The Ducati MotoGP squad has unveiled a revised livery for its 2021 Desmosedici at its official team launch presentation, with Lenovo becoming its title sponsor. Ducati comes into 2021 with an all-new rider line-up at its factory squad, with Jack Miller and Francesco Bagnaia stepping up from Pramac. The Italian manufacturer’s 2021 machines feature a…
Landon Cassill will make a return to full-time competition with the JD Motorsports with Gary Keller stable, driving the No. 4 Blue-Emu Chevrolet Camaro in the season-opening NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, Feb. 13, at 5 p.m. ET on FS1. Cassill is looking to break back into the spotlight after…
virtual drawing Monday among crew chiefs from teams participating in Tuesday’s Busch Clash exhibition race on the Daytona International Speedway road course puts Ryan Blaney on the pole for the 35-lap race. Alex Bowman will start next to Blaney on the front row. Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski will start in the second row. Erik…
After plenty of speculation over the past few months about his future, Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes finally agreed a new one-year deal yesterday. The seven-time world champion had been out of contract since January 1, but has now committed to the Mercedes outfit for another season at least. The new deal makes him the highest-paid…
Former Haas F1 driver Kevin Magnussen says he doesn’t have “much interest” in returning to Formula 1 as a stand-in for one of Haas’ new signings in 2021. Magnussen was recently announced as Peugeot World Endurance Championship driver and will be racing for the team when they will be staging a comeback in 2022. After…
Callum Ilott will appear during some Friday practice sessions in 2021. That is the news from Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto, who has already announced that while the 22-year-old Briton missed out on a race debut this year, he will be Ferrari’s official test driver and reserve instead. Ilott, alongside Robert Shwartzman, is another key member…
Formula 1 is looking to trial a ‘sprint race’ format in 2021. The teams earlier baulked at Liberty Media’s plans to radically spice up the weekend format, and new CEO Stefano Domenicali ruled out reviving the ‘reverse grid’ idea. “That is over,” international media reports quote the Italian as saying. “That is something I can…
Valentino Rossi admits he ‘doesn’t understand’ why MotoGP promoters Dorna Sports allowed Marc Marquez to stage a return just days after surgery on his broken arm at Jerez last year. Marquez broke his right humerus in a crash during the season-opening Spanish Grand Prix last July and underwent an operation immediately afterwards, before being cleared…
A new project based in Monaco – simply called the Monaco F1 Racing Team – is aiming to join the grid at some point in the future, spurred on by a recent comment by F1 boss Stefano Domenicali. The project – spearheaded by management firm Monaco Increase Management (MIM) founded by Salvatore Gandolfo – is…
Toto Wolff says the decision to only agree to a one-year contract extension with Lewis Hamilton was the result of both parties wanting time to finalise a longer deal. Mercedes ended weeks of speculation on Monday when it announced that seven-time Formula 1 world champion Hamilton would be staying on with the team in 2021….
The on-going contract saga at Mercedes has finally come to an end with world champion Lewis Hamilton signing a new deal for the 2021 season. The 36-year-old won his record-equalling seventh title last season in dominant fashion over teammate Valtteri Bottas, but a new deal for the Brit was a long time in the making….
Ex-Haas Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen has been named as a driver for Peugeot’s new WEC entry in 2022, alongside fellow former F1 drivers Paul di Resta and Jean-Eric Vergne. Ex-Haas Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen has been named as a driver for Peugeot’s new World Endurance Championship entry in 2022, alongside fellow former F1…
Aston Martin team principal Otmar Szafnauer has confirmed the team’s first car this year will carry an entirely new chassis despite the supposed carryover of parts from last season. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic that severely affected F1 over the first part of last season, it was agreed that the introduction of new…
George Russell celebrated his return to F1’s Virtual GP series on Sunday, the Williams driver edging Alex Albon at Silverstone after the Red Bull driver was hit with a time penalty. Russell, who won last year’s Virtual GP series winner but was unavailable to take part in last week’s opening round in Austria, launched his…
Former Formula 1 driver Jerome D’Ambrosio is enjoying his new role as deputy team principal for the Venturi Racing Formula E team as much as his career as a full-time racer. D’Ambrosio who was formerly driving for Marussia and Lotus on the F1 grid switched to Formula E back in the inaugural 2014 Formula E…
One of the few positive developments due to the coronavirus pandemic was F1 drivers competing with each other virtually in front of a big audience and this alone led to F1, through their official channels deciding to continue with virtual racing up to date. This Sunday, the second virtual Grand Prix of 2021 is already…
