Victorian Sports Minister Martin Pakula has revealed his expectation that Formula 1 will return to Australia in April next year after the current-season event was cancelled on Tuesday. Despite teams travelling to Melbourne in 2020, the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent positive cases registered in the F1 paddock resulted in the event’s cancellation….
FIA race director Michael Masi has explained the decisions to issue penalties to Lando Norris and Sergio Perez during the Austrian Grand Prix. The stewards resembled a card-happy football referee at the Red Bull Ring, dishing out six separate penalties during the race and three more afterwards. Some were more of a slam-dunk nature, such…
Fernando Alonso says he felt “sad” when he saw that it was George Russell up ahead as he charged towards the Williams star at the Austrian GP, as the two drivers heaped praise on one another when reflecting on a key battle that eventually extended Russell’s F1 points wait. Russell, in fine form all weekend,…
Max Verstappen extended his lead in the drivers championship by taking his fifth win of the season in the Austrian Grand Prix. He bolstered his championship lead on a difficult day for rival Lewis Hamilton, who came in fourth after losing time with damage.The pair were separated by Valtteri Bottas, who Hamilton allowed by into…
Yamaha rider Toprak Razgatlioglu moved to the top of the World Superbike championship standings with victory in the final race of the weekend at Donington Park, as Jonathan Rea crashed out of the lead. Razgatlioglu and Kawasaki rival Rea were engaged in an entertaining dogfight for the lead, both riders having each won a race…
Red Bull KTM rider Miguel Oliviera has revealed that he was approached by the Monster Energy Yamaha team about potentially replacing the departing Maverick Vinales for next season – but says that he rejected the offer in favour of honouring the contract he already has in place with his current employer. Vinales’ shock decision to…
Lewis Hamilton made a classy comment about Lando Norris during the Austrian Grand Prix as he passed his fellow Brit for second place at the Red Bull Ring while Max Verstappen led the way in Austria. Norris, who picked up his best qualifying position of his career for McLaren on Saturday, held off the seven-time…
Formula 1 has confirmed its mobile app was hacked on Saturday in a “targeted attack”. The app sent out a random push notifications in the evening, which led to confusion on social media as it simply said “Foo”. However a second message followed, which said: “Hmmmm, I should check my security.. :)” F1 confirmed in…
Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel was handed a three-place grid drop on his 34th birthday, on Saturday, for impeding Alpine’s Fernando Alonso in 2021 Austrian Grand Prix qualifying.The Formula 1 stewards also handed out one penalty point for the incident, with double world champion Alonso having to abort his flying lap in the second phase of…
Seven-time Formula One World Drivers’ Champion Lewis Hamilton will stay in Mercedes until 2023 after signing a two-year contract extension with the team. “It is hard to believe it’s been nearly nine years working with this incredible team and I’m excited we’re going to continue our partnership for two more years,” said the 36-year-old British…
GRT Yamaha’s Garrett Gerloff topped the WorldSBK timesheets on Friday at Donington Park despite seeing the track for the first time this morning. The Texan – fresh from a stand-in ride at MotoGP Assen – finished three-tenths ahead of six-time champ Jonathan Rea with Toprak Razgatlioglu in third. Gerloff, on the SCX tyre, topped every…
Reigning Champion Jonathan Rea topped the opening session of the weekend by just over two tenths from Toprak Razgatlioglu; all five manufacturers in the top seven The MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship returned to Donington Park for the Prosecco DOC UK Round and six-time Champion Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) laid down the gauntlet…
Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton set the pace as Mercedes hit back to lead the way in second practice at the Austrian Grand Prix. Hamilton was only seventh-fastest in first practice but posted the quickest time of the weekend so far with a 1m04.523s to head Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas by 0.189s during the…
Joel Eriksson will keep his Dragon Penske Formula E seat for next weekend’s New York City E-Prix double-header after deputising for DTM regular Nico Mueller last time out in Mexico. The Swede, who was officially named as the British based American team’s reserve driver in May, filled in for Mueller at both Puebla E-Prix last…
Lewis Hamilton was not in a great mood in the paddock on Thursday. The Briton returns to Spielberg where Max Verstappen was dominant last weekend, and according to Will Buxton and Lawrence Barretto, it showed on his face. It’s not yet the season start Hamilton had hoped for. In 2021, Mercedes are getting resistance for…
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen picked up on Friday where he left off last week at the Red Bull Ring, leading the field in the opening practice session for the Austrian Grand Prix. The Dutchman edged the Ferrari duo of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz by a 0.266s margin, while Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas and AlphaTauri’s Yuki…
