Is Imola a must-win for Red Bull to break Verstappen’s Italy F1 curse?

On paper, the result of the season opener in Bahrain may have done little to suggest Mercedes’ Formula 1 domination could be nearing an end in 2021.
But amid the disappointment felt on the Red Bull pit wall in the aftermath of Max Verstappen’s defeat to Lewis Hamilton, there was an underlying optimism that this could be its best chance of a title assault in nine seasons.
Hamilton may …Keep reading

Ricciardo hopeful of IndyCar, Bathurst runs with McLaren

The Australian joined the Woking-based team at the start of this year, as he bids to help the outfit get back to winning ways.
But beyond the F1 ambitions, McLaren’s involvement in IndyCar, plus CEO Zak Brown’s association with Supercars, has teed up a good chance of some running outside of grand prix cars.
Brown is part owner of the Walkinshaw Andretti United Supercars team and last …Keep reading

Domenicali rules out two-day Formula 1 weekend idea

As part of an evaluation on how to expand the calendar over future years, one proposal that was looked at was to make race weekends more compact.
So rather than running over Friday, Saturday and Sunday, practice, qualifying and races would all be run over two days.
The idea fell away a few years ago but came back in to the spotlight last season when the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola ran …Keep reading