A former F1 racer has said he believes Max Verstappen would be faster than Sir Lewis Hamilton if they were Mercedes team-mates, but the seven-time World Champion would nevertheless have a chance of beating the Dutch ace over the course of a season. Speaking to Formula1News.co.uk on Friday, ex-F1 driver Marc Surer said: “I think
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Russian racing driver Nikita Mazepin has been slapped with a fine for driving through a red light in the UK. Specifically, Mazepin was fined £274 by an Oxfordshire court for driving through a traffic light in the town of Bracknell 1.7 seconds after it turned red. READ: Lawrence Stroll Denies Chinese Investors Set To Take
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Daimler, the parent company of the Mercedes auto-maker and the Mercedes F1 Team, has announced that it will be renamed Mercedes-Benz by the end of 2021 and will list its truck arm under a separate entity. As news of this planned restructuring broke, Daimler’s share price jumped almost nine percent, approaching its two-year high. READ:
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Three words have been removed from the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary after a successful campaign by Mongol Identity, a Mongolian advocacy group which vociferously criticised and campaigned against Max Verstappen after he called Lance Stroll a “mongol” last year. The group launched its latest campaign on World Education Day on 24 January and told Formula1News.co.uk
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McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has called on Formula One to agree a driver salary cap to help make “racing teams more sustainable”, in line with the other steps being taken to achieve this goal. Speaking this week, Brown said: “I think all the team bosses supported putting in a driver salary cap. READ: Lewis
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Former F1 driver Romain Grosjean has announced that he will compete in the IndyCar Championship in 2021 with Dale Coyne Racing. However, the Frenchman, who previously admitted that he was scared of the idea of racing on ovals, will only compete in races that take place on street circuits or non-oval permanent race tracks. READ:
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Last month, it was reported that China’s BYD Auto Company had tabled a bid to acquire Aston Martin Lagonda in a deal that would value the British auto-maker at £4.1 billion. Details were scarce and it was difficult to gauge the veracity of these reports. READ: Alonso: It Became Clear ‘Leclerc Has More Potential’ Than
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Antonio Giovinazzi, who races with Ferrari customer team Alfa Romeo, didn’t take part in last week’s Fiorano test. However, he still has ties to the Scuderia and remains hopeful that he will eventually drive for Ferrari in Formula One, though he believes Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz will be their driver line-up for a while.
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Last month, amid mounting speculation about why Sir Lewis Hamilton and the Mercedes F1 Team are yet to ink a new deal for 2021, a source at the Silver Arrows told Formula1News.co.uk that reports that the seven-time World Champion might leave the team are “fake news.” “Any suggestion that Lewis won’t be with us this
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Ferrari had a miserable 2020 season, with them only managing sixth in the Constructors’ Championship – their worst finish in four decades – and their two drivers just scoring a total of three podiums. The Scuderia will have a new power unit in 2021, which should help them close the gap to Renault, Honda and
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