F1 Race Event: Bahrain F1 GP Race Track: Bahrain International Circuit Weather: dry  25.6°C Tarmac: dry  26.1°C Humidity : 56.4% Wind : 1.0 m/s E Pressure: 1019.2 bar Max Verstappen topped the timesheets In the first part of the second practice for the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix. Strangely Lewis Hamilton was slowest and 6.7s slower.....check out full post »

F1 Race Event: Bahrain F1 GP Race Track: Bahrain International Circuit Weather: dry  26.6°C Tarmac: dry  27.5°C Humidity : 42.3% Wind : 2.2 m/s E Pressure: 1017.7 bar First practice for the first of to grand prix at Bahrain was driven under much higher temperature than last events. Bahrain plays host for two races before.....check out full post »

Nov.27 - Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says Lewis Hamilton has "assured" him that he will eventually sign a new contract. With their 2021 talks delayed, new seven time world champion Hamilton on Thursday hit out at plans to impose a driver salary cap in the future - a move recently championed by AlphaTauri boss Franz.....check out full post »

Nov.27 - Fernando Alonso has joked that 2021 team boss Cyril Abiteboul is already "getting tired" of him. Indeed, contrary to his reputation for being difficult to work with, 39-year-old Alonso has appeared intensely focused and motivated on his preparations to race for Alpine next year. "Half an hour ago I sent him (Renault boss.....check out full post »

Nov.27 - Haas will announce its new drivers for 2021 "soon", according to team boss Gunther Steiner. Rumours from the Bahrain paddock, where the German driver is racing in Formula 2, indicate that Haas could finally lift the lid on Mick Schumacher's 2021 deal this weekend. His teammate is expected to be Russian rookie Nikita.....check out full post »

Nov.27 - Carlos Sainz is already thinking about his forthcoming preparations to switch to Ferrari over the winter. The Spaniard is concerned that new testing limits mean he and his next teammate Charles Leclerc will get just a day and a half each of pre-season running. "We will find a way to minimise the losses,.....check out full post »

Nov.27 - The corona crisis actually helped Spa-Francorchamps to minimise its losses in 2020. Agence Belga news agency and the LN24 broadcaster report that the Belgian GP lost EUR 1.5 million this year - down from almost 6 million in 2019. "One of the reasons is that Formula 1 contributed to the organisational costs," explained.....check out full post »

Nov.27 - Dr Helmut Marko has set a new deadline as Red Bull makes its engine plans for 2022. The team, and sister outfit AlphaTauri, are losing works Honda backing after next season - but Marko is working on a plan to take over the Japanese marque's 2021 engine IP and operations. For that to.....check out full post »

Nov.27 - Kevin Magnussen looks set to begin his post-Formula 1 life by becoming a father. The buzz from the Bahrain paddock is that the Dane, who has been ousted by Haas, is close to inking a 2021 deal to drive for Chip Ganassi's team in the IMSA sports car series in the US. It.....check out full post »

Nov.26 - Ross Brawn says he will be keeping his "fingers crossed" for Mick Schumacher's highly anticipated Formula 1 debut next year. Ferrari has now confirmed that Michael Schumacher's 21-year-old son will be "on track with another team" for the forthcoming young driver test in Abu Dhabi. It is an open secret that the team.....check out full post »

Nov.26 - Saudi Arabia's motor racing chief has defended the addition of the Arab Kingdom to the 2021 Formula 1 calendar. Jeddah will host a night race on a Hermann Tilke-inked street layout next November, despite criticism from human rights groups that it is a move to 'sportswash' Saudi's negative image. Prince Khalid Bin Sultan.....check out full post »

Nov.26 - Ferrari "must" prioritise preparations for the 2022 season, the Maranello team's former highly-successful technical boss Ross Brawn insists. Now F1's sporting boss, Brawn was asked by Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport about how long it might take Ferrari to pull out of its competitive trough. "I think 2022 is a great opportunity, with.....check out full post »

Nov.26 - Robert Kubica says he is yet to decide if he will remain Alfa Romeo's official F1 reserve driver in 2021. The Pole combined the role with a full-time seat in the German touring car championship DTM this year, but he admits that the corona crisis made his schedule exhausting. "When the season finally.....check out full post »

Nov.26 - Ross Brawn says Formula 1 will "keep in our pockets" the controversial two-day race weekend format. Some think the format, which was trialled at Imola this year, is not only snappier but will help the teams cope with the ever-lengthening annual race calendars. Others, though, say it only robs race promoters of a.....check out full post »

THURSDAY, 26 NOVEMBER, 1600 HOURS LOCAL TIME Nicholas Latifi (Williams) George Russell (Williams) Romain Grosjean (Haas) Kevin Magnussen (Haas) Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) Kimi Räikkönen (Alfa Romeo) Lance Stroll (Racing Point) Sergio Pérez (Racing Point) Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) Daniil Kvyat (AlphaTauri) Esteban Ocon (Renault) Daniel Ricciardo (Renault) Lando Norris (McLaren) Carlos Sainz (McLaren) Alexander Albon (Red.....check out full post »

Nov.26 - Ross Brawn has named three leading contenders to complete Formula 1's planned 23-race calendar in 2021. "Obviously we are sorry that we cannot go to Vietnam again, but we will find a strong candidate," said F1's sporting boss, referring to the 'to be confirmed' host listed alongside the April 25 race date next.....check out full post »

Are Liberty Media on the right track? The pandemic has taken its toll on Liberty Media’s finances with the announcement of a loss of $104m in the third quarter of 2020. In a statement, the company blamed the pandemic and also noted its payments to teams were up from $335m in 2019 to $440m in.....check out full post »

Nov.25 - Lewis Hamilton is "better than Michael Schumacher", according to the latter seven time world champion's former Ferrari teammate. Rubens Barrichello was commenting on his former rivals after Mercedes' Hamilton matched F1 legend Schumacher's record seven-title tally recently in Turkey. "I have raced against both Lewis and Michael, but I only fought against Lewis.....check out full post »

Nov.25 - Mattia Binotto has confirmed that he will sit out a second consecutive race this weekend. After departing Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel finished on the podium in Turkey, the quadruple world champion joked: "We'll try to leave him at home again!" Team boss Binotto explained that he had delegated the acting role to sporting.....check out full post »

Nov.25 - Mercedes' utter dominance since 2014 explains why many Formula 1 fans do not regard Lewis Hamilton as the best driver of his generation. That is the view of Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko, when asked about the surprising results of an online survey that showed fans believe quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel is.....check out full post »

Nov.25 - Sergey Sirotkin has admitted his chances of returning to the Formula 1 grid are "not very real". After just one season, the Russian lost his Williams race seat at the end of last year but he is still serving as Renault's reserve driver. In fact, Sirotkin told Russia's Sportbox that reserve drivers in.....check out full post »

Nov.25 - Sebastian Vettel has admitted he "wouldn't say no" to an offer to switch to Mercedes. In fact, the quadruple world champion and Ferrari refugee has accepted an offer from Racing Point, with that team set to re-brand as Aston Martin in 2021. "I thought about ending my career, but I still have something.....check out full post »

Lewis Hamilton, who just tied the all-time Formula 1 record with his seventh world championship win, sits down for an extended interview with Stephen Colbert to talk about his victory, the big dreams he had as a young cart racer, and the almost superhuman feeling he gets when taking turns at 150 mph.

Nov.24 - Kimi Raikkonen remains one of the very best drivers in Formula 1. That is the claim of the 2007 world champion's Alfa Romeo teammate, Antonio Giovinazzi, who like Raikkonen was recently confirmed for another season. Italian Giovinazzi, 26, is among the quietest and lowest profile of all the current F1 drivers, but he.....check out full post »

Nov.24 - Sebastian Vettel says there is more to Ferrari's problems than simply an underperforming engine. Team boss Mattia Binotto said last week that the Maranello-made power unit is up to 50 horsepower down on the Mercedes engine in 2020. He said work on a completely new 2021 engine is looking "very promising". "In terms.....check out full post »

Nov.24 - Mick Schumacher says he has used "one or two tips" from his famous father throughout his rise to Formula 1. It is now highly expected that Haas will shortly announce that 21-year-old Schumacher will step up to the premier category of motor racing next year. With his lead over Callum Ilott and Yuki.....check out full post »

Nov.24 - Monza is seeking government backing in the hope of restoring the old banked sections of the historic Autodromo "for racing". That is the exciting news from Angelo Sticchi Damiani, who has been re-elected as president of the Italian automobile club Aci. He has been quoted by La Gazzetta dello Sport as calling on.....check out full post »

Nov.24 - Carlos Sainz says being asked if he regrets his 2021 move to Ferrari is now becoming "annoying". The current McLaren driver was signed up by Ferrari in May - amid F1's covid lockdown and weeks before the full extent of the Maranello team's 2020 slump was evident. Sainz was asked by motorsport-magazin.com if.....check out full post »

Nov.24 - Lewis Hamilton has hit back at the idea that he is simply "lucky" to have benefitted from Mercedes' utter dominance in past seasons. By matching Michael Schumacher's record tally of seven titles this year, 35-year-old Hamilton says he now fully appreciates the work that goes into that level of success. "As a young.....check out full post »

Nov.23 - Lewis Hamilton added "credibility to all of his championships" by the manner in which he wrapped up his record-equalling seventh recently in Turkey. British snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan has caused a stir by suggesting that Hamilton's greatness is in question because of Mercedes' car advantage. "In theory all he has to beat is.....check out full post »

Nov.23 - The new-generation cars of 2022 may only be a single second slower than the unprecedentedly-fast single seaters of this year. That is the view of McLaren technical boss James Key, following predictions by some of his colleagues that suggested the new cars could lag the current pace by as much as 7 seconds.....check out full post »

Nov.23 - Three current Formula 1 drivers could be joining two other F1 refugees in the top American single seater category Indycar next year. That is the prediction of Max Chilton, a British driver who moved from Marussia to Indycar for 2016. He was commenting on the fact that Romain Grosjean, Kevin Magnussen and even.....check out full post »

Nov.23 - Rio de Janeiro is not giving up on its ambitions to host a Formula 1 race. Earlier, Chase Carey confirmed that a deal in principle has been agreed, but it was dependent on environmental approval that was not ultimately secured. It means Interlagos is staying for now, but that race will be renamed.....check out full post »

Nov.23 - Fernando Alonso's return to Formula 1 could be as unsuccessful as that of his former championship rival and F1 legend Michael Schumacher. That is the warning of former F1 driver Felipe Massa, who is uniquely positioned to comment given that he served as both Schumacher and Alonso's teammate at Ferrari. "Fernando is a.....check out full post »

Nov.23 - Turkey also wants to secure the unconfirmed 23rd race date on Formula 1's 2021 calendar. With Vietnam bowing out, the sport is yet to confirm which circuit will fill the April slot but officials at Imola have said they are pushing for it. Turkey's Istanbul Park is also keen to secure the deal......check out full post »

Nov.23 - Mick Schumacher is being lined up to get a taste of life at the Haas team, according to Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport. Ferrari has now confirmed that Schumacher's Ferrari academy colleagues Robert Shwartzman and Callum Ilott will drive the Ferrari and Alfa Romeo cars respectively at the forthcoming 'young drivers test' in.....check out full post »

There are few more technically-demanding sections of F1 road than the T9/10 complex in Bahrain.Designed by Hermann Tilke, it's a masterpiece of contrasts - of an undulating, daunting, blind-entry, very quick left-hand kink - and a downhill, multi-g-laden heavy braking area. Then comes the nub: a very slow corner followed by a long straight. Get.....check out full post »