F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has said he will be meeting will all 20 of the sport’s drivers in Bahrain to remind them of their obligation to be role models. Domenicali, who became the CEO of Formula 1 at the start of this year, also commented on the December incident involving Nikita Mazepin and said the
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The Mercedes F1 Team and Sir Lewis Hamilton have agreed terms of a contract extension, according to reports. Specifically, F1-Insider.com has cited a source as saying that Hamilton has agreed a one-year extension with an option for another year. READ: Verstappen Would Be Faster Than Hamilton At Mercedes, Title Fight Would Be Close – Ex-F1
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Sir Lewis Hamilton’s ongoing contract saga with Mercedes is “almost a bit embarrassing”, according to former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher. Speaking to Speedweek, which is owned by Red Bull Media House, Schumacher also warned Hamilton that no one is irreplaceable in Formula One. READ: Daimler To Rename Itself Mercedes-Benz By End Of 2021 “It’s
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Nico Hulkenberg was previously linked to the second seat at Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen, but the team ultimately decided to sign Sergio Perez for 2021 This left the German without a seat on the grid for the upcoming season, but Otmar Szafnauer, team principal of the newly rebranded Aston Martin F1 Team, has hinted
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With roughly seven weeks to go until the 2021 F1 season gets underway in Bahrain, Sir Lewis Hamilton is still technically a free agent as he is yet to ink a new deal with the Mercedes F1 Team. Last month, it was reported that numerous stumbling blocks, including the Brit’s demands for a pay rise
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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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