{"id":249704,"date":"2025-10-29T23:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T23:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/249704\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T23:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T23:44:13","slug":"alpine-set-to-announce-second-f1-driver-for-2026-as-felipe-massa-trial-commences-racingnews365-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/249704\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpine set to announce second F1 driver for 2026 as Felipe Massa trial commences – RacingNews365 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Franco Colapinto took over Jack Doohan\u2019s seat at Alpine following the Miami Grand Prix, leaving the Australian sidelined just six rounds into the campaign.<\/p>\n

Since then, Colapinto has endured a difficult season, partly due to the Alpine car being far from competitive this year; even the experienced Pierre Gasly has struggled with the A525.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Alpine make final driver selection for 2026 F1 season<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tFelipe Massa trial to begin as Bernie Ecclestone, F1 and FIA named as defendants<\/p>\n

Felipe Massa’s court case over the 2008 Formula 1 world championship is to begin today in London’s Royal Courts of Justice.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Brazilian is seeking to be recognised as the rightful 2008 champion, around \u00a364 million in lost earnings (plus interest), his status as world champion would have earned and wants a statement from the FIA admitting it broke its own regulations by not immediately investigating allegations of race-fixing against Nelson Piquet Jr in the 2008 Singapore GP.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Felipe Massa trial to begin as Bernie Ecclestone, F1 and FIA named as defendants<\/a><\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tFIA launch staggering response to Felipe Massa claim as court case begins<\/p>\n

The FIA has labelled Felipe Massa’s claim to be the rightful F1 champion of 2008 as \u201ctorturous\u201d and \u201coverly ambitious\u201d.<\/p>\n

Massa is seeking damages from the race-fixing scandal that took place in Singapore 17 years ago, a situation orchestrated by Renault which changed the face of the grand prix.\u00a0<\/p>\n

READ MORE: FIA launch staggering response to Felipe Massa claim as court case begins<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tLiam Lawson offers Red Bull axe verdict in season reflection<\/p>\n

Liam Lawson has reflected on his season following his shocking early exit from Red Bull<\/a> after just two races.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The New Zealander was chosen by Red Bull as Sergio Perez’s replacement for the 2025 campaign, but quickly struggled alongside Max Verstappen<\/a> in the RB21.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Liam Lawson offers Red Bull axe verdict in season reflection<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tGeorge Russell delivers ‘lose-lose’ Max Verstappen claim over Mercedes links<\/p>\n

George Russell believes Max Verstappen joining Mercedes would more likely be a “lose-lose” situation for the Dutchman than for him.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old, who has revealed there is a performance clause in his favour for 2027 written into his recent contract extension, would “relish” the prospect of partnering the four-time F1 drivers’ champion.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: George Russell delivers ‘lose-lose’ Max Verstappen claim over Mercedes links<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tIsack Hadjar ‘practicing’ for major F1 test in 2026<\/p>\n

Isack Hadjar has outlined he is \u201cpracticing\u201d for a significant test in 2026 when new technical regulations come into play.<\/p>\n

The Racing Bulls driver has enjoyed a positive rookie campaign this year, which peaked with a run to third place at the Dutch Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Isack Hadjar ‘practicing’ for major F1 test in 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Franco Colapinto took over Jack Doohan\u2019s seat at Alpine following the Miami Grand Prix, leaving the Australian sidelined…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,827,817,830,828,831,829,826,813,816,823,825,824,822,85],"class_list":["post-249704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motorsport","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}