Nico Hulkenberg is actively looking to make a full-time return to the Formula One grid next year, and Red Bull has emerged as a potential option for the German driver. Earlier this month, Helmut Marko, the head of Red Bull’s driver development programme, said they will consider replacing Alex Albon at the end of 2020
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Russian Formula Two driver Nikita Mazepin will “definitely” be driving for the Haas F1 Team next year, multiple sources familiar with the matter have told Formula1News.co.uk managing editor Suliman Mulhem. It’s not clear when the American racing outfit will publicly announce the move, though it was previously reported that they will wait until Mazepin is
MoreEx-F1 driver Vitaly Petrov will serve as the driver representative on the stewards’ officiating panel for this weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix. The appointment was questioned by Lewis Hamilton, as the Russian recently made a series of controversial comments about gay people and Hamilton’s efforts to raise awareness about the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. READ:
MoreEarlier this week, a source told Formula1News.co.uk that George Russell will be replaced by Sergio Perez next year, as the team’s new owners want to have two pay drivers. This came off the back of the Italian edition of Motorsport.com reporting that there was a “real risk” of Russell losing his seat to Perez. READ:
MoreHaas drivers Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen have confirmed they will leave the American racing outfit at the end of the season. The team has had a poor campaign thus far, struggling to score points due to a combination of having the weakest power unit on the grid and their chassis also having a number
MoreFormer F1 driver Nico Rosberg has announced that he will be starting his own team to run in Extreme E – a new off-road electric SUV race series. Rosberg Xtreme Racing (RXR) marks the third team with an F1 Champion as the founder or CEO to join the new environmentally focused series (Lewis Hamilton and
MoreThe Haas F1 Team has informed Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen that they won’t be retained beyond the end of this season, according to Denmark’s Ekstra Bladet tabloid newspaper. The newspaper cited sources as saying that Haas will announce its two new drivers at this weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix. READ: It Feels Like Mercedes Pressured
MoreEarlier this week, Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas posted a tweet hitting out at the disparity in the prize money for men and women competing in the Ronde van Vlaanderen bike race. “It’s not about the money, but about the equality. Don’t men and women work equally hard to try and win?” Bottas posted. READ: Lance
MoreWhile it was previously reported that Racing Point driver Lance Stroll was unable to race at the Eifel GP due to stomach trouble, he has now released a statement on Instagram revealing that he tested positive for COVID-19 last week. Lance informed his followers, “I just want to let everyone know that I recently tested
MoreMercedes team principal Toto Wolff has revealed that Esteban Ocon and George Russell would be ahead of Max Verstappen if the team needed to replace one of its existing drivers. “I am very happy with my two drivers. If there is a generational change in the future, then George Russell and Esteban Ocon are in
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