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Abiteboul back in F1 with Alpine-linked company Cyril Abiteboul, German GP 2018 © RV Press Cyril Abiteboul will remain connected with the world of Formula 1. At the end of last year, Renault - having decided to re-brand as Alpine - suddenly ousted its French team boss as Davide Brivio arrived from MotoGP and Marcin Budkowski was promoted. Little has been heard about 43-year-old Abiteboul since then - until now. Mecachrome, a French engineering company best known for its ties to Renault's Formula 1 program, has now signed Abiteboul as a motorsport advisor. "We are very proud that Cyril will s...

Conclusions from the Portuguese Grand Prix Date published: May 3 2021 A familiar trio stepped onto the podium in Portimao as Sir Lewis Hamilton extended his World Championship lead over Max Verstappen. Here are our conclusions from an uneventful yet compelling Portuguese Grand Prix in which Mercedes and Red Bull blew the rest away once more. Max needs to stick to the limit Mercedes and Red Bull are matching each other jab for jab so far this season and at Portimao, it was the World Champions who struck a counting shot in the scheduled 23-round fight for supremacy. Valtteri Bottas and Hamilto...

Mercedes Bottas made a great start from pole, and also at the subsequent restart behind the Safety Car. But the Finn couldn’t extract the same pace from the W12 today as Hamilton and spent much of his race under pressure. Much of that pressure came from his team mate, who wound up victorious but was made to work hard for the win. First, he had to pass Verstappen, then he was made to sweat it out in the dirty air behind his team mate for lap after lap before finally squeezing past for the lead and ultimately, the win. As for the Finn, pitting a lap later than Verstappen cost him P2 and a lat...

Alpine has explained the problems it had in its windtunnel that cost it “weeks of development” and “tenths of seconds” heading into the 2021 Formula 1

1 / 7 PORTIMAO, PORTUGAL - APRIL 30: Toyoharu Tanabe of Honda, Laurent Mekies, Scuderia Ferrari Sporting Director and Marcin Budkowski, Executive Director of Alpine F1 Team talk in the Team Principals Press Conference during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Portugal at Autodromo Internacional Do Algarve on April 30, 2021 in Portimao, Portugal. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images) PORTIMAO, PORTUGAL - APRIL 30: Marcin Budkowski, Executive Director of Alpine F1 Team talks in the Team Principals Press Conference during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Portugal at Au...