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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...
Renault, Red Bull, F1

Renault will comply with F1 regulations if Red Bull requests for engines

Cyril Abiteboul says Renault will comply with the F1 regulations to provide engines to Red Bull Racing if they request for it. With Red Bull and AlphaTauri left with no power unit suppliers from 2022...
Liberty Media, Meyer Shank Racing, IndyCar

Liberty Media buys minority stake in Meyer Shank Racing operation

In a surprising move, Liberty Media has made a minority equity investment in Meyer Shank Racing, who compete in IndyCar and IMSA stateside. The investment will go towards the operation's expansion. The American team's IMSA...
Valtteri Bottas, Extreme E

Photo: Bottas says his race pace is better than before, tests Extreme E car

Valtteri Bottas feels his race pace has generally been better in 2020 F1 season as he tests the new Extreme E series car. Though not a comprehensive defeat on merit, Mercedes' Bottas Russian GP performance...
Daniel Ricciardo, Renault

Ricciardo being realistic about podium seeing settled Top 3 positions

Daniel Ricciardo doesn't want to be pessimistic but rather realistic about podium for himself and Renault in F1 2020 seeing a settled Top 3 positions. Its been a strange 2020 F1 season where multiple teams...

IndyCar releases 17-race calendar for 2021 with two double-headers

IndyCar has released a 17-race calendar for the 2021 season which includes two double-headers and a round to run together with NASCAR. As we near the end of a bizarre 2020 IndyCar campaign, series officials...
Mick Schumacher, Callum Ilott, Robert Shwartzman, F1, Ferrari

Photo: Schumacher, Ilott & Shwartzman discuss memorable Ferrari F1 test

F2 racers Mick Schumacher, Callum Ilott and Robert Shwartzman completed a memorable day of testing with Ferrari at Fiorano. Ahead of their scheduled FP1 run at Nurburgring and Yas Marina circuit in the 2020 season,...
Sergio Perez, Racing Point

Perez enjoyed Ricciardo move in Russia, hopes for upgrades in Eifel GP

Sergio Perez enjoyed his move on Daniel Ricciardo in F1 Russian GP as he hopes to get full upgrades in upcoming Eifel GP. Perez had a rather lonely F1 Russian GP at Sochi but one...
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari

Leclerc in better mental state after Russia as Ferrari focus on diffuser area

Charles Leclerc did not expect sixth place in F1 Russian GP as he feels Ferrari upgrades brought some relief with few more to come in Nurburgring. Heading into the F1 Russian GP, Leclerc was not...
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati, MotoGP

Bagnaia gets Ducati MotoGP seat, Zarco & Martin confirmed at Pramac

Francesco Bagnaia has been confirmed to join Ducati Corse for 2021 MotoGP team as Johann Zarco and Jorge Martin are confirmed at Pramac Racing. Having confirmed Jack Miller weeks ago, Ducati has announced Bagnaia as...
F1, Penalty Points, Lewis Hamilton

F1 drivers agree penalty points on license should be for dangerous clashes

F1 drivers are of the view that the penalty points on their superlicense should be for more dangerous incidents than the one Lewis Hamilton got in Russian GP. Considering that Mercedes' Hamilton was only two...
Pierre Gasly, Daniil Kvyat

Gasly admits VSC error, both AlphaTauri rue losing to Leclerc in Sochi race

AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly admits VSC error in F1 Russian GP as both he and Daniil Kvyat rue losing out to Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. The decision to pit Gasly was a split-second one from AlphaTauri; a...
Mick Schumacher, Robert Shwartzman, Callum Ilott, F1, F2

Schumacher, Ilott & Shwartzman to get FP1 outing with Alfa Romeo, Haas

Ferrari Academy Drivers Mick Schumacher, Callum Ilott and Robert Shwartzman will all get F1 FP2 outing with Alfa Romeo Racing and Haas in 2020. After Shwartzman revealed procuring his F1 superlicense earlier in the day,...
Valtteri Bottas

Bottas says radio call wasn’t premeditated but a message to critics

Valtteri Bottas had a bee attack to survive in F1 Russian GP at the start as he explains the stringent radio message to his critics. The performance of Bottas in F1 Russian GP was not...
Ross Brawn, Lewis Hamilton, F1

Brawn advises Hamilton on his ‘against me’ comment, defends asphalt run-off

Ross Brawn has an advise Lewis Hamilton's comments regarding 'universe against me' as he defends the use of asphalt run-off plus more. It is not unusual for Mercedes' Hamilton to be slightly philosophical when he...
Lewis Hamilton, Mika Salo

Salo refutes Hamilton’s penalty information leak allegations to Finnish TV

FIA Steward Mika Salo has refuted the allegations about him leaking the penalty information of Lewis Hamilton to Finnish TV. Moments after the F1 Russian GP at Sochi, while Hamilton and Mercedes showed their displeasure...
Daniel Ricciardo, Esteban Ocon

Ricciardo explains T2 slip as Ocon says hard tyres undone his Russian GP

Daniel Ricciardo explained his slip at Turn 2 which fired him up in F1 Russian GP as Esteban Ocon feels hard tyres ruined his charge. It was a great start from the Renault drivers in...
Lance Stroll, Racing Point, F1

Stroll left disappointed with no penalty for Leclerc in Russian GP clash

Racing Point's Lance Stroll was left frustrated after his F1 Russian GP ended in few corners after a hit from Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. To the dismay of Stroll, and his team Racing Point, the Canadian's...
Lewis Hamilton, Toto Wolff

Hamilton clarifies stopping him/team comment as FIA fines Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton and Toto Wolff were not pleased with him being penalised for a pre-race mistake to in-race as FIA fines Mercedes heavy. There was controversy already even before the start of F1 Russian GP...
Stefano Domenicali, F1

F1 paddock credits hiring of Domenicali, Wolff/Horner speak on their talks

Newly-appointed F1 CEO to-be Stefano Domenicali already has the support of drivers, team principals, and figures of the championship. Domenicali was not a figure of notoriety in the F1 paddock ten days ago. However, with...
Valentino Rossi, MotoGP, Petronas SRT

Rossi confirms Petronas SRT move for 2021 MotoGP season

Valentino Rossi has confirmed his 20th MotoGP season with Petronas SRT Yamaha in 2021 alongside Franco Morbideli. After losing his Yamaha MotoGP seat to Fabio Quartararo, Rossi had been speculated long to join Petronas SRT...
Christian Horner, Antonio Felix da Costa

Horner says da Costa in F1 would have been interesting, Newey to remai

Christian Horner reckons having Antonio Felix da Costa in F1 would have been interesting as he clears that Adrian Newey will stay with Red Bull Racing. Over the years, Red Bull has had numerous drivers,...
James Hinchcliffe, Andretti Autosport, IndyCar 2020

Hinchcliffe to take over #26 Andretti through end of 2020 IndyCar season

James Hinchliffe has been announced as the driver who will fill the vacant #26 Andretti Autosport IndyCar for the remaining three races in 2020. Hinchcliffe was known to be a clear frontrunner for the seat,...
F1

F1 drivers opine on reverse grid, Mugello re-start crash to be discussed

F1 drivers share their views on both the proposed reverse grid idea which gets back into action as they opine on Mugello re-start crash too.  Much like baseball in America, the public perception of F1...
Haas, F1, Sergio Perez

Haas duo waiting, Grosjean on other options; Perez not happy with hiding

Haas duo Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen are waiting as the former has other options, while Sergio Perez is not happy with team hiding details. The two Haas F1 seats along with the two at...
Lewis Hamilton, Alex Zanardi

Whitmarsh one of 14 Hamilton Commission board member; Zanardi update

Ex-McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh is one of 14 board member in the The Hamilton Commission as hospital provides update on Alessandro Zanardi, while Vitaly Petrov speaks against the racism situation. Having launched The Hamilton Commission...
Marc Marquez, MotoGP, WEC, Gerard Neveu

Marquez talks Alex, 2020 MotoGP, return; Neveu to leave WEC role

Marc Marquez has opened up about his brother Alex, 2020 MotoGP season, his return and more, as Gerard Neveu is to leave his WEC and ELMS role. With Honda's Marquez sidelined due to injury and...
Lewis Hamilton, F1

Hamilton named by Wallace in TIME 100 Most Influential People of 2020

Reigning F1 champ Lewis Hamilton features on the TIME 100 Most Influential People of 2020 after he was named by NASCAR racer Bubba Wallace. This is the second instance for Hamilton to be part of...
Racing Point, Haas

Racing Point, Haas settle prize money case; no impact of regs on RP21

Racing Point and Haas have settled their prize money case as they don't reveal the outcome, while Otmar Szafnauer adds that regulation changes won't affect RP21 work. The case goes back to 2018 F1 season...
Haas, F1

Haas trio discuss how to tackle re-starts, alternating tracks on F1 calender

Haas trio Guenther Steiner, Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean discuss how they can tackle red flag re-starts and if alternating tracks will serve well for F1 calendar. The Mugello red flag re-start is still fresh...