Williams Racing is delighted to announce a new technology and innovation partnership with B&R Industrial Automation, a unit of ABB’s Robotics and Discrete Automation business. B&R is a global leader and pioneer of factory automation solutions. The agreement will see B&R Industrial Automation embed their class-leading PLC hardware and I/O modules in the wind tunnel…
Mercedes-AMG has presented the new colors of its GT R safety car and C63 S Estate medical car for the 2021 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The two cars feature a new red paintwork, corresponding to the Affalterbach brand’s signature color, and display the name of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team partner CrowdStrike. Sharing the…
Toto Wolff has denied Mercedes is struggling with an engine reliability problem ahead of the 2021 season. The title-winning team supposedly ‘turned down’ its engines when Max Verstappen dominated the season ending Abu Dhabi GP, and Mercedes engine boss Hywel Thomas said recently there had been “problems” with the unit ahead of the new calendar….
It took Kyle Larson just four races to win in his return to NASCAR. Larson won Sunday at Las Vegas in his first race with Hendrick Motorsports. Larson joined Hendrick in the offseason after he was suspended by NASCAR and fired by Chip Ganassi Racing four races into the 2020 season after he said the…
AJ Allmendinger took the lead on a restart with 13 laps to go and pulled away to win Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The victory is the sixth of Allmendinger’s Xfinity career and second on an oval. This is the third consecutive season he’s won a race. Allmendinger led 44 of…
Following a long-running push to introduce some kind of race weekend format change, F1 received “broad support” from teams to stage three sprint races this year to set the grid for the final grand prix. The plan is to run a 100km race in Canada, Italy and Brazil, with qualifying taking still place in its…
Nikita Mazepin and Mick Schumacher are a duo at Haas this season. The two rookies will want to prove themselves at all costs in their debut season and Mazepin is looking forward to competing against Schumacher. Mazepin and Schumacher are not teammates for the first time. The new Haas pair have driven together in karts…
According to RacingNews365, the 30-year-old Czech racer had posted a subsequently deleted video on his YouTube channel claiming Ferrari had decided to axe Binotto as team principal or were about to. The report said Kral’s claim was that Ferrari were waiting until after pre-season testing in Bahrain next week to announce Binotto’s exit and “thank…
Rumour has it that Formula 1 team boss Mattia Binotto will be sacked from his role as team principal for Ferrari, which would be an astounding move on the eve of the 2021 F1 season. It is said that Ferrari is looking at options beyond Mattia Binotto after two seasons with the team, both of…
Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has leaked a few more details about this year’s new sprint races, one of which is that they won’t end with champagne celebrations. This season Formula 1 is set to trial sprint races at three grand prix weekends, Canada, Italy and Brazil. Qualifying for the sprint race will be held…
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix organizers have confirmed that the 2021 race in Baku should go ahead as planned, but the event is set to take place behind closed doors. The 2020 race in Baku was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic and the race was ultimately called off when it became evident that the lockdown…
Williams has revealed images of its 2021 car, the FW43B after their initial launch plan was disrupted. Originally, the British team had hoped to use augmented reality, but a hack of the app meant that couldn’t go ahead forcing Williams to a more simple unveiling. The new car is merely an updated version of their…
Williams has cancelled plans to launch its FW43B using an augmented reality app today, claiming it had been “hacked prior to launch”. The ‘Williams Racing AR Launch 2021’ app has been pulled from the Apple App Store and Android Google Play store.The team did not confirm details of the hack, but it is believed to…
Aston Martin will be making its long-awaited return to Formula 1racing in more ways than one. The British marque has just announced that it will provide two models to serve as the official safety car and official medical car for F1. The safety car will be none other than the stunning Aston Martin Vantage, with…
Haas revealed a striking new design for its VF-21 car on Friday that featured the red, white and blue colours of the Russian flag to reflect new title sponsor Uralkali, which is the backer of driver Nikita Mazepin. But it raised concerns about its compliance with a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport…
Portuguese Grand Prix has been confirmed by Formula 1 that it will be held on May 2 at Portimao. This means that it will be the third round of the 2021 Formula 1 Championship. This will be the second time that The Algarve international Circuit will be holding a Formula 1 race after holding its…
