Aston Martin team principal Otmar Szafnauer has indicated the team is set to boost its staff numbers by 50% in its bid to become an F1 giant. The Silverstone-based team completed a rebranding exercise over the winter as it morphed from Racing Point into Aston Martin, with the name change Read more…
Speculation about why Sir Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes are yet to sign a contract for 2021 has gone into overdrive in recent weeks. According to reports, the main sticking points are Sir Hamilton’s demands for a pay rise – something that Daimler, in particular, is opposed to – and his Read more…
Former world champion Jenson Button has joined Williams in the role of senior advisor as the flagging Formula One team look to revive their fortunes on the track. Once a Grand Prix powerhouse, British outfit Williams have finished bottom of the F1 constructors’ championship for the past three seasons. Team founder Frank Williams sold Williams to US Read more…
The four-time world champion was informed by the team that they would not be renewing his contract before the start of the 2020 F1 season, with the German subsequently agreeing to join Aston Martin. Asked whether he understands why Mattia Binotto and Ferrari decided to let him leave, Vettel said that looking Read more…
Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto is confident his star racer Charles Leclerc could give Lewis Hamilton a tough challenge. With Sebastian Vettel out of the picture, Binotto is leaning on Leclerc to put Scuderia Ferrari back on top. In a recent interview with Grandprix247, Binotto even boasted that the 23-year-old is a driver who Read more…
Lewis Hamilton’s plan to boost his financial and influential power at Mercedes has been “shattered”. That is the view of former F1 driver Christijan Albers, as seven time world champion Hamilton finally breaks his 2021 silence on his long-delayed new contract for this year. Albers told De Telegraaf that he Read more…
Max Verstappen had to make a big change to his mindset in order to deal with constantly losing to Lewis Hamilton. The two F1 stars have been rivals at the front of the grid for the last few years but it is Mercedes’ Hamilton who usually comes out on top. Read more…
Good news for the family and friends of Alessandro Zanardi: More than six months after his terrible handbike accident, he can talk again. The former Formula 1 driver is still in the hospital, and his situation did not look good for a long time. Nevertheless, Zanardi once again shows that he is Read more…
Romain Grosjean revealed the burn wounds on his right hand as he continues to recover from a horror Formula One crash. Dressing fully off and Petrus happy!!!🥰🥰🥰 pic.twitter.com/0Ab3r2fcW1 — Romain Grosjean (@RGrosjean) January 12, 2021 The Frenchman’s car slammed into a wall at 140mph during the Bahrain Grand Prix last month and Read more…
Last month, Red Bull announced that Sergio Perez will be replacing Alex Albon as Max Verstappen’s team-mate in 2021, with the Thai driver being demoted to the team’s reserve and test driver. Verstappen has since said he hopes that Perez will help Red Bull take the fight to Mercedes, but he is also keen Read more…