The Latest Breaking News from AlphaTauri

Before the Monaco Grand Prix, weekend Honda announced it would return to F1 as a fully-fledged engine manufacturer by supplying works power units to Aston Martin from 2026, when F1 moves to new engine regulations with a higher degree of electrification and sustainable fuels.

Helmut Marko - the advisor to AlphaTauri team owner Red Bull - revealed earlier this week that, contrary to speculation, the Faenza team will not be sold but instead expand its UK presence.

Tsunoda experienced a tough start to his 2021 maiden campaign marked by crashes and a lack of consistency, which prompted a mid-season change of approach and a move to Faenza to be closer to his Italian team.

Red Bull are not famed for their patience with drivers and, having yet to score a point since securing his first full-time F1 drive, Nyck de Vries' place with AlphaTauri is under threat

A champion in F2 and FE, de Vries joined AlphaTauri after excelling last year in a one-off drive for Williams at Monza, where he finished ninth while deputising for Alex Albon.

Red Bull are no strangers to chopping and changing the driver line-ups of their two teams mid-season, and could be set to do so again this year with one racer struggling

His stint in charge has been beaten among current bosses only by Christian Horner, who started at Red Bull a year earlier, and while the Italian outfit hasn't matched the sister team in terms of results, that was never the intention.

Schumacher was axed by Haas at the end of last season and, as every other team had already made their driver decisions, he was left without an F1 race seat for this year

The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was due to take place at Imola this weekend, but the race has been called off due to deadly floods which have wreaked havoc in the region