Formula 1 News & Updates Week 49 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, 4 Dec 2020 F1 Race Event: Sakhir F1 GP Race Track: Bahrain Outer Track Circuit Weather: dry 24.5°C Tarmac: dry 26.4°C Humidity : 71.5% Wind : 1.6 m/s SW Pressure: 1016.3 bar The very first second free practice towards the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix was driven in complete darkness. The race on Sunday will also be driven in.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.4 - The 2020 Sakhirs Grand Prix will be the 16th Formula 1 race of the 2020 calendar. With many announcements during the week, the race has become one of the most expected for lots of people. First of all, with Romain Grosjean recovering from the minor burns suffered in his scary accident in the.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 F1 Race Event: Sakhir F1 GP Race Track: Bahrain Outer Track Weather: dry 25.7°C Tarmac: dry 29.5°C Humidity : 61.2% Wind : 1.3 m/s SW Pressure: 1014.4 bar After 15 minutes into this first practice for the very first ever 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix we saw the no. 63 Mercedes driving out of the Mercedes.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 It's time for the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, and we're talking to the outer circuit in Bahrain. Join Williams Esports for a look at the lap! Fri, 4 Dec 2020 To the backdrop of George Russell replacing Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes and both Jack Aitken and Pietro Fittipaldi making their race debuts for the Williams and Haas, Peter Windsor looks at the new supershort lap designated for the second race in Bahrain - for the Sakhir GP. Will it suddenly open the door for a.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Mercedes couldn't quite wait until FP1 to get our first look at a lap of the Bahrain International Circuit's Outer Track! 😄 So, they jumped in the Mercedes-AMG GT3 for a virtual lap of the new track layout, which hosts the Sakhir Grand Prix this weekend! 🎮 Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.4 - Carlos Sainz is hoping to join his countryman Fernando Alonso in being allowed to take part in the so-called 'young drivers test' in the days after next weekend's Abu Dhabi finale. Sainz's McLaren teammate, Lando Norris, on Friday hit out at the FIA's decision to allow 39-year-old two-time world champion Alonso to test.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.4 - Kevin Magnussen is not ruling out using 2021 as a springboard into America's top open wheeler category Indycar. It was announced on Thursday that, having lost his Haas seat, the 28-year-old Dane will drive for Chip Ganassi's IMSA sports car team next year. His first race next year will be Daytona at the.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.4 - Gunther Steiner has hit back at Haas reserve driver Louis Deletraz, who is upset that he was overlooked to replace Romain Grosjean this weekend in Bahrain. The small American team has instead selected F1 legend Emerson Fittipaldi's 24-year-old grandson Pietro - the second official Haas reserve. But Deletraz, a 23-year-old Swiss driver who.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.4 - Haas boss Gunther Steiner says he is not worried that he has signed up a driver for 2021 who does not currently have a Formula 1 super licence. Nikita Mazepin, the son of Russian billionaire Dmitry, is currently third in the Formula 2 standings. But if he drops back to eighth this weekend.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.4 - Callum Ilott says he may have to take a sabbatical in 2020. That is despite the fact that the Ferrari academy member and Formula 2 title contender was earlier in the running for a Haas or Alfa Romeo seat for next year. However, Ferrari has only promoted Mick Schumacher, leaving 22-year-old Briton Ilott.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.4 - Valtteri Bottas has acknowledged the pressure on him in Bahrain, admitting it is "an important weekend" for his status and future in Formula 1. With Lewis Hamilton sidelined with covid-19, Mercedes has pulled its development driver George Russell from his regular Williams seat to replace the seven time world champion. And while Russell,.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 The Bahrain Grand Prix proved to be a marathon rather than a sprint, but that didn’t stop it from being one of our best weekends of the season. Admittedly, after qualifying, such an outcome seemed unlikely, but everything clicked on Sunday with Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz coming home fourth and fifth respectively under the.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Natalie Pinkham does a quiz with 4 drivers online. The Lando Norris, George Russell, Charles Leclerc & Alex Albon go head to head in a hilarious The Twitch F1 Quartet quiz! Fri, 4 Dec 2020 He’s one of the most exciting young drivers on the grid, with two podiums and one stunning pole position to his name, and yet Lance Stroll has had to deal with a minority of critics throughout his time in the sport. On this week’s show, one of the 15 Canadian F1 drivers up till now,.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.3 - Romain Grosjean has all but admitted he was to blame for his fiery crash in Bahrain last Sunday. "It went too fast but I didn't know I had touched Kvyat," the Frenchman, who left hospital on Wednesday with minor injuries - the worst of which is his burned left hand - told French.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.3 - Mick Schumacher could make his Formula 1 debut earlier than expected. Haas on Wednesday finally announced the highly-anticipated news about Michael Schumacher's 21-year-old son being signed up for 2021 and beyond. The team promptly released images of Schumacher having a seat fitted in Haas' 2020 car, ahead of his planned Friday practice outing.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.3 - New reports suggest Aston Martin is making a big-money bid to lure famous F1 designer Adrian Newey from Red Bull. We first reported the rumour in September, but Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko told Sport1: "Adrian is definitely under contract with us. "Adrian was recently able to test a rare Aston Martin and.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.3 - Bahrain this weekend will show whether Lewis Hamilton is "worth every penny" to Mercedes. That is the view of former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher, speaking after Mercedes decided to replace the covid-stricken seven time world champion with Williams' 22-year-old Mercedes junior. "George already knows the car as a test driver for Mercedes," Schumacher.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.3 - Ferrari chose which one of its three 'academy' junior drivers would race for Haas in 2021, according to the American outfit's boss Gunther Steiner. Haas finally announced on Wednesday that Mick Schumacher will make his F1 debut next year. "Of course it attracts a lot of worldwide attention, so we have to handle.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.3 - Fernando Alonso has been shown the green light to test Renault's 2020 car in the 'young driver' test after Abu Dhabi. Earlier, observers dismissed the notion that a 39-year-old two-time world champion could possibly be regarded as a 'young driver' - even after a two-year sabbatical. However, Spanish media sources report that F1.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.3 - Gunther Steiner is the perfect first team boss for Mick Schumacher. That is the claim of 21-year-old Schumacher's uncle Ralf, who knows both Steiner and AlphaTauri boss Franz Tost well. "Haas was the only choice Mick had, but it was a stroke of luck for me because of Gunther Steiner," Ralf Schumacher told.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.3 - Max Verstappen has tested negative for COVID-19 following concerns he was a 'close contact' of world champion Lewis Hamilton's last week. The Dutchman shared podium celebrations and a press conference with the Mercedes driver last Sunday in Bahrain, one day before Hamilton tested positive for the famous virus. "Like all his previous tests.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.2 - Haas F1 Team has signed Germany’s Mick Schumacher as part of its all-new driver lineup for the 2021 FIA Formula 1 World Championship and beyond in a multi-year agreement. Schumacher gets an early start on his preparations as a full-time Formula 1 driver – driving the team’s VF-20 in FP1 at the Abu.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.2 - Romain Grosjean says he wants to return to action for his final Formula 1 race in Abu Dhabi next weekend "after a bit of psychological work". "I really saw death coming," the Frenchman said on Tuesday as he recalled his horror Bahrain crash. "The images I saw, even in Hollywood I don't think.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.2 - Two former world champions have slammed Daniel Ricciardo for his stinging rebuke of the way Formula 1 handled the replays of Romain Grosjean's fiery crash. Australian Ricciardo said he was "disgusted" with F1 for the way the official broadcast turned a serious accident into a "Hollywood" moment. But the Renault driver's fellow Australian.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.2 - Gunther Steiner has hit back at critics of Haas' decision to replace the injured Romain Grosjean with Pietro Fittipaldi this weekend in Bahrain. Although 24-year-old Fittipaldi - the grandson of Brazilian F1 legend Emerson Fittipaldi - has tested for the team several times, he has not driven a Formula 1 car in 2020......check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.2 - Ferrari is pushing for leniency as the budget cap looms for 2021. Big teams like Ferrari, with current budgets well above the $145 million allowed next year, will get a six-month period of leniency to minimise mass sackings. But team boss Mattia Binotto says that is not enough for Ferrari, especially amid the.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.2 - Volkswagen is quitting motor racing - completely. While rumours over the years have even hinted at a Formula 1 program for the world's second biggest carmaker, board member Dr Frank Welsch says VW will instead turn its full attention to "sustainable electromobility". "To this end, we are pooling our strengths and have decided.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.2 - French GP organisers have been granted approval for a crowd size of just 15,000 spectators for the race at Paul Ricard next June. Although many other European circuits hosted races with limited crowds or no spectators at all this year, the 2020 French GP was cancelled altogether amid the pandemic. "Our eyes are.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.2 - Williams Racing can confirm that Jack Aitken will race in this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix alongside Nicholas Latifi. The 25-year-old takes the place of the team’s regular race driver George Russell, whom the team has released to drive for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team in Bahrain with Lewis Hamilton unable to race due to a.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.2 - Gunther Steiner has defended his decision to sign Nikita Mazepin for 2021 and beyond - and denied that the Russian's father Dmitry is buying the small American team. While Mick Schumacher's expected deal is still yet to be announced, Haas finally revealed the open secret about 21-year-old Mazepin's contract on Tuesday. "Mazepin is.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.2 - Two candidates had emerged at the front of the queue for Lewis Hamilton's plum Mercedes cockpit this weekend in Bahrain. Seven time world champion Hamilton has just started a 10-day isolation period in the island Kingdom after testing positive for Covid with mild symptoms. Immediately, the candidates to replace him starting lining up,.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.1 - Haas F1 Team has confirmed Russia’s Nikita Mazepin will drive for the American outfit in a multi-year deal starting with the 2021 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. Mazepin (21) currently sits third overall in the Formula 2 driver standings. The Russian, in his second season in Formula 1’s official feeder category, has two.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.1 - Romain Grosjean is reportedly aiming to return to the cockpit of his Haas car in Abu Dhabi, for what will almost certainly be his last Formula 1 race. After team boss Gunther Steiner visited Frenchman Grosjean in hospital on Monday, the American outfit announced that he will be replaced in Bahrain this weekend.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.1 - Sergio Perez says he will only found out "after the end of the season" if Red Bull will rescue his Formula 1 career by signing him up for 2021. The Mexican told Spanish-language media on Monday that his 'plan A' is "to race at Red Bull", although he acknowledges that the team says.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.1 - Formula 1 has hit back at criticism of the way the sport handled the television replays of Romain Grosjean's horror crash in Bahrain last Sunday. Daniel Ricciardo called the multiple replays of the fiery incident "completely disrespectful and inconsiderate" as the drivers prepared for the race re-start. "It was entertainment and they are.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.1 - Max Verstappen has hit back at criticism of his claim that Formula 1 drivers should not have the choice to sit out a race after a horror crash involving one of their rivals. The Dutchman raised eyebrows when asked on Sunday if drivers shaken by accidents like that suffered by Romain Grosjean should.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.1 - Callum Ilott has counted himself out of the running for a Formula 1 debut in 2021. The 22-year-old Briton is sandwiched between Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin in the Formula 2 standings as that 2020 championship comes to its head. But while Schumacher and Mazepin look set to debut for Haas next year,.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.1 - Mika Salo says a simple driver miscalculation caused Romain Grosjean's horror and fiery crash in Bahrain last Sunday. With the Frenchman set to leave hospital on Tuesday after suffering burns on his hands and feet, a detailed investigation of the crash will now begin. "The accident looked unusual but I am very glad.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Dec.1 - The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team regrets to announce that Lewis Hamilton has tested positive for COVID-19 and will be unable to take part in this weekend’s Sakhir GP. Lewis was tested three times last week and returned a negative result each time, the last of which was on Sunday afternoon at the Bahrain.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Expect more than your ‘normal’ Formula 1 podcast. Join current Formula 1 superstar Max Verstappen as he sits down with his father Jos and David Coulthard to wave the chequered flag over some of the hottest topics in the sport today. This podium of racing royalty talks everything from technology and training, right through to.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Brazil’s Pietro Fittipaldi will make his Formula 1 debut with Haas F1 Team in the Sakhir Grand Prix, Sunday 6 December, subbing for the injured Romain Grosjean. Grosjean sustained hand injuries during last weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix and is unable to compete in Round 16 of the 2020 FIA Formula 1 World Championship hosted at.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 In Bahrain, the F1 community witnessed the horrific crash of Romain Grosjean and at the same time what only can be described as some sort of miracle as Grosjean appeared from the flames into the brave hands of Dr Ian Roberts. Grosjean no stranger to a crash or two prophetically commented in a recent interview,.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Nov.30 - Toto Wolff has backed Formula 1's decision to broadcast multiple replays of the horrifying Romain Grosjean crash on Sunday. Daniel Ricciardo lashed out at the decision, admitting he felt "disgust and disappointment with F1" as the multiple replays ran during the red flag period. "The way the incident of Grosjean was broadcast over.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Nov.30 - Max Verstappen has poured cold water on his struggling teammate Alex Albon's podium celebrations in Bahrain. Albon, at risk of losing his Red Bull seat after Abu Dhabi, finished third behind Verstappen in Bahrain. "There was obviously a bit of luck involved with Sergio, he had a really good race," said the British-born.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Nov.30 - Romain Grosjean on Sunday miraculously survived one of the scariest crashes in Formula 1 history. The world of F1 held its collective breath when the French driver's car penetrated the armco barriers, split in two, and burst into an inferno at the start of Sunday's Bahrain GP. Grosjean spent the night in hospital.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Nov.30 - Ferrari is apparently making plans to prepare a 2019-spec car for Carlos Sainz to test early next year. The Spanish driver, who is switching from McLaren, has expressed concerns that one and a half days of official pre-season testing will not be enough for him to prepare for 2021. "A test with a.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 Nov.30 - The Haas team's 'plan A' is for Romain Grosjean to return to action this weekend in Bahrain. The French driver, whose visor melted in the inferno of his first-lap crash, suffered only second-degree burns to his hands and ankles and shock in the horror incident. Almost immediately, there were rumours that likely 2021.....check out full post » Fri, 4 Dec 2020 DRIVERS: 1 – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), 2 – Max Verstappen (Red Bull), 3 – Alex Albon (Red Bull) TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Paul di Resta) Q: Alex well done, a smile behind the mask there. It’s been a tough weekend after that crash in FP2 but these guys standing behind me you can see they’re getting behind.....check out full post » |
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