McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown says it was important to finalise his team's switch to Mercedes power for 2021 as soon as possible.
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McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl believes Lando Norris built his way up to becoming a "complete driver" in the second half of 2019.
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Ferrari principal Mattia Binotto says his meetings with Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel at the start of 2019 were “full of embarrassments”.
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We take a look back over some of the most memorable moments of the first half of the season, including F1 hyping up its own rather forgettable 1000th race.
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Esteban Ocon claims he knew that Charles Leclerc would get the better of his team-mate in 2019 and is not surprised by the Monegasque's success.
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Carlos Sainz believes that the 2021 regulation changes present a "great opportunity" for McLaren to return to the top of the grid.
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Take a look at the junior achievements of George Russell and Charles Leclerc, and it shows that Mick Schumacher's first season in F2 was worrying.
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Christian Horner says that, for the first time, his team have an engine supplier who delivers on what they promise in Honda.
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Valtteri Bottas believes that Mercedes would have dropped him at the end of 2019 if there was no improvement on the previous season.
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Claire Williams says that she and her team have been "blown away" by George Russell in his first season on the grid.
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McLaren's Lando Norris believes the team helped their own cause in 2019 by not "overhyping" their season before it began.
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Mercedes' motorsports strategy director James Vowles says he was "very impressed" with Valentino Rossi's "meticulous" approach when driving the W08 in Valencia.
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Data provided by promoters shows that the British Grand Prix at Silverstone was the best attended race weekend of 2019.
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FIA president Jean Todt believes Lando Norris, George Russell and Pierre Gasly will join Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc to form the post-Lewis Hamilton generation.
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Charles Leclerc has revealed that his dream is to go head-to-head with Ferrari team-mate Sebastian Vettel for the Drivers' Championship.
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Ferrari expect a "significantly more expensive" 2020 for their Formula 1 team, but plans are in place to up their investment before the 2021 budget cap.
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Forget a switch to Ferrari, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff joked his next move will be to "Mars" with Lewis Hamilton to see if they can win anything there.
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With six championship doubles on the trot and a 74% win record, one would be hard pressed to find a better era for any team than Mercedes' present reign.
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Only 108 individuals hold the distinction of calling themselves a Formula 1 Grand Prix winner and Robert Kubica can count himself a part of that list.
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It's easy to see Nico Hulkenberg's Formula 1 career as one of missed opportunities and unfulfilled potential, but that's harsh on the German.
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Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes are going through the same motions over the winter and will continue to chase their "almost impossible" targets.
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Alex Albon will take time to reflect on his first F1 campaign, but he admits to "floating" through it and not really being "aware" of what was going on.
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It's easy to see Nico Hulkenberg's Formula 1 career as one of missed opportunities and unfulfilled potential, but that's harsh on the German.
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Valtteri Bottas admits that he "lost a little bit" of love for F1 in 2018, but found it again last season.
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With six championship doubles on the trot and a 74% win record, one would be hard pressed to find a better era for any team than Mercedes' present reign.
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2019 may have been Charles Leclerc's first season at Ferrari but Mattia Binotto reckons he put four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel "under a lot of pressure".
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Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko says the team are "14 days" ahead of schedule on their 2020 car, and it's a "great concept".
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Sebastian Vettel is suffering because he does not have the "unconditional support" of all at Ferrari; that's according to Helmut Marko.
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All but ruled out of a Ferrari seat after accusing the Scuderia of cheating, Max Verstappen concedes he is at times "too straightforward" but never said Lewis Hamilton wasn't special.
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2019 proved a difficult year for Renault as they dropped to P5 in the Constructors', but new recruit Esteban Ocon wants to be on the podium in 2020.
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While F1's top teams can easily throw resources into 2020 and 2021 at the same time, Alain Prost says Renault face a "big decision" deciding where the money goes.
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2019 may have been Charles Leclerc's first season at Ferrari but Mattia Binotto reckons he put four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel "under a lot of pressure".
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Lewis Hamilton may be one of the biggest names in Formula 1 but even he was quashed under Bernie Ecclestone's thumb, told to "cease and desist" using F1 images on his social media.
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Nicholas Latifi says he is eager to pit himself against George Russell, who whitewashed Robert Kubica in this year's qualifying.
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Weeks after the F1 season concluded, reality has hit for Nico Hulkenberg who feels it is "going to be a shock" not racing next year.
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All but ruled out of a Ferrari seat after accusing the Scuderia of cheating, Max Verstappen concedes he is at times "too straightforward" but never said Lewis Hamilton wasn't special.
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Leaving Barcelona at the end of 2019's pre-season testing, Ferrari believed they had a "clear performance advantage" over their rivals.
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F1 sporting boss Ross Brawn has refuted Andrew Green's claim that F1's 2021 cars will be a "nasty piece of work".
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Sebastian Vettel has said he did follow in Lewis Hamilton's footsteps by changing to a vegan diet in 2018.
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Kevin Magnussen says Haas have been fifth in the championship and can do it again despite this year's slump.
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Red Bull reject Dan Ticktum has signed as Williams' development driver, joining the team's driver academy.
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As Formula 1 looks to grow the grid, Chase Carey says the sport must avoid treating newcomers as "second class citizens".
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Teaming up with Max Verstappen midway through this year's championship, Alexander Albon concedes he has a lot to learn.
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Leaving Barcelona at the end of 2019's pre-season testing, Ferrari believed they had a "clear performance advantage" over their rivals.
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Lewis Hamilton may be one of the biggest names in Formula 1 but even he was quashed under Bernie Ecclestone's thumb, told to "cease and desist" using F1 images on his social media.
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After dishing out the prizes in our more traditional awards ceremony, we now move onto our alternative F1 2019 categories to pay tribute to those that stood out for the right (and wrong) reasons.
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Mattia Binotto has said Antonio Giovinazzi could become a Ferrari driver, but needs to show more improvement with Alfa Romeo in 2020.
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Sebastian Vettel has said he did follow in Lewis Hamilton's footsteps by changing to a vegan diet in 2018.
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Max Verstappen is not expecting himself to be wearing Ferrari red from 2021, saying he does not think a move to the Scuderia will happen. Verstappen did not improve his chances of perhaps joining Ferrari in the future when accusing them of cheating following the conclusion of the United States Grand Prix. Ferrari finally addressed […]
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Valtteri Bottas still has a "surreal" feeling about his season-opening win in Australia, saying it felt like someone else was driving the Mercedes car.
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Kimi Raikkonen has said the pressure of driving for Alfa Romeo this season was exactly the same as when he drove for Ferrari.
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Sebastian Vettel is under no illusions that he has to improve in 2020 if he is to get the better of Charles Leclerc at Ferrari.
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George Russell and Charles Leclerc enjoyed the same junior success, and Russell believes they are still on the "exact same course".
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With the 2019 season firmly in the books and reflected upon, it's time to dish out the F1 awards to some very worthy winners this year.
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Daniel Ricciardo has revealed that the bombardment he gets from the press makes him hate his home race in Australia.
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Ferrari principal Mattia Binotto believes the series of checks and clearances on their engine in 2019 proves they weren't cheating.
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Valtteri Bottas will release version "2.77" as he looks to stop Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton winning a seventh title in 2020.
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Mick Schumacher will be ready for Formula 1 day, but a Ferrari seat isn't coming his way in 2021 says principal Mattia Binotto.
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Rumours have been circulating that Racing Point owner Lawrence Stroll could invest in Aston Martin, and investor talks have been confirmed.
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Former F1 team owner turned pundit Eddie Jordan believes Lewis Hamilton will move to Ferrari for 2021, and take Toto Wolff with him.
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Daniel Ricciardo is of the opinion that Max Verstappen has shown maturity as his Formula 1 career continues to develop with Red Bull.
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F2 racer Guanyu Zhou was presented with the first Anthoine Hubert Award for Rookie of the Year at the F2 prize ceremony in Monaco.
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The sun has set on the 2019 Formula 1 season, but who's had a year to remember and who wants to leave 2019 behind and never look back?
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Robert Kubica is not completely ruling out a return to Formula 1, but is aware there is a "high chance" he has raced his last race.
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Ferrari boss, Mattia Binotto, has said "quite significant changes" have been made to the engine and the 2020 car itself will have a lot more downforce.
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Daniel Ricciardo has said his first season at Renault has been no more frustrating than his last season at Red Bull in 2018.
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Ferrari CEO Louis Camilleri has said it was "inevitable" that Sebastian Vettel lost his No.1 status due to the rise of Charles Leclerc.
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Formula 1 bosses have revealed their own top 10 drivers of the 2019 season with Lewis Hamilton top for the fifth season in a row.
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Lando Norris has capped an excellent first season in Formula 1 by winning ‘Rookie of the Year’, as voted for by fans via the official Formula 1 website. Norris, George Russell and Alex Albon all stated their cases for why they should win the vote in a hilarious video. Haven't seen this yet? WHERE HAVE […]
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MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has said his experience driving the Mercedes was very different to the last time he tried an F1 car.
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Ferrari CEO Louis Camilleri does not appear to have a lot of time for Max Verstappen following comments made about the Scuderia this season.
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Accused of always getting his own way at McLaren, Fernando Alonso has hit back telling his former team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne to "check the facts".
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The sun has set on the 2019 Formula 1 season, but who's had a year to remember and who wants to leave 2019 behind and never look back?
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Ross Brawn says it is unfortunate the teams voted down Pirelli's 2020 tyres as they would have allowed the drivers to race "a bit harder".
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Ferrari will be wasting no time in unveiling their 2020 challenger after pencilling February 11 as their official launch date.
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Claire Williams believes Williams' 2020 car, the FW43, "will be an improvement" on this year's as the team tries to lift itself off the bottom of the log.
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The sun has set on the F1 2019 season, but who's had a year to remember and who wants to leave 2019 behind and never look back?
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Ferrari let themselves down in 2019 as the spaghetti culture reared its head but it was Valtteri Bottas who let us all down.
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Pirelli boss Mario Isola has revealed the steps taken to ensure no one teams gets an unfair tyre advantage, from random barcodes to one engineer per team and bespoke software.
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Feeling unfairly treated by Red Bull at last year's Azerbaijan GP, Daniel Ricciardo felt the team "deserved" the crash that put both drivers out of the race.
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Lewis Hamilton did have one moment when he tested Valentino Rossi's Yamaha at the Valencia circuit on Monday with details of the swap finally revealed.
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Christian Horner has cast doubt on whether the next silly season will actually be that silly despite a lack of drivers not signed for 2021.
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Following F1's decision to run this year's tyres next season, Pirelli have called for tyre pressures to be raised.
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Patrick Head is torn over F1's 2021 rules, saying that while they are "regressive" from an engineering point of view, they should help close the gap between the teams.
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Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto has once again defended his drivers, Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc, saying that they are not an "explosive" partnership.
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McLaren's performance director, Andrea Stella, has given an insight into what it is like working for McLaren compared to working for Ferrari.
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Wondering why there has been no news yet on Lewis Hamilton's MotoGP ride from Monday? Reports in Italy claim that's because he crashed the bike.
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Daniel Ricciardo has found himself on the list of Ziggo Sport's Olav Mol's 'five flops for 2019' as the Dutch commentator says he needs to stop being the "clown" and buckle down.
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Although George Russell trounced Robert Kubica in both qualifying and grands prix, the Brit concedes it was his Williams team-mate who made the better starts in 2019.
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Things may not have gone the way Robert Kubica had hoped for, but he doesn't "regret" his Formula 1 return in 2019.
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McLaren look set for more personnel changes in the winter following the departure of their head of aerodynamics, Guillaume Cattelani.
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All 10 Formula 1 teams have voted in favour of keeping the 2019 tyre compounds in place for the 2020 season, the FIA has confirmed.
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Mattia Binotto has downplayed the engine saga that blighted Ferrari's season, saying rivals just wanted to put pressure on Ferrari.
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