Formula One’s commercial rights holders Liberty Media do not favour Ferrari due to their history in the sport, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has insisted. The former Ferrari team principal said that although the Scuderia certainly has a “big role” and a rich history in the sport, Liberty Media is committed to promoting a “great battle”
MoreFormula One is poised to trial sprint races at three rounds of the 2021 calendar, after all ten teams agreed a financial package for the proposal with Liberty Media. As per the deal, Liberty Media will pay each team a one-off payment of $500,000 to cover their costs of competing in the three trial sprint
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Formula One has told Formula1News.co.uk that reports this year’s Canadian and Brazilian Grand Prix are likely to be cancelled are false. READ: Mercedes Hit Back At Bottas’ ‘Not Quite Normal’ Strategy Claim “Both of these suggestions are wrong,” an F1 spokesperson said in a brief statement when approached for comment on the matter. Earlier, the
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Formula One could hold another race in Bahrain this season and also visit Istanbul amid uncertainty about the Canadian and Brazilian Grand Prix due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. READ: Mercedes Hit Back At Bottas’ ‘Not Quite Normal’ Strategy Claim The provisional 23-race 2021 calendar was already hit with disruption earlier this year, with the
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Sir Lewis Hamilton and ex-F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone clashed last year after the 90-year-old claimed that “in lots of cases, black people are more racist than white people.” READ: Luca Corberi’s Lawyers Highlight Schumacher-Coulthard Fracas In Defence Of Disgraced Karter Hamilton branded Ecclestone’s remarks as “uneducated and ignorant”, but the former F1 boss has now
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83 percent of F1 fans believe the sport should race at the Dubai Autodrome instead of Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina Circuit, according to a poll of 1,288 Formula1News.co.uk readers. READ: ‘I Don’t Think It’s Yet There As A Package’: Valtteri Bottas Gives Verdict On Mercedes W12 Only 13 percent of respondents were in favour of
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Formula One has released additional information about the street circuit that will host the inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix this year. READ: Perez Responds To Former Team’s ‘Extreme Driving Style’ Comment The Jeddah Street Circuit, which has been designed in collaboration with German engineer Hermann Tilke, will have 27 corners and will be the fastest
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Porsche and its parent company, the Volkswagen Group, are considering entering Formula One in 2025. Speaking to BBC Sport earlier this week, Porsche Motorsport vice-president Fritz Enzinger stressed that their entry into the pinnacle of motorsport would be contingent on how F1’s new engine regulations align with their objectives. READ: Doping Watchdog Investigating Haas &
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F1 will race at Portimão once again this upcoming season, with the Portuguese Grand Prix today being announced as the third round of the 2021 Championship. Announcing the addition of the Portuguese GP to the calendar, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali said he is “confident and excited” about this upcoming season. READ: Aston Martin Unveil 2021
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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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