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Some say that a famous name will get you far in Formula 1. Mick Schumacher might beg to differ.
Chewed up and spat out of Formula 1 after just two seasons and at just 23 years old, Mick may even have hoped that the Schumacher name might have been more influential in the longevity of his career.
Instead he faces an uncertain future — at least one year on the sidelines and unlikely odds of reappearing on the Formula 1 grid.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSIt’s the podcast you’ve been waiting to hear – a long chat with newly-named Red Bull Racing third driver for 2023, Daniel Ricciardo. Daniel joins hosts Matt Clayton and Michael Lamonato to talk about the emotions of returning to the team he left in 2018 (02:14), interest from Mercedes (07:07), the difficulties of seeing out his time at McLaren after being sacked (13:13), not trusting his instincts over his two years at McLaren (15:32), the awkwardness of fellow Australian Oscar Piastri taking his seat (19:25), falling out of love with aspects of F1 (22:49) and why missing the thrill of competition could dictate his return (31:48).
The 2022 Supercars season will wind down with a return to the Adelaide 500 this weekend, but with minds are already starting to turn to 2023.
The grid is almost complete, with 22 of 25 drivers locked it but no changes expected, with Brad Jones Racing holding all three uncontracted cars.
The new Gen3 cars have reached maturation, and customer teams will get their hands on the new Mustang and Camaro models for a shakedown in late January before some full test days in February.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSRicciardo’s return to Red Bull Racing has begged two key questions.
The first one is: will this get him back into a race seat?
The answer to that will depend on developments in the driver market next season and especially on how Sergio Perez fares alongside Max Verstappen in their third year as teammates, as considered here.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSAlpine boss Otmar Szafnauer says he’s happy that he lost the battle for Oscar Piastri’s contract because his team has ended up with a better driver line-up.
Alpine went through a public break-up with former protégé Piastri when the Australian revealed in the middle of the season that he would leave the French team’s junior program to join McLaren as a full-time driver in 2023.
Szafnauer had attempted to promote his then reserve driver into the seat vacated by Fernando Alonso only to find Piastri was committed elsewhere.
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