Mick Schumacher will get his hands on his 2021 HAAS Formula 1 machine a little early, with the American team announcing that the German will debut for them in Free Practice 1 at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The outing will be Schumacher’s first official session in F1 machinery. He...
Mick Schumacher is following in the footsteps of his father who is the seven-time Formula One world champion and signed up for a team for the 2021 season. The 21-year-old will line-up for Haas, starting with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 21, 30 years after his father...
Romain Grosjean left hospital in Bahrain on Wednesday after the French Formula One driver was treated for burns to his hands suffered when his Haas car was engulfed in fire during Sunday’s Grand Prix. Grosjean, 34, had an astonishing escape after the vehicle penetrated the metal crash barriers in the...
Russell will step in for Hamilton following the seven-time world champion’s positive test for COVID-19, with a deal being struck between Mercedes and Williams overnight. Russell has been part of Mercedes’ junior programme since the end of 2016, but required allowance from Williams to make the move up to his...
Haas Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean recalls his escape from the crash during the Bahrain GP revealing that he felt the 28 seconds in the car that was up in flames were much longer. He also states that he told himself to get out of the wreckage for his children....
Hitech Grand Prix’s Nikita Mazepin will make the step up to Formula 1 in 2021, with HAAS confirming that they have signed the Russian driver for the new season on a multi-year contract. Mazepin – who has tested F1 machinery before with Force India in 2016, 2017 and 2018, as...
Lewis Hamilton is self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19 following Bahrain Grand Prix; The Mercedes driver will miss this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix; His replacement driver is yet to be announced. The Mercedes driver returned three negative tests last week but began displaying mild symptoms on Monday after coming into...
Corey LaJoie has found his footing with Spire Motorsports. On Monday afternoon, the team announced they have signed LaJoie to a multi-year contract starting with the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season. He will drive the #7 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE. LaJoie spent the last two seasons, his first years in...
Factory Yamaha rider Maverick Vinales calls 2020 ‘worst season of my career’, makes clear Yamaha needs a big step with its Factory-spec M1 MotoGP machine over the winter; ‘Right now, our potential is to be top ten’. Sixth place in this year’s MotoGP World Championship means the lowest Maverick Vinales...
The 2021 Isle of Man TT has been cancelled due to uncertainties regarding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 event was scrapped due to the pandemic, marking the first time the TT hadn’t been held since 2001 when it was benched following an outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease. Dates for...
The wife of the 34-year-old Haas driver was at home with her three children watching the harrowing drama unfold on the opening lap at Sakhir as it fortunately veered within minutes from a horrendous nightmare to profoundly relieving outcome. Marion, who met her husband when she worked as an F1...
Valtteri Bottas’s final pitstop in the Bahrain Grand Prix featured a change of only three tyres because he returned to the set that picked up a puncture on the opening lap. Bottas ran fourth at the beginning of the restarted Sakhir race but dropped to the back of the field...
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