The Red Bull Racing factory was still for 63 days... But in just three weeks time we will be on track again!

Jonathan Williams, Sir Frank's eldest son and already one of the great F1 historians, moves to Race Nine in his Top Ten Favourite Williams races. The man behind WilliamsF1's very productive Young Driver programme and a part-owner of the ultra-successful iSport GP2 team, Jonny recently spent considerable time selecting his ten favourite Williams races. Race.....check out full post »

Formula 1 has issued an update regarding the calendar for the 2020 FIA Formula One World Championship. The FIA fully supports the ongoing efforts to ensure that the highest level of motor sport returns around the world in a sustainable and safe way for all. The full statement from Formula 1 is as follows: Formula.....check out full post »

Jun.12 - Organisers of the popular Canadian F1 GP are not giving up on rescheduling the Montreal race this year. While some other venues have already cancelled or are poised to pull the plug on 2020, Montreal promoter Francois Dumontier is hanging in there amid the corona crisis for now. "Discussions are continuing with the.....check out full post »

Jun.12 - Michael Schumacher will in fact not undergo surgery any time soon, according to the Guardian newspaper. International reports this week said the F1 legend would have another round of heart cell transfusion therapy carried out by Professor Philippe Menasche, who said the goal was to "regenerate Michael's nervous system". Neurosurgeon Dr Nicola Acciari.....check out full post »

Jun.12 - Imola has boosted its chances of securing a shock return to the F1 calendar in 2020. F1 sporting boss Ross Brawn admits that a "contingency" is being put in place in case more current grand prix hosts are unable to reorganise their races amid the pandemic. "I think Bahrain and Abu Dhabi will.....check out full post »

Jun.12 - Kimi Raikkonen is not expecting to struggle in Austria next month even though Formula 1 drivers have not raced since late last year. Some, like the Alfa Romeo driver's teammate Antonio Giovinazzi, think the drivers will be "rusty" once the initial eight-race European season kicks off. But Finn Raikkonen - F1's oldest and.....check out full post »

Jun.12 - Toto Wolff admits that Sebastian Vettel is not Mercedes' "first priority" when considering the team's driver lineup for 2021. Technical boss James Allison admitted this week it is "difficult to imagine" the quadruple world champion switching from Ferrari to Mercedes. And Valtteri Bottas' revealed that he received a "pretty straight message" from his.....check out full post »

Jun.12 - Max Verstappen says it is no disadvantage that he will not do any testing prior to the resumption of racing next month. Mercedes' two drivers ran a 2018 car around the Silverstone circuit this week, and Ferrari is expected to follow suit with a test at Fiorano prior to Austria. Mercedes team boss.....check out full post »

Jun.12 - Driver hierarchies do not work in Formula 1, according to Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff. Although Lewis Hamilton would seem to be number 1, Wolff insists that Valtteri Bottas has "always" been able to race his teammate from the beginning of each season. He said hierarchies should only form naturally "resulting from performance"......check out full post »

Jun.12 - It is "good" that Sebastian Vettel is leaving Ferrari, according to former team driver Jean Alesi. Red Bull's Max Verstappen admitted he was surprised when it was announced that the quadruple world champion and the Maranello team will split after 2020. "I expected that he would drive there for another year or two,.....check out full post »

Jun.12 - Toto Wolff is not ready to commit to remaining Mercedes' team boss beyond the end of 2020. After buying into Lawrence Stroll's new Aston Martin project, the Austrian has admitted he is currently discussing his future at Mercedes with Daimler CEO Ola Kallenius. When asked how long he will remain team principal, Wolff.....check out full post »

Following the recent publication of the first part of this year's 2020 Formula 1 calendar, Pirelli has announced the compounds for the initial eight races of the 2020 Formula 1 season – in Austria, Hungary, Great Britain, Spain, Belgium and Italy. Just three colours at each race in 2020, with five different compounds available: C1.....check out full post »

Jun.11 - Mercedes is "not considering" signing up Sebastian Vettel for 2021. That is the claim of Valtteri Bottas, who would presumably have been the victim of the Ferrari refugee's switch to silver. When asked about the speculation, the Finn told Sky: "It's the same as every year for me. "I find it quite funny.....check out full post »

Jun.11 - Lando Norris says he faced a backlash among his social media followers after wading into the current political moment. At the tail end of the corona crisis, and amid widespread protests and racial tension, the McLaren driver heeded Lewis Hamilton's call for his fellow drivers to publicly support the Black Lives Matter movement......check out full post »

Jun.11 - Top Formula 1 teams are "looking to the future", according to George Russell. The 22-year-old made his debut last year for Williams, but he is also the cream of Mercedes' driver program and tipped to make the step up to the works team for 2021. He said Ferrari's decision to pair Carlos Sainz.....check out full post »

Jun.11 - Valtteri Bottas could win the 2020 world championship by beating just "one driver". That is the view of Mika Hakkinen, the retired double world champion who remains involved in the management of his fellow Finn's career. "I've seen Valtteri's development and passionate dedication to the work," the 51-year-old told Helsingin Sanomat newspaper. "He.....check out full post »

Jun.11 - Dr Helmut Marko says preparations for Formula 1's return to racing next month are "going like clockwork". "Now all we have to do is keep calm," the Red Bull official, who has been the leading figure in organising the first 'ghost races' of the coronavirus era, told f1-insider.com. Amid face masks and other.....check out full post »

Jun.11 - A very minimal number of media representatives will be permitted to attend the first 'ghost races' in Austria and Hungary next month. Those with permanent FIA media passes have been informed that the FIA will select the initial group of ten that will be confined to the Red Bull Ring's media centre. The.....check out full post »

Jun.11 - Experienced drivers in smaller teams may benefit the most from F1's long coronavirus shutdown period, according to Mika Hakkinen. The sport is currently counting down the days before the first 'ghost races' of the badly corona-affected 2020 season get underway. When the engines fire in Austria, it will be seven months since the.....check out full post »

"I'm ready. I feel fit" 💪 It's Lewis' lowdown after another busy day of Testing at Silverstone! Next stop: Austria! 🏁 pic.twitter.com/vdBHJKKQea — Mercedes-AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) June 10, 2020 Lewis Hamilton drove around Silverstone today. He did a test programme with the Mercedes W08 to prepare for the upcoming Austrian F1 GP. He didn't drive.....check out full post »

A season finale at Mexico City with John Surtees who takes the 1964 F1 World Championiship 🏆. This was also the last time that Ferrari cars raced in any colour other than Rosso Corsa. Here you can see the 1964 Mexican F1 Grand Prix result.

Jonathan Williams (named after the excellent Ferrari driver who was a close friend of Sir Frank's) is not only one of the most knowledgable and organised racing people on the planet but also a Williams F1 expert (in the truest sense of the word). And so recently Peter Windsor asked Sir Frank's eldest son to.....check out full post »

Riccardo Patrese’s career began in the era of Hunt, Lauda and Andretti and ended 256 races later in the era of Senna and Schumacher, by which time he’d become the most successful Italian racer since double world champion Alberto Ascari. In total he won 6 races, 8 poles and 37 podiums. His best season finish.....check out full post »

Jun.10 - As Formula 1 begins to race out of the corona crisis, the 2019 Ferrari engine legality saga looks set to return. The FIA has issued a range of new technical directives regarding operation of the hybrid engines, believed to be based on the controversial secret agreement reached with Ferrari. One of the new.....check out full post »

Jun.10 - Michael Schumacher is set to undergo an operation, according to the Italian source Contro Copertina. Cardiac expert professor Philippe Menasche, who reportedly treated the F1 legend last year as well, is said to be in charge of another round of heart cell transfusion. "The goal is to regenerate Michael's nervous system," he is.....check out full post »

Jun.10 - Baku, Singapore and Suzuka are set to be definitively scratched from the 2020 calendar. That is the word from Andrea Cremonesi, a respected correspondent for Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport. "In days, if not hours, the official cancellation of the race in Baku will be announced," the Italian source Formula Passion quotes him.....check out full post »

Jun.10 - Formula 1 teams will have only a limited car development program in 2020, according to Racing Point technical boss Andy Green. "We will have fewer updates than planned," he told Auto Motor und Sport when asked about the start of the 'corona calendar' in Austria next month. "We didn't even use our first.....check out full post »

Jun.10 - Another grand prix in the United States could take place as soon as 2021 - but not in Miami. Rather, the idea is being championed by new Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Roger Penske. He said he is looking into whether there is the "opportunity for a Formula 1 race" there in "2021, 2022.....check out full post »

Jun.10 - Kimi Raikkonen has left open the door to possible retirement at the end of 2020. At the age of 40, and with over 300 grands prix to his name, the 2007 world champion is the oldest and most experienced driver in Formula 1. When asked if this year will be his last, Raikkonen.....check out full post »

Jun.10 - George Russell has admitted he has a keen eye on a potential Mercedes race seat for 2021. Team boss Toto Wolff, who already works closely with the Mercedes development driver, has named the 22-year-old as a contender for the works seat. "They are the best team, they have been so dominant," he told.....check out full post »

Jun.10 - Daniel Ricciardo insists he did not decide to quit Renault "on a whim". With the French carmaker continuing next year even amid the corona-induced recession, some have expressed surprise that the Australian decided to take the arguably sideways move to McLaren for 2021. "It was not an easy decision to make," Ricciardo is.....check out full post »

Jun.10 - Hungaroring boss Zsolt Guylay admits the F1 race promoters got a discount on their 2020 race fee. The circuit near Budapest is among the eight confirmed 'ghost races' on this year's initial amended calendar. "All in all, we managed to save the Hungarian budget almost six billion forints (US $20 million)," the Magyar.....check out full post »

Jun.10 - Mugello looks set to join the other six European 'ghost race' venues on the initial corona-induced 2020 calendar. It is believed a race at the Ferrari-owned circuit will be paired with the other Italian venue, Monza, in mid-September. "Mugello has everything to offer a spectacle," said Jarno Zaffelli, a circuit architect who also.....check out full post »

Jun.10 - Jean Alesi thinks Mercedes will be the team to beat when the revised world championship kicks off next month in Austria. "The teams have not been able to develop much," the former F1 driver told Italy's Autosprint. "Maybe we will see some minor changes in the hierarchy, but I think the Mercedes advantage.....check out full post »

Jun.10 - Three names are in the fray as potential buyers for the struggling F1 backmarker Williams. That is the claim of Italy's authoritative La Gazzetta dello Sport, reporting that 2020 race driver Nicholas Latifi's wealthy father is the frontrunner. Correspondent Mario Salvini says Michael Latifi has already loaned the British team EUR 22 million.....check out full post »

Just when you thought things couldn't get much worse than a deadly virus that killed every engine, another epidemic struck Formula 1 - toxically divisive politics. Because I'm not 8, I'm old enough to remember when the FIA would insist that sport and politics should always be kept separate - even (and perhaps especially) when.....check out full post »

Jun.9 - Toto Wolff thinks the first overseas races will soon be added to the alternative 'corona calendar' for 2020. Only eight spectator-less races at six European venues have been unveiled so far for the initial post-shutdown period beginning in July. But Mercedes boss Wolff thinks that will soon change. "I believe and I hope.....check out full post »

Jun.9 - A potential new Formula 1 team is still clinging to its project through the corona crisis. Late last year, Formula 2 boss Adrian Campos and business partner Salvatore Gandolfo announced that they are working on a new F1 team project. But last week, former Sauber driver Pascal Wehrlein, who was initially named as.....check out full post »

Jun.9 - More than two teams are hurting amid the corona crisis, according to FIA president Jean Todt. In fact, the Frenchman is quoted by La Presse as saying the shutdown of factories, racing and income has "affected everyone" in Formula 1. "The epidemic has financial consequences not limited to one or two teams in.....check out full post »

Jun.9 - Nico Rosberg thinks F1 drivers who have spent the corona shutdown at the wheel of home simulators will be the best prepared for the resumption of racing next month. Like Lando Norris, Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Valtteri Bottas and other active F1 stars, retired 2016 world champion Rosberg also spends time at the.....check out full post »

In this series, I will look at the ownership and funding of the teams in F1 and maybe uncover a dark secret or two. Part 9: Racing point Racing point is owned by a consortium of investors after the 2018 purchase of the Force India team for $115 million. The major shareholder is Lawrence Stroll,.....check out full post »

Jun.9 - F1 sporting boss Ross Brawn says he "completely" supports Lewis Hamilton's political views. In a series of recent social media posts, six time world champion Hamilton hit out at those staying silent about the policy custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Not just that, the Mercedes driver is scathing of British PM.....check out full post »

Jun.8 - One month before the racing resumes, the FIA has installed some new engine rules in the wake of the Ferrari legality scandal of 2019. During the corona shutdown, the big news was all about budget caps and the 'silly season', including Ferrari's decision to replace Sebastian Vettel with Carlos Sainz for 2021. Nico.....check out full post »

Jun.8 - Mattia Binotto has admitted Ferrari is not the favourite to win the first 'ghost races' of 2020. Figures for both Mercedes and Red Bull are saying that, based on winter testing, the Maranello based team is not in a position to win on merit in Austria next month. When asked if the problems.....check out full post »

Jun.8 - The days when Lewis Hamilton earns eye-popping amounts of money per year from Formula 1 are over. That is the view of Bernie Ecclestone, who warned the six-time world champion against "playing poker" with Mercedes over his expiring current contract. "Lewis will never make EUR 50 million (per year) again," the former F1.....check out full post »

Jun.8 - Ferrari has already had talks about joining Indycar for 2022, according to series owner Roger Penske. Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto has indicated that the Maranello team could avoid sacking staff due to the incoming F1 budget cap by moving excess personnel over to another racing program. "Concern is not the word, it's more.....check out full post »

Jun.8 - Mattia Binotto has revealed that Ferrari was in favour of Liberty Media's 'reverse grid' idea for the initial spectator-less races in 2020. It was reported that both Mercedes and its ally Racing Point had vetoed the plan, arguing it was too gimmicky for Formula 1. Ferrari team boss Binotto is not happy about.....check out full post »

Jun.8 - Ferrari will not prevent Carlos Sainz from becoming a world champion in red. That is the insistence of team boss Mattia Binotto, after Spaniard Sainz also denied that he has been signed as number 2 driver for 2021. However, Binotto admits that Ferrari is betting big on Charles Leclerc. "We invested a lot.....check out full post »

Jun.8 - Toto Wolff has reportedly bought back into struggling F1 team Williams. The British team, which recently revealed that it is for sale, was actually Wolff's route into Formula 1 when he bought shares in 2009. Wolff become Williams' executive director in 2012 but joined Mercedes the following year. He sold 20 percent of.....check out full post »