AlphaTauri boss Franz Tost says the creation of the team’s brand new 2022 car is “right at the front” of their minds – even before the forthcoming season has begun. F1 teams are having to juggle their focus and resources on not only getting their 2021 cars on track, withRead More →
F1 steward Mika Salo has told fellow Finn Kristian Sohlberg that Ferrari was made to “use less fuel” as part of their punishment from the 2019 “cheating” scandal. Ferrari courted controversy in 2019 when rivals raised questions about the Scuderia’s much-improved power unit. Blatantly accused of “cheating” by Red Bull’sRead More →
Sergio Perez has described his “amazing” first day driving a Red Bull as “a dream come true” after testing at Silverstone. Shortly after the team’s 2021 challenger, the RB16B, was launched online, Perez took to the track at Silverstone in the 2019 car, the RB15. It was his first timeRead More →
Red Bull have taken the covers off, or best to say released a photograph of, it’s 2021 challenger, the RB16B. The 2021 car is the last one that will officially be powered by Honda before Red Bull Powertrains Limited takes over the running of the engines. While initially it wasRead More →
Nikita Mazepin’s former boss, Hitech’s Oliver Oakes, has defended the rookie driver, saying enough is enough with the “unjustified low blows”. AlphaTauri team boss Franz Tost, a man known for nurturing the talents of young drivers at Red Bull’s junior team, recently weighed in on this year’s three rookies. ButRead More →
Swapping McLaren for Ferrari in the off season, pundits are wondering whether Carlos Sainz has made the “wrong” choice with Tom Coronel saying it wouldn’t be the first time. Last year, even before the first race of the championship, Ferrari announced that Sainz would be joining for 2021, signing aRead More →
Andreas Seidl says McLaren have put together a “clear plan” for Daniel Ricciardo to prepare him for his first race with the team. The British constructor have a new driver for the first time in two years in the form of the Aussie, who opted to leave Renault and signRead More →
An update to previous reports indicates Haas will not be the new pink panthers of the grid any time soon after all. Best Water Technology have been Racing Point’s main sponsor for the past four seasons, painting the team pink. But with the team becoming Aston Martin, they left the sport.Read More →
McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown says the budget cap will not be “perfect” in its first season, instead 2021 will flag up the issues. While the new generation of Formula 1 cars have been pushed back to 2022, the $145m-per-season budget cap has still been brought into play for 2021,Read More →
Technical director Toyoharu Tanabe has revealed some of the upgrades Honda have introduced ahead of the 2021 season. Red Bull will be taking over Honda’s F1 operations in 2022 following the Japanese manufacturer’s decision to walk away from the sport at the end of the upcoming campaign. According to Tanabe,Read More →