Tsunoda contract extension was never in doubt for Tost

Rookie Tsunoda arrived in F1 with high expectations, but has endured an erratic campaign so far, with several crashes in the first half of the season and being overshadowed by team-mate Pierre Gasly.
AlphaTauri announced earlier this month that it would retain both Gasly and Tsunoda for 2022, and the Japanese driver admitted he was surprised to have his contract extended given his on-track …Keep reading

Alonso: F1 needs more equal cars to open up podium battle

While F1 is about to embark on an all-new rules era from next year, with cars hopefully able to run much closer to each other, there are concerns that the gap between the top teams and the rest could actually grow in the short term.
Alonso, who has raced through many different regulation eras in F1, believes it is critical that the championship focuses more on trying to level the performance …Keep reading

Alpine expects return to normal F1 form at Russian GP

Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon qualified only 13th and 14th at Monza, and eventually finished last Sunday’s race eighth and 10th, helped by the attrition ahead.
The positive outcome was that the team gained five points in the battle with AlphaTauri for fifth place in the world constructors’ championship, which it now heads by 95 to 84.
Budkowski said the team knew in advance that Monza …Keep reading

Seidl: McLaren must not forget it was “destroyed” at Zandvoort F1 round

The Woking-based squad became the first team to take a 1-2 in 2021, with Daniel Ricciardo leading home Lando Norris at Monza.
But despite the joy of the triumph, team principal Andreas Seidl is clear about just how much room for improvement he thinks his squad needs to make.
He says that the drubbing it took compared to the top teams at the Dutch GP a week before Monza highlighted …Keep reading