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Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, F1

Hamilton not with trees cut for Rio F1 track; Vettel has shares in Aston

Lewis Hamilton is not comfortable with F1 building a new race circuit in Rio de Janeiro by cutting down trees as Sebastian Vettel reveals of having shares of Aston Martin. In the week leading to...
Josef Newgarden, IndyCar

Newgarden: Things not in my control but tools there to retain IndyCar title

Josef Newgarden says things not under their control still but confident that he has the tools to beat Scott Dixon at St. Pete to retain his IndyCar title. The first race of two in the...
FIA, Eifel GP, F1

FIA marks practice start space, Mercedes member tests COVID-19 positive

The FIA has marked a space for practice start during the F1 Eifel GP after Russian GP debacle as a Mercedes member has tested positive for COVID-19. After the issue with practice start in Russian...
F1, F1 Reverse Grid

F1 teams say it is not lack of confidence in 2022 regs for reverse...

F1 team principals don't think it is lack of confidence in 2022 regulations for reverse grid trial being pushed so much as most disagree with Ross Brawn's idea to try it. A hot topic of...
Honda, F1, Red Bull

F1 Nation discusses Honda departure; Marko adds Red Bull’s challenges

F1 Nation talks about the sudden decision of Honda and its after-effects for Red Bull Racing as Helmut Marko adds on the limitations they have. The episode, beginning with the hosts discussing Honda's recent F1...
ACI Sport, Kart, Corberi

ACI proposes immediate license suspension of Corberi and Lonato track

The Italian motor racing federation has proposed immediate suspension of the licenses of Luca and Marco Corberi along with the Lonato kart track. The Italian motor racing federation wants the Federal Prosecutor to come down...
MotoGP, Aleix Espargaro

Espargaro tops Day 1 of Portimao test, several MotoGP riders on road bike

Aleix Espargaro was fastest on Day 1 of Portimao test at the newly laid tarmac as several MotoGP riders ventured on road-going superbikes. It was a mixed run on Day 1 of the Portimao test...
Will Stevens, McLaren, F1

McLaren credits Stevens as test driver; Scheckter puts Hamilton in Top 3

McLaren has acknowledged Will Stevens as its official F1 test & development driver as Jody Scheckter differs from Sir Jackie Stewart on Lewis Hamilton. In an interesting acknowledgement, McLaren has now credited former F1 racer...
Sebastian Vettel, F1, Beyond The Grid Podcast

Podcast: Vettel on Ferrari/Aston Martin, Schumacher, life, family & more

The F1 Beyond The Grid features Sebastian Vettel talking about his career, time with Ferrari, future, life, farming and lot more. The F1 Beyond The Grid podcast started with Vettel talking about the sport now...
Alonso, Fernando Alonso

Fernando: Episode-by-episode summary of Alonso’s Amazon show

The multi-sport journey of Fernando Alonso was captured by Amazon Prime Video and made into a show spread out in five episodes. With the OTT platform gaining momentum all across the globe, it wasn't long...
IndyCar

Power, Pagenaud impressed with performances of 2020 IndyCar rookies

Two experienced IndyCar racers Will Power and Simon Pagenaud are impressed with the crop of rookie drivers in the 2020 season.   The 2020 IndyCar field is not without a strong freshman class, with ECR's Rinus...
Mercedes, AMG, Red Bull

Mercedes-AMG to intensify work; Red Bull-BMC enter prototype stage

Mercedes and AMG will intensify its work from 2021 F1 season onward as Red Bull Advanced Technologies enter prototype stage with BMC. Amid speculations of Mercedes pulling out of F1 despite having signed the Concorde...
Christian Horner, Honda, Max Verstappen

Horner: Honda pull-out wake-up call for F1; adds on Renault, Verstappen

Christian Horner feels Honda pull-out is a wake-up call for F1 and FIA with regards to the 2026 and beyond regulations as he adds about Renault and Max Verstappen. With the engine regulations unlikely to...
McLaren, Andreas Seidl, Racing Point, Renault

Seidl puts McLaren in P4-P5 bracket, regards Racing Point as faster still

Andreas Seidl still takes McLaren as fourth-fifth fastest team of 2020 F1 season as they fight against Racing Point and Renault for third. As it has been for several years, the coveted 'best of the...
F1, Christian Horner, Red Bull, Alexander Albom

Horner in no hurry to finalise 2021 line-up, all drivers on multi-year contract

Christian Horner says they are in nor hurry to finalise the F1 2021 line-up as all of the drivers are under multi-year contracts. Apart from Max Verstappen, the remaining three seats at Red Bull Racing...
Jay Frye, IndyCar 2020

Frye: New OEM would become a necessity amid growing IndyCar interest

IndyCar president Jay Frye says additional OEM could become a necessity in the future with the number of teams eyeing a spot. With the IndyCar series' recent news regarding its hybrid power unit formula for...
FIA, World Karting Championship

FIA to investigate Lonato kart incident as racing community reacts strongly

The FIA has released a statement regarding the World Karting Championship's incident at Lonato which gathered strong reactions from motor racing community. Nearly 24 hours since the incident, the FIA has released a brief statement...
Guenther Steiner, F1

Steiner hopes Mugello-like unknowns in Eifel GP, Turkey will not allow fans

Guenther Steiner hopes that the F1 Eifel GP will be an unknown like how Tuscan GP went but this time due to the weather as Turkey decided against allowing fans in. While the Mugello weekend...
Mario Isola, F1, Pirelli

Pirelli reveals details of Portiamo test for 2021, to have 8-10 prototypes

Pirelli F1 chief Mario Isola reveals details of the upcoming Portimao tyre test as they push towards the 2021 season. While not a new generation of tyre, the Pirelli product to be used in the...
Max Verstappen, Kimi Raikkonen

Verstappen wins virtual Petit Le Mans; Raikkonen goes karting with Robin

Max Verstappen won the virtual Petit Le Mans race with Team Redline alongside Jonas Wallmeier as Kimi Raikkonen goes karting with Robin again. While the F1 world was shocked by Honda's decision to pull out...
Cyril Abiteboul, Renault

Abiteboul fine with entry fees disrupting to-be customers, adds on future

Cyril Abiteboul doesn't have any issues with the entry fee to F1 potentially lessening chance of Renault finding a customer team plus adds on his future. In a mid-September reveal, it was made known that...
Will Power, Team Penske, IndyCar 2020

Power blasts lapped traffic policy in IndyCar, suggests changes to P2P

Team Penske driver Will Power ripped into the lapped traffic policy in IndyCar, also proposing changes to its push-to-pass system. Power's criticism of several elements of the current IndyCar product come after the second race...
F2

F2 crash in Sochi another new learning; Correa shares fracture image

The sprint F2 race crash at Sochi was another new learning for the FIA as per Michael Masi with TechPro, fire and tyres, as Juan Manuel Correa shares fracture image. It was a heavy incident...
Max Verstappen, F1

Verstappen hopes to have more clean races like Sochi after disrupted 2020

Max Verstappen feels he needs more races like F1 Russian GP after string of unfortunate luck he has had in the 2020 season so far. The result for Verstappen in the F1 Russian GP wasn't...
Will Power, Team Penske, IndyCar 2020

IndyCar: Power wins Harvest GP Race 2 in climactic finish

Team Penske's Will Power won the second Harvest GP IndyCar race, beating Colton Herta in a climactic finish. For the second time in the abbreviated 2020 IndyCar season, Team Penske's Will Power led the field...
Helmut Marko, Honda, Red Bull

Marko says Red Bull working on solutions, can exit F1 but not a priority

Dr. Helmut Marko says Red Bull is already working on various solutions after the decision of Honda as he says they can exit F1 but it is not a priority. Honda surprised the motor racing...
IndyCar 2021, Chevy, Honda

IndyCar manufacturers ratify newly-delayed 2023 hybrid regulations

IndyCar engine manufacturers Honda and Chevrolet have agreed upon a set of hybrid PU regulations for 2023 and beyond, thrusting the series into a new era. Having announced the initial details of a turbo-hybrid regulatory...
Williams, Simon Roberts

Williams won’t give up 2021 for 2022, no discussions on team principal role

Simon Roberts says that Williams won't give up 2021 for 2022 F1 season as no discussions held so far about full-time team principal. With the new journey embarked for Williams under Dorilton Capital, the team...
Honda, F1

Honda explains decision, new PU for 2021, no electric racing plans & more

Honda Motor explained its decision to quit F1 as it added about a new engine for 2021, while relaying that they don't have any electric racing plans. After months of wait, Honda officially announced its...
Josef Newgarden, Team Penske IndyCar 2020

IndyCar: Newgarden wins Harvest GP Race 1, eats up Dixon’s points lead

In the IndyCar Harvest GP, Josef Newgarden of Team Penske won, nearly halving the points lead of CGR's Scott Dixon in the process. The first IndyCar race wherein this has been the case, the Harvest...