Archives of Month:  March 2020 - Page 4

Abiteboul plays down Vettel to Renault talk

Cyril Abiteboul has played down the possibility that Sebastian Vettel might join Renault from 2021. The team boss admits that Renault may lose Daniel...

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17 Mar 2020

Red Bull confirms Mercedes no longer in 'gang of 7'

Red Bull has confirmed reports that Mercedes is no longer part of the 'gang of seven' teams who are siding furiously against Ferrari. Before...

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17 Mar 2020

Vettel unsure about returning to F1 midfield

Sebastian Vettel says he does not know if he would accept a step back into a midfield F1 team. At present, the quadruple world...

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17 Mar 2020

Marko stays out of Kvyat-Piquet split

Dr Helmut Marko says he has kept out of Daniil Kvyat's relationship problems. Last July, just before he was on the podium at Hockenheim,...

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17 Mar 2020

Only Ferrari factory closed over coronavirus

Formula 1 factories remain open amid the global coronavirus crisis. With Ferrari's Maranello headquarters located inside the Italian 'red zone', both the road car...

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17 Mar 2020

Salo: 'Silly season' also facing 2020 delay

F1's driver 'silly season' this year is likely to be delayed. That is the view of former F1 driver Mika Salo, who told the...

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17 Mar 2020

Chase Carey apologizes to F1 Fans

Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey has written to all F1 fans in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak and the effect it has had...

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17 Mar 2020

Giovinazzi admits eyeing Vettel's seat

Antonio Giovinazzi says he has set his sights on a Ferrari race seat for 2021. Sebastian Vettel's contract runs out at the end of...

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17 Mar 2020

Should we really blame Chase Carey for coronavirus?

So just the other day, when F1 and the FIA and the Victorian government locked thousands of similarly furious fans outside the Albert Park...

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16 Mar 2020

Steiner: 'No idea' if F1 show can go on

Gunther Steiner says he is not sure if and when F1's 2020 season will get underway. Just before Friday practice last week, the Australian...

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16 Mar 2020

Zandvoort yet to hear from the FIA over coronavirus

Jan Lammers says he is still waiting to discuss the future of Zandvoort's scheduled return to the 2020 Formula 1 calendar. In the wake...

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16 Mar 2020

Penske: Indianapolis in talks with Chase Carey

Roger Penske has admitted that the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is serious about bringing Formula 1 back to the fabled venue. Before the American motor...

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16 Mar 2020

Kubica: Alfa Romeo's rivals difficult to fight in 2020

Robert Kubica admits that Alfa Romeo may have a tough 2020 season. Having finished easily dead last in 2020, figures at the Williams team...

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16 Mar 2020

Formula 1 & the Coronavirus by Peter Windsor

On the Saturday after a Friday 13 that F1 will never forget, Peter Windsor, in subdued downtown Melbourne, looks back at an Australian GP...

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15 Mar 2020

Barcelona still in talks over May 10 race

Barcelona remains in talks about how the coronavirus situation will affect the forthcoming Spanish GP. With Australia, Bahrain, Vietnam and China all postponed, it...

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15 Mar 2020

Even Baku's June race now in doubt

Hopes that F1's 2020 season may be able to start in Azerbaijan in early June are fading. Azerisport, a top Azerbaijani sports news source,...

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15 Mar 2020

F1 drivers dodge virus with online Australian GP

With F1's real-life 2020 world championship in tatters, the drivers are instead preparing to take their racing into the virtual world. Formula E driver...

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15 Mar 2020

Magnussen: Netflix made Grosjean look like 'enemy'

There is more to Formula 1 than what is depicted in the official Netflix series, according to Haas driver Kevin Magnussen. He is at...

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15 Mar 2020

Zandvoort waits for FIA to provide coronavirus 'clarity'

Organisers of the Dutch F1 GP at Zandvoort are waiting to hear more about the postponement of the 2020 race. After the eleventh-hour cancellation...

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14 Mar 2020

Hamilton: Ferrari engine saga 'could be handled better'

Lewis Hamilton says the Ferrari engine legality scandal could be "handled better". It is now emerging that, following a call between Fiat president John...

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14 Mar 2020

F1 teams begin coronavirus quarantine period

F1 team staff arriving back in Europe from Australia are now heading into a two-week quarantine period. For that reason, while talks about the...

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14 Mar 2020

Seidl stays in Australia with affected staff

F1's travelling circus will endure a nervous couple of weeks in the wake of the postponed Australian GP. Although a wheel didn't turn at...

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14 Mar 2020

F1 teams to lose money over coronavirus situation

F1 teams are expecting to take a financial hit from the unprecedented coronavirus situation. While the big teams have eye-watering budgets, Claire Williams admitted...

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14 Mar 2020

Red Bull admits it would have raced in Melbourne

If it had been up to some Formula 1 teams, they would be preparing to race in Sunday's ultimately-postponed Australian GP. Red Bull has...

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14 Mar 2020

Moscow 'ready to discuss' stand-in 2020 F1 race

Moscow Raceway, a permanent venue located 100 kilometres from the Russian capital, says it is "ready to discuss" replacing one of the postponed grands...

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14 Mar 2020

Montreal pushing on with June's Canada GP

Montreal is pushing ahead with preparations for its 2020 Canadian F1 GP. F1's authorities have declared that no racing is likely until the end...

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14 Mar 2020

Magnussen: 2020 cars have 'so much more grip'

The 2020-spec F1 cars have "so much more grip" than their 2019 predecessors, according to Haas driver Kevin Magnussen. As it stands, following the...

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14 Mar 2020

Lando Norris 2020 Beyond the Grid interview

Beyond The Grid is back, and to kick off the new 2020 season Tom Clarkson sits down with a driver who proved a rookie...

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13 Mar 2020

Bahrain & Vietnam Grand Prix also postponed

In view of the continued global spread of COVID-19 and after ongoing discussions with the FIA, the Bahrain International Circuit, the Bahrain Motor Federarion...

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13 Mar 2020

Illman on the Australian F1 GP Cancellation

F1 photographer Kym Illman tells you what he experienced before the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix was cancelled.

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13 Mar 2020