It's slightly strange to me that one of the top stories of 2019 was a pretty minor touch of wheels that as far as I can tell caused far more controversy outside the team involved than inside the actual team itself. In my view, it's a reflection of a media contingent salivating for content and.....check out full post »

Charles Leclerc insists that his relationship with teammate Sebastian Vettel is still good. The pair had a fraught 2019 season as quadruple world champion Vettel struggled to hang onto his number 1 status, which culminated in the crash in Brazil. But Vettel revealed this week that he will still give Leclerc a Christmas present. "I.....check out full post »

Max Verstappen says the majority of the drivers in Formula 1 would become world champion in a Mercedes. However, the 22-year-old Red Bull-Honda driver, who is targeting the title for 2020, insists that his claim is not a jibe at six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. "I am just confident to say that it would have.....check out full post »

Pierre Gasly thinks his 2020 seat at Toro Rosso, to be renamed Alpha Tauri next year, is "completely deserved". Off the back of a strong first full season with Toro Rosso last year, the Frenchman was promoted to be Max Verstappen's teammate in 2019. He told the Dutch publication Formule 1 that he knew Verstappen.....check out full post »

Chase Carey denies that Formula E, the all-electric racing series, is a threat to Formula 1. The F1 CEO admitted that F1 competes with many sports, but some think Formula E - now filled with top drivers and carmakers - is the biggest threat. "No, actually, it certainly wouldn't be Formula E," Carey told CNN......check out full post »

Go behind the scenes with us for a tour around NASA! Before the USGP, we made the journey to Houston to visit the Johnson Space Center and it did not disappoint! From visiting NASA's Mission Control rooms to operating the MARS Rover, the boys got involved with everything!

Fans, it's time for the Pure Pit Wall bloopers 😂😂😂 Take a look at the outtakes from this year's F1 race debriefs with Shov, JV, James and Toto!!

Mercedes needs to make its car "a lot faster" in order to beat both Ferrari and Red Bull-Honda in 2020. That is the view of James Allison, the reigning world champion team's technical boss. Mercedes won its sixth consecutive double world championships this year, but Ferrari now has the best engine and Max Verstappen is.....check out full post »

Ferrari's 2020 car, to be revealed to the public eight days before winter testing on February 11, will continue to feature a matte livery. Team boss Mattia Binotto said the special paint was put on the 2019 car for "weight-related reasons". Corriere della Sera newspaper claims it saves two kilograms. And Binotto says even that.....check out full post »

Racing Point has hit out at the new rules for 2021. Although designed in part to help the smaller teams compete with their bigger rivals, team boss Otmar Szafnauer said he is "not yet satisfied with the rules". "They are the way they are but I do not think we will put a car together.....check out full post »

Toto Wolff has ridiculed ongoing speculation that his future could be in red. When the Mercedes boss sat out the race in Brazil, it fired up speculation that he might either replace Chase Carey as F1 CEO or join Lewis Hamilton in a 2021 switch to Ferrari. "Sounds like a good plan," Wolff smiled to.....check out full post »

Max Verstappen's father says he is proud to have helped the Red Bull driver become one of the top stars of Formula 1. "Max was my life project, yes," Dutchman Jos, who also raced in F1 but did not win a race, told the Dutch publication Formule 1. "I wanted to win with him, become.....check out full post »

2021 might not be the right time for Lewis Hamilton to switch to Ferrari. That is the view of F1 legend Gerhard Berger, who actually had two separate stints at the fabled Maranello team in the 80s and 90s. "For Lewis, I could not recommend to any driver more than if you can at one.....check out full post »

Alfa Romeo has reportedly failed a mandatory crash test, and in the process "completely destroyed" the first of its chassis for the 2020 season. According to Sky Italia and Germany's Motorsport-Magazin.com, the test took place at the CSI facility in Milan. "This could lead to delays in the team's schedule," Sky Italia claims. Ferrari, who.....check out full post »

Alfa Romeo will start using its brand new driver simulator in earnest next week. "We started the project a year ago," team boss Frederic Vasseur revealed to Blick newspaper. "It is part of the development of the team. Next week it opens but things will really get going in the first quarter of 2020," he.....check out full post »

Carlos Sainz has indicated he will want to stay at McLaren beyond the end of his 2020 contract. In an official Formula 1 poll voted on by the drivers themselves, Spaniard Sainz was named the fourth best of the 2019 season. And the 25-year-old wants to continue to push ahead in 2020. "There are no.....check out full post »

Dr Helmut Marko admits he lost some bets in 2019. It seems the Red Bull official actually put money down when he claimed early this year that the team would win five races in 2019. "That we only won three races cost me some money on a number of bets," Marko smiled as he told.....check out full post »

Team boss Frederic Vasseur says Mick Schumacher is not currently scheduled to test for Alfa Romeo in 2020. Schumacher, the son of F1 legend Michael Schumacher, tested the Swiss based team's 2019 car in Bahrain, but he then struggled in Formula 2 and finished the championship just twelfth overall. "There will be no additional tests.....check out full post »

So here it is folks: your final episode of Beyond The Grid of the year. And what a year it’s been, with great guests every week from March to December. So what better way to bid farewell to 2019 than with Tom’s selection of his favourite moments of the season? We’ve stuffed a Christmas cracker.....check out full post »

The latest Formula 1 2019 news updates as part of our rolling coverage: Ferrari announces 2020 launch date 2019 tyres retained Vietnam set for more action Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Rossi swap rides

Max Verstappen is playing down all the talk about his future in Formula 1. Since the end of his strong 2019 season, Ferrari has angrily ruled the Dutchman out of contention for when his contract runs out at the end of 2020. "The one who met with Ferrari was Lewis," Verstappen told Servus TV. As.....check out full post »

Charles Leclerc had a "clear impact" on Sebastian Vettel's performance in 2019. That is the admission of Ferrari CEO Louis Camilleri, shortly after team boss Mattia Binotto said the pair will head into 2020 "on par". "He (Leclerc) had a clear impact," Sky Italia quoted Camilleri as saying. "You can't avoid it when you're a.....check out full post »

Dr Helmut Marko says Red Bull has "no excuses for 2020". After switching to works Honda power, the team remained a top three team in 2019 but is clearly targeting the title with Max Verstappen next year. "We have no excuses for 2020," Marko told Servus TV. "We learned a lot of things in the.....check out full post »

Valtteri Bottas says he wants to stay at Mercedes for 2020. The Finn had a solid 2019 season and appears to be the perfect teammate for Lewis Hamilton. But Hamilton is being linked with a move for 2021, Max Verstappen reportedly may replace him, and Bottas is also out of contract at the end of.....check out full post »

Alexander Albon says he is looking forward to a "more normal" 2020 season. The British-born Thai rookie had a rollercoaster ride in 2019. He began as a dumped Red Bull junior with a Formula E contract, then got an unexpected call-up to Toro Rosso, and finally replaced Pierre Gasly at the senior team. "This year,.....check out full post »

Recently ousted Renault technical boss Nick Chester could be set to join F1 backmarker Williams. After a disappointing 2019, Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul said the team's drivers and engine are now strong, "so by elimination, there is the chassis". Chester, though, could find refuge at Williams, the once-great independent British team. "We never comment on.....check out full post »

Esteban Ocon insists he is not "disappointed" to be returning to F1 in 2020 with Renault rather than Mercedes. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff considered replacing Valtteri Bottas with 2019 reserve Ocon for next year, after the Frenchman sat out this year following his Force India demise. Asked if he is disappointed that his eventual race.....check out full post »

Access all areas with the team as we complete the final test of the year at the Yas Marina Circuit. Here's an exclusive look into the work that goes on beyond what you see on the first day at Renault for Esteban Ocon. 🛠

We hear from Dan Ticktum as he discusses the 2020 season and his new role as a Development Driver for ROKiT Williams Racing.

Toto Wolff has played down persistent speculation that he is first in line to succeed Chase Carey as F1's CEO. For the first time since 2012, the Mercedes boss skipped a race - Brazil - last month amid rumours he might be planning his next career move. Another rumour is that he could accompany Lewis.....check out full post »

Sebastian Vettel says F1's top drivers don't respond to his Christmas greetings. The Ferrari driver had a fraught year alongside new teammate Charles Leclerc, but he told Blick newspaper: "Charles gets a present from me anyway." When asked by veteran F1 correspondent Roger Benoit what the Christmas present will be, the German answered: "Then it.....check out full post »

MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi says he sees the next phase of his career on four wheels rather than two. Last week, the 40-year-old Italian got at the wheel of Lewis Hamilton's title-winning Mercedes in a high profile PR event. "That would work for me," Rossi laughed when asked by Sky Italia if he will permanently.....check out full post »

Mattia Binotto says the flurry of late-season technical directives and checks demonstrated that Ferrari's 2019 power unit was legal. The Italian marque's CEO Louis Camilleri admitted his disappointment about the speculation that marred the end of Ferrari's season. "Ferrari is known worldwide and we are on the stock exchange," he said. "Integrity and regularity are.....check out full post »

Jean Todt thinks Formula 1 needs to lift the throttle when it comes to expanding the annual calendar. Next year, for the first time ever, the schedule is growing to 22 races. "This is a big topic in Formula 1," Sebastian Vettel told Blick newspaper. "Are the break periods too short now?" he wondered. New.....check out full post »

Dr Helmut Marko thinks former Red Bull champion Sebastian Vettel is struggling politically at Ferrari. Marko groomed the then teenaged German into Formula 1 and onto four world championships, but Vettel, now 32, has been less successful over five years at Ferrari. The German website motorsport-total.com put it to Marko, the architect of Red Bull's.....check out full post »

Max Verstappen says he doubts he would drive for Ferrari. Last week, Ferrari CEO Louis Camilleri furiously slammed the door on the Dutchman, insisting: "A driver who accuses Ferrari of cheating cannot think of being with us." And now, as he ponders his life-long rivalry with Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, Red Bull driver Verstappen tells.....check out full post »

Sebastian Vettel says he is not yet seriously considering his retirement from F1. The quadruple world champion is under huge pressure at Ferrari, with his young teammate Charles Leclerc clearly a driver of the future and Vettel's contract expiring next year. 32-year-old Vettel also admits that his 2019 season was not good enough. "It was.....check out full post »

Kevin Magnussen says he is not currently worrying about his future in Formula 1. Like many drivers on the grid, the Dane's contract runs out at the end of 2020. Magnussen admits that 2019 was a frustrating season for him. "It wasn't fun to go to the races knowing that the car is unlikely to.....check out full post »

Aston Martin has admitted it is in talks with potential "investors". The British luxury carmaker is already the title sponsor at Red Bull, but it is strongly rumoured that Racing Point owner Lawrence Stroll may be interested in buying Aston Martin. The Financial Times now reports that executives for the embattled carmaker have already met.....check out full post »

Sebastian Vettel has revealed he tried to become a vegan. Six time world champion Lewis Hamilton is an ardent vegan and climate change activist, and even Ferrari's Vettel admits he supports Greta Thunberg. "I would have no problem eating out with her," the German said when asked by Blick newspaper about the high-profile 16-year-old Swedish.....check out full post »

McLaren says it will build a new state of the art F1 simulator. Spain's El Confidencial newspaper quoted former McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton as saying that he used the current simulator "too much" when he drove for the British team. "I could spend a hundred pounds on a Playstation and learn the same," he said......check out full post »

Antonio Giovinazzi is not ready to step up to a race seat at Ferrari. That is the view of Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto, after Ferrari development driver Giovinazzi's first full season in Formula 1 this year at Alfa Romeo. "At the moment it is premature to talk about it," La Gazzetta dello Sport quoted.....check out full post »

Race director Michael Masi has reminded the F1 world that the FIA has relaxed its approach to penalising drivers. At the end of the first season without Charlie Whiting, who died in Melbourne, his replacement Masi responded to critics who think stewards' decisions have been inconsistent in 2019. "People sometimes forget that we all talked.....check out full post »

Pierre Gasly has set a clear goal to aim for in 2020. "I would like to return to Red Bull," the Frenchman, who was demoted during the course of 2019, told Corriere dello Sport. 23-year-old Gasly found his form again once he returned to Toro Rosso. He will stay at the junior Red Bull team.....check out full post »

Alain Prost has admitted that Renault will race in 2020 with a very firm focus on the "big opportunity" of the new rules in 2021. The French works team's goal is to join Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull among the sport's grandee teams, albeit with a smaller budget. "We showed last year that you can.....check out full post »

George Russell has played down hopes that Williams will be a midfield contender in 2020. The British team has slumped to the back of the field with a big gap to the next-best rivals, but 2018 Formula 2 champion Russell said he quickly adjusted to the situation. "I never thought about where I would be.....check out full post »

Pascal Wehrlein will continue to spearhead Ferrari's F1 simulator program. "We have very experienced drivers in the simulator for next year," team boss Mattia Binotto told the German website motorsport-total.com. "Pascal will stay with us in the coming season." Wehrlein, a former Sauber and Manor driver, also races in the Formula E series. "We may.....check out full post »

Three drivers have left Red Bull's famous driver programme. Dan Ticktum, once strongly touted for a Toro Rosso seat, was the first to go this year, while Dr Helmut Marko said the arrangement with Patricio O'Ward has also "not worked out". Now, it emerges that F1 legend Gerhard Berger's nephew Lucas Auer has been dumped,.....check out full post »

This is the Aston Martin Valkyrie - a 6.5L 1160bhp V12 hypercar designed in collaboration with Red Bull advanced technologies. Today JWW is sharing an exclusive first drive on-board the Valkyrie prototype which has formed the test bed for all production Aston Martin Valkyries when they enter production in 2020.

Peter Windsor chats with McLaren-Renault's Lando Norris prior to Monday's prestigious BRDC Awards in London. Lando was one of the sensations of the 2019 F1 season, out-qualifying Carlos Sainz in his rookie year and showing excellent race and track craft. He's also very descriptive....