Category: Formula 1

Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team Statement Dear Formula 1 community and fans, We left Abu Dhabi in disbelief of what we had just witnessed. Of course, it’s part of the game … Read More

(GMM) Mercedes is on the cusp of accepting defeat in the 2021 world championship by dropping its intention to appeal the outcome of the Abu Dhabi finale. That is the … Read More

(GMM) Bernie Ecclestone has questioned whether seven time world champion Lewis Hamilton really deserves his knighthood. On Wednesday, just days after narrowly missing a record eighth world title in Abu … Read More

Admitting that the way the end of the Abu Dhabi GP was handled by Michael Masi is “tarnishing the image” of F1, the FIA has proposed a detailed analysis and … Read More

(GMM) IndyCar front-runner Pato O’Ward has raved about his first experience of life at Formula 1 speeds. The 22-year-old Mexican was handed the opportunity to test the orange-clad car in … Read More

(GMM) The president of France has admitted he is keen for the country to remain on the Formula 1 calendar. Paul Ricard’s contract to host the French GP expires after … Read More

(GMM) Dr Helmut Marko has urged Mercedes to drop its threat to appeal the outcome of the 2021 world championship. “We travel with the best engineers. Mercedes travels with the … Read More

(GMM) 2022 rookie Guanyu Zhou has fended off criticism of his impending Formula 1 debut. When Alfa Romeo signed the strongly-financed Chinese for next year over fellow Alpine academy member … Read More

(GMM) Former F1 driver Sebastien Bourdais has slammed Red Bull and Sergio Perez for interfering in the world championship fight last Sunday. Red Bull and new world champion Max Verstappen … Read More

147,000 watched the re-air Sunday night on ESPN, bringing total USA viewership for the Abu Dhabi GP to 1,110,000 There was another replay on ESPNews, but broadcasts on that channel … Read More

While IndyCar driver Pato O’Ward was fastest in the morning, in the afternoon, driving the superior Mercedes car, reserve driver Nyck de Vries set the fastest overall time at the … Read More

Two concurrent F1 tests are underway at Abu Dhabi today: All of the teams taking part in 18-inch tire testing using 2018 Mule cars – modified 2018 cars built to … Read More

Post-season F1 testing got underway in Abu Dhabi this morning. The two-day test at the Yas Marina Circuit will see teams use young upcoming drivers, and existing F1 drivers using … Read More

(GMM) Max Verstappen has revealed that Mercedes boss Toto Wolff finally offered belated congratulations for his title win the day after Sunday’s epic and controversial 2021 season finale. While Lewis … Read More

(GMM) Bernie Ecclestone has defended Formula 1’s under-fire race director, but he says some elements of the way the sport was run this year were “a disaster”. The former F1 … Read More

(GMM) The first act in Fernando Alonso’s 2021-2022 ‘off season’ is to head into hospital for an operation. After signing to return to Formula 1 this year, the 40-year-old Spaniard … Read More

(GMM) Nikita Mazepin will sit out this week’s post-season tire test, but the Russian driver is in good health. That is the word from a spokesman representing the 22-year-old Haas … Read More

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a brand-new World Champion and this is how it happened. Max Verstappen won his first World Drivers’ Championship at the end of one of the … Read More

(GMM) Drivers who thrived in Formula 2 are likely to also thrive next year, as Formula 1 prepares to race into the future with its next-generation cars for 2022 and … Read More

(GMM) Dr Helmut Marko has described his Mercedes counterpart Toto Wolff as an “unworthy loser” after the incredible and controversial 2021 season finale in Abu Dhabi. Amid Red Bull’s wild … Read More