Latest F1 news, results, reports and gossip to keep you informed on what’s happening on the track.
Carlos Sainz Jr spent his first day at Ferrari’s legendary Maranello base on Friday as a preliminary step in his preparations for his first season in its Formula 1 team in 2021. The former McLaren driver took the chance to take a look around the factory and meet some of the Ferrari personnel he will…
Sergio Perez’s performances in the 2020 Formula 1 season made him simply “impossible to ignore” for a 2021 race seat, says Red Bull boss Christian Horner.Announced on Friday as a Red Bull driver for next season, Perez will be replacing Alexander Albon as Max Verstappen’s teammate after a campaign that saw his reputation skyrocket. Equipped…
Just days after the season finale in Abu Dhabi, Red Bull Racing has announced that Sergio Perez will join the Milton Keynes-based squad in 2021, replacing the team’s Thai driver Alexander Albon. It has long been mooted, and it has now been confirmed: Sergio Perez will partner Max Verstappen at Red Bull Racing in 2021….
Frederic Vasseur says he isn’t sure why Ferrari has placed Mick Schumacher at rival Ferrari-powered team Haas for 2021 and beyond. “Beats me,” the Alfa Romeo boss told Blick newspaper. “Maybe it made more sense for Ferrari to take Mick to Haas and keep Giovanazzi with us for the stability of the team. But I…
Formula One team Mercedes has all but confirmed that world champion Lewis Hamilton would continue to drive for them next season. A post on the team’s official Twitter page carried the hashtag “announce” accompanied by the “coming soon” and “pen” emojis along with a quote from Hamilton expressing his desire to stay with Mercedes.
Mexican Sergio Perez is set to replace Alexander Albon at the Red Bull Formula One team next season, according to media reports on Thursday. The Speedweek website, owned by Red Bull’s Media House, reported Perez had signed to replace the Thai youngster alongside Max Verstappen and the announcement would be made on Friday. It said…
Williams has announced the arrival of Jost Capito as its new chief executive officer, while Simon Roberts will stay on his role as team principal. The Williams team underwent a changing of the guard during the 2020 season as the family-owned business was sold to Dorilton Capital to help safeguard the team’s future throughout difficult…
Former Force India deputy team principal Bob Fernley is to replace new Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali as the FIA’s Single-Seater Commission president. Fernley spent 10-and-a-half years with the team following its entry into F1 in 2008, working as right-hand man to owner Vijay Mallya after the Indian business tycoon purchased the Silverstone-based operation then…
Red Bull has no plans to replace Aston Martin as its title sponsor next year, with the British sportscar manufacturer focusing efforts on its newly re-branded Formula 1 team. The two companies tied up at the start of 2018 with both a title sponsorship partnership and a technical collaboration on the Valkyrie hypercar project. As…
Formula 1’s 2021 calendar featuring a record 23 grands prix has been ratified by the FIA World Motor Sport Council. The world championship has added a new race in Saudi Arabia subject to circuit homologation and the returning Dutch Grand Prix, which had to be cancelled this year, to create what should be the longest…
Rio had wanted to take the race but their bid to build a new track fell foul of environmentalists who protested the loss of a tropical forest which would have been felled to accommodate a new circuit. Formula 1 chiefs on Wednesday confirmed that the storied Interlagos circuit will continue to be the Brazilian home…
The transformation from Racing Point to Aston Martin could include the arrival of a possible new title sponsor in the form of Cognizant. According to a report from German outlet Motorsport-Total.com, the US IT firm are in ‘advanced negotiations’ with the team soon to be rebranded as Aston Martin. BWT, an Austrian water treatment system…
The case brought by Dmitry Mazepin’s company Uralkali against the administrators of the Force India Formula 1 team in the High Court in London has been dismissed. However the Russian chemical company has not given up its claims, and says it will seek to appeal the judgement. Mazepin, father of future Haas F1 team racer…
Ricciardo was the latest guest on the Australian Grand Prix’s ‘In The Fast Lane’ podcast and was asked to help construct a list of the top 10 drivers of the 2020 campaign. The Aussie found it to be a difficult process as he felt a case could made for quite a few drivers in a…
AlphaTauri has officially announced that Tsunoda will partner Pierre Gasly for the 2021 season. Tsunoda is part of both the Red Bull Junior Team and the Honda’s Young Driver Programme and finished third in this year’s Formula 2 Championship driving for Carlin. That result means the 20-year-old from Kanagawa, Japan, qualifies for a Formula 1…
Christian Horner is feeling “positive” about Red Bull’s efforts to take over departing partner Honda’s works engine program for 2022 and beyond. Recently, the energy drink team had gained the tentative support of some rivals in pushing for a development ‘freeze’ for 2022, which would make running Honda’s engines viable after the Japanese marque’s formal…
