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Szafnauer responds to Rossi's Alpine 'amateur' blast

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Alpine Team Principal Otmar Szafnauer says he will be seeking discussions with CEO Laurent Rossi after he branded the team's start to the 2023 Formula 1 season as "amateurish." The Enstone squad have had a slow start to the campaign, featuring a horror weekend in Baku where they suffered a fire, a crash and were forced to start Esteban Ocon from the pit-lane, while he and Pierre Gasly collided in the Australian GP restart chaos. Rossi claimed the team were not learning from their mistakes and that the performance in the Bahrain opener had a "lot of amateurishness" following the multiple penalties incurred by Ocon. Szafnauer explained that he was not aware of the Rossi comments, but would be talking to his boss about them, while reiterating their desire to improve. Viewed by others: Ferrari Vasseur: F...

The impact of Bottas on Alfa Romeo not seen from the outside

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Alfa Romeo Team Representative Alessandro Alunni Bravi believes that Valtteri Bottas has had a strong influence on the team perhaps not seen from the outside. Bottas joined the squad at the start of 2022 after five years of racing alongside Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes. He went on to finish the season in 10th place with 49 points. Whilst the team have faced mixed fortunes so far in 2023, Alunni Bravi expects Bottas to stay in F1 for some time in order to challenge for podiums and wins again. "I think he wants to stay in Formula 1 ," Alunni Bravi told media, including TheFOXposts.Com . "He wants to come back to fight for podiums, for wins. This is the ambition for every driver, of course, but he wants to be [fighting at the front]." Viewed by others: Valtteri Bottas Bottas reviews Alfa Romeo F1 picture...

Horner 'didn't recognise' Ricciardo: He picked up 'habits' at other teams

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Christian Horner believes that Daniel Ricciardo is showing signs of returning to the calibre of Formula 1 driver that had left Red Bull in 2018. Following his departure from McLaren at the end of last season, Ricciardo elected to take on a 'third driver' role at Red Bull in order to take a break from racing. It's the first F1 season without Ricciardo in eleven years, and the popular Australian is has been tackling simulator work and promotional activities for the team so far this year. When asked about Ricciardo's progress since joining the team, Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner said that the driver they "didn't recognise " was now returning to form, and is now "desperate" to jump back in the car. Viewed by others: Max Verstappen Verstappen slapped with fine by Australian GP...