Williams Formula One team founder Sir Frank Williams was admitted to the hospital, the team announced today. No specific reason for the hospitalization was given, but the team confirmed that he is currently in stable condition. Williams, who is 78, founded the Williams F1 team in 1977 alongside engineer Sir Patrick Head. Since then, the…
Britain’s Callum Ilott will be Ferrari’s Formula 1 test driver next season, the Italian team said on Tuesday.Ilott, 22, was Formula 2 runner-up to Germany’s Mick Schumacher this year but missed out on a F1 race seat for 2021. He tested with Ferrari-powered Alfa Romeo in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Schumacher, son of seven times…
On Monday morning, 23XI Racing announced five major sponsors as “founding partners” for its inaugural NASCAR Cup Series campaign in 2021. DoorDash, McDonald’s, Columbia Sportswear, Dr Pepper and Root Insurance will support Bubba Wallace and the No. 23 Toyota next season. 23XI Racing, co-owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan and Cup Series star Denny Hamlin,…
At the end of another stunning season, the riders with the most pole positions in each class(MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3) this season were presented with the coveted TISSOT Pole of Poles award at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve. Awarded by the Official Timekeeper of MotoGP™, TISSOT, the incredible limited edition 2020 prizes were handed to…
Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team (SRT) will be taking part in two winter season tests in February and March before facing the 2021 MotoGP World Championship in Losail International Circuit, Doha, Qatar from March 26 to 28 2021. Team principal, Datuk Razlan Razali said the two winter season tests are at Sepang International Circuit from…
Formula 1 has revealed the entry fees teams will have to pay to race in the 2021 season, with champions Mercedes unsurprisingly at the top of the list.A system that sees F1 teams required to make a payment to the sport’s governing body, the FIA, in order to race next season, teams are required to…
Romain Grosjean is set to undergo surgery in the wake of his horror and fiery crash in Bahrain. The Frenchman missed the final two grands prix of his Formula 1 career as a result of the burns to his hands. “I could almost live normally with my right hand already,” Grosjean, 34, told RTL. “The…
Formula One and the FIA jointly announced that three people tested positive in the last seven-day period, which was the ultimate test period of the 2020 F1 season. Since the coronavirus-delayed 2020 F1 season kicked off in Austria on July 5, the sport has done a tremendous job to ensure that the safety of drivers,…
The Young Driver Test in Abu Dhabi has started and after driving about two hours it is Fernando Alonso who leads the test for ‘rookies’. Sebastien Buemi had a nasty moment for Red Bull Racing. After the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the Formula 1 teams have not quite finished the F1 season. In Abu Dhabi…
The 2020 Formula 1 season is over after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but not every driver has finished Formula 1 yet. In Abu Dhabi, the Young Driver Test will be completed on Tuesday, although not every driver is so ‘young’. Read here who will take part in this test. At the end of the…
