Last season, all teams should have been testing individually for the new 18-inch 2021 tyres. However, due to the coronavirus, many of those tests were cancelled and so they are now scheduled for 2021. However, the regulations stated that you could only test with a 2018, 2019, or 2020 car, but that creates problems. McLaren…
Shortly after Toyota and Peugeot unveiled their Le Mans Hypercar racers, ByKolles Racing has pulled the wraps off its own competitor for the exciting new endurance class. Dubbed the PMC Project, ByKolles Racing’s hypercar won’t just compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship but will also spawn road-legal and track-special variants. Driving the ByKolles PMC…
Former Formula One champion Jenson Button has returned to the Williams team as a senior advisor on a multi-year deal. Button made his F1 debut with Williams in 2000, aged 20. The English driver went on to win the championship with Brawn in 2009 and retired in 2016 with 15 grand prix race wins to…
Marc Marquez is back in training following the third operation on his broken right arm. The six-time premier class champion was most recently in for surgery on December 3, after which there was an extended silence from Honda. That was until the six-week check-up, at which time it described its superstar’s progress as “satisfactory”, although…
Repsol Honda rider Stefan Bradl is the first rider to complete MotoGP laps in 2021, despite bad weather at Jerez. The German test rider took to the Andalusian circuit on Wednesday and Thursday. Since it was a private test, scheduled alongside World Superbike teams, Honda declined to provide any information on Bradl’s work but images…
The fate of Monaco’s fabled grand prix this year is about more than just a press release. That is the news from Red Bull’s highly-influential Dr Helmut Marko, who was speaking with the German media after the Automobile Club de Monaco earlier this week scotched rumours the street race may once again be cancelled. “I…
Kevin Magnussen can now “move on” after winning a court battle against his former manager, the Danish ex-Haas driver’s father says. On Thursday, in a Copenhagen court, a judge ruled in favour of Magnussen after his ex-manager Dorte Riis Madsen alleged the 28-year-old owed her 20 percent of his career earnings. Madsen was also ordered…
Rumours have linked Sir Lewis Hamilton with a move to Ferrari for several years – and now he has been invited to drive one of their Formula 1 cars. But Mercedes need not worry, nor Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz for that matter. The car in question is from 1970 – just the 15 years…
Helmut Marko has confirmed that Red Bull have reached an agreement with Honda to use its engines beyond 2021. The Japanese engine supplier will leave the sport after 2021, so Red Bull have been looking for a new engine supplier. The only thing left to do is wait for the FIA, because a development stop…
Gresini MotoGP boss Fausto Gresini remains in intensive care with COVID-19 as his condition remains “serious” due to his lungs being “hit hard” by the virus. The double 125cc world champion and veteran MotoGP team boss took ill just before Christmas and was hospitalised on 27 December in Imola. Due to his worsening condition he…
AlphaTauri will be testing at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola next week, as will Ferrari. Five days are scheduled and the new car for 2021 will also be in action. The Formula One season starts in mid-March with the winter test in Bahrain, followed by the first race in Sakhir. With three…
Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc will test for Ferrari next week. With Formula 1’s limited number of test days and a new driver joining the ranks, it is time to get back to the home test track. Formula 1 has become stricter and stricter when it comes to testing over the years. Where teams were…
Richard Mille Racing Team are making the step up to the FIA World Endurance Championship in2021, with the all-female team once again comprising of Tatiana Calderón, Sophia Flörsch and Beitske Visser. The team competed in last year’s European Le Mans Series Championship, finishing 10th in class with 20 points. They also competed in last year’s…
In 2021, Austin Cindric will not only seek to defend his NASCAR Xfinity Series championship, but will also begin racing in the Cup Series on a part-time basis. The first step in the latter was revealed on Wednesday when Team Penske announced he try to make his Cup début in the season-opening Daytona 500, driving…
Alpine Formula 1 driver Esteban Ocon will demo the Alpine A110S sports car on the first two stages of this year’s Monte Carlo Rally. Ocon will kick off the 2021 World Rally Championship season opener with a series of special stage runs in what will mark his first attempt of a rally event. The Frenchman…
The 2021 Australian Grand Prix has been postponed again. This time the race in Melbourne seems to return on the calendar and that is a good thing. The organisation and the state suffered huge losses in 2020. The Australian Grand Prix has been the starting point of the Formula One season for many years and…
