After the passing of Sir Stirling Moss on 12 April, aged 90, the world of Formula 1 has rightly stopped for a minute to remember a great man as well as a superb driver. In that ‘minute’ though, the debate as to which British driver truly is the best has also been provoked afresh. It.....check out full post »

Charles Leclerc says he would be "definitely happy" if Ferrari keeps Sebastian Vettel on board for 2021. It is rumoured that quadruple world champion Vettel has turned down Ferrari's initial offer of a one-year contract extension with a big pay cut. Leclerc, though, said in a video interview: "I'm very happy with Seb, even if.....check out full post »

Dr Helmut Marko says the first F1 'ghost race' in 2020 should also feature support events. Red Bull is central to F1's plans to get racing again, as it owns the Austrian GP venue in Spielberg and the government is beginning to relax the country's shutdown. "Austria as a country is starting to come out.....check out full post »

It would be a mistake to lock the media out of any 'ghost races' that take place amid the corona crisis. That is the view of respected Auto Motor und Sport editor Michael Schmidt, who suspects that even the actual broadcasters may have to simply accept their exclusion from the races. "Imagine that the only.....check out full post »

Toto Wolff has "suddenly" hit reverse gear on a drastic reduction of the 2021 budget cap. That is the claim of Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko, who said the Mercedes team boss was earlier a supporter of moves to significantly drive down the number amid the corona crisis. "A few weeks ago Wolff was willing.....check out full post »

Ferrari has moved to downplay boss Mattia Binotto's warning that the Maranello team could pull out of Formula 1. Binotto had warned that a reduction in the budget cap below $145 million could mean "having to look at other further options for deploying our racing DNA". A Ferrari spokeswoman denied that the comment was a.....check out full post »

It is "too early" to look ahead to Haas' 2021 driver lineup, according to team boss Gunther Steiner. Both Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean are out of contract at the end of 2020, but Steiner says he is currently preoccupied with the corona crisis. "I don't even think about what is going to happen on.....check out full post »

F1 is reportedly considering a radical proposal to help smaller teams catch up with their bigger rivals. According to Auto Motor und Sport, the plan would involve restricting wind tunnel time for those teams who are doing the best in the constructors' championship. "The first three would be allowed to use the wind tunnel 70.....check out full post »

Having overseen Zandvoort's transformation, circuit architect Jarno Zaffelli says will now have to try driving it - in the virtual world. Dutch F1 GP promoters admit the country's ban on mass events through September could mean that a grand prix is not held at all in 2020. "The entire circuit is ready - everything went.....check out full post »

Liberty Media has reshuffled its finances to free up a $1.4 billion fund to rescue Formula 1 amid the corona crisis. The F1 owner is quoted by Forbes' F1 business journalist Christian Sylt as outlining how the complex transaction gives it the ability to use the money "for F1 in event of continued delay of.....check out full post »

In Mercedes latest Deep Dive episode, Geoff Willis – our Director of Commercial Engineering – explores the topic of why Formula 1 matters, discussing road car relevance, problem solving, challenging each other and how we use data to learn and improve.

Fernando Alonso says his Formula 1 sabbatical has given him "renewed energy" for the future. In the past hours, the Spaniard has been linked with a potential return to Ferrari, after the Maranello team offered Sebastian Vettel only a one-year deal and a huge pay-cut for 2021. "In terms of ten years from now, I.....check out full post »

Paul Ricard would only be open to considering a race behind closed doors if F1 conducts a "review" of its contractual arrangement with the circuit. That is the view of Nicolas Deschaux, president of France's motor racing authority Federation Francaise de Sport Automobile (FFSA). After the nine postponements and cancellations, France's 28 June race date.....check out full post »

Ferrari has warned that it could quit Formula 1 over the current dispute about the 2021 budget cap. The Maranello team is the loudest and clearest objector to efforts to drive the headline figure from $175 million next year down to as low as $100m amid the global pandemic. "The $145m level is already a.....check out full post »

Monza may be willing to consider hosting a grand prix behind closed doors in 2020. That is the news from Angelo Sticchi Damiani, president of the Italian automobile club Aci. "The situation is complex, also because we do not have certainties," he is quoted by Italy's Sky Sport, referring to F1's shutdown for the coronavirus.....check out full post »

F1 must be careful about when it returns to the track in 2020, according to Pirelli boss Mario Isola. The Italian has been in the headlines recently as he conducts his duties as a volunteer ambulance driver during the coronavirus crisis that has hit his country hard. "There are plans to return in the summer,".....check out full post »

Jan Lammers has backtracked after declaring that there will almost certainly be no Dutch F1 GP in 2020. Earlier, the Zandvoort race's sports director said that after the Dutch government banned events until September, a race even without spectators can effectively be ruled out. But speaking to Dutch radio Veronica, he subsequently backpedalled. "At some.....check out full post »

Nicholas Latifi has been told by Williams to behave during live broadcasts of his virtual racing exploits. Nascar driver Kyle Larson was suspended by the American series and then fired by his team Chip Ganassi after using a racial slur during a recent online race. "After the Kyle Larson incident, the team sent us a.....check out full post »

The price of buying engines from F1's manufacturers might need to come down during the global pandemic. That is the view of Gunther Steiner, boss of the small American team Haas that has a close technical association with Ferrari. The 2020 season was supposed to feature an unprecedented 22 races, but coronavirus has brought Formula.....check out full post »

Even the big teams might disappear from Formula 1 amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to Russian commentator Alexey Popov. To date, the focus of the worries has centred around the survival of the smallest teams like Williams. "Unfortunately, I think they are not alone," Popov told Match TV. "Even Mercedes and Red Bull cannot be.....check out full post »

Robert Kubica says Max Verstappen does not deserve his reputation for "recklessness". The Pole was asked about the Red Bull driver's reputation for racing aggression, but he said Verstappen is in fact "very strong in every area". "I disagree with the criticism he receives for his so-called recklessness," the Alfa Romeo reserve driver, who raced.....check out full post »

Ralf Schumacher thinks it is "possible" Sebastian Vettel will ultimately accept Ferrari's rumoured offer of a one-year contract for 2021. Earlier, it was claimed that the quadruple world champion had turned down the offer, which reportedly involved a substantially slashed retainer. But former F1 driver Schumacher says Vettel may ultimately accept the deal. "Last season.....check out full post »

Renault may turn to a teenager if Daniel Ricciardo leaves the team for 2021. Ricciardo, whose contract runs out this year, has been linked with a move to Ferrari and he also says one should "never say never" to a return to Red Bull. If the Australian does go, 18-year-old Christian Lundgaard appears to be.....check out full post »

Shakedown Eve, it's like the night before Christmas. Back in February we invited Ted Kravitz and @Sky Sports F1 to come and see just how the Mercedes W11 was born!

Do you remember the very first GP that you attended as a fan? Renault asked Esteban Ocon that very question! 🏁

Mike Elliott, Technology Director of AMG-Mercedes Petronas F1, talks us through the braking systems of the championship-winning Mercedes F1 car. The temperatures and the g-forces involved are mind-blowing; and, until the new F1 regs arrive, the brake suppliers in F1 remain in fierce competition. Mercedes generally use Brembo calipers with Carbone Industrie discs but there's.....check out full post »

This week’s guest was one of the quickest and most consistent drivers of the 2000s. In fact, Nick Heidfeld stood on the podium 13 times, which is the most any driver has in history without winning a race. But don’t think of that as a dubious honour, more a reflection of the quality of a.....check out full post »

A Formula 1 insider said he can "understand" Sebastian Vettel if the German has turned down Ferrari's contract extension offer for 2021. La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that Ferrari offered the quadruple world champion a one-year deal with a monetary offer that would slash his annual pay by over a half. Vettel, 32, is said.....check out full post »

Drivers are looking nervously into the clouded future of Formula 1 and motor racing. The coronavirus pandemic, and the ensuing lockdowns and political and economic turmoil, means that despite efforts to organise an alternative 2020 race calendar, no one is actually sure when the racing will resume. "If we don't get this situation under control.....check out full post »

Zandvoort's hopes of hosting a Formula 1 race in 2020 have been dealt a near fatal blow, the Dutch circuit's bosses admit. On Tuesday, the Dutch prime minister announced that a ban on major sporting events has been extended until September. Afterwards, race boss Jan Lammers said: "We will have to see what possibilities are.....check out full post »

Gunther Steiner is "confident" that Haas team owner Gene Haas will remain committed to Formula 1 throughout the coronavirus crisis and beyond. Before the pandemic struck, bringing the sport to a sudden halt and endangering the mere survival of smaller teams, Haas was openly questioning the value of racing around in the lower part of.....check out full post »

Michael Schumacher could not adjust to the newer generation of cars when he returned to Formula 1 after a three-year retirement a decade ago. That is the view not only of John Barnard, a famous car designer who once worked with the F1 legend at Ferrari, but also Schumacher's long-time former manager Willi Weber. Barnard.....check out full post »

Liberty Media is ready to bail out teams who go bust during the coronavirus pandemic, according to Christian Horner. F1 and some circuits are pushing hard to organise races in some form from about July, with Williams Team Principal Claire Williams saying a plan like that is "critical" to the small teams' mere survival. Some,.....check out full post »

The coronavirus pandemic is a blow to McLaren's steady rise up the grid, team boss Andreas Seidl has admitted. After a slump spanning several years, McLaren had improved more recently and was looking forward to the opportunity of the new 2021 rules. But not only have the rules been postponed until 2022, McLaren must now.....check out full post »

Lewis Hamilton is reportedly sitting out the coronavirus pandemic in Bali. The six-time world champion has kept a conspicuously low profile during F1's shutdown, but it now emerges that he is not at one of his homes in either Monaco or New York. According to Bild newspaper, Hamilton talks to Toto Wolff every other day.....check out full post »

Kimi Raikkonen says he will not be joining the growing trend of actual professional drivers entering the world of virtual online simulator racing. Even his friend and former teammate Sebastian Vettel has bitten the bullet by buying a home simulator setup in the past days, but Raikkonen says he is "indifferent". "I will wait until.....check out full post »

Franz Tost is not sure there is reason for great optimism even though moves are being made to organise the first actual races of 2020. Another Red Bull official, Dr Helmut Marko, said the chances are "very good" that the Austrian authorities will green-light the plan for races at the Red Bull Ring in July......check out full post »

Former Ferrari team boss Maurizio Arrivabene has joined Italy's fight against coronavirus. We already reported that Pirelli boss Mario Isola works in an ambulance in the country, and now Mediaset is reporting that Arrivabene is also a front-line 'driver'. "Arrivabene has not told anyone but since the storm hit he has been driving a vehicle.....check out full post »

Organisers of the Dutch F1 GP at Zandvoort are keenly awaiting an announcement by the government on Tuesday. The original May 3 race date is among many that cannot currently take place, but the Netherlands' blanket ban on mass organised events is only set to run until June 1. And it is possible that an.....check out full post »

Former F1 driver Roberto Merhi says he is unable to reveal which current team he performs simulator duties for. The 29-year-old Spaniard raced for Marussia in 2015, but he now tells Marca sports newspaper that he remains involved with the sport. "The team I work for in Formula 1 doesn't want me to say who.....check out full post »

Robert Kubica is another F1 driver who will not get involved in F1's official virtual racing series. A growing number of active drivers were in the field for the most recent online race based on the official F1 2019 game, which was won by Charles Leclerc. Kubica, who is Alfa Romeo's reserve driver, admits he.....check out full post »

Monza is not giving up on hosting an Italian GP later in 2020, according to Italian automobile club president Angelo Sticchi Damiani. Italy has been badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic, but Damiani indicated that Monza wants to be on the rescheduled calendar. "What will the grands prix look like in the coronavirus era?" he.....check out full post »

Sebastian Vettel thinks Formula 1 should "wait" rather than put on what he and others are calling "ghost races". Amid the sport's coronavirus-induced standstill, F1's apparent plan is to host two or even three races at single venues like Austria and Silverstone from July. The races would be held behind closed doors, without spectators. "If.....check out full post »

Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya is prepared to host a grand prix this year without spectators - but has ruled out reversing the layout for a second race. Hopes for the already postponed Spanish GP seemed to fade when finance minister Mario Jesus Montero said "tourist activities" will only resume in Spain if "there is a.....check out full post »

Gunther Steiner has rejected fellow F1 team boss Christian Horner's 'customer car' proposal amid the sport's coronavirus crisis. Horner, boss of Red Bull, said that amid rumours several smaller teams could fail over the next few months, customer cars could be the answer. "I would be in full favour of supplying for the next two.....check out full post »

Kevin Magnussen says he is "completely open" to returning to McLaren or Renault. The Dane currently races for Haas, whose owner Gene Haas was already thinking about pulling out of Formula 1 even before the coronavirus crisis. Magnussen told BT newspaper that he knows his chances of moving to a top three team are low,.....check out full post »

Austria and Silverstone appear to be headlining F1's return to racing action. It is believed a new race calendar will be published as soon as May, with the first two or three races to be held at the Red Bull Ring, followed by Silverstone. "We have been asked if we could hold a race or.....check out full post »

The Aston Martin Red Bull Racing and Scuderia AlphaTauri (formerly Toro Rosso) F1 teams are owned by the energy drinks company Red Bull. The co-founder and 49% owner of the company is Dietrich Mateschitz an Austrian billionaire businessman. Mateschitz got rich not by inventing a new product but by selling an ordinary one inventively. Mateschitz.....check out full post »

Sebastian Vettel says he is only negotiating with Ferrari over a new contract for 2021. Earlier, amid intense speculation about his future, the German was linked with a potential switch to McLaren. But the 32-year-old quadruple world champion says he is talking only to Ferrari. "I think I had made that clear before," German media.....check out full post »

Toto Wolff has bought a stake in Aston Martin. The British car company, whose new executive chairman Lawrence Stroll also acquired a major stake recently, will become the new identity of Stroll's Racing Point team from 2021. However, a spokesman for Wolff said the Austrian will remain Mercedes' team boss. "It is a financial investment.....check out full post »