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Nyck de Vries has been given a send-off to remember by Mercedes as he prepares to join Red Bull's sister team AlphaTauri in 2023. The Dutchman had held the role of reserve driver for the Silver Arrows but, after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, his duties officially came to an end, with the Dutchman set to test for his new squad at post-season testing during the week ahead. As such, he said goodbye to Mercedes following the race at the Yas Marina Circuit and in the process experienced one of the team's traditions – those who leave are 'dumped' in the marina. Later, de Vries was tied to a trolley usually reserved for storing tyres and taken to AlphaTauri by the Silver Arrows' crew. Watch footage of de Vries' memorable send-off below! You must accept cookies to view this content You have not currently accepted all necessar...

Pierre Gasly was complimentary about the Alpine car and believed he could tell how the performance of the A522 was superior to his AlphaTauri 2022 car. For 2023, Gasly will make the switch from AlphaTauri to Alpine, the team which finished P4 in the Constructors' Championship. The Frenchmen said he "understands" why Alpine finished as the best of the 'midfield' runners in 2022 and believed that he could spot the 'strengths' of the A522. "I've done only a day in Abu Dhabi, but I can definitely spot some very good strengths in this car, and the potential that it has," Gasly told media, including TheFOXposts.Com . "They finished fourth the championship for a reason, and now I understand this reason, not just from the package but with how the team operates. "The engineers in the team, the mindset, and the philosophy that there is in the team, so far I've been very pleased with these first interactions with the guys....

Pierre Gasly admits that he will miss AlphaTauri teammate Yuki Tsunoda as he departs the Red Bull sister team for Alpine. Gasly and Tsunoda have developed an amiable relationship off the track during their two-year stint together at the squad, with the pair often featuring in each other's social media posts. They have also participated in various activities documented in videos by AlphaTauri , including some karaoke sessions that proved popular with fans. Gasly believes that the relationship is quite a unique one for teammates to share. "Of course, I'll miss Yuki," Gasly told media, including TheFOXposts.Com , after the season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. "I think the relationship we have had as teammate s is not something you'll find in many teams, so it was quite precious . "But it's also part of the sport [and] your career that you move on. For sure, I'll miss him, and I wish him all the best." ...

New Alpine signing Pierre Gasly believes his new team have the potential to achieve " fantastic results " in 2023 and beyond. The Frenchman is moving to Alpine after five and a half seasons in F1 that have been spent driving solely for Red Bull-affiliated teams. Gasly's first run in an Alpine came at the post-season test in Abu Dhabi, and the Frenchman has since talked up his prospects with the Enstone-based outfit, who moved up one place in the Constructors' Championship in 2022 to finish fourth. "I'm very confident from what I've seen that there's potential to achieve fantastic results," Gasly told media, including TheFOXposts.Com . "I really believe this team is a fresh start for me, and also an opportunity to make something amazing together. "They have had the best season so far since they came back. I think they are on a trajectory, improving season after season. "From what I've seen today, from what they...

Otmar Szafnauer has called on Formula 1 bosses to make adjustments to the penalty points system as his new driver Pierre Gasly is threatened by a ban. Gasly – who switches from AlphaTauri to Alpine for 2023 – racked up 10 penalty points on his superlicence in 2022, with 12 the threshold to trigger a one-race ban. No driver has yet to reach 12 points, but Gasly's next set of points are due to be wiped on 22 May 2023 after the Spanish Grand Prix, in nine races' time. Faced with the prospect of a ban, the Frenchman has called the situation "embarrassing", and his new team boss feels that a change is required on the account of more races being on the calendar. Viewed by others: Christian Horner Horner pinpoints key Verstappen differen...

Max Verstappen has shared some words of high praise for Pierre Gasly amid the Frenchman's departure from the Red Bull stable . Gasly is set to join Alpine in 2023 following several years at AlphaTauri, as well as a brief stint as Verstappen's teammate at the main Red Bull team in 2019. Before he leaves the outfit, Gasly joined Verstappen, Sergio Perez and Yuki Tsunoda at the Honda Racing Thanks Day in Japan, where all of the drivers paid tribute to the 26-year-old. This included a speech by Verstappen, who hailed Gasly as an "amazing driver". Verstappen shares praise for Gasly "Pierre, we go way back," Verstappen told Gasly in front of fans at the Motegi circuit. "We already started racing against each other early on in go-karting, and then of course we both became part of the Red Bull family. We became teammates as well in Formula 1, and I know you...

Pierre Gasly insists that he has no regrets over his time with the Red Bull stable ahead of his impending switch to Alpine for 2023. The Frenchman first arrived in the sport back in 2017 with the then-called Toro Rosso outfit before being promoted to the main Red Bull team for the 2019 F1 season. However, midway through the campaign, Gasly was demoted back down to Toro Rosso after struggling to match the pace of teammate Max Verstappen. He went on to rebuild at the squad – now known as AlphaTauri – and claimed his debut Formula 1 victory at the 2020 Italian Grand Prix. Gasly's long stint with the Red Bull family is now coming to a close and, despite the ups and downs, he admits that he wouldn't change anything about the experience. Gasly: I'm a much stronger driver than I was When asked if his exit from the outfit sparked any feelings of not having had the chances he des...

AlphaTauri finished the 2021 Formula 1 season in sixth, but in the year of a radical new regulation change the team has dropped down to ninth. The new regulations were designed to help bring the teams closer on track, with the Italian team hoping for an improvement. However it turned out to be a mediocre finish for AlphaTauri , as they struggled to keep up with the rate of development of others according to Pierre Gasly . "We had high expectations after the previous season and the momentum was there," Gasly told the media, including TheFOXposts.Com . "The new regulations were supposed to bring the field closer together, so my hopes for AlphaTauri 's best year have never been higher than at the start of the season. "We weren't in shape at the beginning of the year, but I wasn't worried then. It was going to be a development battle, but that didn't work out for us." ...

Yuki Tsunoda says he is not concerned by any team leader status at AlphaTauri in 2023, following the arrival of Nyck de Vries . Next year the Japanese driver will enter his third full season in Formula 1, and his first season as the more experienced driver at a team. Having raced against Pierre Gasly in his first two seasons, Tsunoda has generally served in a supporting role to the Frenchman, who has accumulated more points in their time together. With Gasly moving to Alpine for 2023, AlphaTauri have signed Nyck de Vries , who impressed in his F1 debut at Williams at the Italian GP. Despite Tsunoda being more experienced than de Vries, the Dutchman is around five years older and has spent a couple of years driving different F1 cars, raising questions about which driver will become the 'team leader'. When asked about his status for next season, Tsunoda responded by placing more importance on being the quicker driver and attaining 'number one' status th...

Outgoing AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly says his now-former team are confident of being able to fight at the front of the grid in 2023. Gasly left the Red Bull sister squad for Alpine at the end of the 2022 season after two spells of almost five seasons with the team formerly known as Toro Rosso. The Frenchman is both the longest-serving and most successful driver to have been with AlphaTauri , taking a fairy-tale maiden Grand Prix win at Monza in 2020, and regularly finishing in the upper points positions across his stints with the Faenza outfit. After having finished sixth in the 2021 Constructors' Championship, AlphaTauri slipped back to ninth in 2022, with Gasly's fifth place in Baku the highlight of an otherwise lean year. However, the Frenchman said his now-former colleagues were bullish on a return to form in 2023. "[AlphaTauri] told me that next year their car will be the best they have ever made, and that they will fight at the front," Gasl...

Max Verstappen admits he was glad to start his F1 career with the Toro Rosso team in order to build up experience before joining the main Red Bull squad. There will be several new faces on the grid in 2023, as Logan Sargeant, Oscar Piastri and Nyck de Vries step up to Williams, McLaren and AlphaTauri respectively. While Verstappen is only 25 years old – younger than the 27-year-old de Vries – the two-time World Champion is now one of F1's more experienced drivers, having first made his debut as a rookie back in 2015. As such, the Dutchman has offered some words of advice for Sargeant, as well as the other drivers entering the sport for the first time. Verstappen glad to start at Toro Rosso "Enjoy it," Verstappen told US broadcaster NBC . "He's in a team where he's not going to fight for wins, but it's maybe good because, in the first year, you don't ...

Nyck de Vries has responded to the comments made by AlphaTauri team boss Franz Tost, who claimed that he no longer had trust in his engineers after a poor start to their season. AlphaTauri are yet to score points so far in 2023, with Yuki Tsunoda coming close in Saudi Arabia before getting overtaken by Kevin Magnussen in the closing stages of the race. Tost had criticised the engineers of the AT04 earlier in the weekend, claiming that the severe lack of downforce is what is stopping them from progressing further up the field. De Vries claims he felt no change in atmosphere within the team after Tost made the comments . "I honestly think the vibe within the team is great and I felt no difference post certain comments that have been made," said De Vries. "I think things can be taken a little bit out of context and we were all kind of scratching our heads. We all want to be as quick as Red Bull that is currently winning and dominating." View...

If you ride onboard with any driver on the F1 TV app, you'll often hear engineers acting as 'spotters' as they tell them the gap to other cars on track. This is to ensure they can build up enough space before a lap so they do not encounter traffic, while also staying out of the way of drivers who are on a hot lap as the closing speeds can be quite fast. When FP1 in Melbourne was red flagged due to an issue with the GPS tracker, teams and drivers were effectively in the dark. What ensured was chaos as those on a hot lap encountered traffic, with Zhou Guanyu having to thread his way through a slow-moving Red Bull and Aston Martin at the penultimate corner. "Seemed like everyone was blindfolded once that GPS system went out," said Kevin Magnussen to media, including TheFOXposts.Com . "We know that we are relying on our engineers to tell us where the traffic is and I don't think everyone knew that the GPS system was out. "So when you don...

Liam Lawson has won his first Super Formula victory on his debut in the championship. The New Zealand driver is part of the Red Bull Junior Team, and was the reserve driver for the Formula 1 outfit while racing in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. After qualifying third on the grid, Lawson managed to overtake Toshiba Oyu for second in the opening stages of the race. He later made use of an undercut pit strategy to overtake Tomoki Nojiri for the victory . He becomes the first Red Bull Junior Team driver to take victory in the Japanese championship since Pierre Gasly in 2017. Viewed by others: Frederic Vasseur Ferrari boss slams 'very light' Red Bull budget cap penalty Nyck de Vries ...

AlphaTauri Team Principal has used Sebastian Vettel as an example to underline his belief that rookies, including Nyck de Vries, must be given a 'crash credit' when learning the ropes in F1. Dutchman de Vries entered the sport having impressed on debut with Williams when standing in for Alex Albon at last year's Italian Grand Prix, scoring points with a ninth-place finish. He has already cultivated a strong career in motorsports, impressing in sportscar racing as well as becoming champion in F2 and World Champion in Formula E with Mercedes. But his start to life as a full-time F1 driver has been challenging with AlphaTauri struggling for pace in the opening rounds, although Yuki Tsunoda has secured points in the previous two races. Viewed by others: Sergio Perez Why Perez believes he can 'beat anyone' aft...

Yuki Tsunoda is hoping that "big updates " planned for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix will get AlphaTauri back on track , after a disappointing start to the season. The AlphaTauri driver qualified in P17 but managed to recover to P11 in Miami after pulling off moves in the opening stages of the race, notably running side-by-side with Zhou Guanyu at the Turn 14 chicane before using his straight-line speed to get past at Turn 17. "It's kind of a trend of AlphaTauri, sometimes when the qualifying is bad the race is good. So obviously we have to find out why we are good, but it's really pretty surprising," he told media, including TheFOXposts.Com . "It's good that I'm able to definitely extract the performance every race – more than last year." Viewed by others: Analysis AlphaTauri ...