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F1, FIA, COVID-19

F1: New COVID-19, engine mode deferred to Monza, Hamilton throwback

F1 posted one COVID-19 positive test from this past week as engine mode limitations deferred to Monza while Lewis Hamilton has a throwback. COVID-19 positive: With over 60,000 COVID-119 tests conducted by the F1 over the...
Juri Vips, F2, Red Bull

Red Bull junior Vips replaces injured Gelael for three F2 rounds

Red Bull Junior Team's Juri Vips will replace injured Sean Gelael at DAMS for three FIA Formula 2 (F2) Championship rounds in 2020. With Gelael out of out action for about six weeks after breaking...
Zach Veach, Indy500 Andretti Autosport IndyCar

Low-starting Veach brushes off concerns about ability to overtake in Indy500

Andretti driver Zach Veach, starting 17th, isn't concerned by popular statements that overtaking will be more difficult than in Indy500 's prior. Throughout the condensed proceedings for the 2020 Indy500 - the actual race for which is...
McLaren, F1

McLaren details on F1 race seats made of natural fibre composites

McLaren Racing together with Bcomp has come up with F1 race seats made of natural fibre composites, the first to do so, instead of carbon fibre. Going back in history, McLaren were the first few...
Guenther Steiner, Haas, F1

Steiner cannot say if Ferrari issues only factor in some of troubles for Haas

Guenther Steiner agree that customer F1 teams suffer if problems occur with their supplying outfits but is not stating that Haas is only having issues due to Ferrari. In F1 jargon, Haas is known as...
Williams, Dorilton Capital

Williams acquired by Dorilton Capital, F1 base and chassis name to remain

Williams Racing announced a long-term acquisition of its F1 team by Dorilton Capital as its Grove base and chassis name to remain as it is. A long-term takeover of Williams Racing concluded on Friday after...
Johnny Dumfries, F1, F1 Podcast

Podcast: Dumfries on F1/Le Mans, Senna, Ferrari role regret & more

The Beyond the Grid has Johnny Dumfries talk about his F1 and Le Mans 24 Hours career, Ayrton Senna, Ferrari role regret and more. The guest on the episode of F1: Beyond the Grid...
IndyCar, Indy500

Indy500: IndyCar drivers left intoxicated by higher boost, speeds in quali

After Indy500 qualifying, IndyCar drivers were intoxicated by the heightened speeds brought on by the raising of turbocharger boost to 1.5-bar for the two days of running. When it was announced by IndyCar on February...
Lando Norris

Norris had to be more aggressive in Spain start; gifts special helmet to Eva

McLaren's Lando Norris admits that he had to be more aggressive at the start of F1 Spanish GP as he gifts his special British GP helmet to Eva. Having started eighth and finished 10th in...
Kimi Raikkonen, Alfa Romeo, F1, Frederic Vasseur

Raikkonen says soft tyres worked well for Alfa Romeo in Spanish GP

Kimi Raikkonen reckons soft tyres worked well for Alfa Romeo Racing in F1 Spanish GP as Frederic Vasseur says pace was there for points. It doesn't take an expert set of eyes to reach the...
Ross Brawn, F1, Heikki Kovalainen

Brawn, Smedley say F1/AWS list is fine, Trulli/Kovalainen had raw speed

Ross Brawn and Rob Smedley has come in defence of the F1 and Amazon Web Services Top 20 list as they say both Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen had raw speed. The Top 20 'Fastest...
F1, F1 Nation, Christian Horner, Podcast

F1 Nation has Horner on Verstappen, tough times for Albon/Bottas & more

The F1 Nation podcast featured Red Bull Racing chief Christian Horner who discussed the highs of Max Verstappen and it being tough on Alexander Albon and more. As is typical of the F1 Nation...
Alex Zanardi

Zanardi shows some clinical improvements with update after two weeks

Alessandro Alex Zanardi is showing some signs of clinical improvements in San Raffaele hospital as update comes after over two weeks. Having being transferred to Villa Beretta rehab center from Le Scotte Hospital – where...
Esteban Ocon, Daniel Ricciardo

Ocon, Ricciardo say Renault had pace but circuit made it difficult to pass

Esteban Ocon and Daniel Ricciardo hope F1 Spanish GP to be one-off as they feel pace was there but they couldn't show, where the former also talks about his fight with Kimi Raikkonen. Perhaps the...
David Schumacher, F3, Super Formula

Schumacher leaves Charouz, Floersch may skip Spa; more from SFormula

David Schumacher announced his departure from Charouz in F3 as Sophia Floersch likely to skip the Spa-Francorhcamps weekend plus Super Formula to see Tatiana Calderon in action but Juri Vips not. F3: On the F3 side,...
Formula E, WRC

Sims joins Mahindra in Formula E; WRC replaces Japan with Belgium

Alexander Sims has left BMW Andretti for Mahindra Racing ahead of the 2020/21 FIA Formula E Championship as FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) replaces Japan with Belgium to be the 2020 finale. Mahindra were surprised...
F1, Concorde Agreement

F1 confirms all 10 teams have signed the Concorde Agreement

F1 has confirmed that all of the 10 teams have signed the Concorde Agreement under the early signing deadline to get a bonus amount.  The August 12 deadline of early F1 Concorde Agreement signing was...
MotoGP, Valentino Rossi

MotoGP to have a meet as Avintia shares telemetry data, Rossi adds more

After repeated incidents, the FIM MotoGP stewards have announced that they will conduct hearings on the dramas with numerous drivers. MotoGP has announced that the FIM team of Stewards Bill Cumbow, Freddie Spencer and Ralph...
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, F1

Hamilton surprised with tyre performance in Spain after Silverstone races

Lewis Hamilton was surprised by the tyre performance in F1 Spanish GP after the Silverstone races as he credited Mercedes, while he also spoke of one scary moment towards the end. In both the F1...
Alexander Albon, Christian Horner, Red Bull

Albon struggled with tyres, Spain’s Sector 3; Red Bull helping him ‘hugely’

Alexander Albon says he struggled hugely with tyres and Sector 3 in F1 Spanish GP as Red Bull Racing is helping him hugely behind the scenes. Having had yet another solid race on a Sunday...
Lance Stroll, Valtteri Bottas

Stroll talks clearing Bottas as the Finn rues bad start on a tough F1...

Lance Stroll explained how he got around Valtteri Bottas in F1 Spanish GP start as the Finn said he couldn't do much in the Racing Point sandwich. For Stroll, the start was one of many...
F1, AWS

F1 finds Senna as fastest driver from qualifying data with AWS’ help

F1 finds Ayrton Senna as the fastest driver from qualifying data with Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton in the Top 3 through Amazon Web Services help. In an interesting finding, F1 together with AWS has...
Carlos Sainz, Alexander Albon

Sainz relieved with strong run after low races, dwells on close Albon tussle

McLaren's Carlos Sainz was relieved to score handy points in F1 Spanish GP as he elaborated his tight fight with Red Bull Racing's Alexander Albon. McLaren's Sainz will not have been expecting to be 16...
Pierre Gasly

Gasly shares of theft at his Normandy home with watches, helmets stolen

AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly has shared about a theft at his home in Normandy where thieves has stolen special watches and racing helmets amid more. It is not often that a home of a F1 racing...
Charles Leclerc, Seat Belt

Leclerc thought P6 was possible as he drove two laps with his seat belts...

Charles Leclerc felt finishing sixth in F1 Spanish GP was possible before his Ferrari engine cut-off as he drove the final two laps without his seat belts buckled. Leclerc stayed ninth from where he started...
Max Verstappen, Christian Horner

Verstappen couldn’t do anything more as Horner defends pit call

Max Verstappen says there was nothing more he could do in F1 Spanish GP as Christian Horner defends Red Bull Racing pit call. While on Friday, it looked like Mercedes will face a stiff challenge...
Sergio Perez, Lance Stroll

Perez feels penalty was harsh as Stroll was surprised by strategy change

Sergio Perez was bit surprised by the blue flags penalty in F1 Spanish GP as Racing Point teammate Lance Stroll reveals that strategy was for one-stop. A quiet F1 Spanish GP on Sunday was sprinkled...
Sebastian Vettel, Mattia Binotto, Ferrari

Vettel explains strategy confusion as Binotto insists his opinion matters

Mattia Binotto insists the opinion of Sebastian Vettel matters within Ferrari after some confusions with F1 Spanish GP strategy. In F1 2020 so far, Ferrari has been a curious case. There remains confusion over the...
Marco Andretti, Andretti Autosport, Indy500

Indy500: Andretti leads Dixon in Quali with speed deviation of 0.017 mph

For the Indy500, Marco Andretti took pole for Andretti Autosport, leading Dixon of CGR with an average speed deviation of just 0.017 mph. Indy500 Qualifications Day 1: The first day of competitive running for the Indy...
F1, Spanish GP

Spanish GP: Hamilton dominates to win by 24.177s over Verstappen

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton stormed in to win F1 Spanish GP as Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen was second from Valtteri Bottas. Pole-sitter Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton led the way nicely in F1 Spanish GP at Circuit...