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Codemasters 'in tears' after announcement of new Mercedes black livery
Total F1 - 30 Jun 2020 10:30
Mercedes presented a new livery for the 2020 Formula 1 season on Monday. In 2020 Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas will start with a black livery, with which Mercedes wants to give a signal in the fight against racism. ...
Black Mercedes design was on Hamilton's request
Total F1 - 30 Jun 2020 21:40
Mercedes enters the 2020 Formula 1 season with striking black livery. All this to support the fight against racism, but according to an Austrian source, this idea did not come from Mercedes itself. Monday afternoon Merce...
Teams have to get used to new protocols - Ferrari and Red Bull
Total F1 - 30 Jun 2020 01:00
F1 Grand Prix, GP France,Circuit Paul Ricard Teams will need to prepare themselves for a new norm when the 2020 F1 season gets underway at Spielberg on July 5, say Red Bull team principal and Ferrari sporting director. A...
Honda comes with a major update, Horner: "Engine is actually the second version"
Total F1 - 30 Jun 2020 21:40
Since the first race in Australia, which was cancelled, Red Bull Racing has worked hard on all kinds of improvements for the RB16. The team has also been able to test it with Alexander Albon during a filming day last wee...
Manager Verstappen: "There's no role for Jos and me there".
Total F1 - 30 Jun 2020 21:40
A striking first for Max Verstappen in Austria this weekend during the first Grand Prix of this F1 season. For the first time the Dutchman will drive a race at which both his father and his manager will not be present. R...
Albon: "We came out of the winter break with a very good car"
Total F1 - 30 Jun 2020 21:40
Alex Albon has a special race next Sunday in Spielberg. He will then start the season at Red Bull Racing for the first time. Last season the Thai started at Toro Rosso and after the summer break he made the jump towards ...
F1 secures $2.9b loan amendment to help with financial difficulties
Total F1 - 30 Jun 2020 04:40
Formula 1 has been granted an amendment of the conditions on a $2.9b loan in order to help it weather the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced on Monday. Under both the amended loan and an attached $500m credit facility, ...
Seidl: Never a doubt of McLaren not being on the grid next year
GRAND PRIX 247 - 30 Jun 2020 23:36
McLaren’s Formula 1 future was never in doubt despite a cash crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and now resolved by a fresh injection of funds, team principal Andreas Seidl said on Tuesday. The National Bank of...
Ferrari to revamp 2020 car
Total F1 - 30 Jun 2020 23:00
It always seems to be the case that when we record our podcast on Monday evenings, by Tuesday morning, the very thing we were discussing becomes a talking point. Such is life, timing is not our friend and while we ponder...
Legge looking ahead after GEAR/Grasser fallout
Racer - 30 Jun 2020 18:02
The recent fallout between Mark Ruggieri's Girl Empowerment Around Racing program and the team that ran the GEAR effort in IMSA, (...)
‘Red Bull didn't encourage or give Vettel hope'
Total F1 - 30 Jun 2020 16:20
Red Bull neither 'encouraged' nor gave Sebastian Vettel 'hope' about a possible 2021 deal says Helmut Marko. Vettel is in the market for a new job after deciding not to continue with Ferrari beyond this year's championsh...
Seidl: Never a doubt of McLaren not being on the grid next year
Total F1 - 30 Jun 2020 23:40
McLaren's Formula 1 future was never in doubt despite a cash crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and now resolved by a fresh injection of funds, team principal Andreas Seidl said on Tuesday. The National Bank of B...
Binotto: "No new Ferrari parts in Austria yet due to a different approach"
Total F1 - 30 Jun 2020 21:40
Charles Leclerc said earlier that Ferrari's car in Austria will be about the same as Australia's and that due to the mandatory closure of the factories there has been much less work on the car. Mattia Binotto now joins t...
Williams: Nerves and concerns every time the car runs
Total F1 - 30 Jun 2020 15:00
Williams! How the mighty have fallen can only sadden any Formula 1 fan, as they brace for what is likely to be yet another miserable season, perhaps not as bad as last year but not one in which rookie Nicolas Latifi and ...
An F1 paddock stripped to its bare necessities
Total F1 - 30 Jun 2020 11:20
The paddock at the Red Bull Ring is slowly taking shape for this weekend's season opening Austrian GP, and the current view offers a glimpse of the spartan installations that will be used. Team personnel won't be housed ...
Verstappen dreams about the simulator: ''I'll never have that with Formula 1''
Total F1 - 30 Jun 2020 09:40
In the run-up to the first Grand Prix in Austria, Ziggo Sport presents several short documentaries about Max Verstappen. Today part 2 starring the Dutchman's simulator. At the beginning of the video is the unrest in the ...
What record will Lewis Hamilton break next?
Total F1 - 30 Jun 2020 05:00
Already a six-time Formula 1 world champion with plenty of entries in the record book, Lewis Hamilton is poised to add even more to his legend in 2020. The following details some of the milestones the Mercedes driver and...
What record will Lewis Hamilton break next?
GRAND PRIX 247 - 30 Jun 2020 04:52
Already a six-time Formula 1 world champion with plenty of entries in the record book, Lewis Hamilton is poised to add even more to his legend in 2020. The following details some of the milestones the Mercedes driver and...
Lucas Oil to sponsor NHRA Summernationals
Racer - 30 Jun 2020 23:46
Lucas Oil will be title-rights sponsor of the NHRA's July 18-19 event at the famed Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis. The Lucas Oil NHRA (...)
Frost added to expanded Turn 3 Indy Pro 2000 effort
Racer - 30 Jun 2020 23:35
Danial Frost will return to the Indy Pro 2000 series this year, joining Antoine Comeau in a two-car Turn 3 Motorsports effort, the (...)
Photos: VSCDA Blackhawk Classic XXVIII
Racer - 30 Jun 2020 23:30
In mid-June, the Vintage Sports Car Drivers Association successfully kicked off its 2020 racing season with a perfect race weekend at (...)
Will Formula 1 drivers take-a-knee in Austria?
Total F1 - 30 Jun 2020 23:30
Formula 1 drivers will discuss taking a knee at the opening race of the delayed season, the Austrian Grand Prix at Red Bull Ring on Sunday. 'Some of the drivers have already been speaking,' McLaren driver Lando Norris re...