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As discussions start about the framing of new hybrid engines rules from 2026 at the latest, there has been an increased focus on how best F1 can remain attractive to fans and manufacturers. The new regulations will offer the chance for the sport to map out potential new technologies in engine development, fuels and batteries. One of the key directions F1 wants to take is in being at the ... Keep reading

Formula 1 could become an energy battleground in the future that will keep it at the cutting edge of technology, according to Renault team boss Cyril Abiteboul

Ever since the start of 2014, F1 has had a penalty points systems in place where any breaches of the rules means a drivers’ superlicence is given endorsements. If any driver racks up 12 points over a 12 month period, then he will face an automatic one race ban. The 2020 season saw a remarkable turnaround for the driver who had started the year as the unofficial bad ... Keep reading

Formula 1 drivers give everything to finish as high up as they can in the official world championship standings, but there's one points table they would rather not top

Vettel forged a strong friendship with his idol Michael Schumacher during his rise through the sport and has also become close to Michael's 21-year-old son Mick, who will make his Formula 1 debut in 2021 with Ferrari-affiliated Haas as a member of the Ferrari Academy. In addition to being friends off the track, Vettel and Schumacher junior partnered for Team Germany at the 2019 Race of ... Keep reading

Damon Hill tells 5 Live Breakfast that Lewis Hamilton, who has been knighted, will "ignite an army of wannabes".

Despite having secured Mercedes seventh successive brace of titles, Toto Wolff admits to missing Niki Lauda more than ever.

Sebastian Vettel says he is happy to help compatriot Mick Schumacher in his Formula 1 rookie season in 2021, but believes the Haas rookie has to "find his own path"

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton is knighted in the New Year Honours, with Rob Burrow, Anne Keothavong and Jimmy Greaves becoming MBEs.

Formula 1's tech arms race will intensify on 1 January as teams can commence CFD and windtunnel work on their designs for the all-new 2022 regulations

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has become the fourth F1 driver to receive a Knighthood as he is named in the Queen's New Year's Honours list.

At that point, the 2021 regulations come into force and teams will be able to conduct CFD and wind tunnel work with their 2022 designs. Working on aero for the new era is something that’s been prohibited until now, even though teams have had sight of the regulations for some time. The reason that the FIA has restricted simulation work in this way is that it didn’t want to hand ... Keep reading

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has received a knighthood in the 2021 New Year Honours list that was officially announced on Wednesday evening

The knighthood – which means he will be known formally as Sir Lewis Hamilton – has been awarded at the end of a year that saw him match Michael Schumacher’s record of seven F1 World Championship titles and surpass his race wins tally. He has also pursued a campaign to increase diversity in the sport and frequently spoken out against racism in society. It comes exactly 12 years after ... Keep reading

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton is knighted in the New Year Honours, with Rob Burrow, Anne Keothavong and Jimmy Greaves becoming MBEs.

As Lewis Hamilton is knighted six weeks after winning his seventh World Championship, BBC Sport looks back at his career in illustrations.

Last month Grosjean survived a horrifying crash on the first lap of the Bahrain GP in what turned out to be his final Formula 1 start for Haas. Grosjean miraculously escaped serious injuries but suffered burns to his hands, which prevented him from returning to the cockpit in Abu Dhabi for his F1 farewell. The 34-year-old has continued to receive treatment for his injuries at home in ... Keep reading

The Woking-based outfit is coming off the back of an impressive third place in the constructors’ championship this year, having finished best of the rest behind Mercedes and Red Bull. Although it would love the chance to do even better in 2021, team principal Andreas Seidl says he is staying realistic about its prospects. The team has long been open that it needs a new windtunnel ... Keep reading

With Red Bull feeling that Alex Albon had not delivered the consistency and rate of improvement it had hoped for, it elected to commit to Perez for next year. Both drivers were informed of the decision on the Friday after the season finale in Abu Dhabi, with the news being made official shortly afterwards. However, there was some intrigue prompted by a picture that Red Bull team boss ... Keep reading

Romain Grosjean says his hands "are getting better" one month on from his fiery Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix crash, as he streamed his return behind the wheel in sim racing

Last month Grosjean survived a horrifying crash on the first lap of the Bahrain GP in what turned out to be his final Formula 1 start for Haas. Grosjean miraculously escaped serious injuries but suffered burns to his hands, which prevented him from returning to the cockpit in Abu Dhabi for his F1 farewell. The 34-year-old has continued to receive treatment for his injuries at home in ... Keep reading

Carlos Sainz Jr hopes that Formula 1's 2022 rules live up to the hype and put more power back in the hands of the drivers

Yet to be officially confirmed, the 2021 sporting regulations see Friday practice sessions reduced from 90 minutes to one hour.

McLaren says its "outdated infrastructure" means it must not get carried away and think it can beat Formula 1's biggest teams in the short term

The Woking-based outfit is coming off the back of an impressive third place in the constructors’ championship this year, having finished best of the rest behind Mercedes and Red Bull. Although it would love the chance to do even better in 2021, team principal Andreas Seidl says he is staying realistic about its prospects. The team has long been open that it needs a new windtunnel ... Keep reading

Mick Schumacher's trait of taking time to get up to speed in new categories could leave him facing a "difficult" first season in Formula 1, says Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto

The young German, who is part of Ferrari’s young driver academy, is making his debut for the Haas team in 2021 on the back of winning the F2 championship this year. With Schumacher having shown in junior categories that he hits peak form in his second season, winning both F3 and F2 titles in his sophomore campaigns, Ferrari thinks that it could be the same story in F1. Asked what his ... Keep reading

Red Bull has explained the background to a photo of Sergio Perez with team chiefs in Abu Dhabi, taken prior to him being announced as its 2021 Formula 1 driver

F1 is preparing all-new rules from 2022, with it hoped that ground effect machinery will improve the racing by allowing cars to follow each other more closely. As well as that, a raft of new financial arrangement, including a cost cap and more equitable prize money distribution, should help close the grid up. Sainz says one of F1’s current weaknesses is that the performance of cars is too ... Keep reading

Ferrari sporting director Laurent Mekies thinks Formula 1 teams will have to do a lot of "head scratching" to get on top of Pirelli's new 2021 tyre compounds

Perez is to replace Alex Albon at Red Bull after the Milton Keynes-based outfit felt that his performances in the second half of 2020 were 'impossible' to ignore. Speaking exclusively to Motorsport.com about the reasons why Perez became the preferred choice, Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko explained that it was not all down to the former Racing Point driver's speed. "The first thing ... Keep reading

McLaren enjoyed a strong 2020 campaign in which both Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris took a podium and were a regular factor in the upper midfield battle. The pair delivered a consistent haul of points to hold off the intrinsically faster Racing Point cars in the fight for third. Team boss Seidl believes a key factor of McLaren's 2020 progress is the fact that his technical team, led by ... Keep reading

McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andreas Seidl believes the team's decision to fast track aerodynamic updates to the 2020 season has been key in securing third in the world championship

After initially planning to stay on the current tyres for a third consecutive season, Pirelli has developed new prototypes in the wake of several high-profile tyre blow-outs during the 2020 season. Pirelli's new compounds, which are more robust but slightly slower and have an impact on the handling of the car, weren't very well received by the drivers when they were sampled in Bahrain, with the ... Keep reading

Believing that Max Verstappen was "unlucky" this year, Ross Brawn cites world champion, Lewis Hamilton as the sport's new benchmark.

Lewis Hamilton believes his dominant victory in the Turkish Grand Prix was his "stand-out" performance en route to his seventh Formula 1 title in 2020

Hamilton tied Michael Schumacher's record of seven drivers' championships after a dominant campaign that saw him win 11 of the 16 races he took part in. The Mercedes driver wrapped up the title with three races to spare, and also surpassed Schumacher's record tally of 91 race wins, ending the season with 95 victories to his name. Hamilton's title campaign featured a number of outstanding ... Keep reading

Red Bull says Sergio Perez's vast experience of the Mercedes Formula 1 engine was an important factor in it electing to sign the Mexican for next year

While buying Honda's IP will suffice in the short term, looking ahead to the new engine formula Red Bull is contemplating building its own power unit.

Perez is to replace Alex Albon at Red Bull after the Milton Keynes-based outfit felt that his performances in the second half of 2020 were 'impossible' to ignore. Speaking exclusively to Motorsport.com about the reasons why Perez became the preferred choice, Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko explained that it was not all down to the former Racing Point driver's speed. "The first thing ... Keep reading

Helmut Marko reveals that Red Bull is prepared to lend Alex Albon to rival teams should the need arise.

In this clip from Racing Files (above), Moss – who died in April, 2020 – says he “had more fun than anybody else” when it came to motor racing. Motorsport.tv subscribers can watch the full version of this episode by clicking here. Renowned for being a driver who could take a car way past its ‘natural’ limits but contain its wayward behavior due to his own vast skillset, Moss ... Keep reading

Sainz is switching from McLaren to Ferrari to replace Sebastian Vettel, whose expiring contract was not renewed beyond 2020. Vettel enjoyed a strong start to life at Ferrari, but as the team went through several changes and its competitiveness started to slip, the four-time world champion started to struggle. The arrival of Charles Leclerc in 2019 further complicated matters for Vettel, as the ... Keep reading

Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko says the squad would be open to lending out Alex Albon to other Formula 1 teams in 2021 if they needed a replacement driver

McLaren Formula 1 boss Zak Brown believes the new Williams owners will need to "get their chequebook out" to help turn the team's fortunes around

The Italian is part of Ferrari's young driver programme, and was under pressure to up his game this year with youngsters like Mick Schumacher, Callum Ilott and Robert Shwartzman impressing in Formula 2. In the end, Ferrari elected to give Giovinazzi another year at Alfa Romeo, with Schumacher being slotted in at Haas instead. It will be Giovinazzi's third campaign with Alfa Romeo, having been a ... Keep reading

Sainz is switching from McLaren to Ferrari to replace Sebastian Vettel, whose expiring contract was not renewed beyond 2020. Vettel enjoyed a strong start to life at Ferrari, but as the team went through several changes and its competitiveness started to slip, the four-time world champion started to struggle. The arrival of Charles Leclerc in 2019 further complicated matters for Vettel, as ... Keep reading

Antonio Giovinazzi says he improved "quite a lot" as a Formula 1 driver in 2020, as he helped secure himself a fresh Alfa Romeo contract

The Italian is part of Ferrari's young driver programme, and was under pressure to up his game this year with youngsters like Mick Schumacher, Callum Ilott and Robert Shwartzman impressing in Formula 2. In the end, Ferrari elected to give Giovinazzi another year at Alfa Romeo, with Schumacher being slotted in at Haas instead. It will be Giovinazzi's third campaign with Alfa Romeo, having ... Keep reading

Albon has lost his full-time race seat at Red Bull for next year, but will retain an intense development role and be present at a majority of races as the team's reserve. With three drivers (Sergio Perez, Lance Stroll and Lewis Hamilton) having missed races in 2020 because of coronavirus, there is a high chance that there will be further absentees next season too. That means Red Bull sees ... Keep reading

Carlos Sainz Jr has paid tribute to how McLaren's family atmosphere allowed him to thrive and is not worried that his new employer Ferrari will be lacking in that area

After the Williams family announced back in May that it was considering selling the team, American investment fund Dorilton Capital acquired the British squad at the end of August. The deal put an end to the financial uncertainty facing the Williams team, giving a boost to its finances after recording a loss of £13 million through 2019. Parallels were drawn ... Keep reading

Red Bull is considering building its own Formula 1 engine when new cheaper power unit rules come in to play by 2026 at the latest

With the Milton Keynes-based outfit looking increasingly likely to take over running of the Honda project from 2022, it is set to ramp up its own engine expertise over the next few years. And, if that infrastructure is put in place to ensure it keeps delivering a competitive power unit, it sees a pathway to going a step further and coming up with its own engine when the new ... Keep reading

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff thinks there is no chance Formula 1 teams will be able to produce faster cars next year in the wake of downforce cuts

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner and Mercedes chief Toto Wolff would both back a delay of Formula 1's increased use of biofuels planned for 2022

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc believes his 2020 campaign was his "best season in F1" as he battled to finish eighth in the championship with an uncompetitive car

In a bid to reverse the dramatic performance gains that teams have unlocked, which are putting tyres under more and more stress, a raft of changes have been made to the 2021 rules. As well as tweaks to the diffusers and brake ducts, the key difference will be a clampdown on the floor area of the car ahead of the rear wheel.  The reduced area that teams are able to work with will have a ... Keep reading

While Ferrari slumped to its worst result in the constructors' championship since 1980 in sixth, Leclerc often managed to drag his underpowered Ferrari SF1000 to the head of the midfield and score two podiums. The Monegasque driver finished eighth in the drivers' championship, outscoring four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel by 98 to 33 points. Leclerc, who last year extended his Ferrari ... Keep reading

George Russell says that learning to be more adaptable as a driver was one of the key lessons from his one-off experience with Mercedes in Formula 1 this year

Bottas finished as runner-up in the F1 drivers’ championship for the second time in 2020, but failed to maintain a sustained challenge to Mercedes teammate Hamilton for the title. Hamilton won 11 races en route to his seventh world title, while Bottas could claim just two victories, leaving him a distant 124 points behind in the championship ... Keep reading

McLaren Formula 1 racing director Andrea Stella says the close relationship between Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris encouraged both men to open their "box of secrets" and share information

Lewis Hamilton tells the Today programme that the Black Lives Matter movement helped drive him on to his seventh world title.

Six of the current 24 FE drivers have contested at least one grand prix.   These are Lucas di Grassi (18 GPs for Virgin in 2010), Jean-Eric Vergne (58 GPs for Toro Rosso in 2012-14), Stoffel Vandoorne (41 GPs for McLaren in 2016-18), Sebastien Buemi (55 GPs for Toro Rosso in 2009-11) plus Porsche FE teammates Pascal Wehrlein (39 GPs for Manor and Sauber in 2016-17) and Andre Lotterer ... Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton believes there is no need for Valtteri Bottas to defend his Formula 1 performances through 2020, praising a "big showing" of his personality and character this year.

New AlphaTauri Formula 1 recruit Yuki Tsunoda will be pushing team-mate Pierre Gasly hard within a few races next season, predicts his Formula 2 team boss Trevor Carlin.

Max Verstappen and his management team insist they have no regrets about committing to Red Bull in Formula 1, despite the interest Mercedes showed him in 2014

The Dutchman’s decisions over what path to take in F1 are explored in a new documentary called ‘Whatever it takes’ that is being broadcast on Dutch channel Ziggo Sport. There, the show explores meetings that Verstappen’s management team had with both Red Bull and Mercedes representatives at the 2014 German Grand Prix to discuss an F1 seat for the following ... Keep reading

Esteban Ocon feels it will still be hard for Formula 1 drivers to stray from their strict precautions to avoid getting COVID-19 during the winter break

In cartoon land, Stirling Moss had a legendary team-mate in Skid Solo in the iconic Tiger and Speed comic book, which despite being fantasy loosely based on reality, drew far closer to the truth than anyone would foresee. ANDY HALLBERY looks back

From the genuine possibility of not having a Formula 1 season at all this year amid the coronavirus pandemic, the series crammed in 17 races with Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes ultimately dominating to the F1 world drivers’ and constructors’ championships. While it was a unique season in terms of a redrawn race calendar and new COVID-19 protocols, the year also saw F1 reflect on its own ... Keep reading

Stella hopes that Norris and new arrival Daniel Ricciardo will also form a fruitful partnership, although he says inevitably it won't be the same and will need to be managed differently. Sainz and Norris were team mates for two seasons in 2018 and 2019, and they quickly formed a bond, despite a difference in age and experience. They helped the Woking team move up from sixth to fourth and then ... Keep reading

Daniil Kvyat thinks he still has a lot more to offer in Formula 1, especially as he feels only now he is fully capable of delivering for a top team

Sir Frank Williams is released from hospital and is "on the mend at home", the Williams F1 team says.

Williams had been admitted to hospital just over a week ago, with his family confirming he was in a stable condition, while keeping the details of his medical situation private. Earlier on Thursday the 78-year-old’s former team, which he founded in junior single-seater categories in 1966, announced Williams had been released from hospital to continue his recovery at home. Read ... Keep reading

Sir Frank Williams has been discharged from hospital and is recovering at home, the former Formula 1 team principal's squad has announced

In a welcome bit of good news, Williams has revealed that team founder, Sir Frank Williams has been discharged from hospital.

The remarkable 2020 Formula 1 season is the subject of discussion in Autosport's season review podcast

Haas boss Gunther Steiner thinks his team will face another "difficult" Formula 1 campaign in 2021, but says there are grounds to feel it can make progress

The Spaniard made his final appearance for McLaren in Abu Dhabi earlier this month ahead of his move to Ferrari for the 2021 season, helping it finish third in the constructors' championship. Sainz scored two podiums during his time with McLaren, and came close to winning this year's Italian Grand Prix, with his performances prompting Ferrari to sign him on a multi-year deal in place of ... Keep reading

The Russian looks set to sit on the sidelines in 2021, after AlphaTauri elected to replace him with F2 frontrunner Yuki Tsunoda for next year. Kvyat is open to take a reserve driver role as a stop gap, prior to focusing on landing a full-time F1 return in 2022. And he feels that the experience he now has in F1 after the two spells he has had, make him a viable candidate for a lot of ... Keep reading

Haas boss Gunther Steiner thinks his team will face another "difficult" Formula 1 campaign in 2021, but says there are grounds to feel it can make progress

While Haas appears to strengthen its ties to Ferrari, Williams and Alfa Romeo insist that they have no intention of becoming B-teams.

Carlos Sainz Jr has hailed McLaren's support and "healthy environment" as being key factors in exceeding the Formula 1 team's expectations during his two-year stint at the Woking outfit

Three F1 drivers missed races across the course of the 2020 season through illness as the FIA enforced strict protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the paddock. Sergio Perez missed the two Silverstone races after testing positive ahead of the British Grand Prix, while Racing Point teammate Lance Stroll pulled out of the Eifel Grand Prix ahead of qualifying, later testing positive for ... Keep reading

Carlos Sainz Jr. has hailed McLaren's support and "healthy environment" as being key factors in exceeding the Formula 1 team's expectations during his two-year stint at the Woking outfit

The American-owned outfit finished ninth in the constructors’ championship this year, with its hopes not helped by engine supplier Ferrari experiencing a step back in power. With F1’s rules meaning teams must carry over their cars in to 2021, Steiner concedes that there will be no dramatic progress over the winter. However, he hints at some hope that a new engine Ferrari is producing ... Keep reading

Williams says it has no desire to become a Formula 1 B-team, despite the closer alliances some rivals are forming with the top squads

As F1 heads to a new era of limited resources, thanks to tighter cost controls and the arrival of a budget cap, there has been a move for some outfits to co-operate more. Red Bull and AlphaTauri will work a lot closer from next year than before, while there are also strong ties between Ferrari, Haas and Alfa Romeo, as well as Mercedes and Racing Point. Williams has traditionally preferred to ... Keep reading

Williams says it has no desire to become a Formula 1 B-team, despite the closer alliances some rivals are forming with the top squads

McLaren has brought a number of young drivers into F1 through its junior programme, including seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and current McLaren F1 driver Lando Norris. McLaren does not currently have any drivers on its books as a young driver after Sergio Sette Camara left earlier this year to join Red Bull as a reserve driver. But McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown felt the approach of ... Keep reading

Formula 1 team Haas say Nikita Mazepin will drive for the team in 2021 after concluding their investigation into the Russian's recent conduct in an online video.

The Haas Formula 1 team has reiterated its intention to run Nikita Mazepin for 2021 and has concluded its internal investigation into his recent conduct in an online video

The Haas Formula 1 team has reiterated its intention to run Nikita Mazepin for 2021 and has concluded its internal investigation into his recent conduct in an online video

Haas confirms that Nikita Mazepin will partner Mick Schumacher next season.

The team released a statement on Wednesday that stated the Russian driver would join Mick Schumacher as an all-rookie line-up for 2021 as previously announced. The team had been conducting an investigation into the incident where Mazepin appeared to inappropriately touch a woman in the back of a car in an incident that took place ahead of the 2020 F1 season finale in Abu Dhabi and was briefly ... Keep reading

Despite claiming its best Constructor's Championship result since 2012, Andreas Seidl has warned McLaren against complacency, while admitting it will take "some years" to close the gap to the 'big two'.

McLaren has no plans to abandon its "very targeted" approach to its young Formula 1 driver programme, wishing to avoid the issue of struggling to place its talent

While the impact of Mercedes turning its engines down for reliability reasons, and not getting the best from the tyres, explained a lot – there could also be a further hidden factor at play to explain what happened… The performance drop could revolve around a mindset that Mercedes has operated with for a while: putting its long-term gains of future car development over any short-term ... Keep reading

Ferrari thinks only a "bad" situation for the team next year will prompt it to compromise its aggressive focus on the opportunities of Formula 1's new 2022 rules

Although Ferrari is coming off the back of a disappointing 2020 campaign, it is open that it cannot expect to be back fighting at the front next year. It has set a minimum target of finishing third in the constructors’ championship, but knows even that will be a tough challenge based on the strength of its nearest rivals. Team boss Mattia Binotto is clear, however, that while Ferrari must ... Keep reading

Ocon spent 2019 serving as Mercedes' F1 reserve driver after missing out on seats at Renault, McLaren and Racing Point, falling through the cracks in the driver market. But Renault was swift to sign Ocon for 2020 to partner Daniel Ricciardo, allowing the Frenchman to return after just a year on the sidelines. Ocon ended the year with 62 points, picking up his first F1 podium at the Sakhir ... Keep reading

Williams says that George Russell returned from his Mercedes outing with several ideas for car improvements - including new clutch paddles - that could help the Formula 1 team in 2021

Hamilton received in-race penalties on three occasions this year, the first coming at the opening round in Austria when he received a five-second penalty for a collision with Alexander Albon, dropping him from second to fourth place. The most severe sanction came at the Italian Grand Prix, when Hamilton was handed a 10-second stop/go penalty for entering a closed pitlane. It dropped Hamilton ... Keep reading

Mattia Binotto has revealed that Haas is to have its own ‘factory hub’ at Maranello though he insists the American outfit remains a customer team.

Esteban Ocon feels his progress through his comeback Formula 1 season with Renault has been "very strong" after building his confidence following a year on the sidelines

Doctors treating Alex Zanardi following his accident claim the Italian is showing sign of recovery.

Russell was drafted in by Mercedes for the Sakhir Grand Prix as replacement for world champion Lewis Hamilton, who had been sidelined by coronavirus. A botched pitstop and late puncture cost Russell the chance of a maiden F1 win, before he returned to Williams for the season finale in Abu Dhabi. While Russell will not be allowed to reveal any of Mercedes' direct secrets, his knowledge of how ... Keep reading

It is with great regret that we have learned of the passing of Dr Mike Lawrence.

Mercedes may have faced season-long speculation that it could pull the plug on Formula 1, but there is no doubt it is ending 2020 more committed than ever

Ferrari is to set up a Haas hub in Maranello, with more of the Italian team's personnel set to be moved across to the American-owned outfit

With Ferrari preparing for the challenge of trimming down its personnel numbers in response to the arrival of a budget cap, it wants to redeploy key staff to its customer team. Ferrari had already announced earlier this month that Simone Resta, its head of chassis engineering, would be moving to Haas in an undefined role. Now the Italian squad has revealed that more transfers are expected to be ... Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton feels he has learned from his penalty slip-ups through the 2020 Formula 1 season, saying the stewards "won't be able to catch me out again"

Its recent tie-up with INEOS, which has resulted in a shareholding reshuffle, has created what team boss Toto Wolff has called a 'joint powerhouse' to keep pushing on in F1. Yet the complications in sorting out the INEOS buy-in, and a neat three-way ownership split of the team, allied to sorting out a fresh team principal contract for Wolff, explains why it took so long to go public with the ... Keep reading

In a motorsport season wracked, wrecked and rebuilt – often on the fly – by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, fans came to expect the worst. When the greatest racer of his generation Sir Stirling Moss, died in April, it was deeply sad, a punch to the gut of everyone who adores the sport as we do, but it wasn’t shocking. The calamity that befell Alex Zanardi two months later, on the ... Keep reading

Both Magnussen and Grosjean are leaving the sport after being replaced by rookies Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin for the 2021 F1 season. Magnussen and Grosjean spent four years as each other's teammates at Haas, eventually building a healthy relationship tested by several on-track incidents. In Abu Dhabi Magnussen paid tribute to his now former colleague, saying Grosjean's "phenomenal" ... Keep reading

The Corriere della Sera reports that Zanardi, who was badly injured in a handbike crash in June this year, is responding to voices with hand gestures having recovered his hearing and sight following a series of brain operations after his brutal accident. Zanardi, 54, remains hospitalized in the neurosurgical department of the hospital of Padua. The report says that he is able to shake hands and ... Keep reading

Kevin Magnussen has credited his former Haas Formula 1 team-mate Romain Grosjean with making him a better qualifier as he claimed the Frenchman is "phenomenal on one lap"

Both Magnussen and Grosjean are leaving the sport after being replaced by rookies Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin for the 2021 F1 season. Magnussen and Grosjean spent four years as each other's teammates at Haas, eventually building a healthy relationship tested by several on-track incidents. In Abu Dhabi Magnussen paid tribute to his now former colleague, saying Grosjean's "phenomenal" ... Keep reading

The Milton Keynes-based outfit is coming off the back of a strong finish to the 2020 season, with Max Verstappen having dominated the finale in Abu Dhabi. However, it is under no illusions about the step it needs to take if it is to end Mercedes' run of seven successive F1 championship doubles. Red Bull had started this year facing some difficulties with the aerodynamics of its RB16 car ... Keep reading

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton says he lost 4kg after contracting coronavirus this month.

The Milton Keynes-based outfit is coming off the back of a strong finish to the 2020 season, with Max Verstappen having dominated the finale in Abu Dhabi. However, it is under no illusions about the step it needs to take if it is to end Mercedes' run of seven successive F1 championship doubles. Red Bull had started this year facing some difficulties with the aerodynamics of its RB16 car ... Keep reading

Red Bull believes it needs to create more of an all-rounder car next year if it wants to challenge Mercedes for the Formula 1 world championship

It was a year of new circuits, first race wins and record-breaking highs - but how much do you remember about F1 in 2020?

Haas boss Gunther Steiner says Mick Schumacher's work ethic and way he integrated with the team were the most impressive aspects of his first Formula 1 race weekend appearance

Jean Todt, who oversaw the golden era at Ferrari in the 2000s, believes that Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton's domination of F1 is "bigger" than when the Scuderia was cleaning up with Michael Schumacher.

An accumulation of poor luck conspired to hamper Valtteri Bottas's Formula 1 title challenge in 2020 as team-mate Lewis Hamilton took his record-equalling seventh title. LUKE SMITH looks back over the season to pick out the moments where the Finn's hopes unravelled

But as Valtteri Bottas was left licking his wounds after being outpaced by Mercedes debutant Russell, the Finn also had his race ruined by some awful luck. It was the latest in a long line of unlucky moments for Bottas in 2020. Although they may not have been enough to turn the tide in the F1 title race against Lewis Hamilton, it would certainly put his season in a different light. So where ... Keep reading

Despite being dropped by Red Bull, Alex Albon insists that his F1 career is not over, making clear that he's "not giving up".

Schumacher finally got to do his maiden F1 free practice outing at the season finale in Abu Dhabi, having had a first attempt to do one with Alfa Romeo called off because of rain at the Eifel Grand Prix. Steiner, who has signed Schumacher for 2021, says that judging the German's speed in free practice was pretty pointless – but he said he saw enough in the garage to be convinced about how ... Keep reading

Ferrari's sporting director Laurent Mekies says the team has had "a lot of small, significant achievements" during a troubled 2020 Formula 1 season as it hopes for a better 2021