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Camillieri: Ferrari order book is up significantly

While their Formula 1 team's fortunes plummet - as Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel struggle with a well below-par Ferrari SF70 which has done little to lift the spirits of the long-suffering Tifosi. ... Read More...

Brawn: A mind-blowing performance from Lewis

Former Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn has hailed Lewis Hamilton’s British Grand Prix win, on three wheels and a flat tyre, as ‘absolutely mind-blowing’. Hamilton’s front left deflated on the last lap whil... Read More...

Racing Point: Give credit where credit was due

Racing Point’s Formula 1 car has been dubbed the ‘Pink Mercedes’ because it looks like a clone of last year’s title-winner but the Silverstone-based team are hitting back at what they see as a misconception... Read More...

Todt: Mixed feelings about Hamilton breaking Schumacher’s records

Jean Todt, who presided over Michael Schumacher’s golden years at Ferrari, says he would have to congratulate Lewis Hamilton if the Briton smashes the great German’s Formula 1 records - even if he would pre... Read More...

Hamilton: I’ve never won a race just on three wheels!

Six-times Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton said "survival instinct" clicked in after a last-lap puncture almost cost the Mercedes driver a record seventh British Grand Prix on Sunday. Hamilton had... Read More...

Renault protest Racing Point for the third time

Renault protested Formula 1 rivals Racing Point for the third time on Sunday, a move that was expected pending a stewards' decision on the legality of the Silverstone-based team's 2020 Mercedes-lookalike ca... Read More...

F1 to officially schedule anti-racism display at Silverstone

Formula 1 has made sure drivers can show support for an ‘End Racism’ campaign without being rushed before the start of Sunday’s British Grand Prix. The sport was criticised by Mercedes’ six times world c... Read More...

Silverstone boss: The piggy bank’s nearly dry

A half-built hotel and empty grandstands provide the backdrop to the starting grid at Sunday’s fan-free British Grand Prix but Silverstone circuit boss Stuart Pringle hopes for a full house next year. Th... Read More...

Bottas: Fuelling issue cost me time in Hungary

Mercedes put too much fuel in Valtteri Bottas’s car for Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying after also making a ride-height error in Austria, Lewis Hamilton’s team mate and closest Formula 1 rival revealed on T... Read More...

Hamilton: I see myself going for at least another three years

Six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton is hoping to stay in Formula 1 for at least three more years, with the COVID-19 pandemic and racial issues providing energy and motivation. The Mercedes driver, now... Read More...

Lando Norris, Alexander Albon, George Russell

Russell: It looks better on me, the better Lando and Alex are doing

George Russell says he is happy to see old rivals Lando Norris and Alex Albon shine in Formula 1 this season, even as he struggles to score, because their success adds to his own lustre. Russell has yet ... Read More...

British GP Preview: Hamilton aims for a hat-trick

Lewis Hamilton can celebrate a record-stretching seventh British Grand Prix win on Sunday but the Formula 1 leader will be doing none of the usual crowd-surfing after what may be the weirdest home race of h... Read More...

Norris: Anti-racism display will be better at Silverstone

Formula 1 drivers will be more organised in taking a stance against racism at Silverstone this weekend after a rushed and disjointed response at the last two races, according to McLaren’s Lando Norris. M... Read More...

Norris: We have an opportunity to beat Ferrari

Lando Norris has enjoyed teasing his McLaren team mate Carlos Sainz about how the Ferrari-bound Spaniard could be joining a slower team next season, but the Briton is also serious. Norris believes McLare... Read More...

US GP Promoter: Too risky to organise in current climate

The cancellation of the U.S. Grand Prix is a big loss for Texas but Austin’s Circuit of the Americas will aim to attract more fans next year, promoter Bobby Epstein said on Friday after Formula 1’s announce... Read More...

Zanardi moved back to intensive care in unstable condition

Italian former Formula 1 driver and Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi was returning to intensive care on Friday, three days after being moved to a specialist recovery centre to treat serious head injuries. ... Read More...

F1 Calendar: American races off, Portimao, Nurburging and Imola confirmed

Formula 1 has added races at Imola, the Nurburgring and Portimao to the 2020 calendar as the heavily disrupted schedule begins to take shape. While previously scheduled grands prix in Canada, Texas, Mexi... Read More...

Horner: Albon is getting stronger and stronger

Red Bull see plenty of untapped potential in Alex Albon and are happy with the British-born Thai, according to team boss Christian Horner. Williams driver George Russell defended his friend and rival at ... Read More...

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