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Ilott handed role as Ferrari F1 test driver

Britain’s Callum Ilott will be Ferrari’s Formula 1 test driver next season, the Italian team said on Tuesday. Ilott, 22, was Formula 2 runner-up to Germany’s Mick Schumacher this year but missed out on a F1 ... Read More...

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Sir Frank Williams stable in hospital

Frank Williams, founder of the once-dominant Wllliams Formula 1 team, is in hospital in a stable condition, his family said in a statement on Tuesday. No medical details were given. The statement said the 78... Read More...

Brown: It is really a true team effort at McLaren

On the day that McLaren confirmed a $200-milliom financial boost, Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz did enough to ensure that the Zak Brown led outfit finished third in the 2020 Formula 1 constructors’ championsh... Read More...

McLaren sells minority stake in F1 team to US investors

U.S.-based investment group MSP Sports Capital are taking a significant minority stake in the McLaren Formula 1 team, McLaren Racing said in a statement on Sunday. The deal, for an initial 15% holding that w... Read More...

Brown: Formula E in 2023 very interesting for McLaren

McLaren are interested in entering Formula E once the company's battery supply contract ends in 2022 and the electric series introduces its Gen3 car, McLaren Racing chief executive Zak Brown said on Saturday.... Read More...

Lewis Hamilton: All lives matter

Seven-times Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton said he had been moved by a letter from the son of a man facing the death penalty in Bahrain. He assured activists on Saturday he would not let rights issu... Read More...

Abu Dhabi FP3: Verstappen heads Red Bull one-two

Max Verstappen led Alexander Albon in a Red Bull one-two in the final practice session of the Formula One season at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Saturday, as dominant Mercedes found themselves in unfamiliar ... Read More...

Hamilton: It felt like a first day back at school

Formula 1 has an end-of-term feel to it ahead of the final race of the year in Abu Dhabi but Friday felt like a return to school for seven times champion Lewis Hamilton after being laid low by COVID-19. The ... Read More...

Abiteboul: Renault progress very much a credit to Daniel

Daniel Ricciardo will leave Renault a much stronger team than the one he joined, his boss Cyril Abiteboul said on Friday ahead of the Australian's farewell from the French outfit at Formula 1's season-ending ... Read More...

Steiner: Honoured to give Mick first official F1 outing

Mick Schumacher made his first track appearance as a fully signed-up Formula 1 driver on Friday when the German took part in opening practice at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The newly crowned Form... Read More...

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Williams on brink of worst season in Formula 1

Williams are a race away from their worst Formula 1 campaign of their illustrious history, with no points on the board and unlikely to add to their 114 Grand Prix victories in the foreseeable future. But pay d... Read More...

Camilleri resigns as Ferrari CEO

Ferrari Chief Executive Officer Louis Camilleri has retired citing personal reasons after being in the role for nearly two and a half years and Chairman John Elkann will lead the company on an interim basis, ... Read More...

Bottas: I need to do better

Valtteri Bottas said he needs to up his game to snap a streak of bad luck and poor performances heading into Formula 1’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver has finished on the podium jus... Read More...

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Magnussen: I´m at peace with it being my last F1 race

Haas driver Kevin Magnussen says he is at peace and ready to accept Sunday's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will be his last Formula 1 race. The 28-year-old Dane will compete next year in the North Ameri... Read More...

Russell: I am a Williams driver for 2021

George Russell has dampened speculation of an early move to Mercedes after his impressive performance as stand-in for seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton, on a night in which he comprehensively outshone... Read More...

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Perez: I want to do it many more times again

Sergio Perez´s first win has whetted his appetite for more, with the Mexican saying on Thursday he is determined to make a Formula 1 comeback in 2022 if he is forced to sit out next season. The 30-year-old, ... Read More...

FIA and F1 back Haas in Mazepin condemnation

Formula 1 and the governing FIA joined the Haas team on Thursday in condemning newly signed Russian driver Nikita Mazepin for posting a video on social media of a young woman being groped in a car. The image... Read More...

Brawn: Vettel has big shoes to fill at Racing Point

Four-times world champion Sebastian Vettel now has big shoes to fill next season after Sergio Perez won Sunday’s Sakhir Grand Prix for Racing Point, Formula 1’s motorsport managing director Ross Brawn said ... Read More...

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