Ferrari and its two customer racing outfits will be running a new power unit in 2021, but the Haas F1 Team won’t be able to fire it up in their car until pre-season testing in Bahrain in March. This is because the Ferrari technicians needed to install and start the power unit can’t travel to
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Juan Manuel Correa has announced that he will be making a return to racing after suffering horrific injuries in mid-2019 in the Formula Two accident at Spa-Francorchamps which claimed Anthoine Hubert’s life. Correa has since had several rounds of surgery on his legs and has been following an intensive rehabilitation programme. READ: Pierre Gasly ‘Feeling OK’
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With just two months until the 2021 F1 season gets underway in Bahrain, Sir Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes are still yet to ink a deal. Hamilton’s contract expired at the end of 2020, and the delay in him signing an extension with the Silver Arrows has prompted speculation about his future at the team. READ:
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Scuderia AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly has tested positive for COVID-19 after training in Dubai. The Frenchman shared the news on social media on Sunday night and said he is “feeling OK” and plans to continue preparing for the 2021 F1 season from home. READ: ‘If Kimi Had Said It, People Would Have Loved It’: Norris
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Alex Albon took part in the 2021 Austrian Virtual GP on Sunday, alongside the likes of fellow racing drivers George Russell and Stoffel Vandoorne, and Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. F1 began streaming so-called virtual grand prix last year following the COVID-19 pandemic derailing the start of the 2020 season, and it quickly attracted a
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Russian racing driver Nikita Mazepin might have to contest the 2021 F1 season as a “neutral athlete” as a result of the international anti-doping body banning Russia from being represented in numerous sports last year. Nikolay Gryazin, another Russian racing driver, recently wasn’t allowed to race under the Russian flag in the Monte Carlo Rally
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French F1 driver Esteban Ocon has admitted that Netflix’s Drive To Survive docuseries helped him land a seat at Renault alongside Daniel Ricciardo in 2020. Ocon, who will continue to drive for the team under its new name in 2021, featured heavily in the docuseries’ first season, which covered the 2018 campaign. READ: Rob Bloom
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McLaren driver Lando Norris sparked criticism from some F1 fans in October after he downplayed Sir Lewis Hamilton’s success with Mercedes. Specifically, when asked for his thoughts on Hamilton breaking Michael Schumacher’s grand prix win record at the Portuguese Grand Prix, Norris said: READ: Jordan King On Racing In Different Championships & Making A Potential
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2020 was undoubtedly a difficult campaign for four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel, but the German has a great opportunity to remind the F1 world what he’s capable of at Aston Martin Racing next season. A number of pundits and members of the paddock have already tipped Vettel to succeed with his new team – and
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Rob Bloom has been appointed the chief marketing officer (CMO) of the Aston Martin F1 Team after leaving McLaren. Speaking to Formula1News.co.uk on Friday, Bloom described the move as a “huge privilege” and thanked Jefferson Slack – who was appointed commercial director of the Silverstone-based team in September – in particular. READ: Jordan King On
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