The 2023 Formula 1 season has begun. The starting signal was given at the Bahrain Grand Prix and it seems that Red Bull is once once more the measure of all things this season. Max Verstappen takes the first race win of the year, followed by Sergio Perez in second place. Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso occupied the last place on the podium. For the Spaniard, a race that will go down in the history books: at 41, Alonso is one of the oldest drivers, behind many F1 legends, to have made it onto the podium even as a racing driver. ran presents the ranking of the “podium oldies” of the premier class of racing. (Source: mostlyf1.com)
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Checo Pérez hits Aston Martin after Bahrain GP – Fox Sports
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
After what Max Verstappen y Sergio ‘Checo’ Perez climbed to the top of the podium at the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2023 of the Formula 1where Fernando Alonso came in third place, the Mexican driver made a sarcastic comment during an interview.
“It’s nice to see three cars from Red Bull on the podium”, mentioned the man from Guadalajara causing laughter from Verstappen and Alonso who were next to him.
Why did Checo Pérez say that?
The Mexican pilot made this comment because This year’s Aston Martin car (AMR23) was designed by several members who were part of the Red Bull team, where most of the car was manufactured by its technical director Dan Fallows, former coach of the Austrian team.
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Helmut Marko also accused them of ‘plagiarism’!
After the race at the Bahrain International Circuit, Helmut Marko, Red Bull adviser, he went once morest Dan Fallows, a former coach of the Austrian team, due to the design of the RB19 in favor of the AMR23.
“It’s true, what Fallows had in his head cannot be erased. Focus copying is not prohibited, but can you copy in such detail without having documentation of our car? […]. We’ve had three Red Bulls on the podium today, only the last one with a different engine! (Aston Martin has the power unit from Mercedes),” he told Servus TV.
And it is that Dan Fallows He was in charge of creating and designing Fernando Alonso’s car, inspired by the genius behind Red Bull’s successes: Adrian Newey.
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French Alfa Toure driver Pierre Gasly will replace Fernando Alonso at Alpine, as the Spaniard will move to Aston Martin.
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Gasly crowned his career so far with one race in Formula 1 (Twitter)
French Alpha Toure driver Pierre Gasly will move to the Alpine team, where he will replace the Spaniard Fernando Alonso, who will move to the Aston Martin team, starting next year, according to what was announced on Saturday at the Suzuka circuit, which will host tomorrow. The Japanese Grand Prix, in the 18th stage of the Formula 1 World Championship.
Gasly, 26, crowned his career so far with one race in Formula 1, when he won with Alfa Touri (formerly Toro Rosso) the Italian Grand Prix in 2019.
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The Frenchman has been on the podium twice, when he finished second in the Brazilian Grand Prix in 2019 and when he finished third in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix last year.
It was also announced today that Dutchman Nick de Vries will replace Gasly at Alpha Toure.
“A monologue by Alonso” ‘stuck’ the Austrian drivers’ briefing
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Fernando insisted once more in the meeting on the unfairness of his sanction in Canada
Vettel got fed up with the same topic and decided to leave
A monologue by Fernando Alonso ‘stuck’ the drivers’ briefing prior to the Austrian Grand Prix, of which Sebastian Vettel left halfway through. The German press points out that the reason the four-time champion left the meeting before it was over was because of a monologue by Alonso. The German reportedly grew tired of the conversation leading to no conclusion and left.
Sebastian Vettel received a warning from the FIA and a threat of a fine of 25,000 euros if he repeats and abandons a drivers’ briefing, mandatory sessions for members of the grid.
Now, in a video from the German publication Auto Motor und Sport, journalist Michael Schmidt points to Fernando Alonso as the reason Vettel left.
Schmidt explains that from Canada Fernando takes advantage of every opportunity he has to defend that the penalty they gave him in Montreal was not deserved. The Spaniard received a five-second penalty for changing direction more than once, a punishment neither he nor Alpine understands.
“It all started, as it seems now, with a monologue from Alonso, who takes every opportunity now to show that the penalty he got in Canada was actually wrong“, Schmidt shared in his video regarding the Austrian Grand Prix.
“And when he sees someone doing the same thing and not getting penalized, he lays out the case and explains it extensively and then tries to get confirmation from race control that he was wrongly penalized,” he added.
Seb decided to leave because he felt they were stuck on the same topic and not moving forward. “And that went on for quite a while and the conversation started to spin on itself. At a certain point Vettel just slammed and left because they weren’t making any progress,” Schmidt said.