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FIA, F1, Portuguese GP

FIA shares F1 Portuguese GP track limits, DRS, PU elements & more

The FIA has shared details of F1 Portuguese GP track limits along with DRS zones, power unit elements, stewards and more. As is always the case before every race weekend, the track limits reveal from...
Gresini

Gresini’s wife Nadia and sons take charge of the racing team

Fausto's wife Nadia Padovani and their two sons have taken over the running of the Gresini racing outfit with immediate effect. After the untimely death of Fausto, due to COVID-19, his wife Nadia and sons...
BAFTA, Sky Sports, F1, Silverstone, Sprint Qualifying

BAFTA nominates SS for Bahrain coverage; Silverstone starts tickets sale

BAFTA has nominated Sky Sports team for the coverage of the 2020 Bahrain GP, as Silverstone has started tickets sale of 2021 F1 race. The crash of Haas' Romain Grosjean was shocking and scaring for...
Turkey, Canada, F1

Turkey to replace cancelled Canada on 2021 F1 calendar

F1 has confirmed the cancellation of Canada for second year in a row, as Turkey will replace the event on the 2021 calendar. The news about the cancellation of the 2021 Canadian GP had been...
VR46, MotoGP

VR46 team secures Saudi backing to field MotoGP team

The VR46 Academy team has secured backing from Saudi Arabia to field its own MotoGP outfit from 2022 season onward. The VR46 Academy team is already represented by Luca Marini this year in MotoGP, who...
Carlos Sainz, McLaren, Ferrari, Mattia Binotto

Sainz says Ferrari can be ahead of McLaren on favourable tracks

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz says his team's fight with McLaren in 2021 can be "very tight," and insists they are capable of competing. McLaren marched to third place in the constructors' championship in 2020, though not...
Christian Horner, Red Bull, F1

Horner: Powertrain project similar challenge as having successful F1 team

Christian Horner reckons the powertrain project that Red Bull is to start gives him a similar vibes and challenge just as having a successful F1 team. When Red Bull entered F1, there was a notion...
WRC, M-Sport, FIA

Photo: M-Sport starts hybrid testing; FIA updates on new WRC regs

M-Sport has released photos of the hybrid cars being tested in different conditions as the FIA updates on the new WRC regulation. M-Sport has become the first WRC outfit to showcase the new hybrid cars....
Callum Ilott, Alfa Romeo, F1

Ilott joins Alfa Romeo as its reserve driver, gets FP1 chance in Portugal

Alfa Romeo Racing has named Callum Ilott as its second reserve driver for the 2021 F1 season, as he gets a FP1 run this weekend in Portugal. Having missed out on a F1 drive in...
F1, Ross Brawn

Brawn says Sprint Qualifying unlikely for whole year if successful

F1 Managing director Ross Brawn insists Grand Prix's remain vital to race weekends after the introduction of sprint races, and says they will be a "great" addition. F1's 'sprint qualifying' system, due to be introduced...
Josef Newgarden, Team Penske, Colton Herta, Andretti Autosport, IndyCar 2021

Newgarden: Andretti’s “top gun” Herta biggest threat from team in title fight

Team Penske's Josef Newgarden says Andretti's "top gun" Colton Herta is the biggest title rival from Andretti that he and his team face in IndyCar 2021. Herta won Sunday's IndyCar GP of St. Petersburg in...
F1

F1 Commission approves Sprint Qualifying, details shared

The F1 Commission has approved the Sprint Qualifying system to be trialed in 2021 after a meeting, as details of it has been shared too. After an online meeting involving all the 10 F1 teams,...
George Russell, Valtteri Bottas, F1, Mercedes

Russell doesn’t see his relation with Mercedes, Bottas getting affected

George Russell doesn't see any change in his relation with Mercedes and Valtteri Bottas after the happenings in F1 Imola GP. Last year's Sakhir GP was not the last fight between Mercedes' Bottas and Williams'...
Otmar Szafnauer, Aston Martin, FIA

Aston Martin engaging in talks with FIA, but agrees process was fair

Aston Martin's Otmar Szafnauer seeks a more level playing field for low-rake runners after 2021's rule changes, others respond. With rule changes simplifying floor designs and eliminating the opportunity to seal off a car's underside...
Fernando Alonso, Esteban Ocon, Alpine

Alonso still learning and adjusting, hopes to be much better in Portugal

Alpine’s Fernando Alonso says inexperience in his A521 and rustiness in his return are not excuses for poor form. Alonso, who finished tenth at Imola in the Grand Prix to collect his first points since...
Colton Herta, Andretti Autosport, IndyCar 2021, IndyCar

IndyCar: Herta wins GP of St Pete with Newgarden, Pagenaud in tow

Andretti's Colton Herta emerges victorious in the IndyCar GP of St Petersburg, leading Penske drivers Newgarden and Pagenaud. The race got off to an uneventful start, with polesitter Herta maintaining his advantage and cultivating a...
F2, Felipe Drugovich

F2: Drugovich ends Barcelona test on top amid several stoppages

UNI-Virtuosi Racing's Felipe Drugovich was fastest to end the Formula 2 (F2) test in Barcelona from Prema's Oscar Piastri. Such was the day that all of the time set in the cloudy morning session stood...
Formula E, Jake Dennis

Formula E: Dennis scores lights-to-flag first win in Race 2 at Valencia

BMW Andretti's Jake Dennis won Race 2 of Valencia Formula E weekend from Porsche's Andre Lotterer and Mahindra's Alex Lynn. It was a clear weather for Race 2 of Valencia Formula E weekend as pole-sitter...
WRC, Sebastien Ogier, Croatia Rally

WRC: Ogier wins Croatia Rally by 0.6s over Evans in Toyota 1-2

It was Toyota 1-2 with Sebastien Ogier winning WRC Croatia Rally from Elfyn Evans, as Hyundai's Thierry Neuville was third. It was a close fight among three drivers in WRC Croatia Rally, with Toyota's Elfyn...
Lewis Hamilton, Andrew Shovlin

Hamilton had to be careful while reversing; slow stops an issue – Shovlin

Lewis Hamilton noted that he couldn’t actually reverse initially in F1 Imola GP, as Andrew Shovlin adds on why he was delayed at that moment. It all happened on Lap 32 for Mercedes in F1...
F2, Richard Verschoor

F2: Verschoor ends Day 2 on top from Boschung at Barcelona

MP Motorsport's Richard Verschoor was fastest on Day 2 of Formula 2 (F2) test at Barcelona from Campos' Ralph Boschung. The yet-to-be full-time F2 driver, Verschoor, ended up fastest with a time of 1m28.280s, which...
Formula E, Valencia

Formula E: De Vries wins Race 1 at Valencia amid energy chaos

Mercedes' Nyck de Vries won Race 1 of Valencia Formula E weekend after energy chaos, with Stoffel Vandoorne in P3 behind Dragon's Nico Mueller. There was disppointment at Mercedes camp even before the start of...
Nicholas Latifi, F1, Williams

Latifi thought SC start was doable in Imola, didn’t know of Mazepin collision

Williams' Latifi says it would have "benefit" the race for the Imola GP to start under SC conditions, after his strong weekend. With a damp track but rain no longer spitting, Latifi maintained that it...
Japanese GP, F1

F1 announces contract extension for Japanese GP at Suzuka

F1 announces a contract extension for Japanese GP to remain at Suzuka for three more seasons, as they look forward for a return in 2021. The COVID-19 restrictions forced the Japanese GP to be cancelled...
Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas, Toto Wolff, F1

Mercedes prepping parts quickly for Portugal, Wolff on balance hurt

Mercedes is preparing the lost parts as quickly as possible for Valtteri Bottas, as Toto Wolff says F1 Imola GP crash hurts balance certainly. The reaction from Wolff post the happenings in F1 Imola GP,...
Christian Lundgaard, F2

F2: Lundgaard fastest on Day 1 of in-season test at Barcelona

ART's Christian Lundgaard was the fastest on Day 1 of the in-season F2 test held at Barcelona from UNI-Virtuosi Racing's Felipe Drugovich. Lundgaard, in fact, was fastest during the morning and the afternoon session. He...
Red Bull, Ben Hodgkinson, F1

Red Bull hires B Hodgkinson as Technical Director for Powertrain division

Red Bull Racing has made is first official hiring for its new Powertrains division, with Ben Hodgkinson, joining in to work on F1 engines for 2022 and beyond. Hodgkinson comes in with a wealth of...
Jan Magnussen, Kevin Magnussen, WEC, Le Mans

Kevin and Jan Magnussen team-up for 2021 Le Mans 24 Hours

High Class Racing has announced its line-up for the FIA WEC Le Mans 24 Hours as Kevin and Jan Magnussen are to team-up to compete. Having had the idea to race together at some point...
Pierre Gasly, Yuki Tsunoda

Gasly admits tyre choice let them down; Tsunoda frustrated with mistakes

Pierre Gasly admits their tyre choice in F1 Imola GP eventually let them down, as Yuki Tsunoda was left frustrated after the weekend. AlphaTauri's Gasly and Alpine's Esteban Ocon were the only ones inside the...
F1, Miami GP

F1 shares first onboard look of new Miami GP circuit at Hard Rock Stadium

F1 has shared first onboard video of the new and upcoming Miami GP circuit at the Hard Rock Stadium, to be held in 2022. After the announcement last weekend of Miami GP taking place in...

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