Oct.16 - Toto Wolff has revealed that Mercedes has ceased development of its 2020 car. The dominant team and its multiple champion, Lewis Hamilton, will almost certainly continue to keep cruising towards both world championships this year. "We have not been making any improvements to the car for a long time," team boss Wolff is.....check out full post »

Oct.16 - Esteban Ocon "should not be ashamed" of his performance at Renault so far in 2020. That is the view of his boss Cyril Abiteboul, amid speculation the team might be looking at signing another French driver for 2021 - Monza winner Pierre Gasly. Ocon, who sat out 2019 after being dropped by ,.....check out full post »

Oct.16 - Istanbul Park wants Turkey to return full-time to the Formula 1 calendar. After an absence, the popular circuit is back on the 'corona calendar' this year. But like the other stop-gap events including Mugello, Portimao and Imola, it is a one-off only for 2020. "Our goal is to sign a long-term agreement next.....check out full post »

Oct.16 - Robert Shwartzman says he hopes his Friday practice debut in Abu Dhabi will go ahead as scheduled. Two other Ferrari junior drivers, Mick Schumacher and Callum Illot, could not practice for Alfa Romeo and Haas respectively because of the weather conditions at the Nurburgring. Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto said their runs would be.....check out full post »

Oct.16 - Haas has "more or less" already decided who will drive for the small American team in 2021. That is the view of Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko, who also thinks Alfa Romeo has decided its 2021 lineup - Mick Schumacher alongside Kimi Raikkonen. Marko is no longer denying that he is exploring his.....check out full post »

Oct.16 - A spokesperson has hit back at Lewis Hamilton's opposition to a new grand prix going ahead near Rio de Janeiro. F1 CEO Chase Carey recently wrote a letter confirming the sport's intention to support construction of a new circuit in Rio's Deodoro neighbourhood. But there have been claims the project would affect the.....check out full post »

Oct.16 - Ferrari is focusing its efforts on improving the rear of its current car for 2021. Normally, teams produce brand new cars for a new season - but amid the corona pandemic, the FIA is allowing only two 'tokens' of development to be done ahead of 2021 for cost reasons. That is particularly bad.....check out full post »

Oct.15 - Valtteri Bottas admits he needs a "miracle" to beat his Mercedes teammate to the 2020 title. After starting on pole, the Finn admits he was "very, very disappointed" to have suffered an engine failure at the Nurburgring. It blows the points gap out to 69 in his inter-team battle with Lewis Hamilton. "I.....check out full post »

Oct.15 - Andreas Seidl has defended McLaren's latest car developments. Recently, the British team debuted a Mercedes-style nose alongside other new parts, but Carlos Sainz said at the Nurburgring that the older spec was faster. The Spaniard is switching to Ferrari next year but he doubts McLaren is hiding anything from him about the developments.....check out full post »

Oct.15 - Cyril Abiteboul says Red Bull is still yet to ask about a supply of customer engines for 2022. The energy drink-owned outfit needs to replace departing works partner Honda. "The decision should be taken at the end of year, because the engine is an integral part of the design of the car in.....check out full post »

Oct.15 - Daimler, the dominant Mercedes team's carmaker parent, intends to slash the amount of money it spends on Formula 1. It emerged recently that Mercedes spent a staggering $430 million to win last year's championships - with a $145 budget cap coming in for 2021. Daimler CEO Ola Kallenius has rejected rumours that Mercedes.....check out full post »

Oct.15 - Portimao is paying a "much lower" price for joining the Formula 1 calendar in 2020. The Portuguese circuit, set to host its first ever grand prix next weekend, is one of several venues drafted in this year to fill the calendar gaps amid the corona crisis. "Each race in Europe costs EUR 30-50.....check out full post »

Oct.15 - Honda has defended its decision to pull out of Formula 1 whilst at the same time extending its commitment to the Indycar series. The Japanese manufacturer cited its push for more future-oriented technology as a key reason for pulling out of F1. But at the very same time, Honda and Indycar announced that.....check out full post »

Relive the very first 2020 Eifel Grand Prix in this animated timelapse. This was the race in which Lewis Hamilton got equal in number of F1 race wins with Michael Schumacher's record of 91 victories. It was also the 323rd Formula 1 race for another legendary driver Kimi Raikkonen. The Finnish driver seem to have.....check out full post »

The glass was half full after our race in Germany, after a mixed result and an incredibly tight battle for third place in the Constructors’ Championship.

James Vowles explains why Lewis Hamilton was feeling movement in his steering wheel, what caused Valtteri Bottas to retire, that first lap battle and much more in our Eifel GP F1 Race Debrief! 📊🤓

Chase Carey has been CEO and Executive Chairman of Formula 1 for the last four years, and it’s fair to say he’s been busy in that time. New rules – including F1’s first ever budget cap - have been crafted, a new governance structure has been negotiated, and new races have joined the calendar –.....check out full post »

Oct.14 - F1's 2021 driver market is hotting up once again. Red Bull has been supporting the struggling Alex Albon this year, but Dr Helmut Marko is now admitting that Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez are under consideration for 2021. "We are open to all sides," the top team official told Servus TV. "Until now,.....check out full post »

Oct.14 - Sir Jackie Stewart has denied having a 'bee in his bonnet' about Lewis Hamilton. As Hamilton raced to equal Michael Schumacher's all-time victory record at the Nurburgring, he had earlier hit out at consistent critics like F1 legend and triple world champion Stewart. "They still have a bee in their bonnet, I don't.....check out full post »

Oct.14 - Nico Hulkenberg is not hopeful he will return to Formula 1 full-time next year. Now used three times by Racing Point in 2020, and also contacted by Red Bull at the Nurburgring, the out-of-work driver has become this year's 'super sub'. But 33-year-old Hulkenberg said a reserve role is "not really what I'm.....check out full post »

Oct.14 - Max Verstappen insists he is not getting "frustrated" even if wins remain out of his reach at present. Red Bull appears to be inching ever closer to Mercedes, with the Dutch driver almost matching Lewis Hamilton's qualifying time at the Nurburgring. And then in the race, Verstappen managed to post the fastest lap.....check out full post »

Oct.14 - Fernando Alonso is not worried about failing to get back up to speed ahead of his return from a two-year sabbatical in 2021. For a 100km 'filming day' in Barcelona, the 39-year-old got behind the wheel of Renault's 2020 car on Tuesday. "Everything felt good," Alonso said afterwards. "I wasn't able to maximise.....check out full post »

Oct.14 - Rumours of "conflict" between members of Ferrari's senior management are emerging. Amid the Maranello based team's competitive slump in 2020, the highly respected Italian journalist Alberto Sabbatini has been quoted as saying team boss Mattia Binotto and designer Simone Resta are at odds. "They say there is friction between Binotto and Resta," he.....check out full post »

Oct.13 - Sebastian Vettel says his hero and mentor Michael Schumacher had talent that he has not seen "in anyone else". As Lewis Hamilton equalled the all-time record for victories - 91 - at the Nurburgring last weekend, German Vettel was wearing a helmet in tribute to Schumacher. "Michael will always be my hero forever,".....check out full post »

Oct.13 - All the signs are pointing towards a Mick Schumacher-Kimi Raikkonen lineup at Alfa Romeo for 2021. That is the view of Dr Helmut Marko, a top Red Bull official who is in charge of the energy drink-owned team's driver program. He told Sport1 that his position means "You can see which drivers are.....check out full post »

Oct.13 - Haas will not let a single good performance influence its driver decision for 2021, according to team boss Gunther Steiner. At the Nurburgring, it began to become obvious that the American team could oust both Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean at the end of the season. Names including Nikita Mazepin, Callum Ilott, Sergio.....check out full post »

Oct.13 - Three out of Red Bull's four Formula 1 seats for 2021 are as good as filled already, Dr Helmut Marko has revealed. It is believed Daniil Kvyat will be ousted at AlphaTauri and replaced with Honda-backed rookie Yuki Tsunoda, with Pierre Gasly to be his teammate. Max Verstappen is already under contract at.....check out full post »

Oct.13 - Sebastian Vettel is not convinced that Formula 1 should switch to a two-day format. Ahead of the planned two-day schedule at Imola, the subject came to the fore at the Nurburgring last weekend when the medical helicopter could not fly on Friday. The Mercedes drivers, Max Verstappen and other prominent figures said the.....check out full post »

Oct.13 - Fernando Alonso arrived in Barcelona on Monday to prepare for his test debut at the wheel of Renault's 2020 car. The Spaniard, returning to Formula 1 next year, will on Tuesday do a 100km 'filming day' with the team that will be renamed Alpine in 2021. And then on Wednesday, 39-year-old Alonso will.....check out full post »

Oct.13 - Cyril Abiteboul says he blames himself for losing Daniel Ricciardo to McLaren for 2021. As one of the sport's top drivers, Ricciardo sensationally decided to leave Red Bull after 2018 to join the works Renault team - but just two years later he is setting sail again for McLaren. At the Nurburgring, the.....check out full post »

Oct.13 - Dr Helmut Marko says Red Bull's preferred solution for 2022 is to take over the intellectual property of Honda's power unit and go it alone as a works engine supplier. Former team driver Robert Doornbos told Ziggo Sport that Honda's shock departure from Formula 1 is in fact an opportunity for Red Bull......check out full post »

The news broke last week amid controversy that F1 will move from Interlagos in Sao Paulo to a new purpose-built track on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. The construction of the new circuit would require the deforestation of the Camboata region with the felling of 200,000 trees something the developers claim will be negated by.....check out full post »

Oct.12 - Sebastian Vettel "will flourish" at Aston Martin next year, according to the quadruple world champion's next F1 team boss. Currently struggling alongside Charles Leclerc after Ferrari decided to oust him for 2021, Vettel has been signed by Racing Point - which will be rebranded as Aston Martin. In the last days, 33-year-old Vettel.....check out full post »

Oct.12 - F1 'super sub' Nico Hulkenberg could have been at the wheel of Alex Albon's Red Bull last weekend at the Nurburgring. Ultimately, while the former Renault driver sipped a cup of coffee on Saturday, Hulkenberg was called up at the last minute to replace Racing Point's unwell Lance Stroll in qualifying and the.....check out full post »

Oct.12 - Organisers of last Sunday's race at the Nurburgring failed to sell all of the limited number of available tickets. Amid the covid crisis, German authorities restricted the on-site audience to just 20,000 members of the public. But DPA news agency claims that only 13,500 were counted at the famous circuit, whose event was.....check out full post »

Oct.12 - As Red Bull seeks to replace its departing Honda engines for 2022, team officials met with their counterparts from Renault at the Nurburgring on Sunday morning. Despite their ultimately broken relationship of the recent past, Christian Horner and Dr Helmut Marko got together with Renault's Cyril Abiteboul. Footage of the meeting in the.....check out full post »

Oct.12 - Cyril Abiteboul says Renault needs to reassure McLaren about the quality of the engines being supplied to customer and rival McLaren. At the Nurburgring, the Renault unit powering McLaren's Lando Norris failed. In the highly lucrative and competitive constructors' world championship, McLaren leads the works Renault team for fourth place by just two.....check out full post »

Valtteri Bottas took the initial lead of the Eifel GP in Germany after fighting wheel-to-wheel with his Mercedes team-mate, Lewis Hamilton, but it all fell apart when he locked his brakes under pressure from Lewis. With Bottas subsequently retiring due to an engine problem, Lewis went on to win the 91st GP of his career,.....check out full post »

F1 Race Event: Eifel Grand Prix Race Track: Nurburgring Weather: dry  9.8°C Tarmac: dry  17.3°C Humidity : 58.9% Wind : 1.3 m/s NW Pressure: 947.3 bar Lewis Hamilton won his 91st F1 race at the 2020 Eifel F1 GP today. He started from P2 and won for the 2nd time on the Nurburgring. It was.....check out full post »

Oct.11 - Nikita Mazepin is poised to sign a deal to race with Haas in 2021, according to the French broadcaster Canal Plus. Team boss Gunther Steiner has already confirmed that he met at Sochi recently with Mazepin's father, the wealthy Russian oligarch Dmitry Mazepin. There are rumours Mazepin snr is looking to buy the.....check out full post »

Oct.11 - Carlos Sainz is concerned that McLaren's direction of development may be faltering. Recently, the British team debuted a Mercedes-like front nose, and more parts of that 2021 package were added to the orange car at the Nurburgring. "As there was no practice here for Saturday I used everything that is new and Lando.....check out full post »

Oct.11 - There are signs of life amid Ferrari's 2020 competitive slump. With parts added to the uncompetitive car at Sochi and again at the Nurburgring, and more new parts coming for Portimao in two weeks, Charles Leclerc qualified a surprising fourth on Saturday. "Perhaps the upgrades are making a small but decisive difference," Leclerc.....check out full post »

Oct.11 - Car updates are bringing Red Bull's Max Verstappen closer to the ultimate pace, Lewis Hamilton said after qualifying at the Nurburgring. With Valtteri Bottas on pole, the gap between Mercedes' Hamilton and Verstappen on Saturday was a tantalising four hundredths of a second. "He's gotten updates, bringing him a little closer," Hamilton told.....check out full post »

Oct.11 - Toto Wolff has denied that long-delayed contract negotiations with Lewis Hamilton may ultimately "fail". The six-time world champion's current deal with Mercedes expires in less than three months, triggering wild rumours that the parties may be set for a sensational split. Team boss Wolff explained: "Lewis and I simply have not had time.....check out full post »

Oct.11 - Formula 1 bosses will get together next week in Portimao to discuss the future of the sport's engine regulations. Honda's decision to quit F1 to focus on greener and more relevant technology has sent shockwaves up and down the paddock. Many insist it is just the latest proof that the current 'power unit'.....check out full post »

Oct.11 - Mercedes' race drivers and team boss have all come out in support of scratching Fridays from the Formula 1 race format. At the Nurburgring, F1 enthusiasts got a taste of the future when heavy fog meant the medical helicopter could not fly and Friday practice was called off. "Germany wanted to steal the.....check out full post »

Oct.11 - 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve has slammed Lance Stroll for sitting out this weekend's racing at the Nurburgring. Fellow Canadian Stroll did not appear on track for Saturday morning practice, with Racing Point boss Otmar Szafnauer explaining that the 21-year-old "couldn't get off the toilet". Villeneuve, though, was not convinced. "Even with a.....check out full post »

Although he was brilliantly quick on the more durable Pirelli compound in the early phase of Q2 at the Nurburgring, Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton will nonetheless be starting on the same, softer, red Pirellis of the type fitted to the car of his team-mate, the pole-winner, Valtteri Bottas. As he reviews qualifying for the 2020 Eifel.....check out full post »

It’s time for the funniest moment of the weekend 😂🙌 Hourglass Challenge Round 8: let’s go ⏳🏆

“My wife told me I can't say I love the Nürburgring, but that I love her and like the Nürburgring. But I must admit to you that I actually LOVE the Nürburgring!" ❤️