A prominent Russian motor racing official has defended 2021 Haas rookie Nikita Mazepin amid a scandal accusing the 21-year-old driver of ‘groping’ a friend. The brief social media footage, depicting the Russian as reaching out and touching the young woman as they travelled in a car, was slammed as “abhorrent” by Haas. Mazepin responded by…
Mercedes are set to honour staff at their Brixworth and Brackley facilities by running a special livery on their cars at the Abu Dhabi season finale featuring every team member’s name. However, according to Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff, the jury is still out on whether seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton will be available to race…
Red Bull has denied that it will rush to snap up Sergio Perez after the out-of-work Mexican secured his first Formula 1 race win in Bahrain last Sunday. Like Nico Hulkenberg, Perez has been linked with the struggling Alex Albon’s race seat for 2021. The team has said consistently that it will make its decision…
Red Bull Racing has named Juri Vips and Sebastien Buemi as its line-up for next week’s Formula 1 post season test in Abu Dhabi. Red Bull’s long-time test and reserve driver Buemi and 20-year-old Vips will each drive a 2020 RB16 for the entire one-day test. Vip recently joined the Swiss veteran as one of…
Former Pata Yamaha WorldSBK rider Mark van der Mark made the switch to BMW for 2021 and has now tested his brand new machine for the first time After testing with his new team for the first time the day after the 2020 season finished, Michael van der Mark (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was able…
Sebastian Vettel and Carlos Sainz will not be able to drive for their new Formula 1 teams at the season-ending Young Driver Test in Abu Dhabi, despite the inclusion of 39-year-old Fernando Alonso. Following the news that the FIA will allow two-time F1 world champion Alonso a special dispensation to drive for Renault ahead of…
The all-female W Series announced its provisional calendar for the 2021 season on Tuesday, consisting of eight Formula One support races starting at the French Grand Prix. The first race will take place at Le Castellet on June 26, a day before the Grand Prix. There will also be races in Austria, Britain, Hungary, Belgium,…
Haas has condemned the actions of 2021 driver Nikita Mazepin after the Russian posted a video on social media. On Wednesday morning a video appeared on the Instagram account of Haas driver Nikita Mazepin which showed three people, two men and one woman, driving in a Porsche. The camera operator, who is not seen, reaches…
Racing Point has revealed it faced a Formula 1 spares shortage before its victorious Sakhir Grand Prix, and needed to fly parts over on a private jet. The Silverstone-based outfit delivered the best F1 result under its current owners in Bahrain last weekend, with Sergio Perez taking a maiden victory and Lance Stroll finishing third….
The question of whether Sergio Perez can be a welcome second driver with the Red Bull team is still in the air. Whether the driver, as the darling of a huge and growing Mexican Formula 1 audience at Liberty Media, can leave the sport, now appears to be a matter for discussion. Also in 2021…
