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The Grove-based team’s current challenger shows good form in certain conditions, but its downforce levels and balance can be impacted quite heavily by the wind or turbulence from other cars. While a number of F1 outfits have over recent years moved away from chasing theoretical peaks of downforce for cars that are more consistent in […]
The reigning F1 world champion battled back after Bottas topped FP1 to set the fastest time of the day in the afternoon session, with Hamilton posting a 1m18.170s during a soft tyre run. Bottas completed a Mercedes 1-2 in FP2, 0.139s off Hamilton’s top time, but was just 0.026s ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in an […]
Hamilton only has a one-year deal with Mercedes, and inevitably there has been much speculation about him stepping away at the end of 2021, especially if he wins a record eighth F1 world championship. Hamilton himself has insisted that he hasn’t made any decision, and that when he does, it would not be influenced by […]
Travellers returning to the UK who have been in countries on the list in the previous 10 days are obliged to pay for a compulsory 10-day quarantine in government-approved hotels. Turkey will officially join the red list on 12 May, a month before the scheduled race date of 13 June. It’s understood that the usual […]
Four-time F1 world champion Vettel has failed to score any points in his first three races with Aston Martin, having struggled with the car’s rear-end instability following the FIA’s downforce cuts for 2021. But the team hoped to remedy his struggles with an upgrade package that was used by team-mate Lance Stroll last weekend in […]
Primary revenue rose from just $17m for January to March in 2020 to $159m for the same period this year, while total revenue was up from $39m to $180m. An operating loss of $137m for the first quarter last year was turned into a $33m loss for this year. The numbers reflect that no races […]
Double 125cc world champion and veteran team boss Gresini passed away in February after a battle with COVID-19. Last week it was announced his wife Nadia Padovani had taken over ownership of Gresini Racing and had become its team principal ahead of its return to independent status in MotoGP from 2022. Aprilia – who confirmed […]
The Finn brought out the safety car at the start of the second lap in Portimao after he ran into the back of Alfa Romeo team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi on the start-finish straight. Raikkonen had claimed that he had been distracted by changing some button controls on his steering wheel so hadn’t realised he was drifting […]
Russell put in his best qualifying performance of his Williams career thus far in earning 11th on the grid, but in what he called “a race of survival” he slipped back to eventually finish 16th at Portimao. Russell also pointed out that his 11th place in qualifying flattered the true form of the Williams package, […]
Red Bull announced in February that it would be taking over the production of its power units from Honda at the end of the year, moving its engine operations in-house in anticipation of the next rules cycle in 2025. The team has since been on a hiring spree for its engine division, including the signing […]