Haas Formula 1 boss Guenther Steiner hasn’t ruled out calling on Romain Grosjean or Kevin Magnussen should the team need a replacement driver during the 2021 season. However the priority will be to employ a reserve who can attend all the races and at the track in case of any late issues with regulars Mick…
Avintia has become the first team on the 2021 MotoGP grid to unveil its colours for the new season, with the squad sporting a new look with its all-rookie line-up. The Ducati satellite squad enters its 10th season in the premier class in 2021, fielding reigning Moto2 world champion Enea Bastianini and series runner-up Luca…
The Autodromo Termas de Rio Hondo, home of the Argentine Grand Prix, has suffered extensive damage overnight after a major fire broke out in the pit building. The circuit have confirmed that the fire, which started in the track’s main building, has destroyed the garage complex, media centre, TV broadcast booths, VIP are and race…
AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly has donated the Ayrton Senna-inspired helmet that he wore at last year’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix to the Senna Foundation. Gasly wore the helmet, designed with the blessing of the Senna family, upon Formula 1’s return last year to Imola, the venue where Senna sustained fatal injuries in 1994. Gasly qualified…
Russian driver Nikita Mazepin will almost certainly have to race as a ‘neutral’ driver in Formula 1 when he makes his maiden appearance for the Haas F1 Team this season. Russia is currently banned from competing at all world championship sporting events as a result of state-sponsored doping that took place at the 2014 Winter…
Seven time world champion Lewis Hamilton is currently locked in a contract stand off with Mercedes, after his £40million-a-year deal with his Formula One team expire at the end of December and Hamilton appeared keen to distract himself from the ongoing drama on Friday, when he was spotted jewellery shopping at Beverly Hills’ XIV Karats…
Rich Energy, the mysterious energy drink manufacturer owned by the equally mysterious William Storey, is still in business after the debacle during the 2019 F1 season. Storey is even planning a return to Formula One. But what team still wants to work with this man? Rich Energy made a name for themselves as the main…
Formula 1 has confirmed it is in discussions with multiple American and African venues interested in hosting future races. At present, there is just one race in the United States, at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. F1 owners Liberty Media has long been in talks with promoters for a grand prix in…
LCR Honda CASTROL 2021 Team Launch will be online, during a Facebook Live on Friday Feb 19th at 12:00 (CET). LCR Honda IDEMITSU – 2021 Team Launch will be streamed on Facebook Live as well but on Saturday Feb 20th at 10:00 (CET).
Formula 1 will meet with the 20 drivers when the season gets up and running in Bahrain, to discuss the importance of them being “positive ambassadors” for the sport. The news comes as F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali admits that the recent Nikita Mazepin groping scandal was “not acceptable” – and as the 2021 Haas rookie…
KTM says ‘its time for the Next Level’ as the Austrian Factory confirms February 12 as the online launch date for its two MotoGP teams. As its fifth season in MotoGP, KTM has labelled 2021 as ‘Round five’ and ‘time for the Next Level’ after ‘a breakthrough campaign in 2020 that delivered Grand Prix wins,…
More and more sources, including F1 Insider, report that Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes have reached an agreement on the new contract of the seven-time world champion. It would also include a clause with veto rights over his teammate. The 37-year-old Briton has been driving for Mercedes since 2013 and has been world champion six times…
Nikita Mazepin, who will make his debut as a Formula 1 driver next month, has been fined for failing to stop his car at a red light by a court in Oxfordshire. The 21-year-old was found to have passed through a traffic light in Bracknell 1.7 seconds after it turned red. Oxford and Southern Oxfordshire…
AlphaTauri becomes the fourth F1 team to announce its launch date as the wraps are set to come off the AT02 on 19 February. As it stands, McLaren is looking to be the first to launch, Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris revealing the MCL35M on Monday 15 February. AlphaTauri reveals the AT02 a few days…
McLaren has shared maiden images of Daniel Ricciardo in his new team colours ahead of the 2021 season, which will be Ricciardo’s first at the Woking-based squad. Having spent two years at Renault, Ricciardo has signed a deal to join McLaren from 2021 alongside Lando Norris, with its former driver Carlos Sainz departing to join…
The saga surrounding Lewis Hamilton’s 2021 contract is becoming “embarrassing”. That is the view of former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher, referring to the fact that the only team with an official vacancy ahead of the new season next month is Mercedes. He told Sky Deutschland that Hamilton is taking a “risk” – perhaps not only…
