There are questions over the fate of Austin amid the scale of outbreak of coronavirus in Texas and logistical complexities for personnel travelling to the event. However, Turkey remains the biggest headache for the F1 organisation, with a crunch point coming next week. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali remains hopeful that the Istanbul race will… Continue […]
So how big a change is that going to be? As great as the shift from V8s to hybrids? And while many governments around the world seem to speak today only of electric cars as the future, how powerful a message will Formula One be sending that the future of cars and mobility doesn’t have […]
The Dutch GP weekend saw the unusual sight of drivers waiting in the narrow pit exit lane before commencing their out laps. Because it was not possible to pass, that sometimes led to frustration for those behind and who were keen to get going. In some cases drivers failed to get round in time to […]
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen moved back into the lead of the F1 drivers’ championship by winning the Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday, going three points clear of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton qualified less than 0.04 seconds off Verstappen’s pole time on Saturday, and managed to hang within a couple of second of the Dutchman […]
Zandvoort hosted its first F1 race in 36 years last weekend as Max Verstappen took a popular home victory in front of a baying Dutch crowd. The circuit underwent significant development ahead of F1’s return, including the creation of banked corners at Turn 1, Turn 3 and Turn 14, posing a new challenge to the […]
The AlphaTauri Formula 1 team has announced it will retain its current drivers Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda for the 2022 season. Having made his F1 debut with the team in its Toro Rosso guise in 2017, Gasly re-joined the Faenza team halfway through the 2019 season after being demoted by Red Bull, with Alex […]
Bottas, who looks set to be replaced by George Russell for next season, announced on Monday that he would be moving to Alfa Romeo on a multi-year deal. Reflecting on their time together, Wolff paid tribute to the contribution the Finn had made during his time there – and suggested that he had done enough for […]
The Spaniard was unable to match the speed of team-mate Charles Leclerc from the first lap at Zandvoort, and eventually fell back into the pack of pursuing cars. But despite valiantly trying to hold off Fernando Alonso for sixth place, he eventually lost out to a DRS move down the start/finish straight at the start […]
Bottas announced on Monday that he would be joining Alfa Romeo for 2022 after signing a multi-year deal, paving the way for George Russell to be announced as his replacement at Mercedes. The exit of Bottas brings to an end a highly successful partnership with Hamilton at Mercedes over the past five seasons that has […]
The banking was designed with the intention that drivers could open DRS on entry and thus have a better chance of pulling off a passing move on the following straight. However, after studying simulations of grip and downforce levels, the FIA preferred to take a conservative approach for the first F1 event at Zandvoort for […]