Category: Formula 1

(GMM) Lance Stroll could be “a benchmark” for quadruple world champion and teammate Sebastian Vettel in 2021. That is the view of former driver and pundit Marc Surer, who played … Read More

(GMM) Former F1 driver Christijan Albers has dismissed claims that Mercedes may be sandbagging ahead of the 2021 season. “Mercedes wouldn’t achieve such a bad outcome deliberately,” the Dutchman told … Read More

(GMM) Max Verstappen was “much faster” than Mercedes’ drivers at the Bahrain test. That is the claim not only of authoritative sources like Italy’s La Gazzetta dello Sport, but even … Read More

(GMM) Sharp-eyed observers have questioned rookie Yuki Tsunoda’s pace in the pre-season Bahrain test. Alpha Tauri’s young Japanese ended with the second fastest time behind sister team Red Bull’s Max … Read More

(GMM) McLaren is “surprised” to be the only team exploiting an early loophole in the tweaked aerodynamic rules for 2021. Spain’s Marca sports newspaper says the British team has found … Read More

(GMM) Long-time F1 safety car driver Bernd Maylander admits to feeling “nervous” about the 2021 season. “I haven’t been so nervous about a new season before,” the German admitted to … Read More

(GMM) Team boss Gunther Steiner admits it is “possible” Haas will finish dead last in the 2021 world championship. Most observers agree after the Bahrain test that Williams may have … Read More

(GMM) Ferrari has succeeded in producing a more powerful engine for 2021. “As far as we can tell so far, our top speed looks reasonable,” team boss Mattia Binotto said … Read More

(GMM) Formula 1 is hoping to race through the covid crisis by attending all 23 scheduled grands prix on the 2021 calendar. Melbourne, China and Vietnam are not happening for … Read More

(GMM) Alpine’s executive director Marcin Budkowski has defended the emergence of a notably ‘plump’ area of the 2021 car’s engine cover just behind the airbox. Some said it even reminded … Read More

(GMM) Mercedes has made “a horrible start” to the 2021 season, according to team boss Toto Wolff. The team, having won every single title throughout the rest of the ‘hybrid’ … Read More

How many of you ever saw this Pizza Hut Commercial with Murray Walker and Damon Hill? We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of the legendary F1 announcer … Read More

It’s hard to tell who is sandbagging and who is showing their real pace, but if preseason testing is any indication, Red Bull, and it’s ‘B’ team AlphaTauri, are the … Read More

Completing only 49 laps, Red Bull’s new driver, Sergio Perez of Mexico, turned the fastest lap at 1m30.187s to lead the morning session on the final day of F1 preseason … Read More

Sebastian Vettel was left to rue a largely wasted morning on the second day of pre-season testing in Bahrain, after a gearbox issue on his new Aston Martin AMR21 cut … Read More

Despite spinning in Bahrain testing Saturday and despite his teammate Valtteri Bottas  losing Friday morning to gearbox issues, Lewis Hamilton is not worried because he knows his Mercedes F1 car … Read More

F1 is planning to make discounted grandstand tickets available to minorities to give them a chance to attend their expensive races that they would not otherwise be able to  afford. … Read More

McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo once again led the way on the second morning of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain, as Sebastian Vettel ran into gearbox troubles with the same gearbox … Read More

Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, both drove the SF21 on the first day of the only 2021 pre-season test, that runs until Sunday. In total, … Read More

Fernando Alonso will set off airport security throughout the  2021 Formula 1 season following a cycling incident last month. The two-time world champion broke his jaw when he was involved … Read More

On a day when a sandstorm blew sand all over the track, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has topped the first day of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain – but … Read More

Ahead of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship, the Williams Mercedes FW43B took to the track this morning for pre-season testing at Bahrain’s International Circuit. The team’s Development Driver, … Read More

With an afternoon sandstorm making the track slower and most drivers not going faster from the morning, Max Verstappen slapped on the C2 Pirellis and turned a 1m31.412s to go … Read More