George Russell “doubts” that Williams have improved upon their 2019 position, saying the team’s expectations remain “under control”. The Grove outfit made a statement by being the first car out on track at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for 2020 pre-season testing after…
Lewis Hamilton has used the current UK lockdown to draw comparisons to how animals are held captive in zoos and circuses. The coronavirus pandemic has meant that strict measures have been put in place throughout the UK in an attempt to slow…
Sebastian Vettel has been handed his first new contract offer from Ferrari, but it involves a drastic pay cut, according to reports. The four-time World Champion is now in the final year of the three-year deal which he signed in 2017, a…
Ferrari principal Mattia Binotto says teams and the FIA are discussing the possibility of a race calendar that would run in to 2021. The opening eight rounds of the 2020 season have been put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, while…
Formula 1 teams are open to the idea of a season that runs into January 2021 and includes two-day grands prix in a bid to try to get a championship together, says Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto. The coronavirus pandemic has forced F1…
Former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone believes the only safe thing to do would be to completely abandon the 2020 season. The first eight rounds of the scheduled 2020 calendar have already been called off, with Australia and Monaco cancelled, due to the…
Clint Bowyer says NASCAR drivers aren’t any different than anyone else during the novel coronavirus outbreak – looking for diversions from the problems and inconveniences caused by the pandemic. “Just trying to keep the kids sane, trying to keep my wife sane,…
Flavio Briatore has said he warned Fernando Alonso about joining McLaren because Lewis Hamilton “was in the pocket of Ron Dennis”. In his role as Alonso’s manager, Briatore advised against the Spaniard becoming part of the McLaren set-up because he envisaged that…
With his Formula 1 debut on hold, Nicholas Latifi says he’s not nervous as it feels as if his Williams promotion is a continuation of last year’s work. Last season Latifi was Williams’ test and reserve driver, the Canadian doing that job…
Toto Wolff’s days at Mercedes are numbered, at least according to Bernie Ecclestone who believes the Austrian will be moving to Aston Martin in the not-too-distant future. Earlier this year rumours linked Wolff, who is friends with Stroll, to Aston Martin. The…