Mercedes technical director James Allison has opened up on his first experience joining the reigning Formula 1 world champions having felt it “intimidating” trying to play his part at the team while also battling grief after his wife passed away.
During this ongoing delay to the 2020 Formula 1 season, we want to test your knowledge and have some fun with a series of quizzes over the coming weeks and months until racing gets back underway.
Charles Leclerc says he enjoys racing against Max Verstappen even if he feels he occasionally oversteps the mark, while he believes he can learn more from battling Lewis Hamilton on track.
- McLaren’s Zak Brown says Ferrari are “living in denial” over its opposition to lowering the F1 cost cap. The two F1 teams have come to blows over the cost cap rules with the Woking-based team leading calls to lower the budget for 2021 to $100m.
After the passing of Sir Stirling Moss, it is time to look into the numbers behind his astonishing career to find out why he was so widely respected across the entire motorsport globe.
Lewis Hamilton has paid tribute to Sir Stirling Moss who has died at the age of 90 and says he will “celebrate his incredible life and the great man he was” after striking a friendship with the racing legend.
As Formula 1 icons go, Sir Stirling Moss will remain one of the all-time greats for both what he did on track and for paving the way for future stars to emulate his achievements.
While Max Verstappen has been rewriting the Formula 1 record book during the early years of his career the Red Bull driver has already notched up eight Grand Prix victories.
It was the news which sent shockwaves through Formula 1 at the end of 2016, when newly crowned world champion Nico Rosberg decided to quit at the top and retire from racing just days after sealing the title.
- In the latest F1 crisis meeting, teams argue over lowering the team budget cap, with Ferrari and Red Bull the key opposers reasoning the different team models doesn’t permit for a one-size-fits-all approach. A move to delay the technical rules overhaul by another year to 2023 was rejected.
Former Formula 1 world champion Nico Rosberg believes Max Verstappen’s chances of winning the 2020 world title continue to grow the shorter the season becomes.
Former Formula 1 team boss Flavio Briatore believes Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen are the sport’s only standout stars, but he tips Charles Leclerc to join them as he develops at Ferrari.
With the new decade starting, despite a slight delay to the 2020 Formula 1 season, it seems an ideal time to look over who comes out on top as the greatest driver of each decade.
Assuming the 2020 Formula 1 season is not cancelled altogether and some racing does take place, it will impact on the championship records that were set to fall.
Lewis Hamilton has asked people to assess their “totally irresponsible and selfish” lifestyle decisions by not adhering to social distancing and health advice amid the coronavirus pandemic.
As the coronavirus pandemic strips back the worldwide motorsport calendar, one left-field solution offered has been to run events without spectators and while any racing is better than no racing even that idea remains out of reach.
Sebastian Vettel says all the Formula 1 drivers are united over the preparations in place amid the coronavirus outbreak and expects the sport to take action if the situation demands it including pulling out of races.
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says his squad has been busy aiming to resolve its power unit reliability niggles ahead of the 2020 Formula 1 opener but can’t be certain it has fixed the issue until the season starts.
Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has poured cold water on his hopes of seeing either Charles Leclerc or Sebastian Vettel standing on the top step of the podium at the 2020 Formula 1 opener in Australia this weekend.
Max Verstappen says he doesn’t care who he fights for the Formula 1 world title, just as long as he and Red Bull are capable of challenging for the championship in 2020.