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F1 Downforce Levels May End Up Unchanged In 2021 – Horner

Formula One’s 2021 technical regulations are expected to result in the cars generating approximately ten percent less downforce, but the actual difference could be much less significant as teams will be able to offset at least some of this reduction by developing their aero packages. Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner has said it’s

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Ferrari Working ‘Very Hard’ On New Power Unit For 2021

Scuderia Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has said the ailing Italian constructor is working “very hard” on its new power unit which it will start using in 2021, as it looks to address the deficit it has relative to Mercedes, Honda and Renault. “In 2021 there will be small improvements, such as a new engine.

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2022 Is Ferrari’s ‘Most Important Opportunity’ – Binotto

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has said the team is in a “difficult situation”, with the freeze on the development of many components limiting its ability to improve its package in 2020. “How long will it take us to get back [to the front]? Obviously now we are in a difficult situation at the moment

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Last Two Races Have Been ‘Unacceptable’ For Red Bull – Marko

The last two races – specifically, the Italian Grand Prix and the inaugural Tuscan Grand Prix – have been “unacceptable” for Red Bull, according to Helmut Marko. Max Verstappen retired from both races with technical issues, while Alex Albon finished outside the points at Monza but bagged his first F1 podium a week later at

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Mclaren Expecting ‘New Normal’ In F1 From 2022

Mclaren team principal Andreas Seidl has said he is confident that we will see a “new normal” in Formula One from 2022 onwards, with the team being more competitive and F1 becoming consistently more entertaining across the grid. “I am absolutely convinced that with what comes from 2022, with the budget cap, with another technical

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Racing Point Withdraw Appeal In Car Copying Row

Racing Point has withdrawn its appeal to the FIA’s decision to fine the team and dock them 15 points in the Formula One Constructors’ Standings, it has emerged. The team opted to withdraw its appeal ahead of last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, and in a statement they said they are no longer challenging the FIA’s

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Ferrari ‘Ready’ To Withdraw F1 Car Copying Appeal

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has said the Scuderia is prepared to withdraw its appeal against Racing Point if the FIA is able to guarantee that it will no longer be possible to copy other cars in a similar fashion in the future. “If, let me say, regulations will be put in place, or a

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Ricardo Teixeira Barcelona Testing 2011

Ex-Caterham Reserve Driver: Rule Changes Will Encourage New Teams To Enter F1

Ricardo Teixeira, a Portuguese-Angolan racing driver who most notably served as the test and reserve driver for Team Lotus and the Caterham F1 team, discussed his racing career and the challenges of Formula One with Formula1News.co.uk managing editor Suliman Mulhem. Like most other Formula One drivers, Teixeira started out his racing career competing in karting

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