F1 CEO Chase Carey has admitted it is possible there will be "no racing" at all in 2020. Currently, Liberty Media is working on a plan to get back up and running amid the corona crisis with back-to-back 'ghost race' weekends in Austria in July. Indycar and MotoGP have similar plans to hit the throttle.....check out full post »

Willi Weber says it would be "cool" to see two new Schumachers on the Formula 1 grid. Although he fell out with the family after Michael Schumacher's skiing accident, Willi Weber was a key figure in the seven time world champion's meteoric F1 career. Now, Michael's son Mick is knocking on the Formula 1 door,.....check out full post »

Bernie Ecclestone's advice that Formula 1 should cancel the 2020 season altogether is "disingenuous", according to an insider. With so much at stake due to the sport's shutdown for the corona crisis, Liberty Media is working desperately on a plan to start running again from July with 'ghost races'. Alexey Popov, the commentator for Russia's.....check out full post »

Renault's boss has admitted the French team could say goodbye to Daniel Ricciardo at the end of 2020. Cyril Abiteboul revealed that until the corona crisis struck, the plan for this year was to make an assessment about the Australian driver's place on the team during the race season. "It is complicated for Daniel and.....check out full post »

Another F1 sponsor has admitted its concern about the corona crisis. We have already reported that the Carlos Sainz and McLaren backer Estrella Galicia has "great concern" about the impact of the shutdown. And now, Heikki Hultunen, boss of the digital locking company Iloq, has added his worries to the topic. Iloq sponsors Alfa Romeo.....check out full post »

Valtteri Bottas is likely to stay at Mercedes beyond 2020, according to former F1 driver Karun Chandhok. Chandhok, an Indian driver who raced for Lotus and HRT, told the Finnish news agency STT that Bottas "has the best job in the world - he gets to drive for Mercedes". "On the other hand, it's the.....check out full post »

Spa-Francorchamps is waiting for the "green light from the government" to push ahead with plans for a 2020 Belgian F1 GP. The famous circuit has a August 30 date on the original 2020 calendar - but the Belgian government has banned mass events until the 31st. Race promoter Vanessa Maes told RTBF that Spa is.....check out full post »

Liberty Media appears determined to keep all ten of the current teams in business throughout the corona crisis. Williams finished dead last in 2019 and many fear that the once-great British team is most at risk of going out of business amid the sport's shutdown. "It's scary that you could not just lose one or.....check out full post »

Mika Hakkinen is sure that quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel's Formula 1 career can carry on beyond 2020. It is reported that Ferrari has offered the German a new two-year deal, but only if he accepts a major pay-cut. "I think Sebastian's future depends solely on his personal motivation," two-time title winner Hakkinen told t-online......check out full post »

Jos Verstappen does not believe his native Holland will be able to host a race at Zandvoort in 2020. While other circuits like Austria, Silverstone, Hungary and even Monza are eyeing back-to-back 'ghost race' weekends amid the corona crisis, organisers at Zandvoort appear less keen. "The grand prix of the Netherlands was one of the.....check out full post »

Esteban Ocon says he is looking forward to simply going "outside again", let alone returning to the F1 track. "It's all very boring," the Renault driver told Italy's Autosprint amid the corona crisis and shutdowns. "I am more or less locked up with my family and fiance and there is not much to do," Frenchman.....check out full post »

Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul says he will not force Daniel Ricciardo to get involved in online sim racing. Australian Ricciardo, sitting out the corona crisis at his family's farm outside Perth, said this week that he does not think "spending hours" on a home simulator is a good idea. "Before you know it, I'm missing.....check out full post »

Stoffel Vandoorne says he would consider returning to Formula 1 under the right circumstances. But the former McLaren driver says he is enjoying his new career in Formula E - even though the entire world of motor racing is currently shut down. "I am really looking forward to doing my job again," he told Sporza......check out full post »

Few drivers have experienced as many ups and downs as AlphaTauri’s Daniil Kvyat in his near century of Grand Prix starts, from the elation of three brilliant podium finishes to the dejection of demotion and losing his F1 seat. This week, the Russian opens up on the mental resilience needed to bounce back in F1,.....check out full post »

Ferrari has reportedly made Sebastian Vettel a new contract offer for 2021. Recently, it emerged that the quadruple world champion had rejected the Maranello team's first offer - a new one-year deal with a slashed pay-packet. Italy's authoritative La Gazzetta dello Sport is now claiming that Ferrari has come back with a second offer -.....check out full post »

Max Verstappen says he is looking forward to the resumption of the 2020 season - even if the races have to take place behind closed doors for now. The Red Bull driver told Servus TV that he is not suffering too much amid the coronavirus shutdown. "Basically, I like to be at home, so I.....check out full post »

Drivers need to take virtual racing more seriously. That is the view of Lando Norris, one of the simulator world's biggest stars who was taken out apparently deliberately by Indy 500 winner Simon Pagenaud in a recent race. "The big conversation is 'yes, it's a game' and so on, so you shouldn't care about it,.....check out full post »

The Formula 1 show will go on even if a coronavirus infection is detected in the paddock, according to FIA Institute president Professor Gerard Saillant. In Australia, the season opener was called off when a McLaren mechanic tested positive. Now, F1 is planning to return with spectator-less back to back race weekends in Austria in.....check out full post »

Renault could be 'exposed' by the corona crisis and need to review its commitment, team boss Cyril Abiteboul has suggested. But the Frenchman is not jumping to any conclusions yet, insisting that Renault is "part of a sport with a lot of value and strength". He told France's Auto Hebdo that the crisis is also.....check out full post »

BMW has no intention of returning to Formula 1, according to board member Klaus Frohlich. The German carmaker, the former owner of Sauber, suddenly pulled out of Formula 1 at the end of 2009 amid the global financial crisis. And Frohlich told Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper that BMW, now involved in Formula E and DTM, has.....check out full post »

Fernando Alonso seems to have finalised his plans for 2021 - and a return to Formula 1 will apparently have to wait. The two-time world champion, who went on 'sabbatical' after the 2018 season and intends to do the Indy 500 this year, is quoted by El Mundo as saying he has "decided" what he.....check out full post »

The CEO of Carlos Sainz's personal sponsor, Spanish beer brand Estrella Galicia, has admitted he is "concerned" about the coronavirus crisis. CEO Ignacio Rivera's warning comes amid a flurry of concerning reports about the potential financial impact of the sport's shutdown for the pandemic. "We live the situation with great concern," he is quoted by.....check out full post »

Mika Salo has described Liberty Media's plans for 15-18 races amid the corona pandemic as "pretty wild". The former driver, who is still involved in F1 as a pundit and steward, told Finland's MTV that he is fascinated to see what happens next. "Health is a priority," said the Finn. "This is why we have.....check out full post »

Luca di Montezemolo has emerged as a candidate to be the next FIA president. Recently, current president Jean Todt confirmed that he will step down at the end of his expiring term in 2021 - his maximum tenure as the head of F1's governing body. Italy's Autosprint claims that Montezemolo's candidacy is being championed by.....check out full post »

Ferrari is confident about bouncing back financially from the corona crisis. Amid the F1 shutdown, and with Maranello at the epicentre of the Italian epidemic, CEO Louis Camilleri admitted that Ferrari's bottom line has been hurt. "Formula 1 will negatively affect our results in 2020, but the losses will be short lived," he is quoted.....check out full post »

McLaren will not adopt an 'orange Mercedes' strategy in order to return to the top in Formula 1. Racing Point has taken flak in 2020 for admitting that its new car is based on detailed photographs of Mercedes' title winning machine of last year. But McLaren team boss Andreas Seidl said the Woking based team.....check out full post »

Daniil Kvyat says any talk about the future for Formula 1 drivers is on hold for the corona crisis. The AlphaTauri driver is regularly linked with a potential return to the top Red Bull team, but he says any contract talk right now is "empty". "If they are talking with confidence about the start dates.....check out full post »

Circuits are fighting behind the scenes to be part of F1's new 'corona calendar' for 2020, according to Dutch F1 GP boss Jan Lammers. On the face of it, Liberty Media will simply help the promoters like Austria and Silverstone to organise races whilst spectators are unable to cover the costs by buying tickets. But.....check out full post »

The F1 world should stand behind the sport's decisions about when and how the 2020 season gets up and running, according to Alain Prost. Some are critical of the efforts to go racing again from July, but F1 legend Prost thinks now is the time for unity. "Given the context, you have to be open.....check out full post »

Zandvoort circuit architect Jarno Zaffelli says the Dutch F1 GP venue's depiction in the official Formula 1 video game for 2020 is not accurate. The 'F1 2020' software developer Codemasters has released a teaser of the new Zandvoort layout, featuring the highly celebrated new banked corners. "Although it is still a work in progress, a.....check out full post »

Porsche's racing boss Fritz Enzinger is warning that July is too soon for the recommencement of the Formula 1 season. In charge of the German brand's Formula E efforts, he told Kurier newspaper that he backs the current shutdown of world sport, including motor racing. "When it comes to sporting events, health and safety comes.....check out full post »

BMW has admitted that the premier German touring car championship could collapse. Audi's shock departure post-2020 means that BMW will be the only manufacturer left on the DTM grid. And board member Klaus Frohlich told Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper that BMW could now follow after this season. "We have to wait and see what develops. There.....check out full post »

Formula E follows in F1’s footsteps and announces eSports Virtual Grand Prix Series With the Formula E season postponed in March, the organisation has announced that a succession of virtual races will take place. Following the lead of the Formula 1 version, one Esports series will feature the FE drivers going head-to-head on the virtual.....check out full post »

Eddie Jordan says he is "convinced" that most manufacturers in Formula 1 could quit the sport over the fallout of the corona crisis. FIA president Jean Todt has already warned that in the period ahead, "teams, suppliers and manufacturers may have to review their program". "The world has not only changed extremely because of corona,.....check out full post »

Jean Todt is worried that the upper tiers of motor racing could lose the support of car manufacturers amid the corona crisis. With countries locked down, racing series halted and an economic recession looming, the FIA president admitted the manufacturers may need to rethink their commitments. "I don't think that the priority now for a.....check out full post »

It is "impossible" for Formula 1 to consider not racing at all in 2020, according to Jos Verstappen. "There will certainly be racing. I'm convinced of that," the father of Red Bull star Max Verstappen told De Telegraaf. "A year without racing is impossible," he added. Some are backing F1 and Red Bull's plans to.....check out full post »

Daniel Ricciardo has described the chances he will join in the new trend among real racing drivers to go wheel-to-wheel in the virtual world as "slim". A heated controversy has broken out between Indycar and F1 fans after Indy 500 winner Simon Pagenaud was accused of deliberately taking out Lando Norris in a recent race......check out full post »

Kevin Magnussen has played down fears Haas team owner Gene Haas could be poised to pull the pin on his Formula 1 project. Speculation Haas could quit the sport was already doing the rounds last year, when the team was struggling badly with its 2019 car. "I can understand that Gene was frustrated by what.....check out full post »

Paul Ricard boss Stephane Clair says he is disappointed that racing in France will not be able to resume until August at the earliest. The French F1 GP organisers recently postponed their official date on the original 2020 F1 calendar, even though they would have liked to join the 'ghost racing' action. However, events like.....check out full post »

Bernie Ecclestone thinks Formula 1 should be able to organise "eight races with no problems" in 2020. Actually, the former F1 supremo's successors at Liberty Media are hoping for many more races than that, starting with back-to-back weekends in Europe with no spectators present. Ecclestone told F1 business journalist Christian Sylt, writing in the Sunday.....check out full post »

Alain Prost says it is very possible that Renault will lose Daniel Ricciardo at the end of 2020. In recent days, Renault junior Christian Lundegaard has admitted that he may be in a good position to replace the Australian if he does depart. "Daniel has a contract until the end of 2020," confirmed Renault advisor.....check out full post »