Formula 1 News & Updates Week 09 Below you'll find all our updates, results, videos, podcasts, sounds & photos from the world of Formula 1 of the past week |
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| Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Formula 1 Drive to Survive is back for Season 3. In the most dramatic season to date, fans will once again be taken behind the scenes, to witness first-hand how the drivers and teams battle it out for victory in a year like no other. March 19. Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Here you can find the first photos of the Williams FW43B, this F1 car was launched by the Williams F1 Team on Friday March 5th 2021. This car will be raced in the 2021 F1 season by British driver George Russell and Canadian driver Nicholas Latifi. Here you can find the Williams FW43B Launch video Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Car launch is always an exciting time of the year but 2021 is even more exciting with a fresh new look for the team. Find out more about the Williams Mercedes FW43B. Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.5 - A prominent Russian politician has welcomed the controversial new Haas livery, declaring that "common sense triumphs over anti-Russian hysteria". The company of Russian team rookie Nikita Mazepin's father Dmitry Mazepin - Uralkali - was on Thursday unveiled as the American team's new title sponsor. And despite the fact that the world anti-doping agency.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.5 - New Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi has backed the decision to not replace the departed Cyril Abiteboul as team principal for 2021. Instead, executive director Marcin Budkowski will have more responsibilities this year, and he will be jointly supported in the role by new racing director Davide Brivio, who arrives from MotoGP. "They will.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.5 - Haas has made changes to its car for 2021 in reaction to Romain Grosjean's terrifying and fiery crash in Bahrain late last season. The news comes ahead of the submission to the World Motor Sport Council on Friday of the stewards' report following an investigation into the incident. "The report will come out.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.5 - Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi has played down suggestions the Renault-owned outfit is desperate to link up with a customer team in Formula 1. La Gazzetta dello Sport reported last week that Renault is worried it will fall behind its other major competitors who are forging close alliances with junior teams. Williams was therefore.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.5 - Bahrain GP organisers say only previously-infected or fully vaccinated people can attend this month's Formula 1 season opener. "Entry will only be granted to ticket holders on presentation of one of these badges," the organisers declared, referring to the two aforementioned covid-19 categories. "Failure to do so will result in entry being denied.".....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Craig Scarborough describes the new Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E-Performance (to give it its correct title!) - the car with which Lewis Hamilton hopes this year to win a record-breaking eighth World Championship. There are changes to the aero package and the engine - and there's lots of focus on the front brake ducts. Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Craig Scarborough looks at the new F1 Alpine A521 (née Renault) to be raced in 2021 by Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon. With no customer Renault power unit supply deals in place this year, can Alpine and Fernando re-live past glories? Here you can the first pictures of the Alpine A521. Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Aston Martin switch from Red Bull title sponsorship to team ownership for 2021 - and thus bring yet another new livery to the F1 grid. Resplendent in (what looks suspiciously like F1 Jaguar) green, the new car from the Silverstone-based team (née Racing Point/Force India/Marussia/Jordan) still features a Mercedes power unit and transmission but lots.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.4 - Toto Wolff is worried about Sergio Perez - for two reasons. Firstly, the Mercedes boss says his team's dominance could be threatened for 2021 because Red Bull now has a more experienced teammate alongside Max Verstappen. "They have similar resources to ours and are a very ambitious team," Wolff told Sky Deutschland. "With.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.4 - Esteban Ocon says he is not worried that Alpine will essentially become Fernando Alonso's team in 2021. Frenchman Ocon, 24, is the incumbent at the rebranded Enstone based outfit, but after Alonso's two-year F1 sabbatical he is being joined by the team's double champion Alonso this season. "The team will listen to me.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.4 - Toto Wolff thinks spectators will begin to return to Formula 1 races in 2021. That is despite the fact that June's Azerbaijan Grand Prix has already announced that spectators will not be allowed to gather around the Baku street layout. "I'm always a pessimist by nature and trying to calculate for the worst-case scenario,".....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.4 - Valtteri Bottas has announced he will be "more selfish" in 2021. The Finn has been Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes teammate since the shock retirement of Nico Rosberg at the end of 2016 - and he lost the title each time. "Valtteri has been in an unfortunate situation in recent years with short contracts," team.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.4 - Sebastian Vettel has defended his new teammate Lance Stroll. Stroll, the 22-year-old son of Aston Martin team owner Lawrence Stroll, is often criticised for the privilege that helped power him to Formula 1. "He's been a bit underestimated," quadruple world champion Vettel told Sky Deutschland. "Generally, people are condemned very quickly these days......check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.4 - Max Verstappen has the potential to take on Lewis Hamilton at the very top of Formula 1. That is the view of Nyck de Vries, a Dutchman who drives for Mercedes' works Formula E team. The 26-year-old has also been made a reserve driver for the title-winning F1 team for 2021. "I am.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Here you can find the first photos of the Haas VF-21 (livery), this F1 car was launched by the Haas F1 Team on Thursday 4th of March 2021. This car will be raced in the 2021 F1 season by German driver Mick Schumacher and Russian driver Nikita Mazepin. Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.4 - Sebastian Vettel has denied that offloading his collection of Ferrari road cars might be seen as sour grapes after being ousted by the Maranello team. "The rationale was just to free up a bit of space," the quadruple world champion said at the launch of his green 2021 Aston Martin. "I am very.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.4 - A new division at Mercedes was set up to help the Formula 1 team tackle the new budget cap. At Ferrari, moves to support customer team Haas at Maranello and kick off a works Le Mans program for 2023 have been seen as ways to get under the budget limit without sacking staff......check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.4 - Haas will not fire up its 2021 car until the small American team touches down in Bahrain for the start of official testing next week. Normally, Haas' car for the new season is put together at the Dallara facility - which, like engine supplier Ferrari, is based in Italy. However, with covid making.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Here you can find the first photos of the Aston Martin AMR21, this F1 car was launched by the Aston Martin F1 Team on Wednesday March 3rd 2021. This car will be raced in the 2021 F1 season by German driver Sebastian Vettel and Canadian driver Lance Stroll. Here you can find the Aston Martin.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Join us for the 2021 Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team Launch, as we unveil our 2021 challenger, the AMR21. Sit back, relax and enjoy the show. Here you can find the first photos of the Aston Martin AMR21. Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.3 - With Lewis Hamilton's contract expiring in just ten months, Toto Wolff is openly admitting that Max Verstappen is on Mercedes "radar" for 2022. Seven time world champion Hamilton on Tuesday defended his mere one-year deal, and declared that his political activism is more important this year than winning a record eighth title. The.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.3 - Lewis Hamilton says he isn't sure if the pre-race 'kneeling' routine will continue in 2021. Amid the US unrest last year in the wake of George Floyd's death, Hamilton pushed for Mercedes to switch to a black livery and began kneeling before races in deference to the Black Lives Matter movement. 12 of.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.3 - Esteban Ocon says he is filling in for Fernando Alonso while the Spaniard completes his recovery from last month's cycling crash. Alonso, who is returning to F1 with Alpine in 2021, missed the launch of the new car on Tuesday and it will be Ocon who takes the blue single seater for its.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.3 - Lewis Hamilton has admitted he only did about 30 laps of driving in Mercedes' simulator over the winter. While other teams and drivers have been busily preparing for the 2021 season with private testing, the seven time world champion declared: "I may have only done 30 laps." The 36-year-old said the main reason.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.3 - Azerbaijan's return to the F1 calendar this year will take place without the presence of a crowd. Last year, the popular Baku street race was cancelled amid the pandemic, but Formula 1 has scheduled a June 6 date for the event's return in 2021. However, the company that operates the Baku City Circuit.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.3 - Alex Albon says Red Bull has succeeded in improving the handling of its Formula 1 car ahead of the 2021 season. The team recently admitted that the difficult handling was one reason Albon struggled to keep up with Max Verstappen last year - ultimately leading to the British-born Thai driver's demise. However, Red.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.3 - Toto Wolff has hinted that Nico Hulkenberg may still become a Mercedes reserve driver in 2021. That is despite the fact that the reigning champions have actually unveiled its works Formula E drivers Stoffel Vandoorne and Nick de Vries in similar F1 roles for this year. However, team boss Wolff says former Renault.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 The AMR21 engine sound... Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Lance's team have been reunited and are back in business. Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mick Schumacher visits the Haas F1 Team factory to complete his seat fit for his debut season in Formula 1. Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Here you can find the first photos of the Alpine A521, this F1 car was launched by the Alpine F1 Team on Tuesday 2nd of March 2021. This car will be raced in the 2021 F1 season by Spanish driver Fernando Alonso and French driver Esteban Ocon. Here you can find the Alpine A521 Launch video. Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Alpine F1 Team officially marks the start of its new era by virtually launching its first-ever entry into the FIA Formula 1 World Championship. Meet the A521 in its beautiful 2021 colours! Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Here you can find the first photos of the Mercedes W12, this F1 car was launched by Mercedes-AMG F1 on Tuesday 2nd of March 2021. This car will be raced in the 2021 F1 season by British driver Lewis Hamilton and Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas. Here you can find the Mercedes W12 Launch video. Fri, 5 Mar 2021 The launch video of the new Mercedes W12. Will it win the title for the 8th time this season? Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.2 - Formula 1 is falling victim to "people who are finding controversy everywhere". That is the view of Alexey Popov, the commentator for Russian broadcaster Match TV. He has already spoken out about the treatment of his countryman Nikita Mazepin, who has been the subject of a relentless social media attack in the wake.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.2 - It is travel restrictions that are preventing Fernando Alonso from attending the launch of his Formula 1 car for 2021 on Tuesday. The Spaniard, who is returning to the sport after a two-year sabbatical, broke his upper jaw and two teeth in a road cycling crash just over two weeks ago. It had.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.2 - The next generation Formula E car should be able to beat a Formula 1 car off the line, according to series boss Alejandro Agag. Until now, F1 purists have dismissed the all-electric category on the basis that Formula 1 is head and shoulders faster in terms of ultimate pace. But Agag says the.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.2 - Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes could go their separate ways after the 2021 season, according to well-known Dutch racing driver Tom Coronel. After long and difficult negotiations, the two parties could only agree on a new one-year deal for 2021. It is rumoured Mercedes may sign up George Russell or Max Verstappen - or.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.2 - Jost Capito, the new Williams CEO, admits the British team could lose George Russell to Mercedes for 2022. 2021 is 23-year-old Russell's third season in Formula 1 with Williams, but he got a taste of life in the fastest lane late last year when Lewis Hamilton had covid-19. "When he drove the Mercedes.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.1 - Pirelli plans to undertake 10 test sessions totalling 28 days this year with nine Formula 1 teams in preparation for the 2022 season, which introduces new technical regulations along with a move to 18-inch tyres. This, of course, is subject to any restrictions resulting from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The development of the.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.1 - Fernando Alonso will sit out the launch of Alpine's 2021 car. The Spaniard recently underwent surgery for an upper jaw fracture and two broken teeth following a road cycling crash. His manager Flavio Briatore said Alonso was not able to speak for "only one day" due to having to wear a special recovery.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.1 - Mattia Binotto says he will not be in charge of Ferrari's new Le Mans program for 2023. The Maranello marque shocked the racing world by announcing its forthcoming return to the premier category of the fabled world sportscar series. But Binotto denied it is just a way to redeploy resources for the new.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.1 - Mick Schumacher says his stance about racism has been "misinterpreted". Last week, the Haas rookie flirted with controversy by answering "no comment" when asked by La Stampa newspaper to talk about F1 and Lewis Hamilton's political activism. Some social media users lashed out at his silence on the highly-charged topic, prompting the son.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.1 - Formula 1 has turned down an offer to get closer to its pre-covid days by getting vaccinated by the Bahraini government. Officials of the season opening grand prix at Sakhir, who will also host pre-season testing this month, have written to the sport offering members of the travelling circus the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. "As.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.1 - Two more F1 drivers have urged Formula 1 to proceed with caution with the 'sprint race' trials in 2021. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali is determined to finalise the details of the three-weekend trial - set for Montreal, Monza and Brazil - prior to the season opener in Bahrain later this month. "We are.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.1 - Manufacturers will get more freedom to experiment in the area of energy recovery under the new rules for 2025. Currently, in a process being led by the FIA, the future of the engine format is being discussed within Formula 1. "We have to be carbon neutral," said F1 sporting boss Ross Brawn. "The.....check out full post » Fri, 5 Mar 2021 Mar.1 - Mattia Binotto has confirmed reports that he will not attend every race in 2021. The Ferrari boss stayed at Maranello on several grand prix weekends last year, and he will once again be replaced trackside on occasion by Laurent Mekies this season. "I will of course be there at the beginning when it.....check out full post » |
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