Puzzle about two new team names: 10 GP stars watch the first training

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And because almost all teams view this rule as almost punitive, chaos usually ensues during the desert final in Abu Dhabi. This time ten pilots were hit.

Verstappen and Pérez are missing!

Yes, at Red Bull they waited the longest for the Friday number – and so Verstappen and Pérez will not be at the start on Friday. In addition to Leclerc, Hamilton, Norris, Ocon, Alonso, Hülkenberg, Albon and Zhou. Who gets the best time? The favorites: Sainz and Russell?

Because the teams have had such a hard time recruiting young talent for years, here are the Friday drivers: Jake Dennis, Isack Hadjar (Gb/F, Red Bull), Frederik Vesti (Dä, Mercedes), Jack Doohan (Aus, Alpine), Felipe Drugovich (Bras, Aston Martin), Patricio O’Ward (Mex, McLaren), Zak O’Sullivan (GB, Williams), Oliver Bearman (GB, Haas), Théo Pourchaire (F, Alfa-Sauber) and Robert Shwartzman ( Isr, Ferrari).

Alpha Tauri and Alpha go

After the final, many of these drivers will be able to try their luck during the two-day test drives on the desert circuit. Then it’s finally time to work on the track and next Wednesday two teams will “disappear” – at least in name.

The ‘Scuderia AlphaTauri’ and the apparent ‘Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake’, the two official names, will have different names on the FIA’s new entry list.

“Closer to Red Bull”

Both teams make the renaming a guessing game. The new boss of Red Bull’s B-team, Peter Bayer: “We have two very big partners who get along very well. And we are getting closer again with Red Bull.” Currently eighth in the World Cup. AlphaTauri was the energy drink giant’s fashion label for at least many years.

“We have known the name for weeks.”

At the ninth World Cup place Sauber (where Alfa is leaving after six years as a pure financial backer and TV sponsor for the SRF broadcasts), representative Alunni Bravi says: “We have known the name for weeks. But we won’t say until after the FIA ​​announcement! It could be a surprise.” It would be easiest for the fans to get the same name they have been using for years – as Sauber-Ferrari.

Source : Blick