"It was a like a first day at school, with lots of things to learn and get through, but it was very productive."

Here's the definitive list of this year's F1 drivers' wives and girlfriends as at Sept 10, 2020. It's an impressive group of strong, independent and talented women including 2 professional athletes, 4 students, a lawyer, 3 mums, a PR officer, a fashion designer, a brand ambassador, a TV presenter and more. Thanks to Charlotte, Tiffany,.....check out full post »

F1 Race Event: Russian Grand Prix Race Track: Sochi Circuit Weather: dry  28.0°C Tarmac: dry  37.6°C Humidity : 49.4% Wind : 2.3 m/s W Pressure: 1009.1 bar Romain Grosjean was the first who drove out the pits for an installation lap in the Haas this second practice for the 2020 Russian F1 GP. Hamilton was.....check out full post »

In the second of our special episodes chronicling what it’s like to drive for Scuderia Ferrari, F1’s most storied team, we fast forward into the modern era, to hear what it’s like to race for the Prancing Horse without founder Enzo at the helm. There are superb stories from Nigel Mansell and Alain Prost, who.....check out full post »

F1 Race Event: Russian Grand Prix Race Track: Sochi Circuit Weather: dry  27.1°C Tarmac: dry  31.9°C Humidity : 63.9% Wind : 2.2 m/s W Pressure: 1010.5 bar Max Verstappen looked to be very eager to start off this first free practice for the 2020 Russian Formula 1 Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver was the.....check out full post »

Sep.25 - Kimi Raikkonen is staying quiet about his next move in Formula 1. The Finn made waves earlier this week by publishing on social media a pair of humorous memes comparing himself and James Hunt with today's top star, Lewis Hamilton. The memes upset some of Hamilton's fans. "Formula 1 was a little different.....check out full post »

Sep.25 - Gunther Steiner has played down rumours Haas could be about to team up with Renault. The speculation follows Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul admitting that potential team partners "are interested in talking to us again". Haas' current technical partner, Ferrari, is notably struggling in 2020. But boss Steiner said at Sochi: "We are not.....check out full post »

Sep.25 - Big doubts have emerged about whether Melbourne will return to the F1 calendar in 2021. The city is currently in a highly controversial lockdown to eliminate cases of coronavirus. There were 14 new cases on Thursday. With the forthcoming AFL football grand final moved out of Melbourne for the first time ever, it.....check out full post »

Sep.25 - F1 drivers sent a letter to the governing body after the recent race at Mugello. It follows criticism by top drivers including Lewis Hamilton about the safety car re-start pileup, amid accusations Formula 1 is prioritising the show over safety. 12 drivers were reprimanded by the FIA for the crash, and the first.....check out full post »

Sep.25 - Lewis Hamilton expects Formula 1 to try to stop him from repeating the kind of activism that he took onto the podium and official FIA press conference last time out at Mugello. "I did something that has never really happened in F1 and obviously they will stop it moving forwards," said the six-time.....check out full post »

Sep.25 - Sebastian Vettel says Stefano Domenicali is "more than capable" of becoming F1 supremo. With the F1 teams reportedly already informed, it is expected that news of the former Ferrari boss's move to replace Chase Carey will be announced shortly. "If everything is confirmed it would be a wonderful thing for Italian sport," said.....check out full post »

Sep.25 - Max Verstappen says he hopes Honda stays in Formula 1 beyond 2021. That is despite the fact that the Dutchman suffered two consecutive Honda-related problems at Monza and Mugello, and afterwards wrote off his championship hopes. "Of course that was not positive, but our relationship is still good," said the Red Bull driver,.....check out full post »

Sep.25 - Daniil Kvyat has played down concerns about the presence of spectators this weekend at Sochi. Sebastian Vettel has travelled to Russia contrary to the official advice of the German government, as the number of covid infections in the country has grown from under 5000 per day a month ago to almost 7000 today......check out full post »

Sep.25 - Fernando Alonso claims Formula 1 is "the most boring" category in the world of motorsport. The Spaniard has spent a two-year sabbatical racing at Le Mans, the Dakar Rally and the Indy 500, but has elected to return to F1 next year as Renault comes Alpine. The 39-year-old said in an interview earlier.....check out full post »

Sep.25 - Racing Point will switch from pink to green as it becomes Aston Martin for 2021. "I think the cars will be in British Racing Green," said Lance Stroll at Sochi. "That will definitely look cool." Stroll, whose father Lawrence owns the team, may be excited - but Sergio Perez is not. Not only.....check out full post »

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Scuderia Ferrari's video preview on the upcoming 2020 Russian Formula 1 Grand Prix to be held in Sochi. Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc tell you what the highlights for both drivers are.

A good pit stop is something you hear, not something you see. The perfect stop has two noises: the first noise is one, merged blat of four wheel guns firing in unison to take the wheels off, the second is another with the wheels going on. If the stop isn’t going well, the guns will.....check out full post »

With Formula 1 arriving into Russia for the 10th Grand Prix of the year, Mercedes has yet another chance to continue their historic run since 2014. This time, the pinnacle of motorsport arrives at a circuit in which the German team has taken every win since Russia entered the World Championship in 2014. This year,.....check out full post »

Sep.24 - Daimler has added an official denial to reports that Mercedes' works team could be sold to a major sponsor for $900 million. The claim had been made by former F1 team owner Eddie Jordan, who told Ziggo Sport he is "absolutely sure" Mercedes will be bought by Ineos. Jordan also said it was.....check out full post »

Sep.24 - Red Bull did not support Toto Wolff's attempts to delay the signing of the 2021 Concorde Agreement. That is the admission of Dr Helmut Marko, after Mercedes boss Wolff and every other team ultimately signed up. But it followed reports that Wolff was asking his fellow team bosses to delay the signing pending.....check out full post »

Sep.24 - Fernando Alonso has blasted the ever-dwindling amount of testing that is permitted in Formula 1. At the beginning of the Spaniard's career, teams tested for thousands of kilometres per season, including between the races. But to cut costs, testing is now severely limited, with most in-season running banned completely and even the pre-season.....check out full post »

Sep.24 - Moving to Aston Martin for 2021 will give Sebastian Vettel a "boost", according to Robert Kubica. The Pole, who lost his Williams seat at the end of last year and is now a DTM racer and Alfa Romeo reserve, said Vettel's Ferrari demise is simply the way of Formula 1. "It can be.....check out full post »

Sep.24 - Gian Carlo Minardi has backed drivers who suspect Formula 1 is putting "the show" above safety. After Mugello, the scene of a dangerous safety car re-start pile-up, drivers including Lewis Hamilton wondered if the sport hadn't tweaked the rules in order to spice up the entertainment factor. "I don't like this Formula 1.....check out full post »

Sep.24 - The first offering of the 13,147 tickets for November's F1 race at Imola quickly sold out. It is the latest piece of good news as Formula 1 begins to put the 'corona crisis' in the past and welcomes limited spectators back to the circuits. "The numbers for the start of the pre-sale are.....check out full post »

Sep.24 - The next F1 supremo is a "good man", according to Bernie Ecclestone. 89-year-old former F1 CEO Ecclestone was ousted by his successor Chase Carey in 2017 in the wake of Liberty Media's acquisition of the sport. Ecclestone and Carey never got along. But when asked about news that Carey is expected to be.....check out full post »

Sep.24 - Honda will make no further performance upgrades to its 2020 engine this season. The Japanese marque's F1 boss Masashi Yamamoto said the decision is due to "regulation changes" in the wake of the corona crisis. "We cannot introduce the updated specifications as easily as we did last year," he told as-web.jp. "We have.....check out full post »

Sep.23 - Kimi Raikkonen is the second best Ferrari-powered driver in Formula 1 this year, according to a broadcaster. Many observers think this year will be the 40-year-old's eighteenth and final season on the grid, as the Alfa Romeo is uncompetitive, Raikkonen's motivation may be flagging, and juniors like Mick Schumacher wait in the wings......check out full post »

Sep.23 - Stefano Domenicali looks set for a sensational return to Formula 1 - to replace F1 CEO Chase Carey. The news was reported by multiple authoritative publications, including the major German newspaper Bild. In mid-April, Sport Bild - another Alex Springer publication - claimed that Carey would "soon" be leaving Formula 1. Bild correspondent.....check out full post »

Sep.22 - Mercedes is happy to make "suggestions" to make Formula 1 more exciting. That is the view of Toto Wolff, who acknowledged that the dominance of the team he leads and Lewis Hamilton is not good for the sport. "Sport must also provide entertainment," the Mercedes boss told motorsport-magazin.com. "If Usain Bolt wins every.....check out full post »

Sep.23 - Sebastian Vettel says he is not expecting "quantum leaps" as he joins Aston Martin for 2021. Many see the quadruple world champion's 2021 move, having been ousted by Ferrari, as a masterstroke. Racing Point is securing a champion driver as it rebrands, and Vettel moves to a team that is backed not only.....check out full post »

Sep.23 - The 'party mode' ban did not alter the team hierarchy in Formula 1, according to Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul. The ban came down at Monza, and it had been expected to chip away at Mercedes' clear engine power advantage. But Abiteboul told Auto Motor und Sport: "The pecking order is still the same......check out full post »

Sep.23 - F1 is beginning to put its 'corona era' in the past, as spectators rush to buy tickets for forthcoming races. After announcing that local approval had been given for the sale of 20,000 tickets per day for its October race, organisers at the Nurburgring revealed that the first 5,000 tickets sold out in.....check out full post »

Sep.23 - Renault is looking for another potential engine partner, boss Cyril Abiteboul has revealed. At the end of the year, McLaren is ending its customer alliance with Renault and switching to Mercedes power - and Daniel Ricciardo is also switching camps. But with Renault looking stronger in 2020 and now fully committed to the.....check out full post »

Sep.23 - Pierre Gasly is a future world champion and almost as good as Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc. That is the claim of the Frenchman's boss Franz Tost, after Gasly and AlphaTauri stunned the F1 world by winning recently at Monza. Red Bull reacted by saying Gasly is the ideal "leader" driver for AlphaTauri,.....check out full post »

Sep.23 - Kevin Magnussen has named the leading candidates who could take his Haas seat away for 2021. The Dane is liked by the American team and happy at Haas, and is believed to be in a more comfortable position than his teammate Romain Grosjean. Still, the sheer number of candidates to potentially replace him.....check out full post »

THURSDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER, 1400 HOURS LOCAL TIME Nicholas Latifi (Williams) George Russell (Williams) Romain Grosjean (Haas) Kevin Magnussen (Haas) Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) Kimi Räikkönen (Alfa Romeo) Lance Stroll (Racing Point) Sergio Pérez (Racing Point) Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) Daniil Kvyat (AlphaTauri) Esteban Ocon (Renault) Daniel Ricciardo (Renault) Lando Norris (McLaren) Carlos Sainz (McLaren) Alexander Albon (Red.....check out full post »

Sep.22 - Fernando Alonso says he was "not ready" to say goodbye to racing. Amid his two-year sabbatical, the 39-year-old made his first official visit to Renault's Enstone headquarters on Monday ahead of his 2021 return. "I know every corner of this place," said the two-time champion. "Every corridor, every door." It will be Alonso's.....check out full post »

Sep.22 - Lewis Hamilton could be considering a switch to Red Bull, according to former F1 team owner Eddie Jordan. "Lewis is unbelievable," the Irishman, who is now an outspoken broadcaster, told Sport1. "He will soon break all of Michael Schumacher's records and will have achieved everything. "But he will then no longer have the.....check out full post »

Sep.22 - Sebastian Vettel's arrival at Aston Martin for 2021 is both a challenge and a blessing for Lance Stroll. That is the view of former F3000 driver Bertrand Godin, who in the pages of Le Journal de Montreal newspaper analysed what Vettel's arrival means for his future teammate. "When you have competition and strong.....check out full post »

Sep.22 - F1 will have clamped down on drivers making overtly political statements on the podium, according to former driver Vitaly Petrov. The Russian was referring to Mugello, where Lewis Hamilton wore a t-shirt calling on American police accused of shooting a woman during a raid to be arrested. Six-time world champion Hamilton has been.....check out full post »

Sep.22 - Sebastian Vettel will return to "his old strength" after leaving Ferrari at the end of the year. That is the view of former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher, who admits the quadruple world champion does not look strong alongside Charles Leclerc in 2020. "That's the way it is in Formula 1," he told Sky.....check out full post »

Sep.22 - The trend away from 'ghost races' is continuing, with the Nurburgring announcing that 20,000 spectators will be allowed to attend next month's race. Ticket sales begin on Tuesday, with the cheapest starting at 199 euros. It follows the approval of the Nurburgring's anti-coronavirus health measures by the regional district administration of Ahrweiler. "In.....check out full post »

Sep.22 - Mick Schumacher looks increasingly likely to make his Formula 1 debut in 2021. It comes amid speculation the son of F1 legend Michael Schumacher will drive for Ferrari-linked Alfa Romeo, after the 21-year-old recently took the lead in the F2 standings. "Mick has developed very well," AlphaTauri boss Franz Tost told AvD Motorsport.....check out full post »

Sep.22 - Toto Wolff should step down as Mercedes' team boss. That is the view of Eddie Jordan, a well-known face in the paddock since his time as a team owner and now as a broadcaster. He often makes waves for his audacious predictions - and his latest is that the works Mercedes team is.....check out full post »

Sep.22 - Talks about extending Barcelona's place on the F1 calendar are on the back burner for now. Maria Teixidor, the new boss of the Spanish Grand Prix host, admitted to Diario Sport newspaper that the Circuit de Catalunya is yet to sign a race contract for 2021 with Liberty Media. "We want F1 to.....check out full post »

Sep.22 - Ralf Schumacher is not surprised that Lewis Hamilton's contract negotiations with Mercedes are taking so long. This weekend in Russia, Hamilton - to be followed throughout the weekend by the Netflix filming team - is tipped to win his 91st race and match the all-time victory record set by Ralf's brother Michael Schumacher......check out full post »

The F1 circus arrives this week in Sochi to complete the seven-year deal agreed back in 2010 between ex-F1 ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone and President Vladimir Putin. For decades like a dog with a bone, Ecclestone relentlessly tried and came close several times to a deal with Moscow. In early 2010 times were moving in Ecclestone.....check out full post »