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DS Techeetah

DS Techeetah dismisses employee over racist post on social media

DS Techeetah has released a statement regarding suspension of its FIA Formula E Championship employee over racist post on social media. The statement from DS Techeetah came as a surprise on Saturday evening as the...
Antonio Giovinazzi, F1

Giovinazzi looks to improve his race pace, eyes stronger baseline for team

Alfa Romeo Racing's Antonio Giovinazzi is looking to improve his race pace with the one year experience he gained ahead of 2020 F1 season. Having made his F1 debut with Sauber for two rounds in...
Lewis Hamilton, F1

Hamilton strives for perfection still in F1 2020, notes highs/lows of 2019

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton is still looking for perfection in 2020 F1 season as he notes the highs and lows from 2019. Always seeking growth, Hamilton says he aims to improve himself and the team in...
Guenther Steiner, Haas

Steiner doesn’t blame drivers but says 2019 was an ‘eye-opener’ for them

Guenther Steiner doesn't blame Haas drivers Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen but adds that the 2019 season was an 'eye-opener' for them. The 2019 was a F1 season to forget for Haas as their pre-season...
Felipe Drugovich, F2

Drugovich graduates to F2 with MP Motorsport in 2020

Felipe Drugovich will graduate to FIA Formula 2 (F2) Championship in 2020 with MP Motorsport, it has been announced. In a surprising move, the 2017-18 MRF Challenge and 2018 Euro Formula Open champion, Drugovich, will...
Alex Marquez, MotoGP

Marquez eyes rookie honours, talks being one of the tallest in MotoGP

Alex Marquez is eyeing rookie honours in his debut MotoGP season with Honda as he talks about being one of the tallest riders in 2020. Following the departure of Jorge Lorenzo, Honda signed 2019 Moto2...
Racing Point

Racing Point feels it out-developed rivals in F1 2019 but not by much

Racing Point team principal Otmar Szafnauer feels they out-developed its main rivals in 2019 F1 season but it was not by much in the end. One crucial element of a F1 season is car development,...
McLaren, Andrea Stella

McLaren F1 promotes Andrea Stella to Racing Director role

McLaren Racing has promoted Andrea Stella to the role of Racing Director ahead of the start of the 2020 F1 season. The McLaren management shuffle continues as its Performance Director, Stella, has been promoted to...
Frederik Vesti, F3

Regional champion Frederik Vesti secures Prema seat for 2020 F3 season

The 2019 Regional F3 champion Frederik Vesti has secured a Prema seat in 2020 with FIA Formula 3 Championship. Having made his senior F3 debut in Macau GP with Prema in place of injured Jehan...
Nicholas Latifi, F1

Latifi doesn’t see his age as an issue ahead of F1 debut with Williams

Nicholas Latifi doesn't see age as a factor or an issue when he makes his F1 debut in 2020 with ROKiT Williams Racing. While the current rookie drivers are in their very early twenties, or...
M-Sport, WRC

M-Sport Ford retains Suninen and hires Lappi for 2020 WRC season

M-Sport Ltd has retained Teemu Suninen for the 2020 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) and hired Esapekka Lappi to drive the Ford Fiesta. M-Sport Ltd will field two Ford Fiestas for the full WRC season...
F2

F1 TV releases five episodes of ‘F2: Chasing The Dream’ documentary

F1 TV has released the five episodes of the 'F2: Chasing the Dream' documentary which showcases the 2019 season from a different perspective. F1 TV released a trailer for 'F2: Chasing The Dream' five-episode documentary...
Valtteri Bottas, F1

Bottas feels F1 2019 improvements step towards being a complete driver

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas feels that the improvements he made in the 2019 F1 season is the step towards being a complete driver. E​xperience is key in F1, and for Mercedes' Bottas, 2019 was another year...
Gary McLaren motogp, IRTA

Ex-Suzuki & current MotoGP’s IRTA Gary McLaren dies in cracker mishap

Former Suzuki member and current personnel in MotoGP's International Road-Racing Teams Association (IRTA) Gary McLaren has lost his life in a freak cracker incident in Thailand. McLaren, 50, was holidaying in Pattaya, Thailand, with fiancee...
Alfa Romeo Racing, Robert Kubica, PKN ORLEN

Alfa Romeo signs Kubica as reserve, PKN ORLEN joins in too for F1 2020

Alfa Romeo Racing has signed Robert Kubica as its reserve driver for the 2020 F1 season as it announced PKN ORLEN as new co-title sponsor. After reports of Kubica joining Alfa Romeo last month, the...
Esteban Ocon, Renault

Ocon says early start with Renault certainly an advantage for F1 2020

Esteban Ocon says his early start with Renault in Abu Dhabi is certainly an advantage for him heading into the 2020 F1 season. As we all know, t​esting is a highly productive practice in F1,...
F1

F1 reveals special logo to celebrate 70 years of its existence in 2020

Marking the new year in style, F1 sent out a late press note, revealing a new logo where they are to celebrate 70 years of its existence in 2020. As we enter into 2020, F1...
F1

F1: Key statistics and information from the decade 2010-2019

With the decade 2010-2019 coming to a close, F1 has had some fantastic seasons in terms of numbers where a lot happened over the course. Even though there were only three drivers to have won...
Panama GP, F1

Feasibility study being carried out for F1 street race in Panama – report

A feasibility study is being undertaken by the officials to check if a F1 race can take place on the streets of Panama as per a report. With a possibility of having 25 F1 races...
Max Verstappen, Christian Horner

Horner: ‘Down to us’ for Verstappen to remain at Red Bull in F1 2021

Christian Horner says it is on them to provide Max Verstappen with a competitive car and push him to remain at Red Bull Racing beyond the 2020 F1 season. O​ne of the major topics as...
Romain Grosjean, Haas

Grosjean happy his development strength helped Haas in F1 2019

Romain Grosjean was happy that his development skills helped Haas F1 Team in 2019 season to identify the root cause of their troubles. Haas had a troubled 2019 F1 season as the team couldn't quickly...
F1, Vietnam GP, Dutch GP

Video: Watch drone footage of work at Vietnam GP & Dutch GP F1 circuits

Fresh drone footage have been released by local media showcasing the construction work of Vietnam GP and Dutch GP F1 circuits. While Vietnam GP is seeing a brand new construction in Hanoi near the My...
Theo Pourchaire, F3

ADAC F4 champ Theo Pourchaire joins ART for debut F3 season in 2020

The 2019 ADAC F4 champion Theo Pourchaire has joined ART Grand Prix to compete in FIA Formula 3 (F3) Championship in 2020. Pourchaire will make his F3 debut in 2020 with ART as he joins...
Toto Wolff, Mercedes

Wolff talks his future at Mercedes as he explains Brazil GP experiment call

Toto Wolff says he always wanted to undertake the Brazil GP experiment of missing a race, while he discusses about his future at Mercedes. Having won both the F1 titles by US GP, Mercedes trialed...
Lando Norris, F1

Norris discusses things McLaren needs to better for 2020 F1 season

Lando Norris has pointed out on things McLaren needs to better ahead of the 2020 F1 season, to be able to remain ahead of the midfield pack. W​ith his rookie season behind him, Norris has...
F1

Five highs and lows of F1 2019: Does our list matches with yours?

The 2019 F1 season had a mix of highs and lows all-through and here FormulaRapida.net's Duncan Leahy with Darshan Chokhani's help is summarising those moments.   The 2019 F1 season was diverse where on-track action varied...
George Russell, F1

Russell says learning of tyres in F1 2019 his biggest takeaway for 2020

Williams Racing's George Russell says his learning of the 2019 F1 tyres was his biggest takeaway from the season for 2020. T​here's a learning curve to all things, but especially in regards to F1. For...
MotoGP, Indonesian GP

MotoGP shares 3D video of upcoming Indonesian GP circuit

MotoGP has shared a 3D render video of the upcoming Indonesian GP circuit, which is being built at Lombok region from 2021 onward. MotoGP is expanding in the Asian region as after its first event...
Lewis Hamilton

Hamilton not featured in UK’s 2020 New Years Honours list

Mercedes F1 driver Lewis Hamilton does not feature in the United Kingdom's 2020 New Years Honours list, which was revealed on Friday night. The British Government issued the 2020 New Years Honours list with host...
GRS

Lorenzo Fluxá to race for GRS in Spanish F4 in 2020

The Spanish team Global Racing Service (GRS) has announced Alex García and Lorenzo Fluxá as its drivers for the 2020 Spanish F4 Championship. According to our sources in Formula Rapida, the Valencian team GRS has...