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• What the Fernando Alonso news means for the rest of the F1 grid

Photo by Qian Jun/MB Media/Getty Images Thursday’s announcement could have a rippling impact on the F1 grid, and one driver in particular One of the biggest dominoes in the upcoming Formula 1 driver transfer market has fallen. Now the rest of the F1 world awaits the fallout. The news that Fernando Alonso is returning to Aston Martin for 2025 and beyond, on a new “multi-year” deal, fits wi...2024
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• Fernando Alonso is headed back to Aston Martin

Photo by Qian Jun/MB Media/Getty Images The veteran driver has inked a new deal with Aston Martin The upcoming Formula 1 driver transfer market is shaping up to be one of the most chaotic in the history of the sport. But one of the most-coveted free agents has decided to stay put for next season. Fernando Alonso, one of the many drivers on an expiring contract this season, has reached a ne...2024
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• Dominance from Max Verstappen, Sergio Pérez, and Red Bull in Japan but Ferrari is in the fight

Photo by Qian Jun/MB Media/Getty Images Red Bull locks out the front row at the Japanese Grand Prix, but Ferrari has reasons to believe A driver without a seat for next season is slowly — or quickly, depending on your point of view — cementing himself as the storyline of the 2024 Formula 1 season. In three starts this season Carlos Sainz Jr. has delivered three podium finishes. He opened t...2024
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• Optimism at Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton hails ‘best session of season’ at Japanese GP

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images After a difficult Australian Grand Prix, Mercedes seems on the front foot heading into the weekend at Suzuka Two weeks ago Mercedes endured a brutal Australian Grand Prix. If Friday at Suzuka is any indication, the Silver Arrows might deliver a strong bounceback at the Japanese Grand Prix. The team left Melbourne battered, bruised, and without anything to ...2024
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• Mercedes’ problems go beyond ‘physics,’ but can they solve them in time to salvage 2024?

After a slow start, can Mercedes turn things around? We are three races into the Formula 1 season. While much remains the same from 2024 — Red Bull is leading the Constructors’ Championship and Max Verstappen is atop the Drivers’ standings — recent events have shaken the field up a bit. Mercedes is floundering, McLaren is strong, and Ferrari has certainly closed the gap to Red Bull. Then there is...2024
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• Is Daniel Ricciardo truly in danger of losing his seat?

Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Daniel Ricciardo’s slow start at VCARB has turned up the heat, but just how hot is it? We are three races into the Formula 1 season. While much remains the same from 2024 — Red Bull is leading the Constructors’ Championship and Max Verstappen is atop the Drivers’ standings — recent events have shaken the field up a bit. Mercedes is floundering, McLaren ...2024
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• Mercedes’ problems go beyond ‘physics,’ but can they solve them in time to salvage 2024?
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• Will Williams suffer an Australian hangover?

Photo by Qian Jun/MB Media/Getty Images Just how big will the fallout be from Australia for Williams? sWe are three races into the Formula 1 season. While much remains the same from 2024 — Red Bull is leading the Constructors’ Championship and Max Verstappen is atop the Drivers’ standings — recent events have shaken the field up a bit. Mercedes is floundering, McLaren is strong, and Ferr...2024
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• Aston Martin will not appeal Fernando Alonso penalty at Australian GP

Photo by PAUL CROCK/AFP via Getty Images In a statement to fans, Team Principal Mike Krack indicated that Aston Martin will accept the penalty handed down after the Australian Grand Prix In the closing stages of last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix perhaps the biggest question was whether Mercedes driver George Russell would be able to catch Fernando Alonso for sixth place. Russell was cha...2024
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• Why was Alonso penalised, and will it hurt his Mercedes chances?

ESPN picks through the debris of Fernando Alonso's penalty for "potentially dangerous" driving that preceded the crash of Mercedes' George Russell....2024
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• Mercedes F1 simply ‘unable to compete’ at Australian Grand Prix

Photo by Michael Potts/BSR Agency/Getty Images A punishing weekend for the Silver Arrows sees them leave Melbourne out of the points, and tumbling in the standings When Max Verstappen’s RB20 suffered a failure early in the Australian Grand Prix, it opened the door for one of Red Bull’s rivals to secure a tremendous result. When the checkered flag flew it was Ferrari who had taken advantage...2024
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• Fernando Alonso’s penalty at Australian Grand Prix, explained

Photo by Clay Cross ATPImages/Getty Images A crash by George Russell in the closing stages of the Australian Grand Prix has led to a 20-second penalty for Fernando Alonso In the closing stages of the 2024 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix, the last bit of drama left to settle was the fight between Fernando Alonso and George Russell for sixth place. The Mercedes driver was chasing down the ve...2024
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• Carlos Sainz Jr. completes a stunning comeback as Max Verstappen retires from F1 Australian GP

Two weeks after surgery, Carlos Sainz Jr. delivers a staggering win in Melbourne That sound you might hear? Formula 1 drivers scheduling elective appendectomies. Two weeks ago Carlos Sainz Jr. was sidelined, forced to miss the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix due to a bout with appendicitis. That opened the door for young Ollie Bearman to make his F1 debut, and the 18-year-old finished in the points. But...2024
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• Mercedes' Wolff: Double DNF is 'brutal'

With Lewis Hamilton retiring early and George Russell crashing out late, Mercedes suffered their first double DNF at a Formula One race in over five years at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, piling on yet more early season gloom....2024
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• Max Verstappen holds off the Carlos Sainz Jr. comeback in F1 Australian GP qualifying

Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Handing out some winners and losers from qualifying at the F1 Australian Grand Prix “Finally that car looks dialed in when it matters most.” Throughout the first two qualifying sessions, and after each of their first laps in Q3, it looked as if it was going to be Ferrari’s day. Carlos Sainz Jr. posted the first lap of Q3 and it was a quick one, a lap nea...2024
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"Those difficulties led to two tough seasons for the team, and caused much frustration for drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell."

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"While Hamilton is starting at the front of the field, teammate George Russell is starting at the back, having failed to advance out of Q1."

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"Lewis Hamilton has explained what he meant when he told Mercedes they had put him "in a difficult position" while running behind teammate George Russell at the Australian Grand Prix."

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"Valtteri Bottas and George Russell are still waiting on Mercedes to make a final decision on who will be Lewis Hamilton's teammate in 2022."

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"Williams driver George Russell took his fourth successive virtual Formula One victory on Sunday in the last race before the real season starts in Austria next month."

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"Lando Norris has been voted best rookie of the 2019 Formula One season by its fans with 76 of the vote over Alex Albon and George Russell."

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• What the Fernando Alonso news means for the rest of the F1 grid
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• Fernando Alonso is headed back to Aston Martin
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• Dominance from Max Verstappen, Sergio Pérez, and Red Bull in Japan but Ferrari is in the fight
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• Optimism at Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton hails ‘best session of season’ at Japanese GP
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• Mercedes’ problems go beyond ‘physics,’ but can they solve them in time to salvage 2024?
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• Is Daniel Ricciardo truly in danger of losing his seat?
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• Carlos Sainz Jr. completes a stunning comeback as Max Verstappen retires from F1 Australian GP
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• Daniel Ricciardo’s future, Alpine’s present and more storylines for F1 Australian GP

Photo by Gongora/NurPhoto via Getty Images F1 is back this week with the Australian Grand Prix The 2024 Formula 1 season could potentially reshape the sport. With over half the grid driving on expiring contracts, the driver transfer market could truly shake up the field over the next few months. We have already seen one seismic move — the upcoming switch to Ferrari from Mercedes from seven...2024
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• Why Lando Norris avoid a jump start penalty in Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Many thought McLaren driver Lando Norris committed a penalty at the start of the Saudi Arabian GP. Stewards disagreed Right after the start of the 2024 Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix many observers, including some of his rival drivers, believed Lando Norris had committed a “jump start.” From their vantage point — and as you will see in a moment — Norris...2024
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• F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2024: 7 storylines to watch

Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images Changes come to Alpine, Carlos Sainz Jr. makes a statement in Bahrain, and more Saturday racing this week The season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix gave Formula 1 fans some drama right out of the gate. Not at the front, where Max Verstappen drove away from the field yet again to win the first race of the season, and his 55th grand prix overall, but furthe...2024
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• Fernando Alonso is headed back to Aston Martin
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• Dominance from Max Verstappen, Sergio Pérez, and Red Bull in Japan but Ferrari is in the fight
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• Optimism at Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton hails ‘best session of season’ at Japanese GP
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• Mercedes’ problems go beyond ‘physics,’ but can they solve them in time to salvage 2024?
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• Is Daniel Ricciardo truly in danger of losing his seat?
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• Will Williams suffer an Australian hangover?
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• Mercedes F1 simply ‘unable to compete’ at Australian Grand Prix
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• Fernando Alonso’s penalty at Australian Grand Prix, explained
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• Carlos Sainz Jr. completes a stunning comeback as Max Verstappen retires from F1 Australian GP
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• Max Verstappen holds off the Carlos Sainz Jr. comeback in F1 Australian GP qualifying
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• What the Fernando Alonso news means for the rest of the F1 grid
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• Dominance from Max Verstappen, Sergio Pérez, and Red Bull in Japan but Ferrari is in the fight
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• Mercedes’ problems go beyond ‘physics,’ but can they solve them in time to salvage 2024?
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• Is Daniel Ricciardo truly in danger of losing his seat?
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• Will Williams suffer an Australian hangover?
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• Mercedes F1 simply ‘unable to compete’ at Australian Grand Prix
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• Carlos Sainz Jr. completes a stunning comeback as Max Verstappen retires from F1 Australian GP
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• Lewis Hamilton lacking confidence, Toto Wolff ‘frustrated’ ahead of F1 Australian GP

Mercedes is looking for answers after the first two practices before the Australian Grand Prix Mercedes came to Melbourne ahead of the 2024 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix hoping to narrow the gap to Red Bull and Ferrari in front of them. As Saturday dawns Down Under, the team is still looking for answers. While both George Russell and Lewis Hamilton were in the top ten during Friday’s first pract...2024
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• Daniel Ricciardo’s future, Alpine’s present and more storylines for F1 Australian GP
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• Why Lando Norris avoid a jump start penalty in Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
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• Lewis Hamilton grabs pole and more winners and losers from qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix
Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Hamilton was one of the big winners from qualifying on Saturday at the Hungaroring In recent weeks, qualifying sessions have provided some thrills for Formula 1 fans. Saturday in Budapest was no different. Qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix is in the books, and for just the second time this year a non-Red Bull car will be at the front of the grid. L...2023
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• Patrick Patterson on Joining the Thunder, Paul George, Russell Westbrook and His Film Internship
We talked to Patrick Patterson about his summer internship with Open Road Films. The post Patrick Patterson on Joining the Thunder, Paul George, Russell Westbrook and His Film Internship appeared first on SLAMonline....2017
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• Paul George: Thunder’s big three officiated differently

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• Paul George, Russell Westbrook, and Billy Donovan fined $15K for criticizing officials
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• Lewis Hamilton for Charles Leclerc is the driver swap F1 needs
Photo by Eric Alonso/Getty Images Could this actually happen? It goes without saying that both Mercedes and Ferrari are a bit of a mess in 2023, and that phraseology is extremely generous. Any hopes of challenging Red Bull this season are out the window, and it’s reached the point where Fernando Alonso’s breakout for Aston Martin has bumped them into second place in the constructors’ champ...2023
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• Estie Bestie’s on the podium and other winners and losers from the Monaco Grand Prix
Photo by Arnold Jerocki/FilmMagic Winners and losers from the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix It was a longshot that Sunday’s 2023 Monaco Grand Prix would live up to the thrilling qualifying session that came down to the wire. However, thanks to a brief flash of rain late in the Grand Prix itself, a few thrilling moments were in the offing. The end result, however, what in line with everything else...2023
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• Oklahoma City Thunder's Billy Donovan, Paul George, Russell Westbrook fined for criticism of officiating
NEW YORK -- Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Billy Donovan, forward Paul George and guard Russell Westbrook have each been fined $15,000 for public criticism of the officiating, it was announced today by Kiki VanDeWeghe, Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations....2017
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• What the Fernando Alonso news means for the rest of the F1 grid
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• Fernando Alonso is headed back to Aston Martin
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• Dominance from Max Verstappen, Sergio Pérez, and Red Bull in Japan but Ferrari is in the fight
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• Optimism at Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton hails ‘best session of season’ at Japanese GP
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• Mercedes’ problems go beyond ‘physics,’ but can they solve them in time to salvage 2024?
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• Is Daniel Ricciardo truly in danger of losing his seat?
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• Will Williams suffer an Australian hangover?
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• Aston Martin will not appeal Fernando Alonso penalty at Australian GP
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• Mercedes F1 simply ‘unable to compete’ at Australian Grand Prix
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• Fernando Alonso’s penalty at Australian Grand Prix, explained
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• Dominance from Max Verstappen, Sergio Pérez, and Red Bull in Japan but Ferrari is in the fight
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• Max Verstappen holds off the Carlos Sainz Jr. comeback in F1 Australian GP qualifying
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• Daniel Ricciardo’s future, Alpine’s present and more storylines for F1 Australian GP
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• 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix: F1 history is made and more leftover thoughts

Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images Some history for the sport, heating issues at Mercedes, and McLaren finally starts on the front foot The 2024 Formula 1 season is officially underway. Saturday’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix was in many ways a continuation of what we saw during the 2023 season. Max Verstappen drove away from the field, leaving the other 19 cars battling for P2 in...2024
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• Haas F1 managing expectations after strong first day at Bahrain Grand Prix

Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images Can Haas F1 build on a strong first day in Bahrain? The first full day of practice of the 2024 Formula 1 season delivered a number of surprises. First was the shocking performance from Daniel Ricciardo in the first practice session, as he put his RB01 atop the timing sheets in FP1 for Visa Cash App RB F1 Team. Then in FP2 came another stunner, as Merc...2024
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• 2024 F1 season preview: Team previews, testing recaps, questions that will dominate the season, and predictions

Will the 2024 F1 season surprise, or be more of the same? Formula 1 is back. But in many ways, it seems nothing has changed. For the first time in the history of the sport, the exact same driver lineup that finished the 2023 season will take to the grid to start the 2024 campaign. Instead of a “silly season” filled with driver movement, all 20 drivers are back in the same seat to begin this year. ...2024
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• Who could replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes?

Photo by Edmund So/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images Alex Albon, Mick Schumacher among options to replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes If you are one of the Formula 1 fans who enjoy “silly season” as much — if not more — than the action on the track, then the 2023 season must have been a rather uninspiring affair for you. Not only was Max Verstappen dominating on the track, but when the dus...2024
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• 2024 F1 season previews: So we’re really going with Visa Cash App RB F1 Team?

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images A new name, and a new vision, for Red Bull’s sister team Similar to some other Formula 1 teams — such as Stake F1, who we discussed in the previous installment of this series — Red Bull’s sister team is going through a bit of a transition period. They broke cover on their 2023 campaign at an event in New York City, with a driver lineup of Yuki Tsunoda and ...2024
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