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Christian Horner, Alexander Albon, Pierre Gasly, Sergio Perez

Horner says Gasly knows why no Red Bull seat; Perez keeps options open

Christian Horner says Pierre Gasly knows it well why he did not get the Red Bull Racing F1 seat as Sergio Perez keeps his options open. With Alfa Romeo Racing and Williams confirming their 2021...
Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, Lance Stroll

Verstappen, Norris discuss about radio outbursts, post-Algarve comments

Max Verstappen and Lando Norris were in the line of fire post the F1 Portuguese GP as they used the Emilia Romagna GP to clarify about certain topics. Both Red Bull's Verstappen and McLaren's Norris...
Jake Dennis, Jerome D'Ambrosio, Formula E

Dennis joins BMW; D’Ambrosio leaves racing for Venturi Formula E role

Jake Dennis has joined BMW i Andretti for 2020/21 Formula E season as Jerome D'Ambrosio leaves racing to join Venturi in a management role. BMW i Andretti has named British racer, Dennis, as its second...
Kimi Raikkonen, Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo

Raikkonen, Giovinazzi retained by Alfa Romeo for 2021 F1 season

Alfa Romeo Racing has confirmed the retention of both Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi for the 2021 F1 season. After what looked like that both Raikkonen and Giovinazzi may not race together again for Alfa...
F1, Zak Brown, Otmar Sazfnauer, Franz Tost, McLaren, Racing Point, AlphaTauri

Tost: Big teams have advantage on new F1 tracks; Brown/Szafnauer add

Franz Tost says big teams do have an advantage coming at new tracks as seen in 2020 F1 season as Zak Brown and Otmar Szafnauer weigh in. The 2020 F1 season has seen the use...
Felix Rosenqvist, Arrow McLaren SP

Rosenqvist confirmed at Arrow McLaren SP for 2021 IndyCar season

After the announcement of Patricio O'Ward's contract extension with Arrow McLaren SP in IndyCar, the team have announced Felix Rosenqvist as a replacement for Oliver Askew. Rosenqvist has spent 2019 and 2020 competing with Chip...
Anthony Hamilton, Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen

Hamilton Sr/Jr reflect on journey, setting targets; Verstappen talks mindset

Anthony and Lewis Hamilton talk about the hard journey to reach the milestone of 92 F1 wins as Max Verstappen talks about his mindset. Having matched Michael Schumacher's win record 91 races in Germany, Hamilton...
Daniel Ricciardo, Renault

Ricciardo unclear why Renault lacked performance in Portuguese GP

Daniel Ricciardo talks why Renault may not have done well in F1 Portuguese GP as he hopes to be better in Emilia Romagna GP. Ricciardo and Renault had been enjoying an impeccable run of form...
Christian Horner, F1, Alexander ALbon, Pierre Gasly

Horner on off-set among teammates, Gasly-Albon; F1 Nation has Grosjean

Christian Horner explains how Pierre Gasly and Alexander Albon at AlphaTauri would perform same, off-set among teammates as F1 Nation features him and Romain Grosjean. Follwoing another difficult time for Albon in the F1 Portuguese...
Mercedes, Aston Martin

Stroll: Mercedes-Aston Martin enhanced deal transformational for company

Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz announced an enhanced tie-up with Aston Martin Lagonda which will see the former buy more shares of the latter. New Aston Martin boss Lawrence Stroll sees the enhanced tie-up between his company...
F1, F1 2021

F1 likely to have 23-race calendar in 2021 after draft shown to teams

F1 is likely to have a 23-race calendar for the 2021 season as a draft one was shown to the teams during a meeting post Portuguese GP. The meeting was held after the Portuguese GP...
Valtteri Bottas, Lewis Hamilton, Toto Wolff

Bottas, Hamilton talk start trouble, strategy as Wolff explains hard tyre call

Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton had slight trouble in adjusting to slippery conditions at the start of F1 Portuguese GP as Toto Wolff explains the call for hard tyres. It was unusual circumstances at the...
Scott Dixon, CGR, IndyCar 2020

Restless champ Dixon to begin ‘aggressive’ 2021 IndyCar prep imminently

CGR driver Scott Dixon reflects on his 2020 IndyCar campaign, also detailing what his 'aggressive' preparations for 2021 will entail. After the first race run of the Gateway doubleheader, Dixon held a 117-point championship lead....
Charles Leclerc, F1, Ross Brawn

Leclerc pleased with progress, Brawn clubs him with Hamilton/Schumacher

Charles Leclerc was encouraged by the progress made by Ferrari in F1 Portuguese GP as Ross Brawn clubs him with Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher. With potentially last of its upgrades brought in at F1...
Lewis Hamilton, F1

Hamilton will seek medical advice after pain due to cramps at Algarve

Lewis Hamilton complained of cramps during the course of F1 Portuguese GP as he is seek medical advice before the next grand prix. Having done the hard work at start, while cruising towards a record-breaking...
Christian Horner, Red Bull, Honda, Renault

Horner reckons Renault may not wish to supply PU, Honda IP priority

Red Bull boss Christian Horner says Renault may not be in a position to be able to conveniently supply his team engines in 2022. The French F1 manufacturer used to supply engines for Red Bull...
Vitaly Petrov, Alexander Petrov, F1, FIA

Petrov’s dad Alexander dies in Russia, FIA notes Algarve steward change

Former F1 racer and FIA Steward Vitaly Petrov's father, Alexander, has died after an alleged attempted assassination as per reports. Multiple reports from Russian news agencies are stating that businessman and municipal deputy of Vyborg,...
Kevin Magnussen, Sergio Perez, Colton Herta

Brown rules out Magnussen, Perez; Steiner praises Herta but no F1

Zak Brown ruled out Kevin Magnussen and also Sergio Perez from his IndyCar line-up as Guenther Steiner praises Colton Herta but says he's not in frame for Haas F1 seat. With each driver announcement of...
Williams, George Russell, Toto Wolff

Williams doesn’t wish to fuel on Russell/Latifi rumour; Wolff weighs in

Simon Roberts doesn't want to fuel rumours about George Russell and Nicholas Latifi as he says nothing to confirm them with Williams, while Toto Wolff raises his hands up. As new ownership takes the reigns...
Scott McLaughlin, Team Penske, IndyCar 2021

McLaughlin to join Penske full-time for 2021 IndyCar season

With Team Penske's announcement that they will be terminating their Supercars program in 2021, so too came the confirmation that Scott McLaughlin will be making the move to IndyCar for 2021. This weekend, McLaughlin prepares...
Romain Grojean, Kevin Magnussen, Haas

Grosjean, Magnussen open on decision/future; Steiner talks Haas line-up

Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen are fine with the call from Haas regarding losing their F1 seats for financial reasons as they now ponder on their future. Haas' abandonment of their 2020 F1 driver line-up...
George Russell, Antonio Giovinazzi, Sergio Perez

Russell, Latifi confident, Perez quiet; Giovinazzi leaves it on Alfa/Ferrari

George Russell seems confident to stick with Williams amid Sergio Perez rumours, who doesn't say much, as Antonio Giovinazzi leaves it on Alfa Romeo and Ferrari regarding his F1 future. The Haas F1 line-up was...
Nico Rosberg, Renault, Extreme E, F1

Renault gives F1 test to academy drivers; Rosberg joins Extreme E grid

Renault has decided to give a F1 test run to its three juniors in Bahrain as Nico Rosberg is latest to join the Extreme E grid. As a prize for their supreme performances in F2...
Ferrari, F1

Ferrari to spend tokens to improve rear end, further upgrade in Portugal

Ferrari will bring further upgrades mostly to the rear-end of their car in F1 Portuguese GP as they look to use two tokens to improve it for 2021 season. Interestingly, Ferrari has identified that the...
Formula E

Formula E defers Mexico/Sanya rounds, Santiago/Saudi to open 2020/21

The FIA Formula E Championship has released a revised calendar for the 2020/21 season with the postponement of Mexico and Sanya rounds, while it starts with double in Santiago and Saudi Arabia. With COVID-19 pandemic...
Helmut Marko, Sebastian Vettel

Marko opens up on rookie errors from Vettel, not same driver as Red Bull

Helmut Marko opens up about Sebastian Vettel and his troubled time in current period in F1 as he hopes he is taken equally at Aston Martin alongside Lance Stroll. At the end of 2013, Vettel...
McLaren, F1, Carlos Sainz

McLaren not giving up on upgrades, will trial more things in Portuguese GP

McLaren is not going to give up on its upgrades as they are set to trial more in the upcoming F1 Portuguese GP despite apprehensions from Carlos Sainz. They wanted to try it extensively in...
Guenther Steiner, Haas, Renault, Ferrari

Steiner says late rule change caught Ferrari, Renault switch not impossible

Guenther Steiner says a late rule change caught out Ferrari and did not give it time to prepare as he adds Renault switch unlikely but not impossible. Not just chassis trouble but Haas had engine...
Helmut Marko, Honda, Red Bull

Marko hopes Red Bull isn’t at existing supplier’s mercy, likes Honda IP path

Helmut Marko states Red Bull doesn't want to be at mercy of rival F1 manufacturers as he favours Honda IP route if situation works out as winning title for Max Verstappen is a big...
Guenther Steiner, Haas

Steiner opens up on Ferrari juniors for Haas, Mazepin/Hulkenberg talks

Guenther Steiner had more discussions on Haas F1 line-up for 2021 and beyond as he added about the Ferrari juniors, Nikita Mazepin, Nico Hulkenberg and more. Steiner was part of the Sport1's AvD Motorsport Magazine...