Formula 1 News & Updates

Week 03

Below you'll find this weeks news, results, videos, podcasts, sounds & photos from the world of Formula 1


Mercedes 2020 F1 Car Launch Teaser

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Mercedes 2020 F1 Car Launch Teaser
We're not saying cancel your Valentine's Day plans... but you should probably cancel your Valentine's Day plans 😘
 

Q&A with Haas driver Romain Grosjean

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Q&A with Haas driver Romain Grosjean
Your questions answered by Romain Grosjean. He answers fans questions in our latest Q&A, with everything from working with Guenther Steiner, driving a Stock Car to his hopes for the 2021 season.
 

True & Pure Motor Racing by Peter Windsor

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
True & Pure Motor Racing by Peter Windsor
Prompted by a photo on a wall in Sir Jackie Stewart' s home, Peter Windsor recalls the dynamic, one-on-one motor racing that characterised the 1967 Tasman Series in New Zealand and Australia. It was Jim Clark (Lotus-Climax) versus Jackie Stewart' (BRM) - and the two titans raced at 100 per cent. It doesn't get better.....check out full post »
 

Dromo 2020 Zandvoort Lap Simulation

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Dromo Zandvoort Simulation Lap for F1 Configuration 2020
Working model of Zandvoort redesign for F1 - Still work in progress but gives idea of the track layout and speeds.
 

Zandvoort holding back F1 team simulation data

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Zandvoort holding back F1 team simulation data
Zandvoort will be a Formula 1 circuit "for the brave", according to track designer Jarno Zaffelli. Zaffelli, boss of the Italian circuit design company Dromo, has been charged was modifying the classic John Hugenholtz-designed layout ahead of the 2020 Dutch F1 GP. "It is no coincidence that both Zandvoort and Suzuka were designed by Hugenholtz,".....check out full post »
 

Red Bull-Honda eyes 'more than five' wins in 2020

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Red Bull-Honda eyes 'more than five' wins in 2020
Dr Helmut Marko says he has set a target of "more than five" wins for Red Bull-Honda in 2020. The team, having finished behind Mercedes and Ferrari last year, is clearly targeting the title with Max Verstappen in 2020. Marko also set the five win target for 2019, but Verstappen only won in Austria, Hockenheim.....check out full post »
 

Report: Nissany part of Israel GP push for 2021

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Report: Nissany part of Israel GP push for 2021
There is more than meets the eye to Williams' new test driver signing. At the post-grand prix test in Abu Dhabi last year, the largely unknown 25-year-old Roy Nissany was suddenly at the wheel of Williams' 2019 car. He was quickly ridiculed, not only because he was several seconds off the pace of Williams' regular.....check out full post »
 

Formula 1 loses $26M sponsor

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Formula 1 loses $26M sponsor
Formula 1 has lost a major sponsor. Citing a source close to the company, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reports that Tata Communications, a major Indian multinational, will no longer be F1's connectivity partner. Forbes' F1 business journalist Christian Sylt said the deal, which has run for eight years, was worth $26 million. "Yes,.....check out full post »
 

Prost: F1 viewership collapsed in France

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Prost: F1 viewership collapsed in France
Television viewership has collapsed in France, according to F1 legend Alain Prost. In the country, all the races are only shown live on Canal Plus, a pay broadcaster. The sport's free-to-air coverage, on TF1, only involves three races. "We used to have 8 million fans in France watching TF1, but now that it is on.....check out full post »
 

Domenicali doubts Hamilton heading to Ferrari

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Domenicali doubts Hamilton heading to Ferrari
Former Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali does not think Lewis Hamilton will be heading to Maranello any time soon. Especially after his meeting with Ferrari chairman John Elkann was leaked, rumours have been swirling that six-time champion Hamilton could switch to Ferrari for 2021. But Domenicali, who ran the Ferrari team until 2014, told Sky.....check out full post »
 

Florsch: F1 uses women drivers to 'attract attention'

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
German racer Sophia Florsch thinks Formula 1 too often uses female drivers purely to "attract attention". On Twitter, the 17-year-old hit out after Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto announced that the Italian F1 team's driver 'academy' is looking for female drivers. She said women are too often seen as mere "marketing stuff". Following her remarks, it.....check out full post »
 

Alonso: Hamilton lifestyle impossible in 'normal' car

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Alonso: Hamilton lifestyle impossible in 'normal' car
Lewis Hamilton would not be able to indulge his extravagant character and lifestyle if he raced a "normal car" in Formula 1. That is the view of former F1 driver Fernando Alonso, who thinks Hamilton is able to match Michael Schumacher's record seven titles in 2020. "Hamilton can win his seventh," he said, before comparing.....check out full post »
 

Leclerc admits 'still learning' from Vettel

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Seb & Charles Episode 4: Mark Your Mate
Charles Leclerc has admitted to "tensions" with Sebastian Vettel last year, but he is hoping the Ferrari teammates can work well together in 2020. Last year, Vettel's new and decade-younger teammate successfully challenged the quadruple world champion's number 1 status at Ferrari. But Leclerc insists he respects the 32-year-old German. "I learned a lot from.....check out full post »
 

Gasly deserves 'some blame' for Red Bull demotion

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Gasly deserves 'some blame' for Red Bull demotion
Pierre Gasly deserves "some of the blame" for the failure of his time at Red Bull's top F1 team last year, according to Dr Helmut Marko. The Frenchman has expressed some unhappiness with the way his demotion to Toro Rosso was handled, revealing that "some promises were not kept". But boss Marko told motorsport.com's Russian.....check out full post »
 

Brundle thinks Claire Williams should step aside

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Brundle thinks Claire Williams should step aside
Former F1 driver and respected pundit Martin Brundle thinks it is time for Claire Williams to step down at the struggling British team. On Wednesday, Williams was in Tel Aviv, where Roy Nissany - an almost completely unknown driver but with key backing in Israel - was announced as a Friday and test driver for.....check out full post »
 

Florsch criticises Ferrari for seeking female driver

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Florsch criticises Ferrari for seeking female driver
Sophia Florsch, who made global headlines by surviving a horror Formula 3 crash at Macau in 2018, has dismissed Ferrari's push to sign a female driver. Referring to Ferrari's driver academy, whose star signing at present is Mick Schumacher, boss Mattia Binotto said recently that he would like some women on the roster. "Women should.....check out full post »
 

Williams announces Roy Nissany as 2020 Test Driver

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Williams to sign Israeli tester for 2020
Williams is welcoming Israeli driver Roy Nissany as Official Test Driver for ROKiT Williams Racing in 2020.
 

McLaren Unboxed | Sitting Comfortably in the MCL35

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
McLaren Unboxed | Sitting Comfortably in the MCL35
New year, new car, new McLaren Unboxed videos.
 

PwC Study Reveals $500M Benefit for Baku since F1 GP

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
PwC Study Reveals $500M Benefit for Baku since F1 GP
Baku City Circuit (BCC) today released the results of its second study into the economic impact that hosting the annual F1 race weekend in the Azerbaijani capital has had on the city since 2016, with the total figure for the past 4 years coming in at US$506.3m. The latest report - which focused on the.....check out full post »
 

Insider senses trouble with Ferrari's 2020 car

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Insider senses trouble with Ferrari's 2020 car
A Ferrari insider has revealed that all may not be well with the Maranello team's preparations for 2020. Leo Turrini, a long-time F1 journalist with key sources at Ferrari, wrote on his Quotidiano blog that he has heard alarming news from within the fabled team. "It seems to me that, so far, the indications from.....check out full post »
 

Haas 'on schedule' as 2020 car passes crash tests

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Haas 'on schedule' as 2020 car passes crash tests
Romain Grosjean says he is keen to have a much better season at Haas this year. After finishing fifth overall in 2018, the small and now five-year-old American team only managed to beat Williams in 2019. "We blamed the tyres a lot at the start of the year," Grosjean told the French source f1only.fr, "but.....check out full post »
 

Berger: Vettel can beat Leclerc in 2020

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Berger tips Ferrari to win 2019 title
Gerhard Berger does not think Sebastian Vettel's F1 career is in crisis. Some think that after losing clear number 1 status, and Ferrari extending Charles Leclerc's contract for the long term but not his, the four-time world champion may be pushed into retirement. "We don't know if it's a decisive year for him personally," Berger,.....check out full post »
 

Alonso plays down chances of 2021 Ferrari return

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Alonso plays down chances of 2021 Ferrari return
Fernando Alonso does not think there is room at Ferrari for his potential return to Formula 1 in 2021. In recent days, as he tackles the off-road Dakar rally and contemplates a third attempt to win the Indy 500 in May, the 38-year-old has admitted he will soon give thought to returning to F1. "First.....check out full post »
 

Celebrating 70 years of Formula 1 with CAR Magazine

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Celebrating 70 years of Formula 1 with CAR Magazine
Since 1950, Formula 1 has given its fans an unparalleled level of entertainment, drama, action and enjoyment. In 2020, the sport is celebrating 70 years of existence and it is a joy to inform you that CAR Magazine will provide you with unique features in its February issue. CAR Magazine is a phenom in terms.....check out full post »
 

Haas at the Circuit: Mark Herrick

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Haas at the Circuit: Mark Herrick
At the Circuit returns for 2020 as we take you behind the scenes to get to know the guys and girls who make Haas F1 tick. Mark Herrick is one of our Composites Team, who work on numerous parts of bodywork on the car, including the wings and floor.
 

2019 F1 Season Review Video of McLaren

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
McLaren Unboxed | Curtain Call | 2019 Abu Dhabi GP
The Inside Lines F1 2019 Season Review on McLaren Formula One Team. McLaren was F1’s star performer beyond the top teams in 2019, with the British squad finally emerging from three seasons of despair with Honda - and another rebuilding with Renault… …to secure fourth in the constructors’ championship, as clear best of the rest.....check out full post »
 

Ferrari 'angry' about Leclerc skydiving

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Ferrari 'angry' about Leclerc skydiving
Charles Leclerc doubts he can follow in Lewis Hamilton's wheel tracks by testing a MotoGP bike. Before Christmas, six-time world champion Hamilton and MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi swapped their respective Mercedes and Yamaha machines at Valencia. 22-year-old Leclerc, who recently signed a long-term Ferrari contract extension through 2024, expressed interest in doing the same, but.....check out full post »
 

Marko surprised by F1 'two stroke' engine idea

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Marko surprised by F1 'two stroke' engine idea
Dr Helmut Marko is not writing off the chances that Formula 1 will be powered by two-stroke engines from 2025. In 2014, the sport's new V6 'power unit' era began, but the cost, complexity, sound and Mercedes' dominance have all been controversial. So Pat Symonds, an experienced engineer who is now Liberty Media's F1 technical.....check out full post »
 

Bottas confident ahead of 2021 'silly season'

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Bottas confident ahead of 2021 'silly season'
Valtteri Bottas is not expecting to be weighed down by this year's contractual uncertainty. Late last year, after securing another one-year deal for 2020 only, the Finn admitted he had been affected by constant rumours hinting at his Mercedes exit. "When that continues year after year, every single year of your career, at some point.....check out full post »
 

Alonso: F1 return 'on the table' after Indy 500

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Alonso: F1 return 'on the table' after Indy 500
Fernando Alonso says he will think about a possible return to Formula 1 for 2021 after his third attempt to win the Indianapolis 500 in May. The Spaniard, who quit F1 at the end of 2018 to pursue other challenges including the 'triple crown', finished second in a stage of the Dakar rally on Monday......check out full post »
 

Berger: Leclerc 'more political' than Verstappen

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Berger: Leclerc 'more political' than Verstappen
F1 legend Gerhard Berger says Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc are yet to overtake Lewis Hamilton as the best driver on the grid today. In F1 circles, a clear debate is taking place as to whether it will be feisty Dutchman Verstappen or the focused Leclerc who take over as the best. But Berger told.....check out full post »
 

Williams announces 2 new team sponsors

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Williams gets 2 new sponsors
ROKiT Williams Racing is pleased to announce Lavazza and Royal Bank of Canada as an Official Team Partner for the 2020 FIA Formula One World Championship season. The Lavazza logo will make its debut on the FW43 challenger at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. As well as on-car branding, Lavazza will be featured throughout the.....check out full post »
 

Bahrain would welcome Saudi Arabia to F1

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Bahrain would welcome Saudi Arabia to F1
Bahrain says it would welcome the arrival of Saudi Arabia to the Formula 1 race calendar. Former F1 team boss Flavio Briatore, who some years ago helped to broker the deal that took the sport to Azerbaijan, said last week that he thinks Saudi officials are "already talking" to Formula 1 about a race. Now,.....check out full post »
 

Lando's YouTube Takeover

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Lando's YouTube Takeover
See the first 2020 video of Mclaren, made by Lando Norris who gives away the launch date for the MCL35 at the end of the video. Here you can see all 2020 F1 car launch dates.
 

Zandvoort F1 Circuit Full (drone) circuit lap

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Zandvoort F1 Circuit Full (drone) circuit lap
A full lap around the circuit on new years day when all renovation work stopped. This video was shot on the 1st of January 2020. You can see a lot of work has to be done before the start of the race on the 3th of May.
 

Bottas thinks performance 'hasn't peaked yet'

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Bottas thinks performance 'hasn't peaked yet'
Valtteri Bottas is sounding bullish about the 2020 season. The media dubbed the Finn 'Bottas 2.0' when he bounced back early last year with a boost in form, but ultimately he finished 87 points behind his teammate Lewis Hamilton. "I have found a new strength and energy for this year," Bottas, who recently announced his.....check out full post »
 

2019 tyres to make 2020 even more predictable?

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
2019 tyres to make 2020 even more predictable?
The racing could be "more predictable" in 2020, because teams voted against using Pirelli's newly designed and tested tyres this year. That is the claim of Pirelli's F1 boss Mario Isola, referring to the rejection of the intended 2020 tyre specification following two separate tests. "The advantage is that the teams are completely familiar with.....check out full post »
 

Ferrari's 2020 car passes FIA crash tests

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Ferrari's 2020 car passes FIA crash tests
Ferrari's 2020 car, codenamed 671, has passed all 15 of the mandatory FIA crash tests. Sky Italia said that exactly a month before the Ferrari single seater is officially launched, the successful crash testing took place at the CSI facility in Bollate near Milan. At the same facility recently, Alfa Romeo's 2020 car reportedly failed.....check out full post »
 

Racing Point 'nervous' about 2020-2021 seasons

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Racing Point 'nervous' about 2020-2021 seasons
Racing Point technical boss Andy Green admits he is "very nervous" about how the team will handle this year's preparations for the new rules of 2021. He says that while the big teams can afford to handle the 2020 and 2021 seasons concurrently, smaller outfits will need to spread their resources thinly. "We have the.....check out full post »
 

Hulkenberg not ruling out F1 return

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Hulkenberg 'not right person' for Williams
Nico Hulkenberg is not ruling out a return to Formula 1 in the future. After his 2010 debut with Williams, the German sat out 2011 as a reserve driver but has since raced for Force India, Sauber and Renault over eight consecutive seasons. But Renault have replaced him with the Mercedes-backed Esteban Ocon for 2020......check out full post »
 

Fittipaldi keeps job as Haas reserve

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Fittipaldi keeps job as Haas reserve
Pietro Fittipaldi will remain a reserve driver at Haas in 2020. "If I continue with Haas, I want to have a bigger role," the 23-year-old, who is the grandson of F1 legend Emerson Fittipaldi, said last month. Now, Denmark's BT newspaper - with sources at the American team for whom Dane Kevin Magnussen races -.....check out full post »
 

Five Friday practice sessions for Kubica in 2020

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Five Friday practice sessions for Kubica in 2020
New reserve driver Robert Kubica will participate in five Friday morning practice sessions for Alfa Romeo in 2020. The Pole, whose sponsor PKN Orlen has also signed up with the Swiss based team, is expected to shortly sign a DTM race deal for 2020 with BMW. But Przeglad Sportowy, the major Polish sports daily, said.....check out full post »
 

Briatore: Verstappen should learn to 'keep his mouth shut'

Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Briatore: Verstappen should learn to 'keep his mouth shut'
Max Verstappen should learn to "keep his mouth shut", according to former F1 team boss Flavio Briatore. In the wake of Verstappen's new deal with Red Bull through 2023, Briatore told Italy's Autosprint that the team is now well set up for the future. "It is a team that is always on the right track,".....check out full post »
 

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