Nikita Mazepin will not get preferential treatment at Haas this season, team boss Gunther Steiner insists. Mick Schumacher may be the more famous and popular Haas rookie for 2021, but the company headed by Mazepin’s billionaire father Dmitry is the team’s new title sponsor. “Both drivers are equal in the team,” Steiner insisted to the…
Dr Helmut Marko does not think Red Bull newcomer Sergio Perez will need five races to start driving and racing his 2021 car at full speed. 31-year-old Mexican Perez, with almost 200 grands prix and a maiden win in 2020 under his belt, has joined Max Verstappen at the team following the ousting of Alex…
Organisers of the grand prix at Sochi are pressing ahead with preparations for the race in September, despite Russia’s anti-doping ban from international sport. There is already controversy over Haas’ new ‘Russian flag’-style 2021 livery, while Nikita Mazepin is unable to display the Russian flag on his overalls or car. Sochi GP promoter Alexey Titov…
Mercedes’ disappointing performance during the winter tests in Bahrain is the talk of the towb, but Red Bull’s Christian Horner doesn’t believe that Mercedes are really as bad as they seem. Mercedes are now known for the so-called sandbagging. Making themselves look worse than they actually are in order to pull the wool over the…
Toto Wolff provided an apt, if unappetising, analogy for Mercedes’ pre-testing troubles as he said the Bahrain sessions had proved crucial in highlighting the problems with the new W12 car – and given the team a chance to fix them before the season itself gets underway. Gearbox issues for Valtteri Bottas and the Finn’s indictment…
The unpredictability of NASCAR’s 2021 race winners was finally met with familiarity on Sunday when Martin Truex Jr. won the Instacart 500 at Phoenix. Truex led the final 25 laps of the race, separating himself from second place finisher Joey Logano by 1.7 seconds at the checkered flag. The victory marks Truex’s 28th career Cup…
Kyle Larson, William Byron and Cody Ware are set to drop to the rear ahead of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway, the Instacart 500.Three cars failed pre-race inspection twice ahead of this afternoon’s NASCAR Cup Series race, the Instacart 500, at Phoenix Raceway, including one which won last Sunday’s race at Las…
Reigning series champion Austin Cindric became the first driver to win multiple Xfinity races this season, taking the checkered flag Saturday at Phoenix Raceway. It’s his second win in a row at the 1-mile track. He won there last November to claim his first Xfinity title. Saturday’s victory goes with his win earlier this season…
As the third and final day of pre-season testing wound down at the Bahrain International Circuit, the TV feed showed Sainz and Alfa Romeo’s Raikkonen running closely together off-track at the exit of Turn 10. Sainz had been attempting a final flying lap on a set of soft tyres in the final minutes of the…
Earlier this month, Haas prompted a WADA investigation after it revealed the livery of its 2021 car. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has concluded its investigation of the Haas F1 Team’s 2021 livery, a source at the international doping watchdog told Formula1News.co.uk on Monday. The watchdog will not be taking any further action at this…
Valtteri Bottas reveals that their 2021 contender is proving to be a bit of a handful as he admits that the rear end is “snappy” and “unforgiving” Though we have grown used to Mercedes habit of playing down its chances, over the last three days the German team has genuinely appeared to struggle. While it…
After just three days, 2021 pre-season Formula 1 testing is over – and despite the carryover cars, the picture is far from what would’ve been expected. According to the teams’ test runs we have come up with team rankings based on our own analysis of the three testing days. 1. RED BULL Best time: 1m28.960s –…
World champion Lewis Hamilton says rivals Red Bull will be a “different animal” in this year’s title after the conclusion of pre-season testing. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was fastest after testing in Bahrain, which hosts the first race on 26-28 March. Mercedes driver Hamilton said: “Red Bull have had some really good running. Both drivers…
Max Verstappen set the pace at the end of pre-season testing as Red Bull suggested it is the benchmark team ahead of the Formula 1 campaign. As teams ran close to their qualifying simulations in the optimal evening conditions at the Bahrain International Circuit and fastest laps were traded, it was Verstappen who emerged as…
Marc Marquez will travel to Qatar this week to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine being offered to the MotoGP paddock. On Thursday, MotoGP announced it had come to an agreement with the Qatari authorities for the entire paddock present in the country to be offered the COVID-19 vaccine, following the region’s successful…
The Mercedes team has to be worried after Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas both suffered gear box issues during pre-season testing in Bahrain. Lewis Hamilton also encountered trouble in the morning session on Saturday when he spun onto the gravel and his car had to be lifted back to the garage. The first sign of…
