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Floersch: We Have to Show That We Are Equal

Sophia Floersch, the young German driver best known for her horrendous crash at the 2018 Macau Grand Prix, has dismissed Ferrari's move to sign a female driver as nothing more than a PR stunt. Referring ... Read More...

Brundle: I Would Ask Claire to Move Upstairs

Sky sports commentator and former F1 driver Martin Brundle believes it is time for Claire Williams to step aside at the legendary British team. On Wednesday, Williams was in Tel Aviv, where Roy Nissany -... Read More...

Berger: Vettel showed he can beat Leclerc

Gerhard Berger does not think Sebastian Vettel's Formula 1 career is in crisis despite the rise and continued rising of his Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc. Some think that after losing clear number 1 s... Read More...

Turrini: Ferrari engineers not yet impressed with 2020 F1 car

A Ferrari insider has revealed that all may not be well with the Maranello team's preparations for the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship season. Leo Turrini, a long-time F1 journalist with key sources at... Read More...

Alonso: I feel like a Formula 1 driver

Fernando Alonso does not think there is room at Ferrari for his potential return to the top flight in 2021 despite the fact that he still very much feels he is a Formula 1 driver. In recent days, as he t... Read More...

Grosjean: Unfortunately it was wasn’t only the tyres

Romain Grosjean says he is keen to have a much better Formula 1 Wolrd Championship season with Haas after a below-par and problem packed 2019. After finishing fifth overall in 2018, the small and now fiv... Read More...

Bottas: There’s No Pressure

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas has played-down the impact of his contractual uncertainty on the upcoming F1 season, indicating his next round of negotiations will be different to those in the past. Late last ... Read More...

Alonso: 2021 Return on the Table

Fernando Alonso has indicated he will entertain the possibility of a return to F1 after this year's Indianapolis 500. The Spaniard, who quit F1 at the end of 2018 to pursue other challenges including the... Read More...

Leclerc: MotoGP Test Unlikely to Follow Skydive

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc has announced he would like to follow in Lewis Hamilton's wheel tracks by testing a MotoGP bike, but concedes his contract with Ferrari is likely to prevent it from happening. B... Read More...

Marko: It Sounds Like a Carnival Speech

Red Bull's Helmut Marko has indicated he will need more convincing if he is to back Pat Symonds' suggestion of two-stroke engines in F1 by 2025. In 2014, the sport's new V6 'power unit' era began, but th... Read More...

Bahrain: We Would Welcome a Saudi GP

Bahraini officials have indicated their approval for another F1 race in the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia reportedly long mooted as a destination on the calendar. Former F1 team boss Flavio Briatore, wh... Read More...

Berger: Max and Charles Yet to Catch Lewis

Former Ferrari, McLaren and Benetton driver Gerhard Berger has heaped praise on six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, while suggesting he has two worthy successors in Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen. ... Read More...

Bottas: My performance hasn’t peaked yet

Valtteri Bottas is sounding bullish about the 2020 Formula 1 season after the year began with media dubbing him as 'Bottas 2.0' when he enjoyed a boost of form, but ultimately he finished 87 points behind h... Read More...

Briatore: Verstappen must learn to keep his mouth shut

From a man who knows a thing or two about a managing a driver not afraid to shoot-from-the-hip when aggrieved, former Formula 1 team boss Flavio Briatore advises Max Verstappen to watch what he says. In ... Read More...

Racing Point: In 2020 and 2021 we feel we may suffer

Racing Point technical boss Andy Green admits he is "very nervous" about how the team will handle this year's preparation and transition to the new Formula 1 rules of 2021. He says that while the big tea... Read More...

Ferrari codenamed 671 passes FIA crash tests

Ferrari's 2020 Formula 1 2020 car, codenamed 671, has passed all 15 of the mandatory FIA crash tests ahead of its public launch in less than a month. Sky Italia said that exactly a month before the red s... Read More...

Pietro Fittipaldi expected to remain Haas reserve

Pietro Fittipaldi will remain a reserve driver at Haas for the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship season according to reports that have emerged in Denmark. "If I continue with Haas, I want to have a bigge... Read More...

Kubica set for FP1 sessions and testing with Alfa Romeo

Newly appointed Alfa Romeo reserve driver Robert Kubica will participate in five Friday morning practice sessions during the forthcoming season. The Pole, whose sponsor PKN Orlen has also signed up with ... Read More...

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