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• Alpine appoint Nielsen to run F1 team
Renault-owned Alpine appointed former sporting director Steve Nielsen on Friday to handle the day-to-day running of the Formula 1 team following the departure of principal Oliver Oakes....2025
• Pierre Gasly concedes Alpine ‘has some work to do’ ahead of Austrian Grand Prix

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Alpine is hoping to bounce back at the Austrian Grand Prix after a tough weekend in Montreal Alpine has gotten off to an uneven start here in the 2025 Formula 1 season. The team that finished a surprising sixth in the 2025 Constructors’ Championship standings is mired at the bottom of the table, similar to the beginning of their 2024 campaign. Last year Alp...2025
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• Briatore 'looking' for Alpine boss, sets high bar
Flavio Briatore has said Alpine will not rush into a snappy decision on who should replace Oliver Oakes as team boss....2025
• Franco Colapinto ‘excited’ for his F1 return at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

Photo by Alessio Morgese/NurPhoto via Getty Images Alpine’s newest driver is excited to return to the grid After a tumultuous week for Alpine, the team is ready to go back to racing. With a new driver in their lineup. In the hours after the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix, Alpine accepted the resignation of Team Principal Oliver Oakes, announced that Executive Advisor Flavio Briatore would hand...2025
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• 5 key F1 storylines for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

Photo by Bryn Lennon - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Formula 1 is back with this week’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, and here are the critical storylines as race week begins After a week off, Formula 1 roars back into action with this week’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. This race kicks off the European portion of the schedule, as well as another F1 triple-header that will bring the cir...2025
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• Alpine boss quits days after police charge brother
Oliver Oakes' resignation as team principal of F1 team Alpine this week came several days after UK police charged his brother with transferring criminal property....2025

• 5 critical questions for qualifying at the F1 Japanese Grand Prix

Photo by Jayce Illman/Getty Images Setting the stage for qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix by diving into five big questions facing the grid A frenetic Friday in Suzuka has set the stage for a fascinating qualifying session at the Japanese Grand Prix. At the moment, McLaren remain the class of the field. Lando Norris topped the timing sheets in FP1 while his teammate Oscar Piastri was ...2025
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• Jack Doohan ‘okay’ after ‘heavy’ crash in practice at F1 Japanese Grand Prix

Photo by Bryn Lennon - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Alpine driver Jack Doohan’s ‘heavy’ crash brought out the red flag in Suzuka Jack Doohan missed the first practice session at this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix, as Alpine used FP1 to give reserve driver Ryō Hirakawa a chance to drive in one of the team’s required young driver practice sessions. Doohan returned to the car for FP2 ...2025
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• F1 Australian Grand Prix storylines include Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari debut

The 2025 F1 season gets underway this weekend with the Australian Grand Prix. Here is what to look for When the lights go out Sunday in Melbourne to start the Australian Grand Prix, the Formula 1 season will begin in earnest. The grid will look vastly different from a year ago, with several new faces in new places. However, none of those changes are bigger than Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari. H...2025
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• F1 2025: Pre-season testing, explained

Photo by Emmanuele Ciancaglini/Getty Images Formula 1 returns this week with pre-season testing. Here’s what to expect Formula 1 is back. This week the entire grid will roar to life for the first time since the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last year, which saw McLaren capture their first Constructors’ Championship 1998. The 2025 F1 season is shaping up to be a transformative campaign...2025
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• F1 rule changes to know for the 2025 season

Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images 2025 will see new rules in F1 including heavier cars, driver cooling systems, and more Formula 1 is going to look a little different in 2025. While the main reason the sport will appear different starts with Lewis Hamilton driving for Ferrari, as well as other changes such as Carlos Sainz Jr. moving to Williams, Nico Hülkenberg shifting t...2025
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• 10 storylines we are excited about as the 2025 F1 season approaches

Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images With a new year comes a new F1 season. Here are ten storylines we are excited for as a new year begins Happy New Year Formula 1 fans! And with the calendar turning to 2025 we can officially say this: A new F1 season is almost upon us. 2024 delivered one of the more fascinating F1 seasons in recent memory, with multiple Grand Prix winners, a Drivers’ Champi...2025
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• A win for Max Verstappen, title hopes for Ferrari, and more winners and losers from Qatar GP

Photo by Qian Jun/MB Media/Getty Images Breaking down the winners and losers from the F1 Qatar Grand Prix When Sunday broke at Lusail International Circuit, McLaren looked in position to clinch the Formula 1 Constructors’ Championship. A front-row lockout from Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris in the F1 Sprint Race on Saturday increased their lead over Ferrari to 30 points, putting them 15 po...2024
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• Max Verstappen caps off perhaps his most impressive season yet at the Las Vegas GP

Photo by Song Haiyuan/MB Media/Getty Images Recapping the winners and losers from the Las Vegas Grand Prix A season ago the combination of Max Verstappen and the RB19 effectively ended the Formula 1 title race before the summer break. The sport’s dominant driver, in the cockpit of one of the greatest cars in F1 history, left the rest of the field fighting for second behind him. It was a ma...2024
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• Ferrari’s title dreams, a ‘perfect’ day for Haas, and more F1 Mexico City winners and losers

Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images Handing out winners and losers from the F1 Mexico City Grand Prix For a moment Sunday, it looked as if Ferrari was going to accomplish something that they had not achieved since the 2008 Formula 1 season. As the laps ticked down in the Mexico City Grand Prix, the team was on the verge of a second-straight one-two finish, in the wake of Charles Leclerc’s...2024
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• F1 Q&A: Adrian Newey at Aston Martin, Alpine’s future, and the sport’s newest star

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Answering F1 questions on Max Verstappen, the upcoming regulation changes, and more Ahead of this weekend’s Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, we thought it would be a good time to open up the old F1 mailbag. Boy, did the readers deliver. Thanks to the growing “F1 Threads” community over a dozen questions were sent over, more if you count subparts. The respon...2024
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"But Team Principal Oliver Oakes has brushed aside continued questions over Doohan’s status, and the young driver is set to kick off his first full season in F1 at his home race."

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"During the FIA Press Conference Friday Brown sat alongside fellow team bosses Laurent Mekies from Visa Cash App RB F1 Team, and Oliver Oakes from Alpine, but almost every question went the McLaren CEO’s way."

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"” Hitech was founded in 2015 by Oliver Oakes, and has already grown into a six-team operation competing in F2, F3, F4, with 150 people employed at its headquarters in Silverstone."

• Pierre Gasly concedes Alpine ‘has some work to do’ ahead of Austrian Grand Prix
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• Alpine boss Oakes resigns with immediate effect
Alpine has announced the shock resignation of Oliver Oakes as team principal, just six races into the Formula 1 season....2025
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• Alpine F1 confirms Franco Colapinto as a reserve driver for 2025 on ‘multi-year’ deal

Photo by Joe Portlock/Getty Images After a strong debut for Williams, Franco Colapinto has joined Alpine as a reserve driver starting this season The driver transfer market in Formula 1 never slows down. After days of speculation, Alpine announced on Thursday that supersub Franco Colapinto will join the team as a reserve driver for the 2025 season. Colapinto earned a mid-season promotion t...2025
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• A win for Max Verstappen, title hopes for Ferrari, and more winners and losers from Qatar GP
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• Jack Doohan might make his F1 debut for Alpine at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Momentum is building toward Jack Doohan driving for Alpine at F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Only one race remains in the 2024 Formula 1 Grand Prix. But momentum is building towards Jack Doohan making his Alpine debut in that race, the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Comments in the wake of the Qatar Grand Prix indicate that discussions are underway for Esteba...2024
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• Pierre Gasly concedes Alpine ‘has some work to do’ ahead of Austrian Grand Prix
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• Franco Colapinto to replace Jack Doohan at Alpine F1

Photo by Qian Jun/Paddocker/NurPhoto via Getty Images Alpine confirmed on Wednesday that Franco Colapinto would replace Jack Doohan, but how long he remains in the seat is up in the air Franco Colapinto is getting another chance on the Formula 1 grid. After months of speculation, Alpine announced on Wednesday that the reserve driver indeed would be getting a chance, as he will replace rook...2025
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• Oliver Oakes resigns as Alpine Team Principal

Photo by Mark Sutton - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Alpine Team Principal Oliver Oakes has resigned The Alpine Formula 1 team is now undergoing another leadership change. According to a statement from the team, Oliver Oakes has tendered his resignation, which the team has accepted “with immediate effect.” As set forth in the statement, Flavio Briatore will continue as Executive Adv...2025
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• F1 testing: What, if anything, did we learn?

Photo by Mark Sutton - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images What conclusions can we draw from F1 pre-season testing? Formula 1 pre-season testing is in the books. Did we learn anything? Testing data is always viewed with some skepticism, with good reason. Teams run different programs, use different fuel loads, and the full picture is often not shown until the opening race of the season. Le...2025
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• Pierre Gasly and Jack Doohan shakedown Alpine’s 2025 ahead of F1 testing

Alpine’s drivers put the A525 through its paces ahead of F1 pre-season testing Alpine struggled out of the gate during the 2024 Formula 1 season. The A524, their challenger for the 2024 campaign, came in overweight and lacked performance early in the year. That saw Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly at the back of the grid in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. While Alpine dramatically reversed the...2025
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• Haas F1 has eyes on both the present and the future

Photo by Sam Bloxham/Getty Images Like the rest of the F1 grid, Haas is balancing both 2025 and 2026 The 2025 Formula 1 season has yet to begin. But teams have already started thinking about 2026. It has been said that F1 is as much a racing competition to be won, as it is an engineering puzzle to be solved. While that is the case every season, that particular riddle will come into clear f...2025
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• Flavio Briatore addresses Oliver Oakes’ stunning resignation from Alpine F1

Photo by Mark Sutton - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Alpine Executive Advisor Flavio Briatore and former Team Principal Oliver Oakes are speaking about about Oakes’ shocking resignation The past few days have brought two significant changes to Alpine’s Formula 1 team. The first massive change was somewhat expected, with the confirmation that Alpine was sidelining rookie Jack Doohan ...2025
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• Jack Doohan remains upbeat despite uncertain F1 future

Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Speaking with the media after the Miami Grand Prix Jack Doohan struck an optimistic tone. But speculation swirls MIAMI, Florida — Speaking with the media, including SB Nation, following the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix Alpine driver Jack Doohan remained upbeat, despite an opening-lap incident that cut down one of his tires, ending his race before he comple...2025
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• Pierre Gasly and Jack Doohan shakedown Alpine’s 2025 ahead of F1 testing
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• Alpine F1 confirms Franco Colapinto as a reserve driver for 2025 on ‘multi-year’ deal
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• Pierre Gasly and Jack Doohan shakedown Alpine’s 2025 ahead of F1 testing
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• Hitech confirms their application to join F1
Photo by Joe Portlock - Formula 1/Formula Motorsport Limited via Getty Images With F1 expansion on the horizon, Hitech throws their hat in the ring Formula 1 is looking to expand, having invited applications from prospective teams looking to join the grid starting in 2026. And now a British-based team — with a new investor alongside — has confirmed their interest. British based Hitech Puls...2023
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• James Vowles vows Franco Colapinto will be ‘back to Williams’

Photo by Joe Portlock/Getty Images Franco Colapinto, named as a reserve at Alpine, may still return to Williams in the future Last Formula 1 season Franco Colapinto catapulted into stardom. Named as a midseason replacement at Williams for Logan Sargeant, the young driver impressed in his first races on the grid. Colapinto finished 12 in his debut in Monza and then finished in the points in...2025
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• McLaren looking for answers after ‘shocking’ Friday at the United States Grand Prix

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri might have expected a better result during Sprint Qualifying in Austin AUSTIN — Zak Brown was the center of attention on Friday at the United States Grand Prix. During the FIA Press Conference Friday Brown sat alongside fellow team bosses Laurent Mekies from Visa Cash App RB F1 Team, and Oliver Oakes from Alpine, but almost ev...2024
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• Lando Norris puts the entire F1 grid on notice at the Dutch Grand Prix

Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Recapping the winners and losers from the Dutch Grand Prix The detractors did not go away in May. After Lando Norris broke through with his maiden Formula 1 victory in the Miami Grand Prix, shedding the harsh “Lando No-wins” moniker, the detractors still had their lines of criticism. They pointed to an opportune safety car, which gave Norri...2024
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• Pierre Gasly concedes Alpine ‘has some work to do’ ahead of Austrian Grand Prix
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• Flavio Briatore addresses Oliver Oakes’ stunning resignation from Alpine F1
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• Franco Colapinto to replace Jack Doohan at Alpine F1
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• Alpine boss Oakes resigns with immediate effect
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• F1 Midweek: Flavio Briatore, Alpine’s Latest Team Principal, With No Principles

Tuesday (May 6th) brought the sudden and shocking news that Alpine Formula 1 team principal Oliver Oakes was resigning, effective immediately. Alpine executive adviser and ... Continue Reading...2025
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• Oliver Oakes stands by Jack Doohan amid speculation over the driver’s F1 future

Alpine boss Oliver Oakes is standing by Jack Doohan as rumors continue to swirl over the driver’s F1 future MIAMI, Florida — Last summer Alpine confirmed a long-anticipated rumor, that Jack Doohan would be driving full-time as the 2025 Formula 1 season began. Yet, when the team signed Franco Colapinto, the 2024 supersub at Williams, as a reserve driver ahead of this season speculation about Doohan...2025
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• Alpine boss lauds Doohan before home F1 debut
Australian Jack Doohan has won praise from Alpine Formula One team boss Oliver Oakes for a "punchy" pre-season response to speculation about his Formula One future....2025
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