Mercedes unveiled their 2021 car on Tuesday, but not all elements of the car were available for the public – and rival teams – to see. Speaking during the Silver Arrows’ live unveiling of the W12, Mercedes technical director James Allison noted that they had covered the rear floor section to prevent their competitors from
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Mercedes have released the first pictures of their 2021 challenger, the W12. As Mercedes previously confirmed, the W12 features a black livery like its predecessor as part of the team’s continued support for the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. READ: Nikita Mazepin Opens Up On ‘Incorrect’ Conduct With Model However, the livery of their 2021
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Russian racing driver Nikita Mazepin sparked a tirade of criticism on social media in December after he groped a model in Dubai and uploaded a video of the incident onto his Instagram story. The Haas F1 Team, which Mazepin will race with in 2021, quickly condemned the “abhorrent” incident and took internal action which it
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Alex Albon has said he believes he still has a shot at returning to Formula One with Red Bull or Scuderia AlphaTauri. The Thai driver had a lacklustre 2020 campaign during which he was comprehensively outperformed by team-mate Max Verstappen – and he was dropped by the team in December. READ: FIA Planning ‘Spectacular’ Overtake
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Former F1 driver Kevin Magnussen has shared his experience of competing in his first-ever endurance race and opened up on why he left the pinnacle of motorsport. The Dane, who parted ways with the Haas F1 Team at the end of the 2020 season, competed in the 24 Hours of Daytona on 30 January with
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Red Bull senior advisor Dr Helmut Marko has insisted that there is nothing “mysterious” about their 2021 car. Red Bull’s 2021 challenger, the RB16B, was unveiled on Tuesday – but the fact the team has only released a handful of photos raised speculation that it was trying to hide some aspects of the car to
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The government of Bahrain has said it will be offering all F1 personnel the opportunity to get vaccinated against COVID-19 when they travel to the Kingdom later this month for pre-season testing and the first grand prix of 2021. Pre-season testing will begin on 12 March, while the season-opener – the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix
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Piero Ferrari, vice-chairman of the Italian supercar brand which shares his surname, has slammed Formula One for spending hundreds of millions of dollars on developing technology, only to keep it secret. In a Sunday interview, Ferrari questioned the point of developing this technology if it is seldom applied off the track. READ: Ferrari Wary Of
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The FIA has revealed that it is planning to introduce a “spectacular” overtake button for its new era of power units, which are set to be introduced in 2025. Formula One is yet to decide exactly what power units will be used from then, but the sport will continue to have a hybrid engine formula
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Gene Haas, owner of the Haas F1 Team, has said the American racing outfit is now “very stable”, financially speaking, as a result of them being prudent last year as the COVID-19 pandemic began to escalate and because they have signed Nikita Mazepin for 2021. The 21-year-old is the son of Russian billionaire Dmitry Mazepin,
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