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McLaren, F1

McLaren says no change in Mercedes deal for F1 2021 despite regs push

McLaren Racing says there is no changes in its deal with Mercedes for 2021 F1 season despite the regulations push to 2022. With COVID-19 pandemic creating havoc worldwide, F1 teams along with the FIA and...
F1

F1 teams join in to help health sector amid COVID-19 pandemic

F1 teams have come forward to help the health sector with ventilators amid COVID-19 pandemic as the crisis demands more equipment. Ferrari already confirmed about their work with the Italian civil department where the Italian...
Chase Carey, F1

Carey says teams’ approval not needed for F1 2020 calendar in statement

Chase Carey has issued a statement following the latest meeting as he states teams' approval is not required for revised F1 2020 calendar. The COVID-19 virus has disrupted seemingly everything in modern life, and F1...
F1

F1 confirms postponement of Dutch, Spain and Monaco races

F1 has officially postponed the races in May with Dutch GP, Spanish GP and Monaco GP all to not take place on their original date due to COVID-19. F1 has now officially confirmed that the...
Mattia Binotto, Ferrari

Binotto opens up on Vettel deal, SF1000, F1 2021, COVID-19 & more

Scuderia Ferrari's Mattia Binotto has discussed multiple topics starting from Sebastian Vettel's deal, SF1000, F1 2021, COVID-19 situation and more. Amid host of other things, Ferrari has another big task of its driver line-up going...
Le Mans 24 Hours, WEC

Le Mans 24 Hours re-scheduled to September date due to COVID-19

The FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) has confirmed that the 2019/20 Le Mans 24 Hours has been re-scheduled to a September date due to COVID-19 pandemic. The ACO and WEC has confirmed the big calendar...
FIA, F1

FIA confirms F1 summer shutdown changes due to COVID-19 pandemic

The FIA has confirmed the changes with the F1 summer shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic as it has been brought forward from August to March/April. What was being reported for few days has now...
Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel

Vettel, Hamilton say respect won’t change despite off-track stand-offs

Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton say the respect between the two remain utmost despite the off-track developments with regards to FIA and Ferrari settlement and other F1 teams joining hands against it. It's often assumed...
Ferrari

Ferrari helps Italian civil department with financial aide for COVID-19

Ferrari has stepped in to help the Italian civil department after the Agnelli Family decided to donate money and also necessary equipment to fight COVID-19. The Agnelli Family - one of the original founders of...
Chase Carey, F1

Carey apologises to F1 fans for Aus GP debacle in an open letter

F1 CEO Chase Carey is trying for a damage control as he apologises fans over the Australian GP debacle in an open letter he has shared. The handling of Australian GP brought huge criticism from...
Pirelli, F1

Pirelli F1 member tests positive for COVID-19 in Melbourne

Pirelli Motorsport has announced that one of its traveling members has been tested positive for COVID-19 and is being treated in Melbourne. Days after McLaren confirmed its F1 team member catching the coronavirus while traveling...
IndyCar, Indy500

IndyCar, Indy500 races still on but situation being monitored

A joint statement from IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway says that the GMR Grand Prix and Indy500 races are on but situation being monitored. After the latest note from CDC which has said a gathering...
Ferrari

Ferrari suspends production at Maranello and Modena until March 27

Ferrari has announced that they have halted production at Maranello and Modena until March 27 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. With Italy under lockdown, Ferrari has decided to stop production at Maranello and Modena with...
F1

F1 drivers/teams react to recent developments around the sport

Host of F1 drivers and teams have reacted to the recent developments around the sport with regards to cancellation of Australian GP and postponement of Bahrain and Vietnam races. Following a shambolic Australian GP which...
Aston Martin, Lawrence Stroll

Aston Martin updates on Stroll investment changes due to COVID-19

Aston Martin Lagonda has presented a revised investment structure from Lawrence Stroll due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Due to the COVID-19 breakout, Aston Martin has been forced to take in extra money for its rescue...
F1

F1 postpones Bahrain and Vietnam, expects end of May start to 2020

F1 has officially postpoined both Bahrain GP and Vietnam GP due to COVID-19 outbreak as they expect the 2020 season to start end of May. After F1 were forced to call-off 2020 season-opener, Australian GP,...
WRC, Rally Argentina

WRC decides to postpone Rally Argentina after Government decision

The FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) has decided to postpone Rally Argentina after the Government decision to contain COVID-19 outbreak. With events around the world being impacted, WRC joins the list with its first event...
Formula E

Formula E suspends race action for two months amid COVID-19 outbreak

The FIA Formula E Championship has decided to suspend any racing action for the period of two months amid COVID-19 outbreak. Formula E already had to cancel Sanya (March), Rome (April) and Jakarta (June) due...
WEC, Sebring 1000 Miles

WEC cancels Sebring 1000 Miles due to COVID-19 travel restrictions

The FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) has announced the cancellation of Sebring 1000 Miles event due to COVID-19's travel restrictions. WEC has been forced to cancel Sebring 1000 Miles, which was scheduled for March 20...
MotoGP, Argentina GP

MotoGP postpones Argentina GP to November, Valencia has another date

The Dorna, FIM and IRTA has announced another change in 2020 MotoGP calendar with Argentina GP moving to November date as Valencia GP gets another date. After confirming Americas GP to a new November date...
F1, Aramco

F1 signs deal with Aramco, will be title sponsor of Spain, Hungary and US

F1 adds Saudi Arabia's Aramco in its global portfolio of sponsors with a new deal as it also becomes a title sponsor of Spanish GP, Hungarian GP and US GP. Saudi Arabia's Aramco joins DHL,...
F1, COVID-19

F1 has taken steps to safeguard personnel amid COVID-19 outbreak

F1 has finally released a statement where it talks about the steps taken to safeguard its personnel amid COVID-19 outbreak. After the successful end of the 2020 F1 pre-season test at Barcelona, it has been...
Daniel Ricciardo, F1

Ricciardo talks efforts to check kerbs issue, says dirty air worse than 2019

Daniel Ricciardo opens up on the efforts made by Renault on the kerbs issue the team faced as he adds that dirty air is probably on worse side than F1 2019. In past years, one...
Romain Grosjean, F1

Grosjean Q&A: 2020/2021 seasons, F1 career, karting, future & more

Haas F1 Team's Romain Grosjean sat down with FormulaRapida.net to speak about 2020 and 2021, his F1 career, karting association plus future. Grosjean here opens up about his feelings during the F1 winter testing for...
Mattia Binotto, Sebastian Vettel

Binotto lauds ‘leader’ Vettel as he talks of ingredients Ferrari has to win

Mattia Binotto talks about 'leader' Sebastian Vettel as the German discusses the ingredients Ferrari has to win F1 championships despite setbacks. Vettel has always been one of the most talked about drivers' in F1, be...
F1

FIA shares in-depth details of new F1 Cost Cap which will start from 2021

The FIA has shared an in-depth detail ranging from inclusions, exclusions, punishments and more of the new Cost Cap to be implemented in F1 from 2021 onward. After announcing a Budget/Cost Cap when the 2021...
FIA, F1

FIA approves weight/helmet changes for F1 2020, clarifies new 2021 bits

The FIA has approved the weight change as it scraps helmet rule for 2020 F1 season, while it also clarifies certain 2021 technical rules. The FIA announced new decisions of the World Motor Sport Council...
Valtteri Bottas, DAS

Bottas says Mercedes still learning where DAS can be advantageous

Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes is still learning its new Dual Axis Steering (DAS) system as to where it can be advantageous for the team in 2020 F1 season. The very moment that Lewis Hamilton used...
MotoGP

MotoGP re-schedules Thai GP to October, Aragon GP in September

The Dorna, FIM and IRTA has successfully managed to re-schedule the postponed Thai GP to a later date on the 2020 MotoGP calendar. With Qatar GP cancelled for the premier class due to COVID-19 restrictions...
Jorge Lorenzo, MotoGP, Yamaha

Lorenzo returns to MotoGP as wildcard with Yamaha at Catalan GP

Yamaha has announced the return of Jorge Lorenzo to MotoGP as a wildcard to ride the M1 during the Catalan GP at Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona. Following the pre-season tests at Sepang and Losail, Lorenzo seemed...

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