Feb.5 - Mercedes is still refusing to comment on raging speculation about Lewis Hamilton's 2021 seat. It is now being rumoured that the seven time world champion may be on the cusp of agreeing a one-year contract with the same EUR 40 million salary, with permission to add two more personal sponsors to his helmet.....check out full post »

Feb.5 - Team boss Gunther Steiner says Haas will not develop its 2021 car. "Our goal is to get back to where we were in 2018," he told the German broadcaster n-tv. Haas has replaced both Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean with rookies Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin for the new season. He doubts the.....check out full post »

Feb.5 - Aston Martin is hoping to sign up Nico Hulkenberg to be the former Racing Point team's official reserve driver in 2021. Last year, the out-of-work F1 driver raced three times in the unwell Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll's places, but he then failed to secure the full-time Red Bull seat for 2020. So.....check out full post »

Feb.5 - Formula 1 will meet with the 20 drivers when the season gets up and running in Bahrain, to discuss the importance of them being "positive ambassadors" for the sport. The news comes as F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali admits that the recent Nikita Mazepin groping scandal was "not acceptable" - and as the 2021.....check out full post »

Feb.5 - The newly-rebranded Alpine team must start appearing regularly on the podium by 2022. That is the goal set by Renault CEO Luca de Meo, who decided to drop the Renault name from Formula 1 and instead promote Alpine as a brand that he says will be "a mixture of a mini Ferrari and.....check out full post »

Feb.5 - Stefano Domenicali has admitted this year's Formula 1 world championship could begin with an extended stay in Bahrain. We reported earlier that plans for a replacement race at Portimao were in tatters due to Portugal's worsening covid crisis. "Two races in Bahrain? That's a possibility," F1 CEO Domenicali told Italian media. "Portugal has.....check out full post »

Feb.5 - Stefano Domenicali has urged Red Bull's rivals to agree to an engine development 'freeze' from 2022. Red Bull has said the freeze, requiring a majority vote of the team contingent, is the only way it can take over departing Honda's works engine operations. "I hope everyone realises that it is the right choice.....check out full post »

Feb.5 - Franz Tost is unapologetic about Yuki Tsunoda's intensive pre-season of unofficial testing ahead of his 2021 Formula 1 debut. In the past days, the 20-year-old Honda and Red Bull-backed Japanese rookie has been testing a 2019 AlphaTauri car at Imola and Misano - and he will reportedly return to Imola next week. "You.....check out full post »

Feb.5 - Ferrari has ruled out entering Indycar for now. Last year, the American series' boss Roger Penske revealed that talks with the Maranello outfit were underway. Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto had looked into whether an Indycar program may be a way for the fabled Italian team to avoiding sacking personnel amid the new F1.....check out full post »

Feb.5 - Sebastian Vettel will rediscover his love of Formula 1 at Aston Martin. That is the view of the quadruple world champion's new boss Otmar Szafnauer, as Vettel gets acquainted with his new team following his Ferrari ousting. "As always, he is very motivated. He is very curious, asks a lot. He compares what.....check out full post »

Feb.4 - Formula 1's 2021 calendar could be set for yet another pre-season shakeup. China and Vietnam have already been cancelled, Imola has been drafted in, and the season opener in Australia postponed until November - and now there are new doubts about the currently-scheduled third race. At present, F1 lists the 2 May race.....check out full post »

Feb.4 - Zak Brown has backed new team driver Daniel Ricciardo's warning that 2021 will not be "a comedy show" at McLaren. Ricciardo, who has switched from Renault, and existing McLaren driver Lando Norris are known as the most light-hearted and fun-loving in the paddock. However, Australian Ricciardo has already dismissed the claim that it.....check out full post »

Feb.4 - The saga surrounding Lewis Hamilton's 2021 contract is becoming "embarrassing". That is the view of former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher, referring to the fact that the only team with an official vacancy ahead of the new season next month is Mercedes. He told Sky Deutschland that Hamilton is taking a "risk" - perhaps.....check out full post »

Feb.4 - Robert Kubica has admitted he may spend the entire 2021 season focusing exclusively on his reserve driver role with Alfa Romeo. The Pole, who had the same role in 2020, has ruled out returning to the German touring car championship DTM, whilst admitting that he is keen on endurance sports cars. Indeed, 35-year-old.....check out full post »

Feb.4 - Running its own engine program could actually be an advantage for Red Bull, according to Dutch F1 GP boss Jan Lammers. Currently, the energy drink owned team is waiting to hear if the other teams and the FIA will agree to a 2022 engine development 'freeze'. If the freeze goes ahead, Red Bull.....check out full post »

Feb.4 - Romain Grosjean admits he might feel "nervous" once he gets up and racing for the first time since his fiery Bahrain crash. The former Haas driver announced on Wednesday that he has inked a 2021 deal with the Indycar team Dale Coyne Racing - and confirmed speculation that he will sit out the.....check out full post »

Feb.3 - "Fears" that Formula 1 will not be able to race through its currently-scheduled 2021 calendar "are justified". That is the view of Toto Wolff, who admits that with the coronavirus pandemic still raging, the sport will have to continue to adjust and adapt for now. Another boss worried about the situation is Beat.....check out full post »

Feb.3 - Romain Grosjean has tipped Sergio Perez to shine this year as he switches to Red Bull. Grosjean, the former Haas driver, is expected to announce his move into Indycar with the Dale Coyne team on Wednesday. The Frenchman is leaving Formula 1 with his head high after his fiery Bahrain crash late last.....check out full post »

Feb.3 - Stefano Domenicali is upbeat about the future of Formula 1, despite the ongoing covid crisis and claims the races are increasingly "boring". "Boring races?" Italian broadcaster Rete4 quotes the sport's new F1 CEO as saying. "I see the numbers and last year the audience was growing." Domenicali, the former Ferrari and Lamborghini boss,.....check out full post »

Feb.3 - Ferrari is searching for "the best possible boss" for the future, according to the Maranello marque's president and temporary CEO John Elkann. The 44-year-old Agnelli family he became Ferrari chairman in 2018 when Sergio Marchionne died, and he stepped up again in December when Ferrari CEO Louis Camilleri suddenly left. There has been.....check out full post »

Feb.3 - Mercedes has announced that its "drivers" will be available to speak to the media at the launch of the 2021 car in "exactly one months' time". The forthcoming March 2 event, announced by the title winning team on Tuesday, should therefore finally end the uncertainty about Lewis Hamilton's unsigned 2021 contract. Mercedes said.....check out full post »

Feb. 2 - It was one of Formula One’s worst kept secrets, but last last year the news that Sergio Perez was joining Red Bull was made official. The Mexican driver will be driving alongside Max Verstappen, and F1 fans are already predicting that it could be an explosive meeting of driving styles. Verstappen is.....check out full post »

As the series moves to GT sports cars, the team will race two Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020s – the latest version of a model that has considerable racing success. Behind the wheel will be young standouts Liam Lawson, Alexander Albon and Nick Cassidy. After two seasons away from the DTM lineup, Red Bull will.....check out full post »

Feb.2 - Haas is currently unable to fire up its Formula 1 engines in preparation for the 2021 season that begins with testing and the opening race in Bahrain next month. Germany's Auto Motor und Sport reports that the small American team, which will field rookie Mick Schumacher this year, has received its customer engines.....check out full post »

Feb.2 - Red Bull remains confident rival Formula 1 teams will agree to an engine development 'freeze' from 2022. Top official Dr Helmut Marko insists the measure is the only way Red Bull's plan to take over the works Honda operation can go ahead following the Japanese manufacturer's departure at the end of the year......check out full post »

Feb.2 - A push is on to ensure that spectators are able to attend Imola's Formula 1 race in April. The fabled Italian circuit was drafted onto the 23-race schedule following the removal for now of Shanghai's round. Emilia Romagna president Stefano Bonaccini said he hoped the coronavirus situation would allow spectators to attend at.....check out full post »

Feb.2 - A bid to launch a Formula 1 race in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro has now collapsed. Earlier, former F1 CEO Chase Carey reached a deal in principle with race organisers for a race in the Deodoro region, with Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro saying the chances of it going ahead were.....check out full post »

Feb.2 - Lewis Hamilton has likened his experiences in Formula 1 to those of his childhood hero and F1 legend Ayrton Senna. Currently the subject of intense speculation about his 2021 contract, the seven time world champion told La Gazzetta dello Sport's Sportweek publication that Senna also conspicuously stood apart during his time in F1......check out full post »

Feb.1 - Toto Wolff has tipped Sebastian Vettel to "succeed" after switching to Aston Martin for 2021. Quadruple world champion Vettel admits he contemplated retirement before rescuing his career with Lawrence Stroll's new Aston Martin project. Wolff, the Mercedes team boss, is a minor shareholder. "This project is just beginning and Sebastian is one of.....check out full post »

Feb.1 - Robert Kubica is eyeing a move into Le Mans' second-tier LMP2 category in 2021. The Pole is staying as Alfa Romeo's reserve driver this year, but he is definitely leaving the DTM - and contemplating what else he will do next. "The fact is, I'm involved with Alfa Romeo, so I already have.....check out full post »

Feb.1 - Lewis Hamilton's contract situation is becoming "quite unpleasant" for the new seven time world champion. That is the view of Russian F1 commentator Alexey Popov, who wonders if Hamilton is miscalculating his rumoured demands as he negotiates with Mercedes. "I thought, like Bernie Ecclestone did, that this was all a marketing ploy so.....check out full post »

Feb.1 - F1 team owner Lawrence Stroll has slammed rumours that the Aston Martin brand may be sold once again. A media report last week claimed that although billionaire Stroll's new acquisition will only see his team re-branded this year, Aston Martin may already have a Chinese buyer on the horizon. "Lawrence Stroll himself describes.....check out full post »

Feb.1 - It is not "realistic" to expect McLaren to charge for the 2021 title. That is the admission of team boss Andreas Seidl, after world champion Lewis Hamilton said McLaren's switch to Mercedes power could make his former team an immediate frontrunner. "It was great to see them with a good car in 2020.....check out full post »

Feb.1 - Carlos Sainz has played down claims that Ferrari's youngest driver lineup in decades could hurt the Maranello team. Ferrari slumped in 2020, and yet continued to proceed with the plan to replace quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel with 26-year-old Carlos Sainz. Together with 23-year-old Charles Leclerc, it is Ferrari's youngest lineup in five.....check out full post »

Feb.1 - Lewis Hamilton says winning a record eighth world championship this year would be a "huge thing". The Mercedes driver was speaking about his ambitions for 2021 with La Gazzetta dello Sport's Sportweek publication, even though he is yet to sign an actual contract with Mercedes. But Hamilton said: "The eighth world title would.....check out full post »

Feb.1 - Sebastian Vettel should be back to his "usual longer hair" by the start of the season in Bahrain. That is the news from the German newspaper Bild, referring to the F1 world's shock and amusement at recent footage of the quadruple world champion's newly half-bald head. Correspondents Jens Nagler and Silja Rulle claim.....check out full post »

Feb.1 - Kevin Magnussen says the experience of racing in Formula 1 became "boring" for him in the past few seasons. The former Haas driver was speaking after taking part in the first race of his post-F1 career - the Daytona 24 hour event for Chip Ganassi's team. "In recent years, Formula 1 became the.....check out full post »

Feb.1 - Mercedes will not stand in the way of Red Bull's engine plans for 2022. Red Bull has said its plan to take over the departing Honda's engine operations depend entirely on whether rival teams support a 2022 development 'freeze'. "If the freeze is necessary to keep Red Bull Honda in business, we will.....check out full post »

Feb.1 - It is "too early" to reveal whether Romain Grosjean will race in Indycar in 2021. Indycar team owner Dale Coyne last week admitted his interest in signing up the former Formula 1 driver, whose burnt hands from the fiery Bahrain crash are now almost fully recovered. "I posted pictures when I decided that.....check out full post »

Feb.1 - The new system of limited development 'tokens' will not make a big difference to the 2021 pecking order, according to Jody Egginton. The technical director at AlphaTauri was asked by motorsport-total.com to comment on the regime that will limit non-aerodynamic changes to the cars amid the covid crisis. "I don't think it will.....check out full post »

Feb.1 - Kimi Raikkonen says he is staying in Formula 1 because he still enjoys it. Many were surprised when the 41-year-old, who is clearly the oldest and most experienced driver on the grid, signed up for 2021 after Alfa Romeo struggled for pace last year. "Even if you drive for a top team, there.....check out full post »