F1 Live | Oakes reason for leaving Alpine revealed and EA reveals 'Driver Rankings'

07:00, 09 May
Updated: 08:12, 09 May
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Oliver Oakes' resignation reason revealed 

It recently surfaced that Oliver Oakes's brother was arrested right before his resignation. Many wondered if his resignation was over Franco Colapinto's promotion at the expense of Jack Doohan. However, we now know it was due to personal reasons.
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Oakes resigned as Alpine team boss after his brother's arrest

F1 game reveals driver ratings 

Ahead of it's 30 May release, EA's Formula 1 game, F1 25 has revealed it's drivers ratings. Max Verstappen is at the top of the ratings which is no suprise as he was last years championship winner. What is suprising however, is that Carlos Sainz is one point higher than 7x world champion Lewis Hamilton.
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New Formula 1 game F125 reveals its 'Driver Ratings'

Russell completes Pirelli Tyre test at Silverstone 

George Russell was able to complete 80 laps of driving around the Silverstone Circuit in England. He was testing Pirelli's new wet tyre prototype. To complete the test, they managed to douse the track with water tanks.
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Mercedes and Pirelli complete extensive F1 test