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Ferrari: We want our 1000th Grand Prix to be at Mugello
GRAND PRIX 247 - 3 Jul 2020 23:28
Ferrari are in talks with Formula 1 management about holding the Italian team’s 1,000th grand prix at their own Mugello circuit, principal Mattia Binotto said on Friday. Formula One has so far released only a partial c...
Is Racing Point really Mercedes' closest competitor in Austria?
ESPN - 3 Jul 2020 23:05
Racing Point, not Red Bull, seemed to emerge as Mercedes' closest challenger ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix. Deeper analysis of Friday practice suggests Red Bull is closer than it appeared on the opening day of the sea...
Is Red Bull Racing based on Friday too slow? "Rubbish!"
Total F1 - 3 Jul 2020 23:00
In addition to the fact that there is much to be done to the Mercedes DAS system, the somewhat surprising lack of speed at Red Bull Racing this Friday was also striking. The question is to what extent this picture is rep...
Sirotkin to continue as Renault reserve driver for 2020
Total F1 - 3 Jul 2020 00:20
Sergey Sirotkin is to continue in his position of reserve driver for Renault DP World F1 Team for the 2020 Formula 1 season. The 24-year-old filled the role for the team in the 2017 and 2019 seasons, adding to his F1 exp...
Tanabe: "Inconvenient that our two teams can't have contact"
Total F1 - 3 Jul 2020 22:40
For the first time since the winter tests, Honda's main engineers are back on the paddock with their teams Red Bull Racing and AlphaTauri, although the corona measures are still causing some problems. Toyoharu Tanabe exp...
Latifi: Now I can say I am officially a Formula 1 driver
GRAND PRIX 247 - 3 Jul 2020 23:21
On Friday after the first free practice of the Austrian Grand Prix practice, Nicholas Latifi declared himself a proper Formula 1 driver after the Canadian rookie finally made his first-ever FP2 session appearance ahead o...
Austrian Grand Prix Friday Press Conference Transcript
GRAND PRIX 247 - 3 Jul 2020 22:49
Full transcript from the team representatives press conference held on the Friday of the Austrian Grand Prix weekend, Round 1 of the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship, featuring: Toto Wolff (Mercedes), Christian Horner (...
Alfa Romeo: We are still missing something
Total F1 - 3 Jul 2020 22:40
215 days since we last saw our team in action during a competitive race weekend session, Formula One is finally back. At 11:01:49am this morning, Antonio Giovinazzi drove his Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN C39 out of the garage...
FIM CEV Repsol 2020: first stop Estoril
Moto GP - 3 Jul 2020 10:16
The opening round of the FIM CEV Repsol series gets underway on Tuesday, becoming the first two-wheeled World Championship to resume racing
Verstappen counts on extra power Honda: "In the speedtraps we were slow"
Total F1 - 3 Jul 2020 23:50
Max Verstappen finished his first two free practice sessions of the season on Friday evening. They didn't always go smoothly. He spun a few times, made a trip through the gravel pit and was hindered by a broken front win...
Ricciardo getting 'good vibes' from 'fast' Renault
Planet F1 - 3 Jul 2020 23:00
Daniel Ricciardo was on a high after the first day of running for the 2020 season, saying his Renault is "fast". The post Ricciardo getting ‘good vibes’ from ‘fast’ Renault appeared first on PlanetF1.
Ferrari: We are not at the top, we're not the favourites
GRAND PRIX 247 - 3 Jul 2020 22:42
Sebastian Vettel celebrated his 33rd birthday, spending his time at the wheel of the SF1000, 215 days on from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that brought the curtain down on the 2019 season. It was the third-longest break in t...
Johnson to test Indy car before making any plans
ESPN - 3 Jul 2020 22:41
Jimmie Johnson will test an Indy car next week for Chip Ganassi Racing on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first step the seven-time NASCAR champion must take to determine if actual races are in his fu...
Honda: We will continue optimising for qualy and the race
Total F1 - 3 Jul 2020 21:40
Formula 1 finally got back down to business on Friday at the Austrian Grand Prix, and it was a smooth day of practice from a Honda point of view. At 11am local time at the Red Bull Ring, the pit lane opened and the sound...
Damaged front wing behind Verstappen's struggles
Total F1 - 3 Jul 2020 17:50
Red Bull's Max Verstappen has revealed that his pace during free practice at the Austrian Grand Prix was hampered by a broken front wing. Verstappen is the only driver out of the top three teams to have completed no on-t...
Keeping the paddock safe – the doctors behind Formula 1
Total F1 - 3 Jul 2020 00:20
Dr. Riccardo Ceccarelli and his team at Formula Medicine are the doctors behind keeping each of the Formula 1 teams in good health season after season, but in 2020 things hit a little different when the Covid19 outbreak ...
Verstappen knows what it takes to beat Mercedes and Hamilton
Total F1 - 3 Jul 2020 23:20
The whole Formula 1 world, including the fans, seems to be getting ready for a title fight between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton. It seems to have become a matter of course by now, but it's anything but. Before the s...
Ricciardo getting ‘good vibes' from ‘fast' Renault
Total F1 - 3 Jul 2020 23:10
Daniel Ricciardo was on a high after the first day of running for the 2020 season, saying his Renault is 'fast'. Renault came to the Red Bull Ring for the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix armed with a triple upgrade, a...
MEDLAND: Austrian GP journal - Friday
Racer - 3 Jul 2020 23:05
As I start writing this entry, I'm still sat in the media center I've barely been able to leave all day, waiting for the stewards to (...)
Austrian Grand Prix Friday Press Conference Transcript
Total F1 - 3 Jul 2020 22:50
Full transcript from the team representatives press conference held on the Friday of the Austrian Grand Prix weekend, Round 1 of the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship, featuring: Toto Wolff (Mercedes), Christian Horner (...
Mercedes: We will take today's result with a pinch of salt
GRAND PRIX 247 - 3 Jul 2020 22:44
It was back to business and business as usual rolled into one on the first day of practice for the Austrian Grand Prix weekend as their reigning Formula 1 World Champion owner day one in the pretty, albeit deserted, Spie...
Red Bull: The lap times don't really say anything
GRAND PRIX 247 - 3 Jul 2020 22:40
Much is expected of Red Bull this weekend at their home track, the Austrian Grand Prix provides them with a double-header at a venue where they have been unbeaten in the previous two years. It was evident that both Max V...