Formula 1 News & Updates Week 06 Below you'll find this weeks news, results, videos, podcasts, sounds & photos from the world of Formula 1 |
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| Fri, 7 Feb 2020 In the final episode of Unboxed before the launch of the Mclaren MCL35, watch Carlos Sainz in the UK as he prepares for the 2020 Formula 1 season. Fri, 7 Feb 2020 The clock is ticking on the likely cancellation or postponement of the 2020 Chinese F1 GP. The coronavirus death toll - currently at 635 - continues to rise by the day, prompting the Shanghai Sports Federation this week to call for the suspension of "all sports events". The issue was discussed by F1's strategy group.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Kevin Magnussen says he is keeping quiet about his "expectations" ahead of the 2020 season. Last year, the small American team Haas was caught out by an aerodynamic flaw that went undiagnosed for most of the season. As images of the 2020 car were revealed online on Thursday with a throwback livery, team owner Gene.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Lewis Hamilton will deserve to match Michael Schumacher's record tally of seven titles if he wins in 2020, according to Ross Brawn. Brawn, now F1's sporting boss, was the technical director at Ferrari throughout the ultra-successful Schumacher period some two decades ago. "It's a bit frustrating for me because it's a record Michael holds. But.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Aston Martin is unlikely to become a winning works team in Formula 1, according to a former driver manager and team official. Oksana Kosachenko, who was Vitaly Petrov's manager and also had a commercial role at Caterham, doubts that when Racing Point becomes Aston Martin in 2021, the team will be on the road to.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 BMW is still not interested in returning to Formula 1 in the 'power unit' era. The German manufacturer pulled out of the sport in 2009, with its main motorsport programme now focusing on Formula E with the Andretti team. F1 has introduced sweeping new rules for 2021, and one aim is to entice new manufacturers.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Dr Helmut Marko has slammed Red Bull's door on Fernando Alonso. Alonso, who will have his second sabbatical year in 2020, has indicated that he may return in 2021. Flavio Briatore, involved in his management, says the Spaniard would only return for Ferrari, Mercedes or Red Bull. Alonso, 38, has claimed to have had several.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Ross Brawn says he sees "no signs" that Mercedes is on the cusp of pulling out of Formula 1 as a works team. Before becoming F1's sporting boss, Brawn was instrumental in the formation of the works Mercedes team when he sold the Brackley based outfit ten years ago. So when asked about speculation the.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Today the first photos of the Haas VF-20 are released. This F1 car was launched on Thursday 6th of February 2020. The Haas F1 car will be raced in the 2020 F1 season by F1 drivers Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen. Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Jack Aitken speaks after joining ROKiT Williams Racing as Official Reserve Driver for 2020. Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Toto Wolff has moved to end speculation about Mercedes' withdrawal from Formula 1 by saying the German marque will "definitely" still be on the grid in 2021. Earlier, Daimler CEO Ola Kallenius denied that the proposal to withdraw as a works team but remain in F1 as an engine supplier would be discussed during a.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Former Williams teammates Juan Pablo Montoya and Ralf Schumacher are ushering the next generation into the upper categories of junior open-wheeler motor racing. Montoya, a winner of seven grands prix who also raced for McLaren, is supporting his 14-year-old son Sebastian as he signs for the top Italian Formula 4 team Prema Powerteam. "I am.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Christian Horner says it is "the financials" that could break up Mercedes' successful eight-year relationship with Lewis Hamilton. In that time, the 35-year-old British driver has won four of his six world championships, but Hamilton and Mercedes are reportedly now at a standoff regarding the value of his contract beyond 2020. Horner, the team boss.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Contract negotiations with Lewis Hamilton will only begin this month, according to Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff. Earlier, it was rumoured that the six time world champion had rejected Mercedes' offer of a new two-season deal - for 2021 and 2022 - at $50m per year. Hamilton, who has been linked with a move to.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Red Bull cannot afford to spend "a lot of money" on bringing Sebastian Vettel back to the team, according to Dr Helmut Marko. Recently, photos emerged of the Ferrari driver attending the Kitzbuhel world cup ski event alongside Red Bull's four Formula 1 drivers. Vettel won all four of his titles for Red Bull, before.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Plans to organise a grand prix in Denmark have collapsed for now. Organisers of a proposed street race in Copenhagen met with F1 officials in 2018, and reportedly got a circuit approved by renowned circuit designer Herman Tilke. "The city is unique and the proposed circuit will be so beautiful with the iconic buildings in.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 China's grand prix in April looks set to be scrapped completely. At least 560 people have now died of the coronavirus, whose epicentre is the city of Wuhan which is about 800 kilometres from Formula 1 host Shanghai International Circuit. F1's strategy group met to discuss the coronavirus situation on Wednesday, but the discussions look.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Readers of the Swiss newspaper Blick really do love keeping up to date with the sound of an idling 2.4 litre V6 power unit. How do I know? Because the four latest 'stories' on the Blick website are all over it. I mean, if you want to hear all the latest goss about how Formula.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 ROKiT Williams Racing announced Jack Aitken as the team’s Official Reserve Driver for the 2020 FIA Formula One World Championship. Jack, 24 joins Williams following his impressive season in FIA Formula 2 where he won three races for the Campos Racing team (its first ever victories in the series) and finished fifth in the standings......check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Feb.5 - The latest whispers out of Maranello are "more encouraging" than they were a few weeks ago, according to well-known Ferrari insider Leo Turrini. On his Quotidiano blog in mid January, Turrini revealed that "the indications from the simulator and the wind tunnel" about Ferrari's 2020 car "have not impressed the engineers". But the.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Daniel Ricciardo says the Netflix series about Formula 1, Drive to Survive, has put the sport "on the map" in America. Last year, the high quality streaming series gave a behind-the-scenes look at the major players in the sport. The second series launches on Netflix on February 28. "I definitely feel F1 is becoming much.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Max Verstappen says he needs a car within "two tenths" of Lewis Hamilton's in order to put "pressure" on the six time world champion in 2020. Red Bull-Honda is bullish about its chances of beating Mercedes and Ferrari in the final season of the current regulations. "Beating Hamilton depends a lot on the car," Verstappen,.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Ferrari CEO Louis Camilleri says the Italian marque is prepared to spend more on Formula 1 ahead of the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Actually, Liberty Media is trying to ramp down the spending of the top teams, imposing a budget cap for 2021 and beyond. But Camilleri said this week that an increased budget for.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Haas' 2020 car should be "clearly better" than its predecessor, according to team driver Kevin Magnussen. The small American team had a promising start to 2019, but spent most of the season pointing fingers at Pirelli's difficult-to-understand tyres. However, as it slumped to second to last in the standings, Haas eventually admitted that it was.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Losing title sponsor Aston Martin after 2020 should make Red Bull's collaboration with Honda "even easier" in the future. That is the view of top Red Bull official Dr Helmut Marko, as he played down the news that Aston Martin is leaving the team after 2020 to become Racing Point's new identity. He told Kronen.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Kevin Magnussen admits he still dreams of being signed up by "one of the big teams" in Formula 1. The Dane admits he uses his aggressive driving style to stand out from Haas teammate Romain Grosjean in order to get closer to his target of race wins and titles. "It's a tough process," Magnussen, 27,.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Dr Helmut Marko thinks adding even more races to F1's already unprecedentedly-long calendar is "feasible". Recently, the boss of Red Bull's second team, Toro Rosso principal Franz Tost, said the current tally of 22 races is the "absolute limit". But Dr Helmut Marko, the energy drink company's top F1 official, thinks Liberty Media's new cap.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 F1 could witness a new Max Verstappen in 2020, with a realistic chance of becoming the sport's youngest ever world champion. That is the claim of Dr Helmut Marko, who over the winter managed to extend the 22-year-old Dutchman's contract for 2021, 2022 and 2023. "For him it was important that Honda extended to 2021,.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Sebastian Vettel still enjoys Ferrari's full backing, according to sporting director Laurent Mekies. On the face of it, the quadruple world champion has lost status at Maranello, as Charles Leclerc successfully challenged his number 1 billing in 2019 and then secured a new five-year deal. 32-year-old Vettel's contract, on the other hand, runs out this.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Alexander Albon has to "do more" to keep impressing Red Bull-Honda into 2020, according to Dr Helmut Marko. In the space of a single year, Marko resurrected Red Bull's relationship with the then Formula E driver, gave Albon his F1 debut for Toro Rosso, and then promoted him to replace the struggling Pierre Gasly at.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Mercedes admits "issues" with its engine have affected the reigning world champions as the team prepares for 2020. Last year, it emerged that Mercedes' engine may no longer be the most impressive on the grid, as Ferrari dominated in top speed, Renault clearly improved, as Honda continued to aggressively develop. Mercedes' engine boss Andy Cowell.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Presented by Klipsch, watch as Carlos joins the McLaren F1 team to hear the sound of the MCL35 firing up for the first time. Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Formula 1 teams are set to discuss how to handle the deepening coronavirus crisis. As the epidemic's death toll rises to 425 and the number of cases to above 20,000, we reported on Monday that delaying April's Shanghai race is on the table. But Russia has played down the possibility of swapping places with China......check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 F1's return to Jerez for 2021 is still on the cards. Spain is still on the 2020 schedule, but only because Barcelona received an eleventh-hour reprieve in the form of a single-year deal. We reported last November that Jerez, the scene of the climactic finale of the 1997 season, is in talks with Liberty Media.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Lewis Hamilton can be beaten if a rival manages to "put pressure on him", according to former F1 team boss Flavio Briatore. Since Nico Rosberg's 2016 breakthrough, Hamilton won three world championships on the trot to add to his existing tally of three titles. "Lewis is very good," Red Bull-Honda's Max Verstappen said at a.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Daimler CEO Ola Kallenius has continued to play down rumours that Mercedes will no longer operate as a full works team in Formula 1 after 2020. He had already declared that speculation a bombshell decision will be made at a board meeting on February 12 is "not truer". And now he is quoted by Auto.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Fernando Alonso's plans to contest his third Indy 500 this May are reportedly in tatters. We reported last week that the Spaniard had agreed to make his latest attempt to complete the 'triple crown' with Michael Andretti's top outfit. An announcement was apparently imminent, but new reports indicate that the deal has now been vetoed.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Max Verstappen has learned the need to sometimes be more diplomatic when speaking publicly, according to his boss Dr Helmut Marko. The outspoken Dutchman caused a stir on several occasions in 2019, notably when he admitted to ignoring yellow flags in Mexico, and when he accused Ferrari of cheating. "Such an attitude fits in perfectly.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 On the eve of the 2020 season, six-time consecutive world champion Mercedes has reportedly secured a $26m per year sponsorship deal. At Christmas, the German team announced a new "performance partnership" with the Ineos-branded Tour de France and America's Cup teams. Now, the Financial Times reports that Ineos, a major British chemicals company run by.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Antonio Giovinazzi says he has "a chance" to become Charles Leclerc's next teammate at Ferrari. With Sebastian Vettel's deal with the Maranello team expiring, Lewis Hamilton has been linked with the vacant seat alongside Leclerc. But Giovinazzi, a Ferrari-backed Italian driver who currently races for Alfa Romeo, also sees himself as a candidate. "I would.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Racing Point technical boss Andy Green is expecting a surprise innovation like the 'double diffuser' of 2009 to affect Formula 1 once again in 2021. He admitted to Auto Motor und Sport that all teams will be scouring the new regulations for grey areas to exploit. "I think the regulations are pretty fragile. There are.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 French GP venue Paul Ricard says it would like to host F1's pre-season testing early next year. The six days of official winter running kicks off later this month at the now-customary pre-season venue in Barcelona. But Paul Ricard circuit director Stephane Clair told f1only.fr: "We are candidates to host the winter tests. We dream.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 Dr Helmut Marko has all but ruled out a return to Red Bull for Sebastian Vettel. While his own Ferrari contract runs out this year, Vettel's teammate Charles Leclerc has been re-signed through 2024. So it was interesting that at the recent Kitzbuhel skiing world cup event, Vettel - who won all four of his.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 F1 appears poised to delay April's Chinese GP. The sport's governing FIA has announced that the Formula E race in the coronavirus-struck country, scheduled for 21 March, has been cancelled. "Formula E has taken the necessary measures to ensure the health and safety of its travelling staff, championship participants and spectators, which remains of paramount.....check out full post » Fri, 7 Feb 2020 The excitement starts to build as ROKiT Williams Racing reveals the date that we will launch our 2020 challenger, the FW43, to the world. ✅ Check out all 2020 F1 car launch dates |
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