Gunther Steiner has revealed that he was recently in contact with Nico Hulkenberg. Steiner, the team boss, is yet to fill Haas’ two newly-vacated seats for 2021, although he admits that young drivers are at the top of the shortlist. “Yes, we focus on young drivers for next year,” he told Sport1. “We want to…
Ex-Formula 1 driver Jerome d’Ambrosio has joined the Venturi Racing Formula E team as its deputy team principal in addition to announcing his formal retirement from professional driving. The 34-year-old Belgian contested the 2019-20 FE season for Mahindra Racing and finished 16th in the standings, having failed to start the second Saudi Arabia E-Prix –…
Double DTM champion Rene Rast has been signed full time by the Audi Formula E team to contest the 2020/21 season alongside Lucas di Grassi. Rast, part of the Audi driver programme since 2009, was called up to replace Daniel Abt at the team after the two-time E-Prix victor was sacked for having a sim…
Ferrari has called up Daniel Serra to race for its factory GTE Pro squad in next weekend’s Bahrain FIA World Endurance Championship season finale. Brazilian racer Serra will replace WEC regular Alessandro Pier Guidi alongside James Calado at the wheel of the #51 Ferrari 488 GTE in the eight-hour race on November 14. Pier Guidi…
Yamaha is under investigation for allegedly running illegal MotoGP engines during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend at Jerez. Yamaha’s early season was overshadowed by reliability issues with its engines, after Valentino Rossi and Petronas SRT’s Franco Morbidelli were forced out of the Spanish and Andalusian GPs due to broken motors. The analysis carried out at…
Tech 3 MotoGP rider Iker Lecuona will miss this weekend’s European Grand Prix due to forced quarantine in Andorra after his brother and assistant tested positive for COVID-19. Lecuona tested negative for the virus on Tuesday, but his brother whom Lecuona lives with in Andorra tested positive. Due to legislation in Andorra, Lecuona has been…
Racing Point’s actions in cloning last year’s Mercedes W10 caused controversy earlier this year, with rivals unhappy that the Silverstone-based outfit had gained such an advantage by copying a rival car. Formula 1 teams will be banned from using 3D cameras and complex software systems to copy rival designs, as rules preventing a repeat of…
Monster Energy Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi’s test for Covid-19 has turned out positive again, this situation has put his participation in the European MotoGP in jeopardy. This is after the nine-time world champion missed the Aragon and the Teruel MotoGP after testing positive for Covid-19 prior to the Motorland double header in which he had…
Daniil Kvyat finished in the fourth place at the Emilia Romagna GP which was quite a performance given that he has been always behind his teammate pierre Gasly in terms of performance. Kvyat’s recent performance although may have come a little bit too late to save his AlphaTauri seat for the 2021 Formula 1 season….
There are a lot of speculations that Max Verstappen will be receiving a new teammate at Redbull for 2021 F1 season. This has come as a result of underperforming Albon who has yet to get to the required standards of the Formula 1 team. However, the biggest question is who is up to the task…
