Feb.12 - Charles Leclerc has dismissed claims that a certain arrogance is beginning to creep into his personality. The Ferrari driver's critics believe that as his former teammate and quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel struggled, 23-year-old Leclerc began to revel in his new status as de-facto Ferrari number 1. "This criticism hits me more than.....check out full post »

Feb.12 - Plans for Saturday sprint races gained "broad support from all parties" during the videoconference meeting of the F1 Commission on Thursday. New F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali recently unveiled his push for a three-race trial of the novel weekend format, reportedly featuring a shorter race on Saturday and a Friday qualifying session. Sources suggest.....check out full post »

Feb.12 - Red Bull's plans to operate its own Honda-based engine program look set to proceed, as Formula 1 has announced that a development 'freeze' will indeed go ahead for 2022. The FIA confirmed the news after Thursday's video meeting of the F1 Commission. Red Bull had warned that without a development freeze, the energy.....check out full post »

Feb.12 - There is "hope" at Alfa Romeo that Ferrari's 2021 engine will deliver more power. That is the admission of Antonio Giovinazzi, who says he has seen Alfa Romeo's new car for 2021 and "it really is beautiful". "I have worked a lot on the simulator," he told Italy's Sky Sport 24, "but even.....check out full post »

The first meeting of the F1 Commission in 2021 was held today, 11 February, in an online format. The FIA and Formula 1 confirm that positive discussions took place on a number of key topics relating to future Sporting, Technical and Financial Regulations as well as the future direction of Power Unit regulations. 2021 Calendar.....check out full post »

Feb.12 - Fernando Alonso may be heading into surgery on Friday to repair a potentially broken jaw and teeth. Alpine has confirmed alarming reports that the 39-year-old Spaniard was struck by a car on Thursday whilst road cycling near his home in Switzerland. With the season opening Bahrain GP looming in March, the Enstone based.....check out full post »

As F1 digests the arrival of the Mazepin family the question remains, who is Dmitry Mazepin? Mazepin is often described as a Russian oligarch born in Belarus who made his fortune in the Russian chemical and fertilizer industries through his ownership of Uralchem and potash fertilizer company Uralkali. These positions make him one of the.....check out full post »

This week saw the exciting news that Formula 1 could see its first new team entry for several years. This is because plans are underway for the Monaco F1 Racing Team to join the racing line-up. The Monaco F1 Racing Team project has been put together by the Monaco-based company Monaco Increase Management. This is.....check out full post »

Feb.11 - Canadian GP promoter Francois Dumontier is "open" to Formula 1's plan to trial a new Saturday sprint race format this season. Alongside Monza and Brazil, Montreal has been mentioned in connection with new F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali's weekend shakeup trial for 2021. Media reports suggest that at these races, there will be one.....check out full post »

Feb.11 - Ferrari needs to join Red Bull in making "life difficult for Mercedes" in 2021. That is the view of MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi, who made headlines in Formula 1 recently as more details of his near-F1 debut over a decade ago came to light. "I did a series of tests for Ferrari and.....check out full post »

Feb.11 - F1's engine regulations for the future remain completely up in the air, according to McLaren supremo Zak Brown. His comments come as Formula 1 announced that it is "creating a clear path towards sustainably fuelled hybrid engines, something that will be of significant importance to not only the sport but the automotive sector"......check out full post »

Feb.11 - Barcelona circuit boss Josep Lluis Santamaria is hoping to welcome spectators to the Spanish GP on 9 May. The Circuit de Catalunya has confirmed that half-price tickets are going on sale next week, with grandstand seats to be socially-distanced amid the covid crisis and total capacity limited to 50 percent. "People want to.....check out full post »

Feb.11 - Lewis Hamilton's farcically-delayed contract negotiations were all about money. That is the theory of former F1 driver Christijan Albers, referring to this week's announcement of a new one-year deal for the seven time world champion. "Hamilton's demands were simply not in line with this coronavirus situation," he opined to De Telegraaf newspaper. "You.....check out full post »

Feb.11 - The rainbow signage, the 'End Racism' messaging, and the pre-race kneeling look set to all be a thing of the past once F1 gets up and racing in 2021. "Anti-racism campaign: No more drivers kneeling before the start?" wonders the headline at Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport. It comes after Formula 1 announced.....check out full post »

Feb.11 - Renault junior Christian Lundgaard admits 2021 may be his final chance to prove he deserves to step up to Formula 1. Renault, to be branded as Alpine in F1 this year, has announced that it would like to see its main junior drivers - Lundgaard, Guanyu Zhou and Oscar Piastri in particular -.....check out full post »

Feb.11 - Aston Martin will do "everything we can" to give Sebastian Vettel a car that handles to his liking, according to team boss Otmar Szafnauer. As the quadruple world champion moves on after his calamitous last years at Ferrari, Szafnauer says Silverstone based Aston Martin will provide the 33-year-old with the kind of supportive.....check out full post »

Feb.10 - Niki Lauda would have signed up Lewis Hamilton for 2021 "at any cost", according to Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff. F1 legend Lauda, who died in 2019, ran the German team alongside Wolff. And so the latter Austrian was asked what Lauda would have done amid the farcically-delayed recent contract negotiations with Hamilton......check out full post »

Feb.10 - Despite the uncertainty surrounding this year's calendar amid the covid crisis, Formula 1 is looking to expand into other countries in the future. New F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali says talks are back on with organisers in Miami, as the sport wants to have "more presence in the US" with a second race alongside.....check out full post »

Feb.10 - A third well-known F1 personality has backed Renault's decision to install Davide Brivio in a leading managerial position at the newly-rebranded Alpine team. In January, former Renault boss Flavio Briatore said the fact MotoGP team Suzuki's former boss has no experience in F1 will not be a problem. "I had no experience when.....check out full post »

Feb.10 - Pirelli is expecting F1 teams to "quickly recover" the downforce that will be lost by the tweaked aerodynamic regulations for 2021. Late last season, drivers were unhappy when they got to try official supplier Pirelli's proposed new tyres for 2021. Pirelli boss Mario Isola acknowledges that the drivers are still not happy, but.....check out full post »

Feb.10 - Kimi Raikkonen says he could return to Nascar once he retires from Formula 1 for good. When he lost his Ferrari seat at the end of 2009, the 2007 world champion decided to leave F1 and dabbled for two years in world rallying and Nascar. When asked by the Dutch magazine Formule 1.....check out full post »

Feb.9 - He may now have signed a contract, but rampant media speculation about Lewis Hamilton's future in Formula 1 looks set to rage on. "We have decided to extend the sporting relationship for another season and to begin a longer-term project to take the next step in our shared commitment to greater diversity within.....check out full post »

Feb.9 - A Monaco-based prospective Formula 1 team is "ready" to proceed with an application to enter the world championship. In 2019, an entity headed by the late Adrian Campos and his business partner Salvatore Gandolfo declared that they were working on a new F1 team project. The foundation of the project is their driver.....check out full post »

Feb.9 - Kevin Magnussen has issued a quick-fire 'no' to Haas boss Gunther Steiner's invitation to become a team reserve driver this season. Steiner indicated this week that if rookies Mick Schumacher or Nikita Mazepin are unable to race at any point in 2021, Haas may invite its former drivers Magnussen or Romain Grosjean to.....check out full post »

Wallpaper photos of the 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix driven on Portimão Circuit. This F1 race was won by Lewis Hamilton with the Mercedes W11 on the 25th of October 2020. Check out 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix results  Check out 2020 F1 Results & Standings  Check out 2020 F1 Teams & Drivers Line-up  Check out F1 2020 Calendar

Feb.8 - The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team is pleased to announce that the reigning Formula One World Constructors’ Champion and the reigning F1 World Drivers’ Champion will continue together in 2021. The Mercedes works team and Lewis agreed a new contract which will see one of the sport’s most successful ever collaborations continue for a.....check out full post »

Feb.8 - Adrian Newey is not happy about Formula 1's rules revolution for 2022. Although the sport is collectively looking forward to the closer racing that the new rules should deliver, Red Bull's technical boss actually calls the move a "missed opportunity". "I just think it's a shame," he told the Dutch publication Formule 1......check out full post »

Feb.8 - Formula 1 is looking to trial a 'sprint race' format in 2021. The teams earlier baulked at Liberty Media's plans to radically spice up the weekend format, and new CEO Stefano Domenicali ruled out reviving the 'reverse grid' idea. "That is over," international media reports quote the Italian as saying. "That is something.....check out full post »

Feb.8 - Mercedes should issue a 'take it or leave it' demand to Lewis Hamilton as his 2021 contract negotiations roll on, according to Bernie Ecclestone. According to respected sources including Bild and La Gazzetta dello Sport newspapers, the seven time world champion is now poised to agree a new EUR 40 million deal for.....check out full post »

Feb.8 - Stefano Domenicali has played down suggestions Formula 1 will try to fast-track a vaccination plan amid the ongoing covid crisis. The pandemic continues to prevent the normal functioning of the sport, prompting reports that 'jumping the queue' by getting the entire travelling circus vaccinated as soon as possible could be an option for.....check out full post »

Feb.8 - Franz Tost has hinted that Red Bull's entire F1 project could be in jeopardy if the sport doesn't agree to an engine development 'freeze' for 2022. If the 'freeze' is imposed, Red Bull is poised to take over Honda's operations and go it alone with its own engine program from 2022-2024 - ahead.....check out full post »

Feb.8 - Callum Ilott will appear during some Friday practice sessions in 2021. That is the news from Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto, who has already announced that while the 22-year-old Briton missed out on a race debut this year, he will be Ferrari's official test driver and reserve instead. Ilott, alongside Robert Shwartzman, is another.....check out full post »

Feb.8 - Vitaly Petrov has slammed the decision that will prevent F1 rookie Nikita Mazepin from racing under the Russian flag in 2021. The Russian automobile federation has confirmed that the World Anti-Doping Agency's sanctions mean that every Russian competitor taking part in world championships for the next two years will have to do so.....check out full post »

A SHIFT IN PHILOSOPHY The incoming LMH ruleset represents a major shift in philosophy compared with the LMP1 class it is replacing. It allows for a greater variety both in terms of technical approaches as well as the aesthetics of the cars, at the same time ensuring sporting equality and preventing cost escalation through the.....check out full post »

Feb.8 - Audi is reportedly eyeing a move into Formula 1, and according to a specialist media outlet, Red Bull's current partner Honda is already aware of the rumours. Germany's Auto Motor und Sport claims that, pending the 2022 development 'freeze', negotiations between Red Bull and Honda about a handover of the engine operations for.....check out full post »

Feb.6 - So as speculation fills the vacuum that is Lewis Hamilton’s contract negotiations there may be one factor that has been overlooked. 2020 was the year Lewis Hamilton decided to take a very vocal and public stand on social justice with his involvement in the Black Lives Matter movement. After organising the ‘kneeling’ protest.....check out full post »