Esteban Ocon on Thursday confirmed his "strong links" with Mercedes F1 Team following Lewis Hamilton's dramatic switch to Scuderia Ferrari after the end of the 2024 season.
Despite brushes with the track walls, the Dutch Red Bull driver finished comfortably ahead of Spanish veteran Fernando Alonso in an Aston Martin with Frenchman Esteban Ocon third for Alpine
Max Verstappen held off a revived Lewis Hamilton to steer his Red Bull to a chaotic win at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday and tighten his grip on the world championship
The longest season in Formula 1 history starts this weekend with the Bahrain Grand Prix
Esteban Ocon topped the times for Alpine ahead of Red Bull's Sergio Perez in Saturday's uneventful second practice at this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix
Alpine team chief Otmar Szafnauer on Friday accused the team's reserve driver Oscar Piastri of lacking "integrity" as a row over his future continued to dominate paddock gossip at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton claimed a thrilling last-gasp pole position on Saturday to give him the perfect launchpad for his bid to win a record 92nd race in Sunday's Portuguese Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton appeared to be at loggerheads with Formula One's ruling body again on Thursday, when he criticised the selection of Vitaly Petrov as a race steward for this weekend's Portuguese Grand Prix.
Cyril Abiteboul will remain as team principal and the team's cars will be given a makeover in the red, white and blue of the French flag.
Valtteri Bottas topped the times ahead of championship leader and team-mate Lewis Hamilton as Mercedes dominated Friday's crash-hit opening Italian Grand Prix practice at Monza.
Lewis Hamilton topped the times for Mercedes ahead of Renault's Esteban Ocon as Sebastian Vettel slumped to 20th and last for Ferrari in third and final practice for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix.
Formula One announced that all 10 teams have agreed to the new Concorde Agreement.
Ferrari and Renault have said that the 15-point penalty and 400,000 euro fine is too lenient a punishment for Racing Point.
Formula One upheld Renault's complaint that Racing Point had copied elements from Mercedes' world championship-winning 2019 car.
Renault lodged a protest against Racing Point, whose car has been dubbed the 'pink Mercedes' due to alleged similarities with the world champions' cars from last season.
Renault lodged a formal protest in the aftermath of Lewis Hamilton's victory in the Styrian Grand Prix, a race that saw Sergio Perez storm from 17th on the grid to sixth in his Racing Point.
In the race on Sunday, Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll finished sixth and seventh respectively in the Racing Point cars.
Lewis Hamilton delivered one of his greatest qualifying performances in treacherous rain-swept conditions.