Beyond The Grid is back, and to kick off the new 2020 season Tom Clarkson sits down with a driver who proved a rookie sensation last year, both on and off the track: McLaren’s Lando Norris. In a revealing conversation, the British racer opens up about his hopes for 2020, whilst also discussing his love.....check out full post »

In view of the continued global spread of COVID-19 and after ongoing discussions with the FIA, the Bahrain International Circuit, the Bahrain Motor Federarion and the Hanoi People’s Committee, the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Automobile Association of Vietnam and the promoter, Vietnam Grand Prix Corporation a decision has been taken by.....check out full post »

F1 photographer Kym Illman tells you what he experienced before the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix was cancelled.

Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc have a message for you ❤️💪

After the late cancelation of the 2020 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix all Formula 1 teams send out their statements about the situation. We have summed up those statements for you to read during this remarkable Coronavirus lockout period. Alfa Romeo Team Statement In light of the recent events in Melbourne, with the confirmation of.....check out full post »

The world of Formula 1 is coming to terms with the fact that its 2020 season is in tatters over the coronavirus crisis. Initially, the sport's figureheads - Chase Carey and Jean Todt - are facing the ire of spectators, fans, insiders and observers because of how the Melbourne situation was handled amid a global.....check out full post »

With Australia and China already called off, F1 insiders are no longer expecting any racing whatsoever until at least June in Baku. After the McLaren team member tested positive for coronavirus in Melbourne on Friday, 14 of his teammates are now in quarantine for two weeks. It is just one reason why Bahrain will not.....check out full post »

Formula 1 took too long to respond to the coronavirus crisis, according to former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone. On Friday the 13th, the image presented to the world by the pinnacle of motorsport was utterly shambolic. After a McLaren team member tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, most insiders assumed that cancellation of the season.....check out full post »

Claire Williams is worried about the financial impact of F1's new coronavirus crisis. Australia and China have been called off, but Bahrain and Vietnam will soon follow suit and most insiders doubt there will be a single race until June. If that happens, it will hurt F1's smallest and least successful teams like Williams the.....check out full post »

Christian Horner says Red Bull is not in the market to snap up Sebastian Vettel for 2021. Prior to joining Ferrari, where his current contract runs out this year, 32-year-old Vettel won all four of his world championships at Red Bull. But Dr Helmut Marko said recently that Red Bull cannot afford to re-hire Vettel,.....check out full post »

Gene Haas has admitted that 2020 could be his team's last season in Formula 1. This year is the American team's fifth season on the grid, but owner Gene Haas indicated prior to the Australian GP cancellation that he is undecided about whether to sign the new Concorde Agreement. "I'll wait and see how things.....check out full post »

Valtteri Bottas says it is up to Mercedes to decide if the controversial steering system 'DAS' will be used in 2020. The team headed to Australia intending to use the new push-pull steering feature, but Red Bull had been poised to lodge a protest before qualifying. "It is up to the team to estimate the.....check out full post »

Sebastian Vettel can beat Charles Leclerc at the wheel of Ferrari's 2020 car. That is the view of former F1 driver Timo Glock, who said quadruple world champion Vettel clearly struggled with the handling of last year's red machine. "When you listen to him, you get the impression that he has a much better feeling.....check out full post »

Prior to the cancellation of the Australian GP, Williams had been planning to take on Alfa Romeo. After the team finished dead last by a big margin in 2019, George Russell says the new car has "significantly more downforce". Team boss Claire Williams added: "We are better on a long runs than we are on.....check out full post »

Charles Leclerc has defended both the FIA and Ferrari, amid rival teams' fury over the 2019 engine legality scandal. Earlier, the seven non-Ferrari affiliated teams were not ruling out legal action after a secret settlement was agreed between Ferrari and the FIA. It is believed the seven teams have now become six, after a phone.....check out full post »

Max Verstappen says the new rule allowing drivers to change their helmets as often as they desire will not change much for him. Because fans were at the time struggling to identify drivers, the FIA ruled ahead of 2015 that drivers could only change their helmet design once per season. When asked if he will.....check out full post »

Nico Hulkenberg will struggle to return to the Formula 1 grid. That is the claim of another former German F1 driver, Timo Glock, who thinks ousted Renault racer Hulkenberg should instead target a DTM race seat. "Once a driver is out, a comeback is always difficult," Glock told ran.de. "Many young drivers are always coming.....check out full post »

This weekend’s 2020 season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne has been cancelled. The news follows McLaren’s withdrawal from the race on Thursday, after one of their team members tested positive for the coronavirus. A statement issued jointly by F1, governing body the FIA and the Australian Grand Prix Corporation read: "Following the confirmation that a.....check out full post »

Formula 1 is in an unprecedented crisis as the ever-worsening coronavirus situation grips the Melbourne paddock and threatens the entire 2020 season. The NBA season has been suspended, Formula E is close to halting its entire calendar for two months, the US has banned travel from Europe and the World Health Organisation has declared a.....check out full post »

Toto Wolff is not ready to write off Ferrari's chances of winning the 2020 world championship. In testing, the Maranello team's new car was conspicuously off the pace, having improved in the corners but become significantly slower in a straight line. The obvious conclusion is that the wrangling over the legality of Ferrari's 2019 engine.....check out full post »

Mercedes will run the risk of a protest by using the controversial new steering system DAS in Melbourne this weekend. Amid the unfolding coronavirus crisis, Red Bull's top F1 official Dr Helmut Marko has warned that if the reigning champions use DAS at Albert Park, "we will protest". But Mercedes boss Toto Wolff is undeterred......check out full post »

With Bahrain, Vietnam and even this weekend's 2020 season opener in Australia now in serious doubt, attention is beginning to turn to the viability of even F1's European races this year. F1 CEO Chase Carey, who alongside the FIA is being heavily criticised for his handling of the coronavirus crisis so far, has been spotted.....check out full post »

Sebastian Vettel says he is not yet thinking about extending his stay at Ferrari beyond 2020. For months, speculation about the quadruple world champion's expiring deal has been rife, but recent signs indicated that he was inching towards agreeing a new contract. "For the time being, my focus is on this year," the 32-year-old German.....check out full post »

Formula 1 can still be exciting even if Lewis Hamilton continues to dominate. That is the message from former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, even though he admitted to the Dutch broadcaster NOS that he hopes Max Verstappen can challenge in 2020. "I think there will be some good fighting," said the 89-year-old. "There's Hamilton and.....check out full post »

The coronavirus threat continues to close in on the start of F1's 2020 season. With preparations in full swing for the season opener and the teams and drivers already in Melbourne, news suddenly broke that a man confirmed to have coronavirus recently visited the Albert Park hotel. The hotel is now locked down. "The hotel.....check out full post »

Jean Todt has revealed that he consulted with Chase Carey before agreeing the secret settlement with Ferrari over the legality of the Italian team's 2019 engine. The seven non-Ferrari affiliated teams are threatening to sue over the controversy. "It looks like Ferrari cheated with its engine in 2019," former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone told Auto.....check out full post »

Max Verstappen says he hopes Red Bull's 2020 car is within "two to three tenths" of Mercedes' pace. Many are expecting Red Bull-Honda and the Dutchman to give the previously dominant Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton a run for their money this year. "I hope we can be there immediately," Verstappen, 22, told De Telegraaf. "That.....check out full post »

Charles Leclerc says he isn't sure how competitive Ferrari's 2020 car is compared to its rivals. Team boss Mattia Binotto has warned publicly, and also in an internal letter to members of the race team, that the car is not fast enough to win in Melbourne. But Leclerc says he isn't sure. "It is difficult.....check out full post »

Formula 1's environmental credentials already outpace Formula E. That is the claim of former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher, who said carmakers have been "rushing" to the all-electric series. "If you look at the diesel generators they (Formula E) use to charge their high performance batteries, then I almost guarantee that the overall carbon footprint of.....check out full post »

F1's coronavirus crisis is hitting a higher gear in Melbourne, with three team staff put in isolation as they suffer from symptoms. Two McLaren staff and one who works for Haas will find out if they are infected in five days after being tested in a special isolation centre at the circuit. But with a.....check out full post »

Sebastian Vettel will not immediately take advantage of the newly-axed rule restricting helmet livery changes. Before he joined Ferrari, Vettel's habit of changing his helmet colours ahead of almost every race was one of the main reasons the FIA decided to ban the practice. But the rule has been scrapped for 2020. The obvious question.....check out full post »

Two teams could throw yet another cloud over the 2020 season opener in Melbourne, according to Germany's Auto Bild. Correspondent Ralf Bach said there is a very real possibility that Red Bull will lodge an official protest against the legality of Mercedes' new 'DAS' steering system. "From our perspective, the system does not comply with.....check out full post »

THURSDAY, 12 MARCH, 1600 HOURS LOCAL TIME Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) Daniel Ricciardo (Renault) Nicholas Latifi (Williams) FRIDAY, 13 MARCH, 1400 HOURS LOCAL TIME Mattia Binotto (Ferrari) Zak Brown (McLaren) Toto Wolff (Mercedes) Christian Horner (Red Bull) SATURDAY, 14 MARCH, POST-QUALIFYING Three fastest drivers from Qualifying SUNDAY, 15 MARCH, POST-RACE First three finishing drivers

Lewis Hamilton is seeking a record-equalling seventh Formula 1 Drivers Championship this year and he and the rest of the grid kick off their campaign in Melbourne this weekend. The Brit has won twice in Australia, once in 2008 and most recently in 2015. Last year, the 35-year-old was part of a Mercedes 1-2 but.....check out full post »

En route to Melbourne, site of this weekend's Australian GP, Peter Windsor looks at the impact of the Corona virus and at the current state of F1 play. Peter filmed this video on a Qatar Airbus 380-800 at 37,000ft.

First race of the season and home Grand Prix for th3 Honey Badger! Daniel Ricciardo previews the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix.

The W11 gets ready to tackle the streets of Melbourne for the first race of the 2020 F1 season!

Join Max Verstappen for a virtual lap of Albert Park in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, powered by @Citrix technology. How fast are you?

The 2020 Formula 1 World Championship starts on Sunday with its traditional Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne. After a long winter and many talks about 2020 and how it is a transitional year due to the 2021 rule change, the excitement is still there and we’re expecting a close and thrilling season. Mercedes, Ferrari and.....check out full post »

The global coronavirus crisis is being portrayed "hysterically", according to Red Bull's top F1 official Dr Helmut Marko. On the face of it, the entire world - Formula 1 included - is becoming crippled by the disease outbreak, with China postponed, spectators locked out of Bahrain, and a giant question mark put alongside Vietnam's inaugural.....check out full post »

Charles Leclerc has admitted he is "not sure" if Sebastian Vettel will still be his Ferrari teammate in 2021. Quadruple world champion Vettel has lost his clear number 1 status and his contract expires at the end of the season, but reports indicate that the German and Ferrari are inching towards a new deal. However,.....check out full post »

Honda says it wants to help Max Verstappen finish on the podium at every race in 2020 so he can fight for the world championship. Red Bull-Honda had a conspicuously low profile winter period, but all the signs from the team indicate that a real challenge to Mercedes' dominance may be posed. Masashi Yamamoto, Honda's.....check out full post »

Dutch public health chief Sjaak de Gouw says he is not worried that the first European race of F1's 2020 season at Zandvoort will be cancelled. A dark cloud caused by the coronavirus crisis is now hanging over the first three flyaway races of the season in Australia, Bahrain and Vietnam. After that, F1 returns.....check out full post »

An ultimatum for the FIA demanding answers to the Ferrari engine legality scandal is about to expire, Dr Helmut Marko has revealed. The seven teams not affiliated with Ferrari reacted with fury and threats of legal action when F1's governing body announced it had reached a secret settlement with the Italian team over its controversial.....check out full post »

Former F1 driver Giedo van der Garde says he isn't sure the sport's only 2020 rookie - Nicholas Latifi - is "good enough" for Formula 1. Dutchman van der Garde, who raced in 2013 for Caterham, told the Dutch publication Formule 1 that he can imagine the 24-year-old Formula 2 veteran struggling alongside George Russell.....check out full post »

As coronavirus and the associated and disproportionate hysteria grabs Formula 1 (and the world) by the you-know-whats, it's worth having a little think about who might be missing in Melbourne and beyond. So far, everyone (especially a denial-struck Liberty Media, whose FWONK share price is sinking faster than a stone) seems to be putting an.....check out full post »

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has visited the area in Australia that was hit by the heavy bush fires a few months ago. Right after he landed from his flight from London he travelled to this area that's in New South Wales to meet the people who are taking care of the animals that need help.....check out full post »

Hopes are high that Red Bull can pose a challenge to Mercedes in 2020. What is clear after winter testing is that Mercedes remains at the front, while Ferrari is struggling. "The (Ferrari) car is obviously not good," former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone told Blick newspaper. "But like millions of fans of the red cars,.....check out full post »

Kevin Magnussen has admitted he has fallen off the radar of the top teams in Formula 1. Now at Haas, the 27-year-old Dane actually made his debut in 2014 for the then top team McLaren. "I got into Formula 1 in the same way as Verstappen and Leclerc, who went straight into top teams. But.....check out full post »

The saga about the legality of Ferrari's 2019 engine could trigger Sebastian Vettel's exit from the team. That is the view of former F1 driver and fellow German Timo Glock, who was asked by ran.de about quadruple world champion Vettel's expiring contract. "I think it will also depend on what happens with how this Ferrari.....check out full post »