FERNANDO ALONSO’S Alpine car went up in smoke on the final morning of F1 testing in Barcelona. Alpine confirmed that Alonso had stopped the car ‘due to a loss of pressure’. It has been an action-packed week in Barcelona after cheeky Lewis Hamilton went on a spy mission peering into Red Bull’s garage on the first day of pre-season testing. The seven-time British world champion was spotted in the pit-lane examining Red Bull’s car for the 2022 season. But when asked if he fears Mercedes may not provide him with a car worthy of challenging for another title, Hamilton responded: “Why would I ever feel that way?. But Hamilton ended silence with the message: “I’ve Been Gone.

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