The organisers of the Formula 1 event held at Zandvoort reveal they made a loss of over 10 million euros due to the COVID-19 pandemic according to Dutch Grand Prix Sporting Director Jan Lammers. The Dutch GP which was held last weekend at Zandvoort hosted 70,000 spectators each day for the three days the Formula…
Formula E world champion Nyck de Vries has been in the rumour mill as he is linked for a Formula 1 move next year. But his hopes could be frustrated because of his link to Mercedes. The 26-year-old has been driving for Mercedes Formula E team since 2019 and won the 2020-21 Formula E championship…
Corinna Schumacher, wife to seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher has opened up on her husband’s condition for the first time since 2013 when the champ suffered a serious head injury after a skiing accident in the French Alps. Since then, the seven-time world champion has been out of the public eye and his family has…
Alfa Romeo reserve driver Robert Kubica will continue standing in for Kimi Raikkonen this weekend at Monza. This comes after Kimi Raikkonen tested positive for Covid-19 last week and has not yet been cleared to race. Kimi’s PCR test came in positive on Saturday morning despite running both Friday’s practice sessions at Zandvoort. This led…
MotoGP championship leader Fabio Quartararo says he will be facing his worst track on the calendar at Aragon this weekend. The 22-year-old who is leading the MotoGP championship with a 65-point advantage over Suzuki rider Joan Mir after winning at Silverstone, has never finished better than fifth in all his MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 appearances…
The Italian Grand Prix in Monza is scheduled for this weekend, this includes the second sprint race of the season. The pairs for the press conferences on Thursday have been announced. Max Verstappen doesn’t know yet, a day before the press conference, with whom he will sit in the press area. The Alfa Romeo driver…
Williams F1 team has announced that Alex Albon will take George Russell’s seat as Nicholas Latifi remains for 2022 season. This marks an F1 return for Albon who has been Red Bull’s test and reserve driver for 2021. The 25-year-old made F1 debut in 2019 racing for Toro Rosso and later upgraded to Red Bull…
Alfa Romeo has revealed its desire to retain Kimi Raikkonen for 2022 by offering him an advisory role if by any chance the former world champion is interested. The 41-year-old announced his retirement last week ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix despite missing the Zandvoort race weekend after testing positive for Covid-19. Although he has…
Today AlphaTauri-Honda announced that they will stay with the driver pairing of Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda for the 2022 Formula One season. Pierre Gasly said, “I am very happy to be moving forward with Scuderia AlphaTauri for another season in Formula 1, especially after seeing the progress that we’ve made as a team since…
Valtteri Bottas will drive for Alfa Romeo starting from the 2022 Formula One World Championship, the team said on Monday. Bottas has signed a multi-year contract with Alfa Romeo and will replace fellow Finn Kimi Raikkonen at the backmarker squad. Raikkonen finally retires from F1 at the end of 2021, after 20 long years in…
Following Valtteri Bottas’ departure to Alfa Romeo Racing, Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team has today announced that George Russell will be team-mate to Lewis Hamilton from 2022. The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team confirmed yesterday that it would part ways with Valtteri Bottas, who will join the Alfa Romeo Racing outfit next year. The Finn joined Mercedes…
Lewis Hamilton set the quickest time of a heavily disrupted first practice at Zandvoort. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was second, 0.097 seconds behind his championship rival. The session experienced a 33-minute delay due to the engine failure as the marshalls tried to clear away the Aston Martin, but were cautious due to concerns about the…
Miami Grand Prix organisers have announced the name of the track that will be making its F1 debut in 2022. This comes after the Grand Prix received a lot of opposition locally for its placement on the F1 calendar plus a number of factors that brought about its delay. Construction is underway on the 5.41…
Petronas SRT have announced that their current MotoGP rider Jake Dixon will continue competing for their MotoGP team in Aragon as John McPhee makes his debut in their Moto2 team. This will be McPhee’s big chance to showcase his abilities on bigger bikes as he has missed Moto2 ride for the last two seasons. The…
Lewis Hamilton’s 2021 championship rival and Red Bull driver Max Verstappen believes the seven-time world champion will be having a tougher fight on the track if George Russell joins him for 2022 season at Mercedes as his team mate. Verstappen talked of how he was impressed by Russell’s performance at Spa Francorchamps last weekend where…
2007 F1 World Championship title holder Kimi Raikkonen will not be the only driver set to leave Alfa Romeo at the end of the 2021 season as Antonio Giovinazzi reportedly will also lose his seat with the team. 41 year-old Raikkonen made an announcement on Wednesday that the 2021 F1 season would be his last…
