Formula 1 News & Updates Week 08 Below you'll find this weeks news, results, videos, podcasts, sounds & photos from the world of Formula 1 |
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| Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Dr Helmut Marko thinks Mercedes' innovative steering wheel system, described by Sebastian Vettel as like a "joystick", is illegal. Germany's Bild newspaper said Red Bull is not ruling out a protest if it is used in Australia. James Allison, Mercedes' technical boss, admitted the team calls it "DAS" - meaning dual-axis steering. On Thursday in.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Sebastian Vettel has played down early fears about Ferrari's start to the 2020 pre-season. The Italian team's new car is yet to trouble the top of the timesheets in Barcelona, but after recovering from a cold Vettel said the SF1000 "does what we expect". Asked if the car has more downforce than its predecessor, the.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Lewis Hamilton says he is working on a "five to ten year plan" in relation to his next contract in Formula 1. It is believed the six-time world champion and Mercedes boss Toto Wolff are arguing over the value of the next deal, amid reports of up to $70m per year retainers. But Hamilton says.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Esteban Ocon has made a public gesture in a bid to end the tension with Max Verstappen. He did not race in 2019, but after a collision with Max Verstappen at Brazil the season earlier, Frenchman Ocon was violently and repeatedly shoved by the Dutchman. So as Ocon returns to the grid in 2020, the.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Formula 1 is pressing ahead with preparations for the Vietnam GP, according to Red Bull team boss Christian Horner. The country is just across the border from China, which is in the grip of the coronavirus crisis. The situation is even affecting the F1 test paddock in Barcelona, where McLaren banned Chinese journalist Frankie Mao.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Charles Leclerc has reverted to a pen and paper to give Ferrari feedback about its 2020 car. At Sauber and again with Ferrari last year, the 22-year-old used a tablet computer to make notes in the garage to give to his engineers. But in Barcelona this week, Leclerc was spotted using a notebook and pen,.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Formula 1 is taking a step closer to Africa. Last year, the sport's former commercial boss Sean Bratches observed: "We are now racing on five continents. "Africa is the last habitable continent that we don't race on. We want to change that." So it is interesting that F1 has announced that the sport is heading.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Christian Horner is not among those who are concerned about the 'pink Mercedes' that will be on the 2020 grid. Racing Point's new car is visually almost identical to Mercedes' 2019 contender, with an intensified collaboration over the winter involving the transfer of more component designs. Racing Point technical boss Andy Green insists that everything.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Romain Grosjean admits that 2020 could be his last season on the Formula 1 grid. Now 33, the Frenchman made his debut in 2009 and has picked up a reputation for erratic driving. A reporter told him in Barcelona that many were not surprised when he spun and damaged his 2020 Haas on day two.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 The engines of Miami's grand prix hopes continue to sputter. Formula 1's push to add a second US race to the calendar looked to have strengthened this week, when the Miami-Dade County Commission voted down a proposal. The proposed legislation, put forward by Commissioner Barbara Jordan, would have made racing even inside the grounds of.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Event: Winter test Barcelona Track: Catalunya Circuit Weather: Sunny & dry Air temp: 5-15ºC Tarmac: Dry, 6-26ºC The second day of testing was all about the rumour that Mercedes has got a new innovation on the W11. On the onboard footage you could see that Lewis Hamilton can push and pull his steering wheel. Nobody what.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Here you can find the photos that were shot of the 2020 F1 cars that were tested on the 2nd day of testing on Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona in Spain. Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Haas looks to have put its serious car problems of last year in the past. In 2019, the small American team struggled all season with an aerodynamic and tyre management problem that saw it slump to second-to-last in the championship. "We hoped the car would feel good and it did," Kevin Magnussen told BT newspaper.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Feb.20 - F1 may be pressing ahead with the inaugural Vietnam GP, but the German broadcaster RTL will not be joining the rest of the Formula 1 world in Hanoi. One day after race organisers said the coronavirus crisis would not cause the postponement or cancellation of the April 5 event, RTL has taken its.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Racing Point is not hiding the fact that its newly-revealed 2020 car closely resembles last year's title-winning Mercedes. For some, the similarity is striking. "One can say without exaggeration that it is a 2019 Mercedes in pink," said the highly respected Auto Motor und Sport editor Michael Schmidt. Racing Point technical boss Andy Green doesn't.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Alexander Albon says he wants to win a race in 2020. The British-born Thai driver has one of the toughest assignments in Formula 1, as the highly rated 2020 title favourite Max Verstappen's teammate. He said in Barcelona that he can tell that the paddock expects something special from Red Bull this year. "I can.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 F1 is considering an unprecedented triple back-to-back series of races at the end of the 2020 season. Following revelations that Liberty Media could lose $43 million over the cancellation of the already-postponed Chinese GP, moves are afoot to re-jig the calendar. Assuming the coronavirus crisis eases by then, the leading solution at present is to.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Franz Tost thinks Honda will stay in Formula 1 after 2021. The Austrian is the boss of Red Bull's second team, the newly-renamed Alpha Tauri. Both Red Bull-owned outfits are powered by Honda, who at present have only committed to the sport for the next two seasons. "I trust that Honda will remain active in.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Alpha Tauri's two drivers bear "scars" from their premature promotions to the senior Red Bull team, according to team boss Franz Tost. The former Toro Rosso team is lining up in 2020 with Daniil Kvyat and Pierre Gasly, who both had to return to the Faenza based outfit after separate unsuccessful promotions. "My drivers have.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Fernando Alonso has inked a deal to race in May's Indy 500. That is the claim of Indycar team owner Michael Andretti, after it emerged recently that Honda reportedly vetoed a deal with the two-time champion. Andretti admitted on Wednesday that he and Alonso "couldn't come to terms" but he said no party was to.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Frederic Vasseur says he is confident team backer Alfa Romeo is not about to pull out of Formula 1. The current contract runs out late this year, and there have been rumours that the project - the brainchild of late Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne - will be axed. But Vasseur, in charge of the team.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Since the 1992 Formula One Season, there has not been an F1 campaign without a victory from either Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton, probably the two greatest drivers in the history of the sport. As overwhelming at that stat might be, it does not come close to the numbers each champion has established with indelible.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Formula 1 is stepping into a higher gear in 2020, with many drivers noticing on the first day of winter testing that the cars are faster than last year. "I took it easy and was flabbergasted at the laptime," McLaren driver Carlos Sainz said. "It was so easy for me to do. I thought we.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Event: Winter test Barcelona Track: Catalunya Circuit Weather: Sunny & dry Air temp: 10-17ºC Tarmac: Dry, 11-28ºC Today the first of this weeks three days winter testing was kicked off in Spain. Lewis Hamilton returned where he left off after the last race in Abu Dhabi by setting the quickest lap time of the day in the Mercedes.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Here are the first pictures of the brand new 2020 F1 cars that were put to testing for the first time today on Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona in Spain. ✅ Check out Barcelona 2020 F1 Testing Results - Day 1 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Jump on board with Romain Grosjean, as he took the Haas 2020 season challenger, the VF-20, for its very first lap around Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Feast on the Renault RS20's very first laps from our Filming Day earlier this week! Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Re-live the moment Racing Point kicked off our 2020 Formula One season at the home of our new Title Partner BWT in Mondsee, Austria! Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Haas F1 drivers Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean share their initial thoughts after seeing the Haas VF-20 for the very first time at our filming day at Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, with Romain driving the first 100 kms as part of our shakedown. Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Event: Winter test Barcelona Track: Catalunya Circuit Weather: Sunny & dry Air temp: 5-13ºC Tarmac: Dry, 0-15.8ºC The very much welcome 2020 F1 season has begun. The ten teams are allowed to run three days of testing with their brand new cars at Circuit de Catalunya. The Haas and Alfa Romeo team first showed their new.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Here are the first photos of the Alfa Romeo C39 F1 car. This F1 car was launched on Wednesday 19th of February 2020. This Alfa Romeo car will be raced in the 2020 F1 season by F1 drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi. Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Jump onboard with ROKiT Williams Racing driver George Russell as he gives the FW43, the car to be used in the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship, its first laps. Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Here are the first wallpaper photos of the Renault RS20 F1 car. This F1 car was launched on Wednesday 19th of February 2020. This Renault car will be raced in the 2020 F1 season by F1 drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Esteban Ocon. Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Vietnam insists it is not about to call off its inaugural Vietnam F1 grand prix. China's April race has already been postponed due to the coronavirus crisis, but serious questions are now being raised about nearby Vietnam. However, the new Hanoi race CEO Le Ngoc Chi is quoted by the Vietnamese daily Dan Tri as.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Formula 1 was better when driver discipline was left up to the drivers rather than "too many rules and too many decisions". That is the view of outspoken 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve, who remembers a time when drivers were left to sort out grievances on the track. "Today there is the action and the.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Ferrari is "ready to discuss" extending Sebastian Vettel's contract. That is the claim of Leo Turrini, a well-known Ferrari insider. His latest views, aired on his Quotidiano blog, follow Mattia Binotto's recent comment that Vettel is the "priority" as Ferrari considers its 2021 lineup. "It is only the first move of a delicate chess game.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Max Verstappen is perhaps "the best" driver on the Formula 1 grid, according to his former teammate Pierre Gasly. Gasly was disappointed last year when he struggled to keep up with Verstappen at Red Bull Racing and was demoted to Toro Rosso after half a season. But the Frenchman has no hard feelings when recalling.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Red Bull has upped its budget for 2020. Recently, Ferrari said that ahead of the $175 million budget cap for 2021, the Maranello team would spend more to prepare this year. Red Bull is following suit. "The increase is within limits," Dr Helmut Marko told Auto Motor und Sport. "We are already very well organised.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 McLaren has "no reason" to contemplate changing drivers ahead of the 2021 season, according to team boss Andreas Seidl. Carlos Sainz said recently that he wants a new contract for 2021, and McLaren is also happy with its other new driver last year - Lando Norris. When asked about the 2021 'silly season' that is.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Dr Helmut Marko has admitted that Max Verstappen's new contract does contain an exit clause. "There are some," the Red Bull official admitted to Auto Bild, after Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said he would be surprised if a talent like Verstappen would have locked himself into a watertight deal through 2023. "But as long as.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Renault has admitted it is coming out of a "turbulent" period inside the French works team. The outfit has been criticised for its low-profile winter and lacklustre objectives for 2020. Executive director Marcin Budkowski admits the new car was affected by unrest. "The initial concept was set with a different technical director and a different.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Nico Hulkenberg says he is on a "temporary break" from motor racing. Despite never finishing on the podium, the 32-year-old was on the grid for a decade until Renault ousted him at the end of last year. "I feel comfortable in the phase I am in," said the German, "(which is) not having to follow.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 A "Russian team" could soon be on the Formula 1 grid. That is the claim of Mikhail Aleshin, a 32-year-old Russian who is a senior driver for the SMP Racing program that brought Sergey Sirotkin into F1. When asked if SMP's next step could be a F1 team, Aleshin told Sportbox: "That is a question.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Fernando Alonso says he will be racing in May's Indianapolis 500. That is despite the fact that Honda reportedly vetoed his deal with the top Andretti team, and Ed Carpenter's team said it also could not accommodate the Spaniard. But when asked by a fan if he will be in the Indy 500 field this.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Max Verstappen and Alex Albon got their first taste of the Aston Martin Valkyrie as the Formula One drivers get behind the wheel of the revolutionary hypercar at Silverstone Circuit. Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Dr Helmut Marko admits he is looking forward to the start of winter testing on Wednesday. The top Red Bull official confirmed to Kurier newspaper that he will be in Barcelona to watch the 2020 car be prepared for Melbourne and the new season. "Mercedes with Hamilton is the favourite but we see ourselves as.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Claire Williams says she knows there will be no "miracle" for the struggling British team in 2020. However, she says that while the newly-launched and liveried car is based on its uncompetitive predecessor, it has been substantially improved. "Our 2020 campaign is about making progress," said Williams, the team founded by her father Sir Frank.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 F1 teams rejected Liberty Media's proposal of a pre-season group photo with all the 2020 cars at this week's winter testing. According to Auto Motor und Sport, the sport's commercial rights holder wanted all the new cars to be assembled on the grid in Barcelona for a photo. "The teams refused because they wanted their.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Mattia Binotto has admitted that he is unhappy about Charles Leclerc's pre-season skydiving antics. Last month, the Ferrari driver admitted he had engaged in the dangerous feat without the permission of his team. "I said to myself that even if there was a problem I don't think I would have the opportunity to be scolded,".....check out full post » Fri, 21 Feb 2020 McLaren did the right thing by dumping its works supply of Honda engines after 2017, according to F1 sporting boss Ross Brawn. Brawn was actually team boss at Honda's works team well over a decade ago, but he says "clever people" at McLaren concluded that the ill-fated collaboration had to stop. "They have some clever.....check out full post » |
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