Otmar Szafnauer has defended Sergio Perez’s trip home to Mexico which preceded the Racing Point driver’s positive COVID-19 test – forcing him to miss the British Grand Prix.
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Carlos Sainz doesn't expect Ferrari to improve next season, and foresees another year of Mercedes dominance at the top.
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Helmut Marko isn't hopeful of Red Bull catching Mercedes until 2022, saying the pace of their rivals is making the team nervous.
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Mark Webber says he'd pick Lewis Hamilton over Michael Schumacher, with the Brit "a more complete driver".
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Valtteri Bottas has reiterated that there is "no panic" despite the driver not yet having a deal with Mercedes for next season.
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At a time when Racing Point is receiving more criticism that compliments, Martin Brundle says the team has done an "extraordinary" job copying the Mercedes.
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Ex-Red Bull driver David Coulthard believes their current star man Max Verstappen may have to wait another year to become World Champion.
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Great news for Lewis Hamilton fans, not so good for his rivals, with the Brit saying he wants to continue racing for "at least another three years".
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Jumping the start at the Hungarian GP, Mercedes has since made changes to Valtteri Bottas' dashboard to avoid that "kind of distraction".
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Max Verstappen is approaching the British Grand Prix with caution, but hopes Red Bull can get within 0.5s of Mercedes.
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Fernando Alonso's physio, Edoardo Bendinelli, has dashed any doubt about the Spaniard's fitness levels as he prepares to return to Formula 1.
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Giedo van der Garde has called on Red Bull to replace Alex Albon with Sergio Perez for the 2021 season.
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Williams' head of vehicle performance, Dave Robson, thinks more teams would have gone down the copycat route had there not been a chassis freeze next year.
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Valtteri Bottas is confident he has the pace to prevent Lewis Hamilton from winning a record-equalling seventh World Championship title.
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Lando Norris has said he is feeling "better" as he prepares for two home races at Silverstone over the next couple of weeks.
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The W11 may look unbeatable but Mercedes do have a couple of concerns about their car heading into the next triple header of races.
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Martin Brundle thinks Max Verstappen will be pondering how he can get himself into a Mercedes seat if he continues to not win titles with Red Bull.
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George Russell admits that whilst he has total faith in himself, joining Mercedes in 2021 and trying to compete with Lewis Hamilton would have been a "tall order".
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Alfa Romeo team manager Beat Zehnder has said that the reason Imola is a two-day event is because of the "insane logistics" involved.
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After a short break, Formula 1 is back with another triple header, starting with two races at the iconic Silverstone circuit.
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After a short break, Formula 1 is back with another triple header, starting with two races at the iconic Silverstone circuit.
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After being late to the Esports party, Ferrari has now significantly increased their involvement by announcing their very own competition.
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Toto Wolff has been questioned about his Mercedes future again with his role and influence compared to that of Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.
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Pierre Gasly feels Williams' "enormous progress" with their FW42 means they can now be considered a Formula 1 midfield team again.
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Racing Point boss Otmar Szafnauer has said more protests against them from other teams will be "futile" and "a waste of time".
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Ex-team boss Eddie Jordan has said the negatives outweigh the positives when it comes to deciding whether to sign Sebastian Vettel for 2021.
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Such is Ferrari's poor form that Norbert Haug believes even Lewis Hamilton couldn't win a grand prix in this year's SF1000.
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Haas "would do the same thing again" that they did in Hungary, issue instructions on the formation lap, instructions that helped Kevin Magnussen score a point.
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Gulf Oil is back in Formula 1 having signed a new multi-year strategic partnership with the McLaren Formula 1 team.
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Lewis Hamilton already has six wins at Silverstone, but he'll be keen to add to his tally to move one step closer to title number seven.
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Formula 1 could head to Malaysia or Vietnam later this year as the sport's powers-that-be look to add a third continent to the schedule.
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Should Racing Point's brake ducts be declared illegal by the F1 stewards, Otmar Szafnauer says the team will appeal the ruling.
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Guenther Steiner believes Haas will be in for a bad two weeks of racing at Silverstone as the VF-20 is suffering on the straights.
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Lando Norris believes Lewis Hamilton could do the unthinkable and win every remaining race on his march towards a seventh World title.
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George Russell has rubbished suggestions Fernando Alonso is blocking a youngster's move into F1, saying his return makes "complete sense".
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A year after saying no to putting a rookie in the Haas, Guenther Steiner feels the team has progressed enough to make it an option.
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Sebastian Vettel won't be swapping his helmet for a microphone even if he does decide not to continuing racing beyond this season.
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Ask 'Last Lap Lando' where he has improved this season, and the McLaren reckons he has found a better balance between "waiting" and "aggression".
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McLaren will continue to build its own gearboxes next season despite swapping to Mercedes power units.
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Lawrence Stroll's investment in Racing Point opened the door financially for today's pink Mercedes, so says team boss Otmar Szafnauer.
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Mattia Binotto admits it will take a "long time" to solve Ferrari's car troubles as the SF1000 is "lagging behind in all areas".
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Sebastian Vettel's options for 2021 may not be limited to a pink Mercedes with Ralf Schumacher asking what about a blue-and-white Red Bull.
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The cancellation of the United States GP is both "painful" and "prudent" says Circuit of The Americas CEO Bobby Epstein.
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Sebastian Vettel says Formula 1 returning to the Nurburgring was a big surprise to him but is excited for the challenge nonetheless.
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Nicholas Latifi is disappointed his home race won't go ahead, saying it was the one he was looking forward to most in his rookie season.
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Mercedes is not responsible for the predictable nature of the World Championship says team principal Toto Wolff.
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto believes the Mugello Circuit lap record will fall when F1 visits for the Tuscan Grand Prix.
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Despite an extremely busy start to the season, Andreas Seidl feels that the toughest period for the teams lies ahead.
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Kimi Raikkonen doesn't believe the relationship between Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari is as bad as people are making out.
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Former Formula 1 driver Esteban Tuero suffered multiple fractures after colliding with another motorcycle in Parque Chacabuco, Argentina.
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McLaren principal Andreas Seidl has said the multiple protests already seen this season are "not good" for Formula 1.
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Interlagos promoter Tamas Rohonyi is furious with Formula 1 for cancelling the 2020 Brazilian GP.
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McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl understands why triple-headers are needed in 2020, but says they can't set a trend for the future.
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Formula 1 race director Michael Masi has seen the first three rounds of 2020 go smoothly, but fears it could make the series "complacent".
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Marcus Ericsson says the aero-screen offers better protection than the halo and expects Formula 1 to switch to it in the future.
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Italy hosting three F1 races this year is a "strong recognition" of various qualities of the nation's motorsport, the ACI President says.
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The Emilia Romagna GP at Imola will be the start of a new era for the circuit, rather than a one-off if the boss gets his way.
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Thieves have stolen items from a store in Brignoles, France which raises funds for the Jules Bianchi Association.
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Silverstone managing director Stuart Pringle has revealed that the circuit was open to holding as many as 12 F1 races over a period of months.
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Racing Point boss Otmar Szafnauer says after being told many times by the team that he has the ability, Lance Stroll proved it to himself in Hungary.
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Claire Williams says her team's current driver George Russell is in the same league as huge names of their past like Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill and Nico Rosberg.
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Mercedes is unsure how well the 2020 car will handle upcoming warm-weather races, says technical director James Allison.
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Racing Point boss, Otmar Szafnauer, has said that Sergio Perez's loyalty to the team will be considered when deciding on their 2021 line-up.
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George Russell has said it is "a little bit frustrating" to see drivers he has beaten in the junior series get the Formula 1 limelight before he has had a chance to do so.
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F1 2020 gives you the chance to create your own team, so I decided to give it a go and write all about it. This can only go well...
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McLaren appear to have rekindled their old sponsorship with Gulf Oil after a series of teaser shots were released on social media.
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Mercedes technical director James Allison says the team are continuing to develop DAS, even though it will be banned from 2021.
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Gerhard Berger has urged Racing Point to sign Sebastian Vettel, saying he'd be fighting for P2 if he was in the pink Mercedes this season.
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Ferrari's engine saga could take a dark turn with claims in the Italian press stating they have been victims of industrial espionage.
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Teaming up with Fernando Alonso next season, Esteban Ocon believes he will avoid a Stoffel Vandoorne-esque whitewash to the Spaniard.
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Three more European races are set to extend the F1 2020 season calendar to at least 13 races, with the iconic Nurburgring poised to host a German Grand Prix.
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Racing Point may have taken it to the extreme but Jean Todt says Formula 1 teams have been copying others' designs for "decades" already.
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Sebastian Vettel has proven he knows how to get the most out of an Adrian Newey designed car and that, Jacques Villeneuve says, is why he should replace Alex Albon next season.
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The Spanish Grand Prix will retain its place on this year's calendar despite new restrictions following a spike in Covid-19 cases.
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Ferrari should put Robert Shwartzman in the Alfa Romeo next season, rather than Mick Schumacher, says Helmut Marko.
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The only team to win races this season, Mercedes has already built up a lead in this year's titles races, but Valtteri Bottas says one never knows what could happen next.
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Aston Martin has offered Sebastian Vettel a deal for 2021 with Alfa Romeo interested in bringing Sergio Perez to replace Kimi Raikkonen.
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Christian Horner says it won't "take much" for Red Bull to bring its car up to Mercedes' level, but they need to it quickly.
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Although still not entirely happy with the manner in which Ferrari dropped him, Sebastian Vettel will be "professional" in his final season with the Scuderia.
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Pierre Gasly is refusing to speculate about Alex Albon's Red Bull troubles but says he doesn't believe the Thai driver will be dropped any time soon.
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From the highs of his Austrian podium to the lows of Hungary, Lando Norris concedes he was responsible for the latter after making the worst start of his life.
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Succeeding in putting both cars into Q2 at the Hungaroring, Claire Williams declared that Williams is "back racing again".
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Without a single point in this year's championship, Kimi Raikkonen says the solution is "simple", Alfa Rome need to make the car "faster".
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Confirmed by Williams for 2021, George Russell says there was "nothing" Mercedes could do as Williams "wasn't ready" to let him go.
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Criticised by Liberty Media and Red Bull, Formula E chief executive Jamie Reigle says it is "flattering" that F1 should talk about his sport.
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Coming up for air after the first three races, all the teams will be looking at where they can improve. We thought we'd give them a hand...
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