COVID-19 restrictions robbed Johnson who is tied for the most Cup Series championships ever with seven of a boisterous appreciation, as his farewell tour was muted throughout the year by the pandemic. But that only fits with the theme for Johnson, who many around the sport believe never got the admiration he deserved. In a…
Red Bull KTM have renewed contracts with former Grand Prix winners Dani Pedrosa and Mika Kallio to form the backbone of the MotoGP™ testing team for 2021 and continue work evolving the promising KTM RC16. 38-year old Kallio has been a key part of the MotoGP development crew for half a decade. The Fin debuted…
Williams has announced the arrival of Jost Capito as its new chief executive officer, while Simon Roberts will stay on his role as team principal. The Williams team underwent a changing of the guard during the 2020 season as the family-owned business was sold to Dorilton Capital to help safeguard the team’s future throughout difficult…
Former Force India deputy team principal Bob Fernley is to replace new Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali as the FIA’s Single-Seater Commission president. Fernley spent 10-and-a-half years with the team following its entry into F1 in 2008, working as right-hand man to owner Vijay Mallya after the Indian business tycoon purchased the Silverstone-based operation then…
Red Bull has no plans to replace Aston Martin as its title sponsor next year, with the British sportscar manufacturer focusing efforts on its newly re-branded Formula 1 team. The two companies tied up at the start of 2018 with both a title sponsorship partnership and a technical collaboration on the Valkyrie hypercar project. As…
Formula 1’s 2021 calendar featuring a record 23 grands prix has been ratified by the FIA World Motor Sport Council. The world championship has added a new race in Saudi Arabia subject to circuit homologation and the returning Dutch Grand Prix, which had to be cancelled this year, to create what should be the longest…
Rio had wanted to take the race but their bid to build a new track fell foul of environmentalists who protested the loss of a tropical forest which would have been felled to accommodate a new circuit. Formula 1 chiefs on Wednesday confirmed that the storied Interlagos circuit will continue to be the Brazilian home…
Ex-F1 driver missed out on chance to replace Lewis Hamilton when he was stricken by coronavirus but insists he has put that chapter behind him to focus on his own championship hopes. Stoffel Vandoorne wants to ease the pain of missing out on Lewis Hamilton’s seat in Bahrain by leading Mercedes to its maiden Formula…
The transformation from Racing Point to Aston Martin could include the arrival of a possible new title sponsor in the form of Cognizant. According to a report from German outlet Motorsport-Total.com, the US IT firm are in ‘advanced negotiations’ with the team soon to be rebranded as Aston Martin. BWT, an Austrian water treatment system…
The case brought by Dmitry Mazepin’s company Uralkali against the administrators of the Force India Formula 1 team in the High Court in London has been dismissed. However the Russian chemical company has not given up its claims, and says it will seek to appeal the judgement. Mazepin, father of future Haas F1 team racer…
Ricciardo was the latest guest on the Australian Grand Prix’s ‘In The Fast Lane’ podcast and was asked to help construct a list of the top 10 drivers of the 2020 campaign. The Aussie found it to be a difficult process as he felt a case could made for quite a few drivers in a…
AlphaTauri has officially announced that Tsunoda will partner Pierre Gasly for the 2021 season. Tsunoda is part of both the Red Bull Junior Team and the Honda’s Young Driver Programme and finished third in this year’s Formula 2 Championship driving for Carlin. That result means the 20-year-old from Kanagawa, Japan, qualifies for a Formula 1…
Christian Horner is feeling “positive” about Red Bull’s efforts to take over departing partner Honda’s works engine program for 2022 and beyond. Recently, the energy drink team had gained the tentative support of some rivals in pushing for a development ‘freeze’ for 2022, which would make running Honda’s engines viable after the Japanese marque’s formal…
F1 legend Gerhard Berger says Sergio Perez alongside Max Verstappen would be a “strong lineup” for Red Bull. It is believed the energy drink company will finally confirm on Wednesday that Yuki Tsunoda already in action in the young driver test will replace Daniil Kvyat at the junior team Alpha Tauri in 2021. The identity…
Williams Formula One team founder Sir Frank Williams was admitted to the hospital, the team announced today. No specific reason for the hospitalization was given, but the team confirmed that he is currently in stable condition. Williams, who is 78, founded the Williams F1 team in 1977 alongside engineer Sir Patrick Head. Since then, the…
Britain’s Callum Ilott will be Ferrari’s Formula 1 test driver next season, the Italian team said on Tuesday.Ilott, 22, was Formula 2 runner-up to Germany’s Mick Schumacher this year but missed out on a F1 race seat for 2021. He tested with Ferrari-powered Alfa Romeo in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Schumacher, son of seven times…
