F1 Event: Portuguese Grand Prix Race Track: Portimão Circuit Weather: dry  19.2°C Tarmac: dry  38.9°C Humidity : 44% Wind : 0.6 m/s N Pressure: 1000.7 bar The second free practice for Sunday's Portuguese Formula One Grand Prix was delayed by 10 minutes due to track inspections for loose drain around the track. Last year the track.....check out full post »

F1 Event: Portuguese Grand Prix Race Track: Portimão Circuit Weather: dry  17.8°C Tarmac: dry  34.6°C Humidity : 45.5% Wind : 0.5 m/s W Pressure: 1001.4 bar The first practice for the 2021 Portuguese GP started off quite busy for a practice session. Almost every car was on the track to practice for round three of the.....check out full post »

Apr.30 - Lewis Hamilton is showing no sign of wanting to retire from Formula 1 at the end of 2021. At the end of troubled negotiations, the seven time world champion recently agreed a deal for only one more year with Mercedes. However, he then uncharacteristically agreed to stay behind at Imola last week to.....check out full post »

Apr.30 - Pierre Gasly is not ruling out a change of Formula 1 teams. Recently, having admitted his disappointment about being dropped by the senior team in 2019, the Frenchman was linked with a move from Red Bull-owned AlphaTauri to Alpine for 2022. "I hope it works out with Red Bull, because it's thanks to.....check out full post »

Apr.30 - Max Verstappen has played down his 'shoulder nudge' with 2021 title rival Lewis Hamilton recently at Imola. When asked about their championship rivalry, Verstappen's father Jos smiled this week: "When I look at the shoulder nudge they gave each other after qualifying at Imola, I think we know what we can expect." However,.....check out full post »

Apr.30 - George Russell says his relationship with Toto Wolff is actually "better" after the controversy of Imola. The Williams driver and Mercedes junior copped a stinging rebuke from Wolff following his high speed collision with Valtteri Bottas - after which Russell actually slapped the works Mercedes driver on the helmet. At Portimao, Bottas said.....check out full post »

Apr.30 - Max Verstappen says he sees "no reason" to look around for another Formula 1 team to race for. After the Dutchman's 'exit clause' in his ongoing Red Bull contract was revealed, the 23-year-old was linked with a switch to Mercedes. But with a fully-competitive car for 2021, Verstappen insists: "I can say that.....check out full post »

Apr.30 - October's double-header in Austin and Mexico appears to be staying on the 2021 calendar. That is despite the fact that June's Canadian GP was cancelled for the second consecutive year due to covid restrictions. Organisers in Mexico City, however, say their event is safe even though the Formula 1 circuit is still being.....check out full post »

Apr.30 - "Team affiliations" are hurting Formula 1, according to McLaren supremo Zak Brown. The Woking based team switched to Mercedes power for 2021, but the lack of the German carmaker's branding on the McLaren livery is conspicuous. It's a clear sign by the British team amid a phenomenon referred to by Brown as "team.....check out full post »

Apr.30 - Nikita Mazepin insists he has a "very good relationship" with his Haas race engineer - even if it sometimes doesn't sound that way on the radio. "Yes, sometimes it sounds a little unfriendly," team boss Gunther Steiner admits. "But he's just very direct. That's his character. "He has a very good relationship with.....check out full post »

Apr.30 - Ferrari is likely to keep its current driver lineup for "years to come". That is the prediction of former F1 driver Mark Webber, who admitted to Speed Week that he came "very close" to moving to the Maranello based team in 2013. Now, Ferrari has Charles Leclerc under long-term contract alongside team newcomer.....check out full post »

Apr.30 - Canadian GP organisers couldn't afford to push ahead with a Formula 1 'ghost race' this year. Ultimately, it was governments' insistence that F1 personnel spend 14 days in quarantine that made racing in Montreal impossible for the sport in 2021. But promoter Francois Dumontier said even a spectator-free event wouldn't have worked. "I.....check out full post »

Apr.29 - Max Verstappen's father and co-manager is happy about the latest developments at Red Bull. Earlier, it emerged that Verstappen actually possesses an 'exit clause' in his current contract that may allow him to leave Red Bull at the end of the year. However, Red Bull is not only fully competitive in 2021, the.....check out full post »

Apr.29 - The local state government is not ready to declare that the postponed and rescheduled 2021 Australian GP will definitely be able to go ahead. When explaining the cancellation of the Canadian GP for the second year in succession, Formula 1 declared in a statement that it was "impossible" for the sport to enter.....check out full post »

Apr.29 - Alex Zanardi is "conscious" and "gradually getting better", his son Niccolo has told the Italian newspaper La Repubblica. Little has been reported about the condition of the former Formula 1 and Indy driver after his collision with a truck during a hand-cycling race some ten months ago. Zanardi, 54, suffered head and facial.....check out full post »

Apr.29 - Lewis Hamilton is struggling to cope as he finally faces a serious challenger to his recent run of utter dominance in Formula 1. That is the claim of Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko, who thinks Max Verstappen's pace is the reason that Mercedes' Hamilton is suddenly making key mistakes. "He had no consistent.....check out full post »

Apr.29 - Gunther Steiner says he will not try to stop Mick Schumacher from being so "cautious" as he begins his Formula 1 career with Haas this season. While Nikita Mazepin has been under fire for his off-track antics and on-track incidents, fellow rookie and teammate Schumacher is taking a much more measured approach to.....check out full post »

Apr.29 - Aston Martin has backed away after threatening legal action over Formula 1's aerodynamic rule changes for 2021. Boss Otmar Szafnauer, presumably acting on behalf of billionaire team owner Lawrence Stroll, had hinted he suspects Liberty Media may have been part of the push to specifically disadvantage the Mercedes-like 'low rake' teams. But Auto.....check out full post »

Apr.29 - The return of spectators to Formula 1 may now be looming large, despite the fact that three of the next four grands prix will definitely be 'ghost races'. The optimism also comes despite the official cancellation of the Canadian GP, whose June event will be replaced by 2020 substitute venue on Istanbul Park......check out full post »

Apr.29 - The thrilling 2021 Formula 1 World Championship season will continue with the third race of the calendar, the 2021 Portuguese Grand Prix. Contents McLaren-Mercedes VS Ferrari Emilia Romagna GP Facts & Figures Algarve International Circuit Portuguese GP Tyre Compounds Portuguese GP weekend weather forecast Portuguese GP Podium Prediction Portugal will host a round.....check out full post »

After a weekend without F1, TC and Damon Hill look ahead to the Portuguese Grand Prix with special guest, F1 race winner and notorious prankster Gerhard Berger. Together they share some of their most memorable moments and hilarious anecdotes from the race - including several massive shunts, a famous overtake and Ayrton Senna’s maiden win......check out full post »

Paddy Lowe’s career in F1 took him from Williams to McLaren to Mercedes and then back to Williams. Over the course of that journey Paddy developed some of the biggest tech innovations the sport has seen – including active suspension - as well as working with the likes of Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Mika Hakkinen,.....check out full post »

Apr.28 - Mercedes is "trying everything" to delay Ben Hodgkinson's move to head up the new Red Bull engine program, according to Dr Helmut Marko. Hodgkinson has been at Mercedes for two decades, but Red Bull has managed to poach him so that he can be Red Bull Powertrains' first technical director. However, reports suggest.....check out full post »

Apr.28 - Gunther Steiner has played down suggestions that the Haas project may be coming to an end in Formula 1. It is said that the small American team only started the 2021 season - its sixth in Formula 1 - because of Dmitry Mazepin's sponsorship injection and extra support by Ferrari. Haas is treading.....check out full post »

Haas F1® team principal Guenther Steiner reflects on the American team's debut in Australia in 2016. He explains why he's looking ahead to the 2022 Formula 1® regulation changes, assesses rookie drivers Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin, and talks about his increased profile from the 'Formula 1: Drive To Survive' Netflix series.

Apr.28 - Nico Hulkenberg has played down rumours he might be called up to replace Sebastian Vettel at Aston Martin. Quadruple world champion Vettel is still struggling for form after being ousted by Ferrari, amid rumours he might not even see out the full 2021 season. Waiting in the wings is 'super sub' Hulkenberg, who.....check out full post »

Apr.28 - Gunther Steiner has denied that Mick Schumacher has a "huge advantage" over fellow Haas rookie Nikita Mazepin in 2021. While 22-year-old Mazepin's debut season on and off the track has been tumultuous so far, the similarly-aged Schumacher has had a comparatively smoother time. "I am positively surprised by the team - it's fantastic,".....check out full post »

THURSDAY, 29 APRIL, 1400 HOURS LOCAL TIME Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) Fernando Alonso (Alpine) Esteban Ocon (Alpine) Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) George Russell (Williams) Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) Mick Schumacher (Haas) Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) Nikita Mazepin (Haas) Max Verstappen (Red Bull) Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) Sergio.....check out full post »

Apr.28 - Formula 1 is open to scrapping the brand new sprint qualifying format if it does not "prove itself" this season. That is the claim of Red Bull official Dr Helmut Marko, following the sport's announcement that a 100km Saturday sprint race awarding 3 points to the winner will be trialled at Silverstone, Monza.....check out full post »

Apr.28 - Formula 1 cars will return to the grip levels of "2014 or 2015" next year, according to Max Verstappen. This year, with F1 performance at near record levels, the Dutchman appears to be in a head-to-head battle with Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton for the title. "I believe Mercedes could be a little stronger than.....check out full post »

Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN will welcome one of motorsport’s rising stars to its ranks as Callum Ilott joins the team as second Reserve Driver for the 2021 season. Ilott, 22, joins a team he knows well, following a first testing appearance in 2019 and a more recent outing at the 2020 post-season test in Abu.....check out full post »

The 2021 Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship has started with a closely-fought battle between Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, the record-breaker, and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, the young lion looking for his first title in the pinnacle of motor racing. While Hamilton took victory at Bahrain in a thrilling race, Verstappen clapped back with a solid victory.....check out full post »

Apr.27 - Ferrari newcomer Carlos Sainz insists he is "not slower" than his teammate Charles Leclerc. When asked about the Maranello based team, former Renault team boss Flavio Briatore said he is concerned that Ferrari already seems to be focused on 2022. "We are just starting the championship and we are already talking about next.....check out full post »

Apr.27 - Fernando Alonso may no longer be as "fast" and "brave" as he was at the beginning of his Formula 1 career. That is the view of the Spaniard's contemporary and friend Mark Webber, who told Marca sports newspaper that even Alonso was "worried" about returning to F1 at the age of 39. "I'm.....check out full post »

Apr.27 - Stefano Domenicali admits that spectators will be locked out of the first double-header of 2021 in Portugal and Spain. The F1 CEO said that while he is happy with the television figures so far this season, "there is also an incredible desire to be physically near Formula 1". "The problem with the public.....check out full post »

Apr.27 - Indianapolis could return to the Formula 1 calendar full-time if the existing US grand prix in Austin is put onto a new race 'rotation' scheme. That is the view of Zak Brown, the American boss of McLaren. He thinks the fabled Indianapolis Motor Speedway's new owner would do a better job of promoting.....check out full post »

Apr.27 - News about the 2021 Canadian Grand Prix should be forthcoming "this week". That is the claim of Quebec's economics and innovation minister Pierre Fitzgibbon, amid reports regional and federal health authorities consider the Montreal race too unsafe to go ahead amid the pandemic. "The sea freight to Baku and Montreal should have left.....check out full post »

Apr.27 - Nico Hulkenberg has clarified that he only has "a small job" with Mercedes in 2021. The 33-year-old admits to feeling some pain about missing out on the plum Red Bull seat alongside Max Verstappen this year. "I prefer not to watch Red Bull this year or I'll cry," he joked to Ziggo Sport......check out full post »

Apr.27 - Red Bull is looking to sign up even more members of Mercedes' dominant F1 engine operation, according to the Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport. The claims come after the energy drink owned team announced that it has poached current and long-time Mercedes engineer Ben Hodgkinson to be technical director of the newly-formed Red.....check out full post »

Apr.27 - Nikita Mazepin is expecting to spend "at least a few years" in Formula 1. The controversial Russian has had a tough introduction to the F1 world, under fire for both his on and off-track behaviour and incidents. However, 22-year-old Mazepin insists he is not "panicking" about that. "I am sure that I will.....check out full post »

Apr.27 - Circuit de Catalunya boss Ramon Tremosa wants the Spanish GP to remain an annual fixture on the Formula 1 calendar. There are suggestions that, as new hosts like Miami enter the sport, some existing European races may need to head into an annual 'rotation' scheme. Tremosa told El Mundo Deportivo newspaper that he.....check out full post »

Apr.27 - George Russell is a "super driver" who "deserves a chance" to race for the works Mercedes team. That is the view of former Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, who gave an interview to La Gazzetta dello Sport on the occasion of his 40th birthday. When asked about Valtteri Bottas, who is struggling to match.....check out full post »

Apr.27 - Stefano Domenicali says the world of football might do well to look at how Formula 1 settled major political disputes in the past. Amid the 'European Super League' affair, the F1 CEO said Formula 1 has been in a similar situation before. "We had situations like this twice, where there was the risk.....check out full post »

The format is designed to increase the on-track action and engage fans in new and innovative way. It also strikes the right balance of rewarding drivers and teams on merit while also giving others the chance to battle their way through the field on Saturday to increase their race chances on Sunday. On the Friday.....check out full post »

See the 1975 British Grand Prix driven on the Silverstone circuit. This was the first race with the new chicane at Woodcotes corner to slow down the cars. This great race started out dry and got very wet in the end and was commentated by Jackie Stewart and Murray Walker. See the complete 1975 British.....check out full post »

Remastered highlights of the 1978 Austrian Grand Prix driven on the Österreichring. It was the last win for Ronnie Peterson (Lotus 79) 2nd: Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell 008) and the first podium for Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari 312T3) who finished 3rd. Check out the complete 1978 Austrian F1 GP result.

There's been plenty of talk about the timing of Lewis Hamilton's off at Imola - about how he was saved, in effect, by the Russell-Bottas shunt a few seconds later - but what about Lewis's bit of autocross when he was rejoining the race? It's not often we see an F1 car chugging through the.....check out full post »

AlphaTauri went above and beyond in their latest All-Access episode! From visiting Pierre Gasly at his Milan home, getting our sweat on in the gym, pulling out some poses for the camera, and fitting some racing in at the Imola GP. All this and much more (plus topless Pierre, you're welcome) in the latest AlphaTauri.....check out full post »

When Alpha Tauri-Honda's Yuki Tsunoda crashed backwards into the tyre wall at Imola on Saturday it was clear from the wreckage that the car's carbon gearbox structure - and not its rear impact structure - took most of the impact. Craig Scarborough looks deeper into the debris. With thanks to Craig Scarborough and Scuderia Alpha.....check out full post »