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Szafnauer: We're still the smallest Formula 1 team
Total F1 - 7 May 2020 06:40
The investment of Lawrence Stroll is yet to change the fact that Racing Point still possess the smallest budget and staff of any Formula 1 team, says team principal Otmar Szafnauer. Despite having a record as one of the ...
Renault will be looking at Ricciardo alternatives
Total F1 - 7 May 2020 13:10
Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul has said the team will have to 'consider others' alongside Daniel Ricciardo to partner Esteban Ocon in 2021. Ocon is contracted to the Enstone team for 2020 and 2021, but Ricciardo's current ...
Russell: Sim racing is 'definitely not the real thing'
Total F1 - 7 May 2020 10:10
Formula 1 driver George Russell says that while he enjoys the growing competitive nature of esports, it lacks the "fear factor and adrenaline" of the real thing. Russell is using esports to keep himself in the public eye...
Simming Memoirs - Part X: A Weight Watchers cure called online racing
GRAND PRIX 247 - 7 May 2020 06:05
A pile of mid noughties’ sims had me heading straight for serious simming overdose… And just then, a saviour of sorts appeared unexpectedly. Life moves in circles, they say. So, after a spell on the Playstation 2, I ...
Oval ‘concern' rules Alonso out of IndyCar series tilt
Total F1 - 7 May 2020 00:30
Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso has admitted that his concern about racing on ovals will likely keep him out of a full IndyCar series drive. The two-time Formula 1 world champion is set to undertake his third Indianapoli...
Toyota keen to explore Hypercar opportunities in IMSA
Racer - 7 May 2020 23:33
Toyota Gazoo Racing has lauded today's release of LMDh and LM H technical details as positive for the future, and feels that the (...)
RACER.com audience metrics still growing amid pandemic
Racer - 7 May 2020 21:57
RACER.com's April 2020 metrics set a record for the month despite zero real-life racing activity during the past 30 days due to the (...)
The RACER.com Guest Mailbag with Rick Hendrick
Racer - 7 May 2020 21:51
In 36 years of competition, Hendrick Motorsports has established itself as one of the premier teams in the American motorsports (...)
McLaren doesn't get loan from the UK government; looking for hundreds of millions
Total F1 - 7 May 2020 21:40
In order to weather the corona crisis, the McLaren Group, the umbrella organization of the Formula 1 team, had applied for a loan of 150 million pounds from the UK government. This application was rejected this week. Tha...
F1 News: Williams fears F1 could lose 'an awful lot of teams'
Auto Sport - 7 May 2020 21:16
Claire Williams fears F1 could lose "an awful lot of teams" if it is unable to race this year
IndyCar to open delayed season at Texas in June
ESPN - 7 May 2020 21:16
IndyCar, which had yet to open its season when the coronavirus pandemic began, will start its engines June 6 at Texas Motor Speedway. There will be no spectators in attendance for the night race.
IndyCar is one step ahead of Formula 1 and officially announces start of season
Total F1 - 7 May 2020 21:10
Although it is anything but confirmed that the Formula 1 season starts on July 5 with the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring. While that official announcement is still a while away, IndyCar has already made its dec...
Italian GP with spectators on 'new' date? Tweet from Monza raises questions
Total F1 - 7 May 2020 20:40
For years the Italian Grand Prix has been held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and has a permanent place on the calendar in September. In 2020, however, this can be seriously questioned. Will the circuit stick to the or...
Keselowski, Wickens join in for IMSA iRacing at Road America
Racer - 7 May 2020 20:18
Round 4 of the IMSA iRacing Pro Invitational will see the worlds of IMSA, NASCAR and IndyCar collide next Thursday in the WeatherTech (...)
Lucas Oil providing support to local communities and frontline organizations in COVID-19 fight
Racer - 7 May 2020 20:08
Lucas Oil Products, the California-based distributor and manufacturer of oils and additives, is providing much-needed assistance to the (...)
F1 cost-cap to be cut to $145M for 2021
Total F1 - 7 May 2020 19:50
According to F1 technical boss, Ross Brawn, the series will move toward a further reduction of the initially proposed budget cap of $175 million. The new number is projected to begin in 2021 at $145 million which is not ...
A podium in FE or a top 10 finish in F1?
Total F1 - 7 May 2020 19:40
Ex-F1 driver, Stoffel Vandoorne, has said he would choose being on the podium in Formula E rather than a top-10 finish in Formula 1. Vandoorne, alongside another driver with previous connections to McLaren in Nyck de Vri...
A podium in FE or a top 10 finish in F1?
Planet F1 - 7 May 2020 19:30
Ex-F1 driver, Stoffel Vandoorne, has said he would choose being on the podium in Formula E rather than a top-10 finish in Formula 1. The post A podium in FE or a top 10 finish in F1? appeared first on PlanetF1.
F1 considering alternative circuits and running in 2021 to complete season
Total F1 - 7 May 2020 19:30
Although nothing is certain yet, the Formula 1 season 2020 is slowly beginning to take shape in the minds of the organizers. That the championship starts on 5 July in Austria seems to be a certainty by now and the puzzle...
Michael Andretti to take questions in RACER.com Guest Mailbag
Racer - 7 May 2020 19:14
It's hard to introduce Michael Andretti without resorting to cliché. His record as a driver stands among the greatest in the (...)
F1 optimistic 2021 calendar won't be affected by pandemic
Total F1 - 7 May 2020 19:10
Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey has expressed optimism that the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic will not have a knock-on effect on the 2021 schedule. Almost half of this year's planned 22 events have so far been ...
UK government rejects £150m McLaren loan request
Total F1 - 7 May 2020 19:00
The UK government has rejected a £150million loan request from the McLaren Group - which owns the McLaren Formula 1 team - to help it through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. According to a report by Sky News, McLaren saw...