Formula 1 News & Updates Week 34 Below you'll find all updates, results, videos, podcasts, sounds & photos from the world of Formula 1 of the past week |
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| Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.21 - Williams Racing has been acquired by Dorilton Capital, bringing a successful conclusion to the Strategic Review which was launched in late May. Dorilton Capital is known for its long-term approach to investment and its key focus will be to restore the competitiveness of the team. This marks the beginning of an exciting new.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.21 - Jerez will not host a race on Formula 1's 'corona calendar'. Earlier, it was believed the sport was poised to add single races at Jerez, Istanbul and Abu Dhabi, and a double-header in Bahrain, to the existing 13-race schedule. "I know the track well so I'm ready for that weekend," Renault driver Esteban.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.21 - Ferrari is "very satisfied" with the terms of its deal with Formula 1 under the newly-signed 2021-2025 Concorde Agreement. Earlier, it was believed Mercedes' unwillingness to sign was because it felt the more attractive terms offered to Ferrari were unfair. "All the teams have also signed," noted Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto, "so.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.21 - Racing Point expects to fall behind as the 2020 season races on. Currently, the 'pink Mercedes' is making waves both on and off the circuit, with the team under fire for copying Mercedes' 2019 car and racing it to a strong third in the constructors' standings. Just behind Racing Point in the championship.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.21 - Dr Helmut Marko has admitted he is not currently happy with Daniil Kvyat's performance at AlphaTauri. His comments come amid speculation the second Red Bull-owned team could replace the 26-year-old Russian with Honda-linked Formula 2 rookie Yuki Tsunoda. "I do expect that, sooner or later, he will sit at the wheel of the.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.21 - Mercedes will be stronger in the races once 'party mode' engine settings are banned. That is the warning of dominant Mercedes' team boss Toto Wolff, as news breaks that the proposed ban for the next race at Spa-Francorchamps has been postponed. Other reports claim the ban, which would limit cars to a single.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 For McLaren, the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix weekend was full-on, flat-out and incredibly tense at the conclusion. Fri, 21 Aug 2020 In our Spanish Grand Prix F1 Race Debrief, James Vowles talks Valtteri’s difficult start, one-stop possibilities, scorching temperatures and more! 👀 Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Peter Windsor introduces "Race to Perfection" - a brand new, seven-part F1 TV documentary series that will be screened internationally from September 12, 2020. Produced by Sky Sports, this outstanding series celebrates 70 years of the FIA F1 Drivers' World Championship. In this video Peter outlines the format of the seven episodes and the interviews.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.20 - Every team has signed up to the 2021-2025 Concorde Agreement, finally ending a long period of uncertainty for Formula 1. Earlier, clouds floated over the commitment of teams like Renault and even Mercedes, whose boss Toto Wolff said as recently as Silverstone that the reigning champions are the "biggest victims" of Liberty's proposed.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.20 - Fernando Alonso has admitted he is unlikely to complete his target of securing the 'triple crown' this weekend. The two-time world champion, who is returning to Formula 1 with Renault next year after a two year sabbatical, only needs victory at the Indy 500 to add to his previous Monaco and Le Mans.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 The FIA and Formula 1 confirmed that all ten teams have agreed to the new Concorde Agreement. This follows extensive discussions over the past twelve months with all teams, Formula 1, and the FIA. The agreement will secure the long-term sustainable future for Formula 1 and combined with the new regulations, announced in October 2019.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.20 - The trend for 'ghost races' on Formula 1's amended 2020 calendar looks set to gradually ease. Race organisers at Sochi are actively trying to sell around 30,000 tickets for September's Russian Grand Prix, and now Portimao has announced that it wants some fans to attend the Portuguese Grand Prix event the following month......check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.19 - The French carmaker Renault's new group CEO had "reassuring messages" for the Formula 1 team when he visited the paddock in Barcelona last weekend. That is the news from the mouth of boss Cyril Abiteboul, after a tumultuous and uncertain period for the team's parent company. Formerly with Volkswagen and SEAT, Luca de.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.19 - Formula 1 is looking into the legality of the engine manufacturers' 2020-spec energy recovery systems, according to Auto Motor und Sport. The development follows the shock news in Barcelona last week that 'party mode' engine settings will be banned from Spa-Francorchamps, even though the precise wording of the technical directive is not yet.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.19 - Toto Wolff has slammed as "complete nonsense" claims that Mercedes is in the wrong over the 'pink Mercedes' affair. With the matter set to proceed to the international court of appeal, tensions continue to rise amid reports Mercedes gave Racing Point a scale wind tunnel model of its 2019 car. Racing Point, to.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.19 - Robert Kubica has admitted his pace since switching from Formula 1 to DTM for 2020 is "not normal". Having spent his entire comeback season in Formula 1 at the back of the grid last year, the Pole lost his Williams seat but signed up to race in the German touring car series for.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.19 - Toto Wolff has played down Valtteri Bottas' comments about his black racing suit for 2020. As the Finn admitted in Barcelona that his championship hopes are "drifting away", he complained that he lost 3kg during the Spanish GP because his overalls are "f*****g hot". Mercedes switched its car livery and driver suits to.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.19 - Legendary Ferrari figure Mauro Forghieri has critiqued Mattia Binotto's management of the struggling Italian team's drivers. Speaking to Italian insider Leo Turrini's Quotidiano blog, Forghieri - a major player at Ferrari from the 60s to the 80s - claims Maranello has "a human resources problem". "There is no lack of money at Maranello,".....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.19 - The first three teams have signed up for the 2021-2025 Concorde Agreement - but one of them is not Mercedes. Ferrari, McLaren and Williams are the first to announce that they have officially agreed to Liberty Media's proposed new regime. Prior to last weekend's Spanish GP, Toto Wolff had indicated that Mercedes is.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.19 - Red Bull bosses believe the team has enough time to challenge Mercedes for the 2020 world championship. Although Lewis Hamilton eased to victory in Barcelona, Dr Helmut Marko says Red Bull will roll out car updates at the next race at Spa. "It should bring a noticeable improvement on the chassis side," he.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Many of you may not have heard of this week’s guest. To give him his official title he’s John Crichton-Stuart, the 7th Marquess of Bute – though fans familiar with F1 in the 1980s will know him as Johnny Dumfries, one-time team mate of the great Ayrton Senna at Lotus. A descendant of legendary King.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Lawrence Stroll, a man who rarely makes a public comment, stood in front of the camera at Silverstone and gave a performance that almost scared the living daylights out of the paddock - in a nutshell: the Canadian billionaire was not happy. In fact, he was seriously aggrieved and released what can be described as.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.18 - The pressure is continuing to mount on Racing Point and Toto Wolff over the 'pink Mercedes' affair. With the case now set to proceed to the international court of appeal, more details of how Racing Point's 2020 car was supposedly put together are coming to light. Colin Kolles, the former Spyker and Hispania.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.18 - Valtteri Bottas is not happy with Mercedes' new black overalls for 2020. Actually, the reigning champions intended to race in silver as per usual this year - until Lewis Hamilton began to push for action with regards to the Black Lives Matter protests against the death of George Floyd. Finn Bottas said the.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.18 - Esteban Ocon says he would be happy if Istanbul and Jerez are added to the 2020 'corona calendar'. It is rumoured that Formula 1 is poised to add up to five more races to the already 13-round strong calendar for the virus-affected 2020 world championship. Bahrain is expected to host two races, with.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.18 - Charles Leclerc is coming under fire for completing two full laps of the Spanish GP after unbuckling his seatbelts. When his Ferrari shut off on lap 37 in Barcelona, Leclerc undid his belts in anticipation of getting out the stricken car - only for it to re-fire. He then drove two full laps.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.18 - Alexander Albon has "lost his way" at Red Bull, according to former team driver Robert Doornbos. While the team is for now standing behind the struggling British-born Thai driver, it is clear that his shoulders have slumped in recent races. "It's really tough for him," Doornbos, who briefly raced for the energy drink.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.18 - A respected correspondent has accused Lewis Hamilton of being the one who is politically dividing the Formula 1 drivers. Throughout the 'corona calendar' races so far this year, the six-time world champion has been leading the Black Lives Matter-inspired moments of kneeling on the grid. 12 other drivers join Hamilton in kneeling, with.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.18 - Sunday's race in Barcelona was not "boring", according to former F1 driver Christijan Albers. Lewis Hamilton cruised to victory in Spain, prompting Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas to agree that the six-time world champion is on target for a seventh. But Albers told De Telegraaf: "I didn't think the race was boring. For.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.18 - Mick Schumacher may face some stiff competition for an Alfa Romeo race seat for 2020. While the son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher attracts the most media attention, he is only fifth in the Formula 2 standings so far. His Prema teammate, Robert Shwartzman, is second, behind yet another Ferrari academy driver.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.18 - Honda F1 boss Toyoharu Tanabe says it is possible the 'party mode' ban will be postponed. In Barcelona, it emerged that the FIA intends to ban the way some engine manufacturers - notably the dominant Mercedes team - are able to significantly 'turn up' their engine power particularly in qualifying. Tanabe said the.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.17 - Mattia Binotto has continued to play down the obviously fractured relationship between Ferrari and departing former number 1 Sebastian Vettel. After again publicly scolding the team's strategic decisions on the radio during the Spanish GP, the quadruple world champion then told Sky Deutschland: "My opinion is no longer important." Ferrari team boss Binotto.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.17 - The FIA is pressing ahead with reported plans to ban so-called 'party mode' engine settings ahead of the next race at Spa-Francorchamps. Many see the move as a clear attack on Mercedes' dominance - but not everyone thinks it will succeed. "Everyone talks about Mercedes being hurt more than the others," said former.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.17 - Romain Grosjean says he endured "one of the worst races of my career" in Barcelona on Sunday. Finishing two laps down and dead last was a far cry from the Frenchman's pace on Friday, when he was fifth and sixth fastest in the two practice sessions. But L'Equipe quoted the Haas driver as.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.17 - Mattia Binotto insists that Ferrari has not "abandoned" development of its 2020 car. Ferrari chairman John Elkann admitted recently that, given the depth of the 2020 package's problems, wins and titles will have to wait until 2022. The obvious implication is that Ferrari has given up on this season. "We have not abandoned.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.17 - Former F1 team boss Colin Kolles does not think Mattia Binotto can steer Ferrari out of crisis and back to producing world championship-winning cars. Having replaced Maurizio Arrivabene as team boss from 2019, Binotto is now overseeing a worrying slump for the fabled Maranello team. "Binotto is a very good engineer," Kolles, who.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Aug.17 - Max Verstappen does not agree with his boss that he is still a major contender for the 2020 title. Having won at Silverstone, and with the 'party mode' engine setting ban now looming, Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko said in Barcelona: "We haven't given up our big goal yet. "We still want to.....check out full post » Fri, 21 Aug 2020 F1 Race Event: Spanish Grand Prix Race Track: Catalunya Circuit Weather: dry 29.9°C Tarmac: dry 49.1°C Humidity : 56.2% Wind : 2.2 m/s S Pressure: 997.8 bar Lewis Hamilton won the 2020 Spanish F1 GP today. He started from pole and won his 88th F1 race of his career at Catalunya circuit. It was the.....check out full post » |
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