Formula 1

Amid activism around the world last year calling for greater racial equality in all areas of society, F1 pledged to improve diversity within the series as part of its ‘We Race As One’ campaign. As F1’s only black driver, Hamilton led the calls to improve diversity within what he called “a white-dominated sport”. A pre-race

After two years away from the championship, Alonso decided to make an F1 comeback at the rebranded and overhauled Renault team to replace McLaren bound Daniel Ricciardo. As part of his preparation, the Spaniard started visiting the factory and attending race weekends early on during the 2020 season, which showed his commitment to the team

Perez will make his debut for Red Bull next weekend after leaving Racing Point at the end of last year, marking his first team switch since 2014. The Mexican starred through the 2020 season as he finished a career-best fourth in the drivers’ championship, as well as taking his maiden F1 victory at the Sakhir

The intrigue surrounding the MCL35M’s diffuser lies in the central section and what the team has done to work around the new restriction on the height of the strakes that lie within the diffuser. On the face of it, the regulations introduced for 2021 require the strakes to be 50mm shorter than in previous seasons.

Stroll has been joined by four-time F1 world champion Vettel at the rebranded Aston Martin team for 2021 following his departure from Ferrari. Vettel has been quickly adjusting to his new surroundings, making a positive impression on the team, and brings title-winning experience to the squad for the first time. It is also the first

F1’s chiefs have commenced with plans to experiment with Saturday sprint qualifying at three events this season – Silverstone, Monza and Interlagos – in a bid to see if it is something that can become more regular in the future. Under the plans, a normal qualifying session will take place on the Friday of a

The Grove-based outfit believes that going down such a route with its FW43B will pay off handsomely in the right conditions and allow its drivers George Russell and Nicholas Latifi to shine on the calmer days to pick up constructors’ championship points. Speaking about the decision, Russell says that Williams’ hopes of moving up the

The FIA introduced a raft of measures over the winter targeted at slashing downforce to put less strain through the tyres. The new regulations included cutting away a section of the floor ahead of the rear tyres, outlawing holes and slots in this area, plus reducing the size of rear brake ducts and diffuser strakes.

The promising pace and reliability that Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez showed over the three days in Bahrain was in contrast to the difficulties that Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas encountered. But although the general consensus is that Red Bull is coming out of testing in pretty good shape, the Milton Keynes-based team

As the third and final day of pre-season testing wound down at the Bahrain International Circuit, the TV feed showed Sainz and Alfa Romeo’s Raikkonen running closely together off-track at the exit of Turn 10. Sainz had been attempting a final flying lap on a set of soft tyres in the closing minutes of the

Arguably no Formula 1 team faced as big a challenge as McLaren heading into last weekend’s Bahrain testing, given the switch of power unit supplier from Renault to Mercedes.  Even at a time when much on the 2020 cars was frozen by the FIA, allowing teams to carry over parts without having to devote R&D

The four-time world champion’s hopes of a solid start with his new squad in pre-season testing in Bahrain last weekend were dashed by reliability problems that limited his running. A gearbox failure on day two, and a suspected turbo problem on the final day, left him short of mileage and behind where we wanted to

Mercedes suffered setbacks on the first two days of testing at the Bahrain International Circuit, with drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas losing track time to issues and reporting rear-end instability with the car. Although Mercedes closed out the running in Bahrain with a trouble-free final day, the team still ended testing at the bottom

Verstappen ended pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit with the fastest lap time, recording a best effort of 1m28.960s. The lap saw him finish 0.093s clear of AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda in second place, and more than a second clear of reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes. Verstappen has downplayed the favourite tag for

Sunday morning’s four-hour session was largely trouble-free, which allowed most teams to rack up a substantial number of laps at the Bahrain International Circuit. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc fired off a 1m30.486 lap on mediums 20 minutes into the session, which set the tone for a busy start as teams tried to make the most of

Several generations of fans grew up listening to his voice describing the exploits of the likes of Jackie Stewart, James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill and Jenson Button. To the wider public he was best known for his occasional gaffes and the “trousers on fire” commentary style so famously described by Clive James. In fact

Walker served as the lead commentator for F1 coverage in Great Britain from 1976 until 2001, becoming an icon within both motorsport and wider sports broadcasting. In a statement issued by the British Racing Drivers’ Club on Saturday evening, it was announced that Walker had died at the age of 97. “It is with great

But while the focus for many outfits has been on the floor area, and some clever ideas have already appeared, McLaren appears to have stolen a march on rivals with a unique diffuser solution instead. The package of rule changes for 2021 came in three parts – involving new requirements for the floor, the brake

Verstappen closed out the first of three days of pre-season testing with both the quickest time and the most laps completed, racking up more than two race distances in the RB16B. The session marked the first extensive run-out for the RB16B, as well as its first public sighting after Red Bull kept it hidden following

Vettel made his official Aston Martin debut on Friday morning in the Mercedes-powered AMR21, setting 51 laps at the Bahrain International Circuit before handing over the car to team-mate Lance Stroll after lunch time. Vettel’s fastest lap of 1m33.742s was three seconds slower than Max Verstappen’s leading time in the Red Bull, but the German

Aston Martin was perhaps the most open of all Formula 1 teams when it came to the launch of its latest challenger. But as the new AMR21 rolled out on to the track in Bahrain for the start of pre-season testing, it was clear to see that the team was already ringing the changes, with

A report from the Financial Times in December claimed that F1 was in “advanced” talks with Amazon over streaming races in 2021, building on an existing partnership with Amazon Web Services. Amazon has been expanding its live sport offerings in recent years, picking up rights across Premier League football, tennis and the NFL. Speaking to

As to be expected following a season like no other in 2020, the break before the 2021 campaign also had many unique elements. Drivers had their preparations impacted by growing travel restrictions around the world, while three – Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc and Pierre Gasly – also had to battle off a bout of COVID-19

Mazepin will make his F1 debut later this month with Haas after graduating from F2, where he finished fifth in last year’s championship. The Russian driver ended last season on 11 penalty points after a string of incidents, leaving him just one shy of the threshold to trigger a one-race ban. Mazepin’s penalty points record

The Haas Formula 1 team has fired up the customer Ferrari power unit its VF-21 car for the first time, prior to this week’s official pre-season test in Bahrain. Typically teams will run the engines in their new cars in their factories at the first possible opportunity, in order to check their systems ahead of

Formula 1 roars back into action for 2021 with pre-season testing taking place across three days in Bahrain on 12-14 March. Here’s how to watch testing and what to look out for. While most teams have already completed a shakedown with their new cars, limited to 100km, Bahrain will mark the first opportunity to give

F1 announced in February that it would be going ahead with a proposed engine freeze next year, halting development for three seasons until the next generation of power unit arrives. The decision paved the way for Red Bull to establish its own power unit division, taking over Honda’s engines upon its F1 exit to ensure

Alpine, which competed in F1 as Renault until this season, lost its last remaining customer team when McLaren decided to switch from Renault to Mercedes power units for 2021. That means the works Enstone outfit is the only team left on the grid using engines from Viry-Chatillon. Last year outgoing team principal Cyril Abiteboul said

Double Formula 1 world champion Mika Häkkinen came to Artisans de Genève with a personalisation that would reflect his philosophy in life: to keep moving forward, no matter what the obstacle. The result, the Mika Häkkinen Challenge, is the perfect blend of classic watchmaking traditions and the high-speed world of Formula 1. “Time can be

Williams unveiled its new car for the 2021 season last week, presenting a heavily-revised livery that saw it adopt a striking new white, blue and yellow colour scheme. The FW43B livery design saw a reduction in size of a number of the sponsorship stickers, leaving a significant amount of blank space on the car. PLUS: