Kimi Raikkonen has paid Formula 2 driver Mick Schumacher the ultimate compliment by describing him as “a copy of his father in many ways”. Schumacher will make his debut in an official F1 session with Alfa Romeo in first practice for the Eifel Grand Prix at the Nürburgring driving alongside father Michael’s Read more…
Max Verstappen’s father Jos Verstappen is starting to put pressure on the Red Bull Racing team, now that Honda has announced its withdrawal from F1 at the end of the 2021 season. Whereas Red Bull Racing had bet heavily on its partnership with engine manufacturer Honda and was clearly aiming Read more…
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…
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…
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…
On the first day Black History Month, Lewis Hamilton has penned a tribute to Muhammad Ali who he considers to be the greatest sporting icon in the history of sport. For the occasion, The Sun asked leading sports personalities, including Lewis, to reveal their own personal hero from black history. This Read more…