Kimi Raikkonen is set to start a record 323rd Formula One race at this weekend’s Eifel Grand Prix but is happy if his landmark in longevity is overshadowed by the names Hamilton and Schumacher. The 40-year-old Finn, who is the oldest driver on the grid, famously loathes publicity and any Read more…
Daniel Ricciardo is growing increasingly confident that he can ink his Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul before the F1 season is out. Ricciardo will leave Renault for McLaren at the end of the year but is hoping to give Abiteboul a Honey Badger tattoo before leaving for good. To do so, Read more…
As always, there is a relatively large number of drivers who want a seat in Formula 1. But for the 2021 season, the seats are filling up. Two drivers who are both wanting a Formula 1 drive in 2021 are Sergio Perez and Mick Schumacher. They are in contact with several Formula 1 teams, but contracts Read more…
Red Bull wants “clarity” about its engine solution for 2022 before the end of the year. That is the news from team boss Christian Horner, who admitted that reuniting with Renault might even be a possibility for 2022. Last Friday, Honda stunned the Formula 1 world by announcing that it Read more…
Fernando Alonso looks set to make his debut in Renault’s 2020 car next week. According to the Spanish broadcaster Movistar, the Spaniard will be in the cockpit for a ‘filming day’ in Barcelona next Tuesday – October 13. After that, a half-day test in Renault’s two-year-old car is also on Read more…
Red Bull will have to look hard for a new engine supplier for both teams in Formula 1 next year. Helmut Marko has already indicated that their own departure from the sport will be possible if this does not succeed. Can we take that threat seriously? According to Raul Romojaro, journalist for the Spanish Read more…
Many young F2 drivers have strong ties with an F1 team. For example, Mick Schumacher, Callum Ilott and Robert Schwartzman are all part of the Ferrari junior team, Yuki Tsunoda has tyres with Honda and Christain Lundgaard belongs to Renault. The latter driver could cause a lot of problems within Renault, which will be driving Read more…
Max Verstappen has been linked to Mercedes in recent days since Honda announced they would be leaving Formula One. The engine manufacturer supplies power units to Verstappen’s current team Red Bull at the moment. But with the Japanese engine provider leaving the sport it leaves Verstappen with lots of questions to Read more…
Ferrari still retains its right of veto, but this does not always seem to be a privilege. For years, other teams have been trying to remove this veto from the Scuderia. This happened again during the negotiations of the last Concorde Agreement, but in vain. There is no team with a Read more…
Honda announced that at the end of the 2021 season, it will conclude its participation in the FIA Formula One World Championship as a power unit supplier. The Japanese company said that it intends to focus instead on zero-emission technology, which clearly sounds like battery electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel cells. Read more…