Formula 1

Carlos Sainz Jr has confirmed that Ferrari is pushing for him to be allowed to take part in the young driver Formula 1 test after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Crucially, the current McLaren driver will be free contractually, and will thus be able to do the test should Ferrari receive permission from the FIA…

Stoffel Vandoorne had hoped that he would be allowed to drive the W11 this weekend during the second Grand Prix in Bahrain. Toto Wolff chose George Russell to replace Lewis Hamilton, who was infected with the coronavirus. The team boss of Mercedes explains that there were no firm agreements why with Vandoorne. “Stoffel is doing…

Gunther Steiner has hit back at Haas reserve driver Louis Deletraz, who is upset that he was overlooked to replace Romain Grosjean this weekend in Bahrain. The small American team has instead selected F1 legend Emerson Fittipaldi’s 24-year-old grandson Pietro – the second official Haas reserve. But Deletraz, a 23-year-old Swiss driver who is seventh…

UNI-Virtuosi’s Guanyu Zhou will drive for Renault at the Young Driver Test at Abu Dhabi in December. The Renault junior will partner two-time Formula 1 World Champion Fernando Alonso, who is set to return to the team in 2021. The one-day post-season test will be held at the Yas Marina Circuit on Tuesday, December 15,…

Formula One’s governing body opened an investigation into Romain Grosjean’s Bahrain Grand Prix crash on Thursday as the French driver hailed those who helped him escape the fireball. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) also made changes for this weekend’s race at Sakhir, adding two rows of tyres and a conveyor belt at the turn three…

Two-time Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso is re-joining the grid next year after two seasons away, taking up the Alpine F1 Team seat vacated by Daniel Ricciardo at the end of this season. The Spaniard is wasting no time getting back into the swing of things, as he has already run a slew of…

Sebastian Vettel was furious with Charles Leclerc at the Bahrain Grand Prix, but after talking to his team-mate, says it’s no big deal. At the race restart following Romain Grosjean’s horror crash, Leclerc dived down the inside at Turn 1, taking Vettel by surprise and causing him to drop back. “Not again! He can’t just…

Mick Schumacher will get his hands on his 2021 HAAS Formula 1 machine a little early, with the American team announcing that the German will debut for them in Free Practice 1 at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The outing will be Schumacher’s first official session in F1 machinery. He had previously been scheduled to…

Mick Schumacher is following in the footsteps of his father who is the seven-time Formula One world champion and signed up for a team for the 2021 season. The 21-year-old will line-up for Haas, starting with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 21, 30 years after his father made his F1 debut with…

Romain Grosjean left hospital in Bahrain on Wednesday after the French Formula One driver was treated for burns to his hands suffered when his Haas car was engulfed in fire during Sunday’s Grand Prix. Grosjean, 34, had an astonishing escape after the vehicle penetrated the metal crash barriers in the race at the Sakhir circuit,…

Russell will step in for Hamilton following the seven-time world champion’s positive test for COVID-19, with a deal being struck between Mercedes and Williams overnight. Russell has been part of Mercedes’ junior programme since the end of 2016, but required allowance from Williams to make the move up to his parent team and deputise for…

Haas Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean recalls his escape from the crash during the Bahrain GP revealing that he felt the 28 seconds in the car that was up in flames were much longer. He also states that he told himself to get out of the wreckage for his children. The 34-year-old crashed out his…

Hitech Grand Prix’s Nikita Mazepin will make the step up to Formula 1 in 2021, with HAAS confirming that they have signed the Russian driver for the new season on a multi-year contract. Mazepin – who has tested F1 machinery before with Force India in 2016, 2017 and 2018, as well as world champions Mercedes…

Lewis Hamilton is self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19 following Bahrain Grand Prix; The Mercedes driver will miss this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix; His replacement driver is yet to be announced. The Mercedes driver returned three negative tests last week but began displaying mild symptoms on Monday after coming into contact with an individual who…

The wife of the 34-year-old Haas driver was at home with her three children watching the harrowing drama unfold on the opening lap at Sakhir as it fortunately veered within minutes from a horrendous nightmare to profoundly relieving outcome. Marion, who met her husband when she worked as an F1 anchor for French broadcaster TF1,…

Valtteri Bottas’s final pitstop in the Bahrain Grand Prix featured a change of only three tyres because he returned to the set that picked up a puncture on the opening lap. Bottas ran fourth at the beginning of the restarted Sakhir race but dropped to the back of the field when his Mercedes Formula 1…