The Williams Formula One team announced on Tuesday a switch to gearboxes and hydraulic components provided by engine supplier Mercedes from 2022 in a significant step for the struggling former champions who changed hands last year. The British team, now owned by U.S.-based Dorilton Capital after the founding family sold up and departed, have scored…
Lando Norris announced on Tuesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 while holidaying in Dubai. The Mclaren driver found himself in hot water after testing positive for coronavirus while on holiday in Dubai “ahead of a planned training camp.” The Brit announced on Tuesday that he tested positive for COVID-19 after experiencing mild symptoms….
James Allison, technical director of the Mercedes Formula 1 team, admitted that Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas failed to optimise the use of the DAS system fitted to the W11 in 2020, a unique ‘party trick’ now banned for this year. Last season, the Mercedes team caused quite a stir in the winter test when…
In November it was already known that Max Verstappen had bought his own private jet. In the meantime, the Red Bull Racing driver has received the plane. The Dutchman immediately gave the plane a different look. Verstappen opted for the colour matt blue (the colour of employer Red Bull) with orange details. The plane seats…
Red Bull reserve driver Alex Albon will race in selected rounds of the DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) championship this year. The 24-year-old was replaced by Sergio Perez at Red Bull’s Formula One team for 2021, but remains contracted to the energy drinks brand as a reserve driver. Alongside his duties with the F1 team, including…
Formula 1’s 2021 season is set to begin in Bahrain with the Australian Grand Prix likely to be postponed due to quarantine requirements making a March race unviable. Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic Melbourne was announced in its traditional season opener slot in F1’s provisional 2021 calendar last year and remained in that place when…
First Max Verstappen took Daniil Kvyat’s seat at Red Bull now he’s dating his ex-girlfriend. Verstappen, 23, has gone public with his new romance with Kelly Piquet, a 32-year-old Brazilian model who is the daughter of three-time F1 world champion Nelson Piquet. Kvyat and Piquet dated for three years before ending their relationship in late-2019…
Lewis Hamilton has reportedly made four demands during contract talks with Mercedes and the Silver Arrows are weighing up whether to pander to the Brit or turn their attentions to George Russell, who is set to race for Williams. Hamilton has dragged out contract talks with Mercedes all year and Motorsport’s Italian branch claims he…
Lewis Hamilton is officially unemployed at the moment. The seven-time world champion’s contract with Mercedes expired on 1st January and a renewal has still not been signed. In the background, a lot seems to be happening at the moment. Toto Wolff has been arguing for months that the extension of Hamilton’s contract should not be…
Mercedes owners Daimler are reportedly willing to give George Russell a shot in 2021. Lewis Hamilton is technically a free agent as he has no F1 contract for the 2021 campaign. The Brit is still negotiating with Mercedes but their co-owners Daimler are reportedly not keen on giving in to Hamilton’s demands. Hamilton is apparently…
Max Verstappen’s girlfriend after announcing his split from former partner Dilara Sanlik last year
Gresini MotoGP boss Fausto Gresini has shown signs of ‘slight improvement’ having been placed into a medically-induced coma due to COVID-19. The veteran MotoGP team boss was admitted to hospital on 27 December in Imola, Italy, after testing positive for COVID-19 just before Christmas. He was subsequently transferred to a hospital in Bologna to a…
Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes and a shareholder of the Silver Arrows, reportedly blocked a new $50 million per year deal that Lewis Hamilton was set to sign during the 2020 F1 season. “In November, when Formula 1 went to Turkey, a contract was ready that meets Hamilton’s requirements: a four-year contract with a…
Tech 3 MotoGP team boss Herve Poncharal admits he got “a little bit angry” when rumours of Andrea Dovizioso replacing Iker Lecuona for 2021 emerged during the 2020 season.Lecuona was drafted in to take the place intended for Brad Binder at Tech 3 in 2020 when KTM opted to move the South African into its…
Nikita Mazepin, in 2021 one of the new drivers at Haas, hasn’t ridden a single meter during an official Grand Prix, but came into disrepute last month anyway. After posting a video in which he touched a woman, a call was made on the internet to keep the Russian out of Formula 1. This does…
As part of his training, Haas’ Nikita Mazepin is using the same sensors as seen in lie detector tests to help control stress. The Russian racer is set to make his Formula 1 debut in 2021 with Haas, where he will partner fellow Formula 2 graduate and 2020 champion Mick Schumacher. Mazepin finished P5 in…
