Formula 1 and Motorsports News

Feb.6 (GMM) Former Williams teammates Juan Pablo Montoya and Ralf Schumacher are ushering the next generation into the upper categories of junior open-wheeler motor racing.

Feb.6 (GMM) Red Bull cannot afford to spend “a lot of money” on bringing Sebastian Vettel back to the team, according to Dr Helmut Marko.

Feb.6 (GMM) China’s grand prix in April looks set to be scrapped completely. At least 560 people have now died of the coronavirus, whose epicentre

Feb.5 (GMM) The latest whispers out of Maranello are “more encouraging” than they were a few weeks ago, according to well-known Ferrari insider Leo Turrini.

Feb.5 (GMM) Sebastian Vettel still enjoys Ferrari’s full backing, according to sporting director Laurent Mekies. On the face of it, the quadruple world champion has

Feb.5 (GMM) Max Verstappen says he needs a car within “two tenths” of Lewis Hamilton’s in order to put “pressure” on the six time world

Feb.5 (GMM) Ferrari CEO Louis Camilleri says the Italian marque is prepared to spend more on Formula 1 ahead of the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

Feb.5 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko thinks adding even more races to F1’s already unprecedentedly-long calendar is “feasible”. Recently, the boss of Red Bull’s second team,

Feb.5 (GMM) Alex Albon has to “do more” to keep impressing Red Bull-Honda into 2020, according to Dr Helmut Marko. In the space of a

Feb.4 (GMM) F1’s return to Jerez for 2021 is still on the cards. Spain is still on the 2020 schedule, but only because Barcelona received

Feb.4 (GMM) Lewis Hamilton can be beaten if a rival manages to “put pressure on him”, according to former F1 team boss Flavio Briatore. Since

Feb.4 (GMM) Formula 1 teams are set to discuss how to handle the deepening coronavirus crisis. As the epidemic’s death toll rises to 425 and

Feb.3 (GMM) Max Verstappen has learned the need to sometimes be more diplomatic when speaking publicly, according to his boss Dr Helmut Marko. The outspoken

Feb.3 (GMM) Antonio Giovinazzi says he has “a chance” to become Charles Leclerc’s next teammate at Ferrari. With Sebastian Vettel’s deal with the Maranello team

Feb.3 (GMM) French GP venue Paul Ricard says it would like to host F1’s pre-season testing early next year. The six days of official winter

Feb.3 (GMM) On the eve of the 2020 season, six-time consecutive world champion Mercedes has reportedly secured a $26m per year sponsorship deal. At Christmas,

Feb.3 (GMM) Daimler CEO Ola Kallenius has continued to play down rumours that Mercedes will no longer operate as a full works team in Formula

Feb.3 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko has all but ruled out a return to Red Bull for Sebastian Vettel. While his own Ferrari contract runs out

Feb.3 (GMM) Racing Point technical boss Andy Green is expecting a surprise innovation like the ‘double diffuser’ of 2009 to affect Formula 1 once again

Feb.3 (GMM) F1 appears poised to delay April’s Chinese GP. The sport’s governing FIA has announced that the Formula E race in the coronavirus-struck country,

Jan.31 (GMM) A disease expert says he is not “optimistic” about whether China will be able to host its Formula 1 race as scheduled in

Jan.31 (GMM) Formula 1 teams cannot veto the move to 18-inch wheels for 2021. That is the insistence of Mario Isola, the boss of F1’s

Jan.31 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko says Red Bull will “definitely protest” if the legality of Ferrari’s engine once again becomes a hot topic in 2020.

Jan.31 (GMM) Paul Ricard CEO Stephane Clair has played down speculation the French GP venue will soon be sold. The famous circuit, which returned to

Jan.31 (GMM) Valtteri Bottas’ former long-time sponsor says rumours Mercedes could quit Formula 1 have been circulating in the paddock for “a couple of years”.

Jan.31 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko says he is happy with Max Verstappen’s new teammate Alex Albon, even though the top Red Bull official admits he

Jan.31 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko has dismissed Renault engineer Remi Taffin’s recent claim that Red Bull’s engine supplier Honda is “one step behind” all of

Jan.31 (GMM) Red Bull will run its 2020 car for the first time on February 12, Dr Helmut Marko has revealed. The energy drink-owned team

Jan.31 (GMM) Racing Point will become the works Aston Martin team in Formula 1 from 2021. The British luxury carmaker, which has struggled financially in

Jan.30 (GMM) Andreas Seidl insists McLaren will not write off the forthcoming F1 season in order to focus fully on the sweeping rule changes of