Formula 1

Max Verstappen claims he is not paying much attention to speculation linking him to Mercedes’ Formula 1 squad for 2022 if Lewis Hamilton quits, saying he remains “focused on myself”. Mercedes announced earlier this month that seven-time world champion Hamilton had signed a one-year contract extension to cover the 2021 season. It led to speculation

Formula 1 posted a huge loss of $386m in 2020 as the COVID pandemic impacted the calendar and races were run without spectators. Liberty Media’s full-year financial results, which were released today, reveal that F1’s income tumbled by 44% compared with the previous year. Overall revenue crashed from $2022m in 2019 to just $1145m last

Formula 1 teams may be masters of trying to disguise secrets of their new cars when they are first revealed – but Red Bull has taken things to a new level. The Milton Keynes-based team appears to have gone out of its way to make sure that no detailed images of its new RB16B can

Max Verstappen says it is hard to judge how much progress Red Bull has made with its new Formula 1 car after only completing a short test using demonstration tyres. Red Bull released images of the new RB16B car on Tuesday before completing a filming day with Verstappen and new team-mate Sergio Perez at Silverstone

Ferrari has revised its chassis department ahead of the new Formula 1 season following a difficult campaign last year. After a challenging 2020, where the Italian squad was hampered by a down-on-power engine and a car that was too draggy, it has finalised an overhaul of the way it operates. It will maintain a reporting

AlphaTauri has unveiled the new nose design it will use in the 2021 Formula 1 season as it shakes down its AT02 car at Imola. The team spent its two allotted development tokens, which apply largely to structural areas of the car to reduce costs, on redefining the nose crash structure. The AT02 launched on

Sergio Perez feels that Red Bull’s new RB16B Formula 1 car has “good potential” after saying its improved grip was noticeable at a filming day on Wednesday. The Mexican had already spent a day at Silverstone testing a 2019 Red Bull RB15 car, before getting a first outing in the team’s new 2021 challenger. Speaking

Daniel Ricciardo says he is less ‘scared’ of sprint races ruining Formula 1 like reserve grids would do, as long as they don’t end up devaluing victories. F1 teams are currently evaluating the details about how to implement some sprint race experiments at select events in 2021, to see if they should be introduced as

The 2021 Formula 1 team launch season is well underway with Red Bull becoming the latest squad to reveal its new challenger, the RB16B. The Milton Keynes-based outfit became the fourth team to unveil its new car after McLaren kicked off events at the start of last week, followed by AlphaTauri last Friday and Alfa

Sergio Perez called it “a dream come true” to drive a Red Bull Formula 1 car for the first time after completing his first outing for the team at Silverstone. Following his winter switch from Racing Point, Sakhir Grand Prix winner Perez hit the track for the first time in a Red Bull car on

Red Bull has revealed the first images of its 2021 Formula 1 car, the RB16B. The Milton Keynes-based outfit showed off the Honda-powered challenger on Tuesday morning, becoming the fourth team to unveil its new car. The RB16B is an evolution of the 2020 RB16, with team boss Christian Horner explaining at the end of

Alfa Romeo has opted to spend its two Formula 1 development tokens for 2021 on designing a new nose and other parts around the front-end of the C41 car. Alfa Romeo unveiled its updated model for the 2021 season at an event in Warsaw on Monday, ahead of its on-track debut in Barcelona on Friday

Christian Horner says Red Bull has had to fix a correlation misalignment in its Formula 1 design and windtunnel work, which contributed its 2020 car problems. Red Bull’s RB16 machine had several spins during winter testing last year, a problem that continued when the pandemic-delayed season got underway. The team initially attributed the spins to

Alex Albon says there is no point ‘wallowing about’ over losing his Red Bull Formula 1 drive, because that will not help him win a race seat back. The Thai driver has been replaced by Sergio Perez for this season, after Red Bull felt that Albon had not delivered what it needed in its bid

Technical regulations within Formula 1 seemingly get more and more restrictive as the years go on, much to the chagrin of many fans. But, as KEVIN TURNER argues, a wide-open rulebook would be detrimental to the series They should free-up the regulations. The only rule should be that the cars have to fit into a

Amid Formula 1’s continual pursuit to add more races to its calendar, the appeal of a second race in the United States is clear. But as LUKE SMITH explains, there are several feasible candidates it can consider Since regaining a foothold in the United States at the Circuit of The Americas in 2012, Formula 1

One-time Formula 1 starter Chris Craft, one of Britain’s leading racers of the 1970s, has died aged 81 after a long illness. Best known as a sportscar driver, Craft claimed an overall podium in the 1976 Le Mans 24 Hours and won the 1973 European Sports Car Championship. His single F1 start came in the

Mercedes has been the dominant force of Formula 1’s turbo hybrid era since 2014, but its pedigree in grand prix racing can be traced back over 100 years. KEVIN TURNER picks out its very best machines from the pre-war and world championship eras Mercedes has a remarkable history in grand prix racing. Aside from its

Japan’s new Formula 1 star Yuki Tsunoda has enjoyed a mercurial rise through the ranks, spending just one year apiece in Formula 3 and Formula 2 before his graduation this year with AlphaTauri. Already he has impressed his team, as ADAM COOPER has been finding out Tsunoda’s ascension through the junior ranks to a Formula

Christian Horner says Red Bull made a “grown-up” decision to look outside its junior drivers when deciding on its 2021 Formula 1 line-up, where Sergio Perez replaces Alex Albon. Perez is the first non-Red Bull junior to race for the energy drinks company’s eponymous team since Mark Webber was hired to race alongside David Coulthard

AlphaTauri boss Franz Tost says his team must iron out mistakes if it is to deliver on its target of finishing head of the midfield in Formula 1 this year. The Faenza-based team had an encouraging 2020 campaign, with its highlight being Pierre Gasly’s surprise victory in the Italian Grand Prix. However, it did not

Pietro Fittipaldi, who made his Formula 1 debut subbing for the injured Romain Grosjean at the end of 2020, will remain as Haas’s official test and reserve driver this season. Fittipaldi, 24, made his first two F1 starts last December at the Sakhir and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix after Grosjean was forced out because of

Franz Tost is confident Yuki Tsunoda can bring his “extraordinary” strengths to AlphaTauri despite facing a steep learning curve through his debut Formula 1 season. Tsunoda will embark on his rookie F1 campaign in 2021 after graduating from Formula 2, where he finished third in the championship last year. The Japanese youngster is set to

Electronic Arts has completed its $1.2 billion takeover of Formula 1 video game developer Codemasters, marking “the beginning of an exciting new era for racing games”. Codemasters – which uses Motorsport Games for its Esports activities around the DiRT Rally franchise – has produced and developed the official F1 game since 2009. Following initial interest

Since 2014 when the hybrid era began in Formula 1, Mercedes has been the team to beat having secured a record-breaking seven drivers’ and constructors’ titles on the bounce. It’s not the first time the German manufacturer has dominated in F1, with Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss proving to be the class of the

Daniel Ricciardo says the death of “hero” Dale Earnhardt Sr impacted him hugely, and that he wanted to use the NASCAR legend’s racing approach as inspiration in Formula 1. Thursday marks the 20th anniversary of Earnhardt’s death at the 2001 Daytona 500, and has sparked a number of tributes and recollections of the seven-time NASCAR

Williams has completed a maiden run-out with its new FW43B Formula 1 car ahead of the 2021 season by holding a shakedown at Silverstone on Wednesday. Williams announced earlier this month that it would launch its new car for the coming season on 5 March, but has opted to give it a first on-track test

Construction of the Monaco Grand Prix circuit will begin next week ahead of the running of its Formula 1, Formula E and historic races in April and May. After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of both the F1 race and the Historic Grand Prix due to be held in Monaco last year, the event

Daniel Ricciardo felt his maiden Formula 1 outing with McLaren went “really smooth” after sampling the MCL35M car for the first time at Silverstone on Tuesday. Following his winter switch from Renault, seven-time grand prix winner Ricciardo helped unveil McLaren’s new F1 car for the 2021 season on Monday at its factory in Woking. McLaren

Aston Martin has confirmed plans to unveil its new Formula 1 car for the 2021 season on 3 March. Following the rebranding of the Racing Point squad under the Aston Martin name over the winter, the team has now revealed details of its launch plans at the start of next month. The Aston Martin squad