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FIA discusses inbound 2021 downforce cuts; Wolff speaks more on Ferrari

The FIA has detailed on the steps taken to lower the downforce of the cars in 2021 F1 season as Toto Wolff has more to talk about Ferrari. Heading into the delayed 2020 F1 season,...
Mugello, Ferrari, F1

Mugello to allow fans in as Ferrari keeps 1000th GP plans under wraps

Mugello Circuit will be the first F1 grand prix to have fans in 2020 season for Tuscan GP as Ferrari has plans for its 1000th event. As was the plan from the organisers, Mugello has...
Williams, F1, Claire Williams, George Russell, Nicholas Latifi

Williams discusses Dorilton Capital, Ecclestone links, F1 future & more

Claire Williams open up on the sale to Dorilton Capital, the team, its future, Bernie Ecclestone and more as its F1 drivers George Russell and Nicholas Latifi chip in. For the entirety of their involvement...
Christian Horner, Franz Tost

Horner speaks on Vettel, Albon; Tost adds about Gasly, Tsunoda

Christian Horner opened up on Sebastian Vettel and Alexander Albon during F1 Belgian GP as Franz Tost added on Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda. The F1 seats at Red Bull Racing and AlphaTauri is pretty...
Bahrain, Bahrain's, F1

Bahrain’s second F1 race to take place on Outer Track layout

The second F1 race of Bahrain double-header will take place in the Outer Track layout as Ross Brawn indicated it to be months ago. As Brawn discussed few months back, F1 has now confirmed that...
Juan Manuel Correa, Anthoine Hubert, F2

Correa returns to Spa as he updates on recovery, F1 drivers honour Hubert

Juan Manuel Correa returned to the F2 paddock at Spa as he updated on recovery while he and certain F1 drivers joined in to pay Anthoine Hubert their homage. Together, as the paddocks of F1...
Haas, Guenther Steiner, Kevin Magnussen, Romain Grosjean, Sergio Perez

Steiner open for all possibilities at Haas; Perez says no talks with anyone

Guenther Steiner is open for all possibilities with regards to Haas F1 line-up as Sergio Perez says he has had no contact with any teams. Throughout 2020, there has been an air of uncertainty surrounding...
Juri Vips

Vips Q&A: F2 drive, Super Formula goal, F1 future, Tanak & more

Red Bull Junior driver Juri Vips talked with FormulaRapida.net at Paul Ricard last weekend, about his future in F1, and his expectations in F2 and Super Formula. After a good debut F3 year in 2019...
Anthoine Hubert, F2

Hubert to be recollected in Belgian GP as #19 retired; track changes at Spa

Anthoine Hubert will be remembered this weekend in Belgian GP by F1, F2 and F3 contingent as #19 has been retired forever with Spa-Francorchamps seeing track changes. After nearly a year since the unfortunate passing...
F1, WRC, WEC

F1 rounds forces changes in WRC and WEC calendar for 2020

WRC has altered dates of Rally Italia Sardegna due to F1 Emilia Romagna GP, while Bahrain GP has forced a change in the WEC calendar too. WRC: The F1 grand prix at Imola on October 30...
F1, Rob Smedley

Smedley explains Massey’s method to find out Top 50 fastest F1 drivers

Rob Smedley has explained the Massey's method used to find out the Top 50 fastest F1 drivers from 1983 until 2019 season. F1 together with Amazon Web Services released an initial list of the Top...
Renault, FIA, Racing Point

Renault requests permission to withdraw appeal of Racing Point case

Renault have confirmed their intent to rescind their appeal of the Racing Point brake duct decision made by the FIA earlier this year. After weeks of what was at times cutthroat debate on the matter,...
F1, F1 2020

F1 confirms Turkey return for 2020 as season to end mid-December

F1 has formally confirmed the return of Turkey for the 2020 season as four more rounds have been added which will end the year mid-December. After it was last held in 2011, Turkey's Istanbul Park...
Pirelli Motorsport, F1

Pirelli challenges need for 2021 downforce cut, updates on tyre test plans

Pirelli Motorsport's Mario Isola welcomes FIA's steps for cutting downforce for F1 2021 but he feels even without that, tyres would have been safe to run, as he adds on change in testing plans. The...
Takuma Sato, Scott Dixon, Indy500

Sato describes fuel management as Dixon thought they would have run out

RLLR driver Takuma Sato told of the fuel management he had to perform to keep Scott Dixon at bay, while also ensuring he would have the fuel to get to the end. In his years racing...
Valentino Rossi, Maverick Vinales, Fabio Quartararo, MotoGP

Rossi had brakes issues before stop; Quartararo worried for performance

Valentino Rossi says he had issues with brakes in Styrian GP abode his Yamaha before the red flag as Fabio Quartararo is worried about some of the upcoming MotoGP races. The engine performance of Yamaha...

Hubert honoured by French kart track ASK Angerville

The late Anthoine Hubert has been honoured by his local French kart track ASK Angerville during the French National Series Karting championship round. Nearly a year after the untimely death of Hubert in a horrific...
F1, FIA

F1 teams still wants FIA to re-visit on upgrade token rule for 2021

McLaren and Renault wants the FIA to re-visit on the free upgrade token rule for 2021 F1 season where some teams are in an advantageous position. At the time of discussion back in April, all...
Esteban Ocon, F1, Renault

Ocon encouraged by Renault boss words, will get new PU, gearbox at Spa

Esteban Ocon encouraged to hear more of Renault future from Luca de Meo as F1 team to bring new engine, gearbox and parts in Belgium GP for him. VIP guests are nothing unusual in the...
Marc Marquez, MotoGP, Honda

Marquez return MotoGP race not set, Honda says 2-3 months for recovery

Honda has pretty much ruled Marc Marquez out of the 2020 MotoGP season as it sets a course of 2-3 months in his recovery process. Having had the crash in 2020 MotoGP opener at Jerez,...
F1, FIA, COVID-19

F1: New COVID-19, engine mode deferred to Monza, Hamilton throwback

F1 posted one COVID-19 positive test from this past week as engine mode limitations deferred to Monza while Lewis Hamilton has a throwback. COVID-19 positive: With over 60,000 COVID-119 tests conducted by the F1 over the...
McLaren, F1

McLaren details on F1 race seats made of natural fibre composites

McLaren Racing together with Bcomp has come up with F1 race seats made of natural fibre composites, the first to do so, instead of carbon fibre. Going back in history, McLaren were the first few...
Guenther Steiner, Haas, F1

Steiner cannot say if Ferrari issues only factor in some of troubles for Haas

Guenther Steiner agree that customer F1 teams suffer if problems occur with their supplying outfits but is not stating that Haas is only having issues due to Ferrari. In F1 jargon, Haas is known as...
Williams, Dorilton Capital

Williams acquired by Dorilton Capital, F1 base and chassis name to remain

Williams Racing announced a long-term acquisition of its F1 team by Dorilton Capital as its Grove base and chassis name to remain as it is. A long-term takeover of Williams Racing concluded on Friday after...
Ross Brawn, F1, Heikki Kovalainen

Brawn, Smedley say F1/AWS list is fine, Trulli/Kovalainen had raw speed

Ross Brawn and Rob Smedley has come in defence of the F1 and Amazon Web Services Top 20 list as they say both Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen had raw speed. The Top 20 'Fastest...
Formula E, WRC

Sims joins Mahindra in Formula E; WRC replaces Japan with Belgium

Alexander Sims has left BMW Andretti for Mahindra Racing ahead of the 2020/21 FIA Formula E Championship as FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) replaces Japan with Belgium to be the 2020 finale. Mahindra were surprised...
F1, Concorde Agreement

F1 confirms all 10 teams have signed the Concorde Agreement

F1 has confirmed that all of the 10 teams have signed the Concorde Agreement under the early signing deadline to get a bonus amount.  The August 12 deadline of early F1 Concorde Agreement signing was...
Alexander Albon, Christian Horner, Red Bull

Albon struggled with tyres, Spain’s Sector 3; Red Bull helping him ‘hugely’

Alexander Albon says he struggled hugely with tyres and Sector 3 in F1 Spanish GP as Red Bull Racing is helping him hugely behind the scenes. Having had yet another solid race on a Sunday...
Pierre Gasly

Gasly shares of theft at his Normandy home with watches, helmets stolen

AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly has shared about a theft at his home in Normandy where thieves has stolen special watches and racing helmets amid more. It is not often that a home of a F1 racing...
Sebastian Vettel, Mattia Binotto, Ferrari

Vettel explains strategy confusion as Binotto insists his opinion matters

Mattia Binotto insists the opinion of Sebastian Vettel matters within Ferrari after some confusions with F1 Spanish GP strategy. In F1 2020 so far, Ferrari has been a curious case. There remains confusion over the...