The technical regulations that were scheduled for the 2021 Formula 1 season are postponed to 2022, the FIA announced Thursday (March 19). Formula 1, the FIA and all teams agreed to delay the new rules after discussing the effects from the outbreak of COVID-19, a type of coronavirus. “All parties further discussed the current situation …
The FIA Formula 1 sanctioning body announced the postponement of three additional races on Thursday, March 19, in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The Dutch, Spanish and Monaco grands prix will be put on hold, thus emptying the schedule through at least May. The Monaco Grand Prix in particular has been canceled for 2020. …
After the postponement of the Chinese Grand Prix and yesterday’s cancellation of the grand prix in Australia, Formula 1 has also postponed the Bahrain and Vietnam grand prix, the organization announced Friday, March 13. As a result, the F1 season is currently tentatively scheduled to begin in May. “Following the announcement of the Australian Grand …
Due to COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, organizers of the Australian Grand Prix have elected to cancel the event, per a Thursday, March 12 announcement. The announcement comes in wake of McLaren F1’s decision to pull out of the event after a team employee tested positive for the virus this week. The FIA and Formula …
McLaren will not compete in the season-opening Formula 1 race, the Australian Grand Prix, after one of its team members tested positive for COVID-19, the team announced Thursday, March 12. “The team has prepared for this eventuality and has ongoing support in place for its employee who will now enter a period of quarantine,” the …
Coronavirus be damned! The Formula 1 season will go lights out this weekend at its customary starting track in Melbourne, Australia. Chatter that it might be canceled had surrounded the race, but with Ferrari en route, everything looks set to go on as usual. The ʻon with the showʻ attitude is a bit puzzling coming …
Two vs. Three My local track is Sonoma Raceway, and I was there last June when good old DW’s duties in the FOX broadcast booth ended after nearly two decades behind the microphone. I saw him at various points around the track across the three-day weekend. From unveiling the tribute paint scheme Denny Hamlin would …
The 2020 Chinese Grand Prix that was scheduled for April 17-19 has been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, Formula 1 and the FIA announced Wednesday (Feb. 12). Juss Sports Group, the promoter for the Chinese Grand Prix, requested the postponement after talks with the Federation of Automobile and Motorcycle Sports of People’s Republic of …
Racing Point will become the Aston Martin works team beginning with the 2021 Formula 1 season, Formula 1’s website reports. Lawrence Stroll, owner of Racing Point, is investing 182 million pounds (est. $239 million US dollars) from his association to take a 16.7% stake in Aston Martin. Additionally, Stroll will become Aston Martin’s executive chairman. …
Max Verstappen has signed a contract extension with Red Bull Racing through 2023, the team announced Tuesday (Jan. 7). Verstappen won on the Formula 1 Grand Prix circuit eight times, including three in 2019, and earned 31 podiums. He also placed third in the standings. “I am really happy to have extended my partnership with …
Third-year Formula 1 driver Charles LeClerc and the Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow racing have agreed to a five-year contract extension for the driver, the team revealed in a release Monday. The 22-year old scored two wins in his first season with Ferrari, while also adding eight podium finishes to his 2019 resume. He had previously …
The Formula 1 season concluded with Lewis Hamilton cruising to a win at Abu Dhabi, further distinguishing himself from the rest of his peers during his sixth championship season. There were, however, other teams and drivers on the track, and this is where we get to go through the field and examine how they did. …
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