Proposal from Formula 1 CEO Aims to Drastically Reduce Length of Race Weekends

Proposal from Formula 1 CEO Aims to Drastically Reduce Length of Race Weekends

Jan Bolscher Monday, March 27, 2023 10:44 – Last update: 10:57 Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has suggested scrapping free practice sessions during a race weekend. According to the Italian, these sessions are important for the engineers, but the fans don’t like them. A race weekend in Formula 1 usually includes – except for a … Read more

Due to stomach issues, Verstappen defers flight to Saudi Arabia.

Due to stomach issues, Verstappen defers flight to Saudi Arabia.

Jan Bolscher Thursday, March 16, 2023 11:08 – Last update: 11:23 Max Verstappen had to postpone his flight to Saudi Arabia by a day due to stomach problems. The Dutchman says he feels better again, but will therefore not arrive at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit until Friday. The Red Bull Racing driver has been struggling … Read more

Remarkable Reaction of Formula 1 towards London Grand Prix Plans.

Remarkable Reaction of Formula 1 towards London Grand Prix Plans.

Where The Times reported earlier on Tuesday that there are concrete plans about hosting an East London Grand Prix, a spokesman for the sport added PlanetF1 a second race in Great Britain. The idea was to organize a race in the Docklands area in the capital of Great Britain. The port area will be redeveloped … Read more

F1 winter test: first official images of the real RB19 from Red Bull in Bahrain

F1 winter test: first official images of the real RB19 from Red Bull in Bahrain

Jeen Grievink Thursday, February 23, 2023 07:28 – Last update: 07:33 Red Bull Racing has managed to keep its real RB19 a secret from the public – and the competition – for a long time, but it was finally officially shown to the outside world. The new car of Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez was … Read more

VIDEO: Carlos Sainz debuts his new Ferrari 812

VIDEO: Carlos Sainz debuts his new Ferrari 812

After several months of waiting, Carlos Sainz was finally able to show off his new Ferrari 812 Competizione to the public. The Madrid runner acquired his first “street car” from the Maranello manufacturer, since the other cars were “lent” by the Prancing Horse brand. Related: “Carlos Sainz was Mattia Binotto’s favourite; Fred Vasseur will bet … Read more

Hakkinen sees Russell as future world champion: ‘He can keep Lewis behind him’

Hakkinen sees Russell as future world champion: ‘He can keep Lewis behind him’

Mika Häkkinen sees George Russell as a future Formula 1 world champion. The Finn says he was impressed by the Briton’s first season at the wheel of the Mercedes. He knew how to keep Lewis Hamilton behind him on several occasions. George Russell joined Mercedes last year after driving for Williams for three seasons. Despite … Read more

Mercedes is the seventh team to set a date for the unveiling of W14: February 15

Mercedes is the seventh team to set a date for the unveiling of W14: February 15

Lars Leeftink Thursday, January 12, 2023 1:09 PM – Last update: 1:24 PM Mercedes has become the seventh team to reveal the launch date of the 2023 F1 car. The W14 will be revealed for the first time on Wednesday, February 15, 2023. And Aston Martin, FerrariAlpine, McLaren, Williams and AlphaTauri, Mercedes is the seventh … Read more

Verstappen points to weight and understeer as problems for the RB18 as it enters 2022

Verstappen points to weight and understeer as problems for the RB18 as it enters 2022

Max Verstappen he had to deal with a RB18 in 2022 at the beginning of the new era of Formula 1 that didn’t quite work out to his wishes. This was mainly due to the large amount of understeer the car had due to the excessive weight of the car. Verstappen explains what effect it … Read more

Alonso receives a DBX 707 worth €300,000 as a gift from Aston Martin

Alonso receives a DBX 707 worth €300,000 as a gift from Aston Martin

Jeen Grievink Thursday, January 5, 2023 10:22 – Last updated: 10:24 Fernando Alonso (41) has received a warm welcome to the Aston Martin Formula 1 team, where he will begin his first season this year. The Spaniard received a gift from his new employer shortly after the end of the year and spared no expense. … Read more

Adrian Newey almost left Red Bull for Ferrari: ‘We were stuck with a bad engine’

Adrian Newey almost left Red Bull for Ferrari: ‘We were stuck with a bad engine’

Adrian Newey, the chief designer of thirteen Formula 1 world championship-winning cars and an employee of more than a decade Red Bull Racingbrought back a demotivating spell at the start of the hybrid era in 2014. While Mercedes looked unbeatable, the Austrian team was locked in a deal with Renault which did not provide the … Read more