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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...
Racing Point, Andrew Green

Racing Point takes positives from complaints about their F1 2020 approach

Racing Point tech chief Andrew Green says the team is taking the talks and complaints against them for their F1 2020 approach in a positive stride. As has been well-documented, the Racing Point design for...
Daniel Ricciado, Valtteri Bottas

Ricciardo compares Renault R.S.20 with Mercedes W11 after Bottas lap

Daniel Ricciardo went in-depth to compare Renault R.S.20 with Mercedes W11 after a quick lap by Valtteri Bottas in the Barcelona F1 pre-season test. From the top teams to those in the mid-field, and the...
F1, Australian GP

Mercedes differs in F1 Australian GP tyre selection from Ferrari, Red Bull

Pirelli Motorsport has revealed the tyre choice of teams and drivers for F1 Australian GP as Mercedes differs from Ferrari and  Red Bull Racing. As known, Pirelli is bringing C2 (hard), C3 (medium) and C4...
F1

F1 Drive to Survive Season 2: Episode-by-episode summary

The second season of F1 Drive to Survive is on air on Netflix as several fans have already completed watching while some still contemplating. We (Darshan Chokhani) have watched all of the 10 episodes of...
F1

F1 2020, Barcelona Test: Lap count of drivers, teams and manufacturers

The second F1 pre-season test is in the books at Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona as drivers and teams now prepare for the new season to begin. Aside the news and stories from first and second test...
Ferrari, Charles Leclerc

Leclerc says Ferrari SF1000 quicker around corners for F1 2020 than 2019

Charles Leclerc says the Ferrari SF1000 feels quicker around the corners for the 2020 F1 season unlike its predecessor SF90, which was fastest on straights. No F1 car is perfect, and therefore, all cars have...
Fernando Alonso, Indy500

Alonso refutes Honda vetoed his chance at Andretti for 2020 Indy500

Fernando Alonso denied that Honda played a role in Andretti turning down his chance at a seat for the 2020 Indy500 event which forced the Arrow McLaren SP move. One of the bigger storylines of...
FIA, Ferrari

FIA to work on improvements in PU monitoring as Ferrari analysis ends

The FIA has concluded its analysis on the Ferrari F1 power unit with regards to power boost through fuel as it announces improvements in better monitoring. Several of its F1 rivals talked about the Ferrari...
Sebastian Vettel, Mattia Binotto

Vettel and Binotto open up on Ferrari F1 contract discussions

Sebastian Vettel and Mattia Binotto opened up on the contractual situation with the German and Ferrari, going forward in F1. With Charles Leclerc having signed a long-term contract with Ferrari to secure his F1 future,...
Vietnam GP, F1

Photo: Vietnam GP F1 circuit work completes as questions remains

The promoters of Vietnam GP has confirmed the completion of the main work at the Hanoi circuit as it gears up for its F1 debut amid uncertainties. With the Vietnamese GP getting ever-closer as the...
Mattia Binotto, F1

Binotto says Vettel/Leclerc will start on ‘same level’ in F1 2020

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto says Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc will start on 'same level' in 2020 F1 season but there will be team order for their benefit. Team orders are prevalent in F1,...
Valtteri Bottas, Lewis Hamilton

Bottas says he has identified areas where he can catch Hamilton in 2020

Valtteri Bottas says he has identified the areas where he has to work more to catch Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in 2020 F1 title fight. With a lost 2019 title fight behind him, Bottas is...
Max Verstappen, F1

Verstappen, Horner reckon they will get through F1 2020 on three engines

Christian Horner and Max Verstappen reckon Red Bull Racing can see-through the 2020 F1 season on three Honda engines and will not need a fourth or more. W​hile they used more than three power units...
Racing Point, F1

Racing Point explains how they decided and executed F1 2020 car design

Racing Point tech head Andrew Green explains how they decided and then executed on the F1 2020 car design philosophy, where they wanted to do something different. W​hen the covers came off of Racing Point's...
FIA, Mercedes, F1

What addition FIA made in its rule to prevent DAS-like feature in 2021?

The FIA has all-but cleared the Mercedes' Dual Axis Steering system for 2020 F1 season but they quietly made a change for 2021 which prevents it from being used. The second day of F1 pre-season...
F1

F1 2020, Barcelona Test 1: Lap count of drivers, teams and manufacturers

The first F1 pre-season test is in the books at Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona with barrage of news related to Racing Point, Mercedes, Ferrari and more. Aside the news and stories, the main thing to watch...
Mattia Binotto, Ferrari

Binotto admits he is less optimistic for Ferrari in F1 2020 than 2019

Mattia Binotto expressed less optimism at Ferrari camp for the 2020 F1 season than what he had at this juncture in 2019. W​hile 2019's F1 winter testing at Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona saw Ferrari leading the...