GP Headlines' round-up and analysis of the biggest Formula 1 storylines making news right now.
Examining the safety car restart chaos and Colapinto's error that eliminated multiple frontrunners.
Renault's move to prevent Christian Horner from acquiring Alpine could create fallout across the paddock's power structures.
GP Headlines' round-up and analysis of the biggest Formula 1 storylines making news right now.
Alpine's appointment of former Mercedes tech chief Mike Elliott signals a major structural shake-up as the team tries to climb back up the grid.
GP Headlines' round-up and analysis of the biggest Formula 1 storylines making news right now.
Analyses Alpine's innovative low-drag wing solution that propelled Gasly to a shock pole position.
Examine the escalating conflict between Alpine's Flavio Briatore and the FIA/International Court of Appeal over allegations of judicial bias tied to McLaren in
GP Headlines' round-up and analysis of the biggest Formula 1 storylines making news right now.
GP Headlines' round-up and analysis of the biggest Formula 1 storylines making news right now.
Colapinto's fresh 2027 deal and his direct talks with the FIA president reveal how the young driver is navigating both his career security and recent controvers
GP Headlines' round-up and analysis of the biggest Formula 1 storylines making news right now.
GP Headlines' round-up and analysis of the biggest Formula 1 storylines making news right now.
Comparing the scale and intent behind Ferrari's and McLaren's competing upgrade packages as the title fight intensifies.
GP Headlines' round-up and analysis of the biggest Formula 1 storylines making news right now.
Examining whether Aston Martin's sweeping Hungary upgrade package can meaningfully close its deficit despite Alonso's skepticism.
GP Headlines' round-up and analysis of the biggest Formula 1 storylines making news right now.
Motorsport.com "We've got stewards for that. They made up their minds. Whatever the ref says, the ref is right," said Alpine's Pierre Gasly of the decision not to penalise…
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PlanetF1 Jack Doohan's impressive Jerez outing has forced Haas to rethink what looked like a settled decision for 2027.
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Crash.net Pierre Gasly admitted Alpine was left with a 'painful' outcome after late-race retirements handed unexpected points to direct rivals.
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Motorsport.com Isack Hadjar (Red Bull) is handed a 5-place penalty for using a new power unit element outside his allocation. Franco Colapinto (Alpine) is handed a 15-place…
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GPfans One of the biggest stories coming out of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix last weekend was the fallout between Lando Norris and Franco Colapinto.
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RaceFans Alpine have questioned why Arvid Lindblad was not penalised for causing a collision during a restart last weekend, as its driver Franco Colapinto was.
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Motorsport.com Alpine Formula 1 chief Flavio Briatore says his team will move on from Franco Colapinto's collision with team-mate Pierre Gasly as the squad fights Racing…
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Formula 1 Isack Hadjar, Arvid Lindblad and Franco Colapinto - who already had a five-place drop carrying over from Baku - have taken PU-related penalties in Malaysia.
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Crash.net Flavio Briatore has stated that Alpine will move on from the disappointing events at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
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RaceFans Three Formula 1 drivers will take grid penalties for power unit changes at this weekend's race in Malaysia.
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Motorsport.com Franco Colapinto has claimed that “no one ever talks about” how he also receives lots of social media abuse, following the fallout to his clash at the Formula…
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Autosport Alpine driver Franco Colapinto is set for an additional grid penalty at Formula 1's Bahrain GP in Malaysia after taking a new Mercedes V6 engine. Colapinto was…
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Motorsport.com Alpine driver Franco Colapinto is set for an additional grid penalty at Formula 1's Bahrain GP in Malaysia after taking a new Mercedes V6 engine. Colapinto was…
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Motorsport.com Lando Norris has apologised for his Baku outburst twice now, once privately to Franco Colapinto and once publicly on Instagram. By any normal standard, that…
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RacingNews365 Whatever Lando Norris now thinks, he is keeping it to himself.
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Autosport Reigning Formula 1 champion Lando Norris says he issued a public apology to Franco Colapinto to help calm the waters as his calls for a race ban sparked an…
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Motorsport.com Reigning Formula 1 champion Lando Norris says he issued a public apology to Franco Colapinto to help calm the waters as his calls for a race ban sparked an…
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RaceFans Lando Norris says people posting death threats on social media in reaction to his collision with Franco Colapinto last week went "way too far."
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Crash.net Lando Norris on why he apologised both privately and publicly to Franco Colapinto.
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RacingNews365 Franco Colapinto has shared his reaction to Lando Norris' forthright comments after the Alpine driver forced him into retirement at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
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Formula 1 Lando Norris has shared a further insight into his apology to Franco Colapinto over his post-race comments at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
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Formula 1 Alpine’s Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto confirmed that they have cleared the air after clashing in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
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Autosport Franco Colapinto appears to have survived the wrath of Alpine Formula 1 boss Flavio Briatore after he triggered a late-race accident in the Azerbaijan Grand…
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Motorsport.com Franco Colapinto appears to have survived the wrath of Alpine Formula 1 boss Flavio Briatore after he triggered a late-race accident in the Azerbaijan Grand…
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Crash.net Franco Colapinto has shared a message to his fans after Lando Norris suffered abuse in the wake of his comments after Baku.
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RacingNews365 Franco Colapinto was reportedly at risk of being sidelined for the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia. Now proven to be wide of the mark, the Alpine driver has…
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PlanetF1 Franco Colapinto was left to face not only the wrath of Pierre Gasly and Lando Norris, but also Flavio Briatore.
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RacingNews365 Alpine is the latest F1 team to have its financial information poured over by RacingNews365.
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GPfans Lando Norris' call for Franco Colapinto to be suspended by the FIA after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix got us thinking about which F1 stars have been banned from…
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PlanetF1 "It will be reviewed by Flavio as well, and I'm not sure which one is going to be harsher..."
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RacingNews365 In this video, RacingNews365's Nick Golding goes over what Colapinto actually did, the divided post-race comments and why a five-place grid penalty must be…
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RacingNews365 Franco Colapinto was deemed the cause of a multi-car collision at a safety car restart at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix last weekend.
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Motorsport.com Former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya has defended Franco Colapinto's "aggressive" approach following a costly multi-car collision at the Azerbaijan Grand…
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GPfans All the talk post-race (at least from Lando Norris) was that Franco Colapinto should be handed a race ban after causing a crash at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
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Motorsport.com Former McLaren mechanic and Formula 1 pundit Marc Priestley has branded Franco Colapinto's Turn 1 collision at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix "outrageous", but…
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Formula 1 Lando Norris has apologised to Franco Colapinto for comments he made immediately after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, admitting “it was wrong of me” to do so.
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PlanetF1 Lando Norris: "I sent Franco a message apologising for the comments I made..."
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Crash.net Lando Norris has apologised for his words against Franco Colapinto in Baku
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Autosport Reigning world champion Lando Norris has apologised to Franco Colapinto for demanding a race ban for the Alpine driver after the collision at Formula 1’s…
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RacingNews365 It takes a big man to do what Lando Norris has done!
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Motorsport.com Reigning world champion Lando Norris has apologised to Franco Colapinto for demanding a race ban for the Alpine driver after the collision at Formula 1’s…
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Motorsport.com Alpine's Flavio Briatore has publicly apologised to Lando Norris and McLaren following the collision at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix that brought the 2025 Formula…
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RaceFans Lando Norris has revealed he apologised to Franco Colapinto for the comments he made about him following the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
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RacingNews365 Franco Colapinto has a former F1 driver firmly in his corner following the Azerbaijan GP.
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PlanetF1 George Russell and Franco Colapinto each feature on the Winners & Losers list from Baku, for very different reasons...
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RaceFans Some of Colapinto's supporters have become a liability to him
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GPfans Did you know that it’s really hard to get a job as an F1 driver?
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RacingNews365 It was a remarkable weekend for George Russell and Isack Hadjar, in particular, but what a disaster for Alpine!
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RaceFans Alpine has issued another condemnation of social media abuse following the reaction to the crash triggered by Franco Colapinto yesterday.
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PlanetF1 A familiar, unacceptable problem has returned.
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Autosport The Alpine Formula 1 team has again spoken out against social media abuse following Franco Colapinto’s shunt in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Argentinian fans’…
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Motorsport.com The Alpine Formula 1 team has again spoken out against social media abuse following Franco Colapinto’s shunt in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Argentinian fans’…
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RacingNews365 Not for the first time, Alpine has had to issue a statement following vile online hate.
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Crash.net Alpine has condemned online abuse after Lando Norris was targeted by trolls for calling for Franco Colapinto to be banned.
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GPfans Alpine star Franco Colapinto is already facing punishment from the FIA for his part in a multi-car collision at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, and there could yet…
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Crash.net An Argentinian politician has weighed in on Lando Norris' call for Franco Colapinto to be banned from F1.
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Motorsport.com Mercedes driver George Russell feels a Formula 1 race ban would have been "too harsh" on Franco Colapinto after the Argentinian took out Alpine team-mate…
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GPfans Flavio Briatore has hailed Alpine's signing of former Mercedes technical director Mike Elliott, revealing that a long 'secret negotiation' was necessary to…
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Crash.net Alpine is considering what action to take after Franco Colapinto's costly Baku blunder.
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PlanetF1 From near-perfection for George Russell to motorsport's biggest sin for Franco Colapinto. Here's how we rated every driver in Baku.
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Formula 1 Alpine have issued a statement speaking out against the “hate and abuse” posted online following the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, in which their driver Franco…
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Formula 1 Alpine saw their hopes of a big score in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix disappear in just one corner, when their two drivers collided and were both forced into…
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PlanetF1 Franco Colapinto eliminated both Alpines in Baku...
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RacingNews365 You suspect it was a heat-of-the-moment comment, but his peers have made their views clear.
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PlanetF1 George Russell won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with Max Verstappen second and Isack Hadjar third.
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George Russell survived a late charge from Max Verstappen to win the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, crossing the line just 0.196s ahead of the four-time world…
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RacingNews365 Despite Franco Colapinto urging his fans this very week to refrain from posting online abuse towards drivers, Lando Norris has been targeted after the…
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Autosport Franco Colapinto has been given a five-place grid penalty for the Malaysian Grand Prix, following the pile-up he caused in today’s Formula 1 race at Baku. The…
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Crash.net Flavio Briatore has torn into Franco Colapinto after he ruined Alpine's chances of a double-points finish in Baku.
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Motorsport.com Franco Colapinto has been given a five-place grid penalty for the Malaysian Grand Prix, following the pile-up he caused in today’s Formula 1 race at Baku. The…
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RacingNews365 Alpine could take matters into their own hands when it comes to Franco Colapinto.
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PlanetF1 Lando Norris had called for a Franco Colapinto race ban...
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Crash.net Franco Colapinto has received his punishment for causing a multi-car collision at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
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Autosport Alpine F1 executive Flavio Briatore has been left "extremely disappointed" with his team's double DNF in F1's Azerbaijan GP, criticising Franco Colapinto for…
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Crash.net Max Verstappen thinks race ban calls for Franco Colapinto are harsh
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Motorsport.com Alpine F1 executive Flavio Briatore has been left "extremely disappointed" with his team's double DNF in F1's Azerbaijan GP, criticising Franco Colapinto for…
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RacingNews365 Franco Colapinto was initially handed a 10-second time penalty by the stewards for the accident in which he eliminated three cars, including himself.
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Motorsport.com “I cannot believe it, so many points gone...” Pierre Gasly’s initial reaction to the pile-up that occurred at the restart of Formula 1’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix…
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RacingNews365 Lando Norris has taken aim at Franco Colapinto after the Alpine driver wiped him — and Pierre Gasly — out of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
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Crash.net Franco Colapinto has reacted to Lando Norris’ hard judgment of their Baku F1 clash
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RacingNews365 Franco Colapinto eliminated both Alpine team-mate Pierre Gasly and McLaren's Lando Norris with his Azerbaijan GP mistake.
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Crash.net Lando Norris has ripped into Franco Colapinto after Baku F1 clash
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Motorsport.com Alpine driver Franco Colapinto has apologised for the "big mistake" that saw him knock team-mate Pierre Gasly and McLaren driver Lando Norris out of F1's…
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Autosport Reigning world champion Lando Norris thinks Franco Colapinto deserves "at least a one-race ban" for causing a pile-up at Formula 1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix. On…
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RaceFans Lando Norris said some drivers on the grid should not be in Formula 1 after he was taken out of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
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Motorsport.com Reigning world champion Lando Norris says he thinks Franco Colapinto deserves "at least a one-race ban" for causing a pile-up at F1's Azerbaijan GP. On a lap…
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RacingNews365 The McLaren driver has made clear that his Alpine rival should be severely punished.
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RaceFans France Colapinto admitted he was "completely out of control" when he crashed into two cars at the restart in Baku.
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Autosport Mercedes driver George Russell has taken a dominant pole-to-flag victory at Formula 1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix, overcoming two safety cars to beat Max…
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RacingNews365 It was a slow-burner before the Azerbaijan Grand Prix again delivered drama!
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GPfans Multiple F1 stars including Lando Norris, Alex Albon and Pierre Gasly are out of the 2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix after safety car chaos in Baku.
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RacingNews365 Franco Colapinto committed a costly error at the safety car restart in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, wiping out Alpine team-mate Pierre Gasly and Lando Norris.
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PlanetF1 "They [should] support Franco clean, loyal, not what I see on social media."
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Formula 1 Both Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto progressed to the final stage of Qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
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GPfans Pierre Gasly has opened up on a torrent of abuse delivered to him by fans of his own team-mate after the Spanish Grand Prix.
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RaceFans Ben Sulayem defends Gasly after latest abuse from Colapinto fans
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PlanetF1 Pierre Gasly revealed that he and family members were subjected to "completely inappropriate" online abuse.
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Crash.net Alpine chief Flavio Briatore has condemned abuse from Colapinto fans aimed at Gasly
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RacingNews365 Franco Colapinto insists it is not only his fans who are guilty of online hate and abuse after Pierre Gasly and his loved ones were targeted recently, but is…
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Motorsport.com Pierre Gasly has revealed that he was the victim of social media abuse following the Spanish Grand Prix after an incident with Franco Colapinto two weeks ago…
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Crash.net Pierre Gasly says he and his family have been abused online since the Madrid F1 race
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RacingNews365 Pierre Gasly — and his loved ones — received a torrent of social media hate and threats after Alpine failed to enact team orders late in the Spanish Grand Prix.
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PlanetF1 "So the car is pretty much set-up in a similar way as Monza..."
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Motorsport.com Former Alpine Formula 1 team principal Otmar Szafnauer has warned that Cadillac's operational structure is not geared towards winning a championship. Following…
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GPfans Renault could be left with a headache following their move to block Christian Horner buying the Alpine team.
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GPfans Renault could be left with a headache following their move to block Christian Horner buying the Alpine team.
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PlanetF1 Jack Doohan was back behind the wheel of an F1 car this week...
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Motorsport.com Former Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer says Mercedes boss Toto Wolff deserves credit for taking a gamble on Kimi Antonelli. After seven-time champion…
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PlanetF1 Jack Doohan is among the candidates for a 2027 seat with Haas.
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GPfans Franco Colapinto has revealed just how much his family sacrificed to make his F1 dream a reality.
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GPfans Alpine have announced the hiring of former Mercedes technical director Mike Elliott, after years out of the sport.
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PlanetF1 "Hey! Swap! For f**ks sake!"
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PlanetF1 Alpine has made an important announcement following the Spanish Grand Prix.
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Crash.net Alpine has strengthened its F1 technical department with the signing of a former Mercedes man.
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Autosport Alpine has appointed Mike Elliott as chief technical officer of its Formula 1 team, further bolstering the Enstone-based team's technical structure. Alpine…
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Motorsport.com Alpine has appointed Mike Elliott as chief technical officer of its Formula 1 team, further bolstering the Enstone-based team's technical structure. Alpine…
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RacingNews365 Former Mercedes technical director Mike Elliott is returning to F1 with a new role at the Alpine team.
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Formula 1 Mike Elliott – who last worked in Formula 1 for Mercedes – will return to the sport with the Alpine team.
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Motorsport.com In the pre-2026 Formula 1 eras, Red Bull’s second seat made quite a few casualties. Pierre Gasly, Alexander Albon, Sergio Perez, Liam Lawson. All of them…
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PlanetF1 Adrian Newey was present on the Spanish Grand Prix pre-race grid.
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Formula 1 Franco Colapinto believes that his seventh-place finish in last weekend's Spanish Grand Prix culminated in "probably my best race weekend" for Alpine this…
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Motorsport.com Franco Colapinto says studying Pierre Gasly's qualifying performance at Monza helped him make progress at the Spanish Grand Prix, where he finished seventh…
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