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Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez, Red Bull

Perez eyes to stay at Red Bull, Verstappen wants the same; Horner adds

Sergio Perez is looking to stay at Red Bull beyond 2021 F1 season with Max Verstappen happy to have him, as Christian Horner says too early to discuss. For Red Bull, 2021 has been their...
Christian Horner, Toto Wolff, F1, Pit Stop

F1 teams discuss pit stop directive; Horner not losing sleep with tactics

The new pit stop related technical directive was presented to the F1 teams over the Styrian GP weekend, which generated lots of views. It is not clear who kick-started the checks with regards to pit...
Igora Drive, F1, Russian GP

Russian GP likely to move from Sochi Autodrom to Igora Drive in 2023

The promoters at Autodrome Igora Drive has announced a switch of F1 Russian GP from Sochi Autodrom to St. Petersburg venue from 2023 onward. Amid speculations of F1 Russian GP moving out from Sochi, the...
F1, Pirelli, Austria, British GP

Pirelli to test new rear construction in Austria, could deploy for British GP

Pirelli will test new rear construction in next week's F1 Austrian GP FP session and if all is well, they could deploy it into full effect from British GP. Pirelli announced a FP1 test in...
Aston Martin, Dan Fallows, Red Bull, F1

Aston Martin hires Red Bull aero head Dan Fallows as new tech director

The new technical structure at Aston Martin is complete after Red Bull announced the departure of Dan Fallows to its rival F1 team. At the start of F1 Styrian GP, Aston Martin revealed its new...
tURKISH gp, f1

Turkish GP is re-added to F1 2021 calendar in place of Singapore

Turkish GP has been re-added to the 2021 F1 calendar as a replacement of Singapore GP, as it slots in the middle to retain the triple-header. F1 has re-added Istanbul Park to the 2021 calendar...
Toto Wolff, Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas

Wolff knows about gap in tyre management; Hamilton/Bottas on contract

Toto Wolff talks about the tyre management difference between his F1 drivers, as both Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas expand on contract. For Mercedes, they endured a frustrating weekend in F1 French GP, where Hamilton...
Ducati, VR46, MotoGP

Aramco Racing Team VR46 opts for Ducati as their MotoGP partner

The Aramco Racing Team VR46 has signed a deal with Ducati Motor to be its partner in MotoGP in a three-year deal, starting from 2022. Amid speculations of multiple choices, Valentino Rossi's VR46 MotoGP team...
Mercedes, Red Bull, Andrew Shovlin

Mercedes says W12 doesn’t lack pace; adds on Hamilton’s set-up changes

Andrew Shovlin says Mercedes W12 is not lacking pace to Red Bull RB16B, as he adds on the set-up changes on Lewis Hamilton's car in France. Apart from confirming some of points that Toto Wolff...
Alpine, Fernando Alonso, Esteban Ocon

Alpine changed its swap idea in French GP after Alonso radio talk

Alpine had to change their swap idea in F1 French GP after Fernando Alonso talked them through it, while he was ahead of teammate Esteban Ocon. Post-race, an interesting passage of happenings emerged from F1...
Guenther Steiner, Mick Schumacher, Nikita Mazepin, George Russell, Williams

Steiner didn’t think Schumacher/Mazepin fight to be ‘unfair’; Russell on P12

Guenther Steiner doesn't see an 'unfair' situation after the latest fight between Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin in F1 French GP, as George Russell pleased to get Williams back ahead of Haas. It was not...
MotoGP, Japanese GP, Americas GP

MotoGP cancels Japanese GP as Americas GP is re-scheduled to October

Dorna Sports announced further changes to 2021 MotoGP calendar with the cancellation of Japanese GP and re-scheduling of Americas GP. The Americas GP at Circuit of the Americas was postponed due to COVID-19 from its...
Thomas ten Brinkle, ART

‘No joy’ forces young racer Thomas ten Brinkle to quit racing

Thomas ten Brinkle has announced a departure from racing after he did not feel any joy in competing following his latest weekend at Zandvoort. In a surprise announcement from ART Grand Prix, it revealed that...
Carlos Sainz, Charles Leclerc, Mattia Binotto, Ferrari

Sainz saw tyre-related issues in Bahrain as they look for long-term solution

Carlos Sainz reveals that the tyre issues they faced in F1 French GP was something he saw already in Bahrain when he came into the team as they look for answers now. Having looked good...
Aus GP, F1, Yas Marina

Photo: Aus GP completes circuit work; Yas Marina’s track change emerge

Aus GP has completed its F1 track evolution work on various corners, as all eyes is on the November date for its return, while Yas Marina's change emerge. After the 2020 F1 race was cancelled...
Maverick Vinales, MotoGP, Yamaha

Vinales opens up on struggles, lack of respect, Quartararo data & more

Maverick Vinales was seen as a dejected MotoGP rider after the German GP, where the Spaniard was unable to even to finish in the Top 15. Already Saturday was a disaster for Yamaha's Vinales in...
Esteban Ocon, Alpine, Laurent Rossi, F1

Rossi sees Prost-like features in Ocon as he explains the three-year deal

Laurent Rossi sees Alain Prost-like features in Esteban Ocon as he praises the Frenchman after signing a long-term F1 deal with him. Just at the onset of the French GP, Alpine announced a contract extension...
Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes, George Russell

Bottas, Russell admit reading speculations of F1 future but put them down

Valtteri Bottas and George Russell know the speculations are doing rounds but both stay away from those, where the Finn talks about blocking talks around F1 future. The rumours surrounding Bottas leaving Mercedes never goes...
Sauber, F1, Juan Manuel Correa

Correa rejoins Sauber F1 academy after competitive F3 return from injury

Juan Manuel Correa has rejoined the Sauber F1 Academy after his competitive return to racing in F3 from the horrific accident at Spa. Before his crash, Correa was already part of the Sauber Academy and...
F1, Pirelli, Mario Isola

F1 drivers discuss tyre investigations as Pirelli elaborates on it more

F1 drivers - including Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel - spoke about the findings of Baku as Pirelli's Mario Isola adds more on the investigations. Starting with Red Bull's Verstappen, the...
Gresini Racing, MotoGP, Ducati

Gresini partners with Ducati, Bastianini & di Giannantonio named riders

Gresini Racing has partnered with Ducati for 2022 MotoGP season and further as Enea Bastianini and Fabio di Giannantonio named riders. Having announced its end of the partnership with Aprilia after the 2021 MotoGP season...
Esteban Ocon, F1, Alpine, Laurent Rossi

Alpine retains Ocon in a long-term F1 deal of three years

Alpine has retained Esteban Ocon after the two signed a long-term deal of three years to be together in F1, thereby extending it to a total of five seasons. The talks between Ocon and Alpine...
Pirelli, F1, Red Bull, Aston Martin

Pirelli identifies Baku tyre failure reasons, new directive in place for teams

Pirelli Motorsport has identified the reasons for tyre failure in F1 Azerbaijan GP, as a new directive is in place for teams from the FIA. With few days to go for the F1 French GP,...
Guenther Steiner, Haas, Simone Resta

Steiner talks of Resta’s impact on 2022 car, building a solid technical team

Guenther Steiner opened up on the impact of Simone Resta on Haas' 2022 F1 car, with a solidified technical team, working out at Maranello.  The relationship between Haas and Scuderia Ferrari started when Gene Haas...
Alpine, F1, Marcin Budkowski

Alpine has made changes to rear wing for French GP as per FIA’s directive

Marcin Budkowski noted that Alpine will have a modified rear wing in F1 French GP to fulfill the new FIA technical directive, which was issued after complaints. After the FIA introduced a new test to...
Pirelli, F1, Mario Isola

Pirelli relays 2022 target letter as ongoing tyre tests looks ‘promising’

Pirelli Motorsport chief Mario Isola noted that they have already had a target letter from F1 teams and FIA about the tyres for 2022, when they switch to 18-inches. The 2022 F1 season will not...

Tost shares Tsunoda’s schedule, push to convert speed into performance

Weeks after Yuki Tsunoda emerged as a breakout star in the Bahrain GP, the Japanese F1 racer is now working to regain confidence under the watchful eyes of Franz Tost. Tsunoda caused a stir in...
Otmar Szafnauer, Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin

Szafnauer discusses importance of Vettel, Aston’s 2021 aim & future work

Otmar Szafnauer talks about the important of Sebastian Vettel for the growth of Aston Martin, as he adds on what can they achieve in F1 2021. After six mix-fortuned seasons at Ferrari, Vettel is trying...
Sergio Perez, F1, Christian Horner

Perez says confidence growing as more to be done; Horner adds on

Sergio Perez says F1 win is fine but he is still getting on top of the car, with the help of Red Bull as he praises Alexander Albon's work, while Christian Horner adds on...
Pierre Gasly, Sebastian Vettel, Sergio Perez, F1, Michael Masi, FIA

Gasly was not surprised by “American” decision to red flag Azerbaijan GP

AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly says he was not surprised by F1's decision to red flag the Azerbaijan GP in the interest of getting a green flag finish. After Max Verstappen's crash from the lead of the...