2020 F1 season at risk over coronavirus crisis
The deepening coronavirus crisis is putting a large dark cloud over Formula 1‘s looming 2020 season. Only seven countries on the..
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Brown: No return to F1 with McLaren for Alonso
Zak Brown has ruled out a return to Formula 1 with McLaren for Fernando Alonso. That is despite the fact that Alonso will race a third..
Brown: Red Bull ‘tough environment’ for Sainz
Red Bull was a “tough” environment for Carlos Sainz to thrive in, according to McLaren supremo Zak Brown. Sainz, now 25, made..
Brown: No big step for McLaren in 2020
Zak Brown is not expecting McLaren to be much higher in the pecking order in 2020. The British team’s recovery from a recent slump..
Brown: McLaren ‘opportunity’ will come in 2022
Zak Brown thinks McLaren will have to wait until 2022 to get a shot at catching top teams Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull. The Woking based..
Brown: Seidl ‘took politics out of McLaren’
Zak Brown says new McLaren principal Andreas Seidl took “the politics” out of the team in 2019. Brown, still McLaren CEO, says..
Brown: Catching top teams will take ‘a while’
Boss Zak Brown says McLaren wants to “close the gap” to the top three F1 teams in 2020. The Woking based team’s supremo..
McLaren’s Brown not admitting Honda regret
McLaren supremo Zak Brown is refusing to say whether he regrets splitting with the team’s former works engine supplier Honda. After..
McLaren closes door on Alonso’s F1 return
McLaren has apparently closed the door to a Formula 1 return for Fernando Alonso. Alonso, who quit at the end of last year, said this week..
Rich Energy boss met Zak Brown ‘multiple times’
Team supremo Zak Brown has rubbished suggestions that McLaren is about to sign up a controversial former F1 sponsor. Rich Energy, whose..
2019 US F1 GP Constructors Press Conference
TEAM REPRESENTATIVES Franz TOST (Toro Rosso), Zak BROWN (McLaren), Mattia BINOTTO (Ferrari), Cyril ABITEBOUL (Renault), Claire Williams..
Report: Talks between McLaren and Lukoil ‘failed’
Negotiations between McLaren and the Russian oil company Lukoil have failed, according to the Russian publication Championat. We reported..
F1 still squabbling as 2021 rules deadline looms
Just weeks before the deadline for finalisation of the 2021 rules, the F1 teams, Liberty Media and the FIA remain at an impasse. The June..
Wolff denies McLaren to be new Mercedes works team
Toto Wolff has played down suggestions that Mercedes could quit Formula 1 after 2020. When McLaren’s new long-term Mercedes engine..
McLaren turned down ‘strategic partnership’ with Renault
McLaren split with engine supplier Renault over a disagreement about Formula 1 strategy, according to Cyril Abiteboul. “It was..
Brown to announce Alonso’s 2020 plans at Monza
Zak Brown says he will talk about Fernando Alonso‘s future at the forthcoming Italian GP. It appears that Alonso is not returning to..
McLaren would release Alonso for 2020 return
McLaren will “support” Fernando Alonso‘s potential return to Formula 1 next year. That is the claim of Zak Brown, the..
2019 French Grand Prix Constructors Press Conference Transcript
TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Claire Williams (Williams) Frédéric Vasseur (Alfa Romeo) Cyril Abiteboul (Renault) Laurent Mekies (Ferrari) Zak..
Brown: $175m budget cap for 2021 ‘a big number’
The $175 million a year budget cap for 2021 will not provide the level playing ground some F1 teams were hoping for. That is the view of..
Binotto: Pirelli design issue should be fixed
Mattia Binotto has joined Red Bull in calling for Pirelli to change its tyre design. Last week, outspoken Red Bull official Dr Helmut Marko..
