New AlphaTauri Formula 1 recruit Yuki Tsunoda will be pushing team-mate Pierre Gasly hard within a few races next season, predicts his Formula 2 team boss Trevor Carlin. Carlin has watched Tsunoda become the 27th driver to graduate from his squad to an F1 race seat, and he reckons the Japanese ace will shine. “He’s
Month: December 2020
In cartoon land, Stirling Moss had a legendary team-mate in Skid Solo in the iconic Tiger and Speed comic book, which despite being fantasy loosely based on reality, drew far closer to the truth than anyone would foresee. ANDY HALLBERY looks back The magical story Martin Brundle tells in this week’s Christmas issue of Autosport
Esteban Ocon feels it will still be hard for Formula 1 drivers to stray from their strict precautions to avoid getting COVID-19 during the winter break. Three F1 drivers missed races across the course of the 2020 season through illness as the FIA enforced strict protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the paddock.
World Rally Championship veteran Kris Meeke “felt like a kid at Christmas” during his first test for PH Sport, with whom he will compete in the 2021 Dakar Rally. Meeke will drive PH Sport’s Zephyr T3 in next month’s Dakar Rally, which will take place in Saudi Arabia across a total of 4750 miles. The
Franco Morbidelli says he “can’t hide” the fact Yamaha’s decision to give him the older-spec MotoGP bike at the start of 2020 made him feel the weakest of its riders. The Petronas SRT rider was due to ride current-spec machinery in 2020, but ahead of pre-season testing Yamaha decided to keep him on what it
Daniil Kvyat thinks he still has a lot more to offer in Formula 1, especially as he feels only now he is fully capable of delivering for a top team. The Russian looks set to sit on the sidelines in 2021, after AlphaTauri elected to replace him with F2 frontrunner Yuki Tsunoda for next year.
The remarkable 2020 Formula 1 season is the subject of discussion in Autosport’s season review podcast. From the genuine possibility of not having an F1 season at all amid the coronavirus pandemic which forced the last-minute cancellation of the Australian Grand Prix, the series crammed in 17 races with Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes ultimately prevailing
Incoming Pramac Ducati MotoGP rider Johann Zarco says he was forced to “make up for lost time” in 2020, which he links to his “inconsistent” campaign with Esponsorama Racing. Zarco signed directly to Ducati to join Esponsorama Racing (formerly Avintia) for 2020, having walked away from his two-year KTM factory deal following a tough opening
11:47 AM ET Frank Williams, founder of the Williams Formula One team, has been discharged from hospital and is recovering at home, the F1 outfit said on Thursday. A family statement last week said the 78-year-old had been admitted in a stable condition for a private medical matter. We’re delighted to say that Sir Frank
Sir Frank Williams has been discharged from hospital and is recovering at home, the former Formula 1 team principal’s squad has announced. Williams had been admitted to hospital just over a week ago, with his family confirming he was in a stable condition, while keeping the details of his medical situation private. Earlier on Thursday
FIA rally director Yves Matton says he is “quite confident” the opening round of the 2021 World Rally Championship will go ahead, despite the continuing impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Rally Monte Carlo is scheduled to kick off the series on Thursday 21 January, although, at 174 competitive miles, next year’s instalment will be the
Three-time MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo was a finalist on Spain’s version of the celebrity talent show the Masked Singer. Lorenzo contested the show dressed as a giant raven, sailing through the early rounds with the renditions of J Balvin’s ‘Morado’ and the Dire Straits hit ‘Walk of Life’. The former Yamaha, Ducati and Honda
8:00 AM ET THERE WAS A specific moment during this most extraordinary of years that Bubba Wallace believes changed him forever. It wasn’t June 10, when NASCAR finally banned the Confederate flag from its racetracks. It wasn’t June 22, when every person from the NASCAR Cup Series garage pushed and cheered Wallace’s No. 43 Chevy
Williams says it has no desire to become a Formula 1 B-team, despite the closer alliances some rivals are forming with the top squads. As F1 heads into a new era of limited resources, thanks to tighter cost controls and the arrival of a budget cap, there has been a move for some outfits to
McLaren has no plans to abandon its “very targeted” approach to its young Formula 1 driver programme, wishing to avoid the issue of struggling to place its talent. The team has brought a number of young drivers into F1 through its junior programme, including seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and current McLaren F1 driver Lando
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The Haas Formula 1 team has reiterated its intention to run Nikita Mazepin for 2021 and has concluded its internal investigation into his recent conduct in an online video. The team released a statement on Wednesday that confirmed the Russian driver would join Mick Schumacher as an all-rookie line-up for 2021 as previously announced. The
Fabio Quartararo says Yamaha riders need to “believe” the marque can cure the problems which plagued its 2020 MotoGP campaign and cost it a chance at the world title. Yamaha ended 2020 with the most wins of any manufacturer with seven, though three of those did come courtesy of Franco Morbidelli on the older-spec M1,
8:12 AM ET Haas says it has dealt with the matter of Nikita Mazepin’s “abhorrent” video internally and reaffirmed he will race for the team in 2021. Mazepin, 21, posted a video to his Instagram on Dec. 9 which showed him touching a woman in the back of a car. The video was promptly deleted
Ferrari thinks only a “bad” situation for the team next year will prompt it to compromise its aggressive focus on the opportunities of Formula 1’s new 2022 rules. Although Ferrari is coming off the back of a disappointing 2020 campaign, it is open that it cannot expect to be back fighting at the front next
Esteban Ocon feels his progress through his comeback Formula 1 season with Renault has been “very strong” after building his confidence following a year on the sidelines. Ocon spent 2019 serving as Mercedes’ F1 reserve driver after missing out on seats at Renault, McLaren and Racing Point, falling through the cracks in the driver market.
Juan Pablo Montoya was the “very clear” choice for McLaren to field in its third car entry to the Indianapolis 500 in 2021, according to Zak Brown. Arrow McLaren SP announced earlier this month that two-time Indy 500 winner Montoya would be joining the team for the 2021 edition of the race, driving alongside full-time
Williams says that George Russell returned from his Mercedes outing with several ideas for car improvements – including new clutch paddles – that could help the Formula 1 team in 2021. Russell was drafted in by Mercedes for the Sakhir Grand Prix as replacement for world champion Lewis Hamilton, who had been sidelined by coronavirus.
Sebastien Loeb says the Prodrive-run Bahrain Raid Xtreme team is entering the Dakar Rally expecting to be competitive against established outfits like Toyota and X-raid Mini. Loeb is returning to the Dakar after a one-year absence to helm the new Bahrain Raid Xtreme team, where he will be joined by 2015 winner Nani Roma. The
Suzuki team boss Davide Brivio says a decision on the Japanese manufacturer having a satellite MotoGP team for 2022 will have to be taken by April. Suzuki and Aprilia are the only manufacturers on the current MotoGP grid without a customer outfit, though Brivio has repeatedly expressed a desire for the Japanese manque to have
Lewis Hamilton feels he has learned from his penalty slip-ups through the 2020 Formula 1 season, saying the stewards “won’t be able to catch me out again”. Hamilton received in-race penalties on three occasions this year, the first coming at the opening round in Austria when he received a five-second penalty for a collision with
Kevin Magnussen has credited his former Haas Formula 1 team-mate Romain Grosjean with making him a better qualifier as he claimed the Frenchman is “phenomenal on one lap”. Both Magnussen and Grosjean are leaving F1 after being replaced by rookies Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin at Haas for the 2021 season, with the Dane joining
4:27 AM ET Reuters and ESPN Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto expects Mick Schumacher to have a tough Formula One debut with Haas next year before getting more up to speed in 2022. 1 Related Schumacher, the son of Ferrari great and seven times F1 world champion Michael, won the Formula Two title this year
Sam Collins takes a look at the high-speed tweaks that made cars even quicker at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, compared to the Bahrain race a week earlier? PLUS! We pick out some of the best fan questions as we look ahead to the season finale in Abu Dhabi. Check out the full episode here
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