日: 2021年9月1日

De Vries won the Formula 2 title in 2019 before joining Mercedes’ factory team in Formula E. He went on to become the all-electric series’ first world champion, clinching the 2020-21 crown in Berlin last month.
As F1’s silly season continues and the driver market for next year shapes up, de Vries has been heavily linked with a possible move to Williams, owing to the team’s technical …Keep reading

The FIA is playing it safe for F1’s long-awaited return to Zandvoort next weekend, excluding the circuit’s new…

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After a false-start from the summer break with the Belgian GP called off after two laps behind the safety car and half points awarded, following severe delays due to torrential rain, F1’s middle leg of its latest triple-header sees the paddock head to Zandvoort for the first time since 1985.
Max Verstappen, who was declared the winner at Spa-Francorchamps, has sliced Lewis Hamilton’s F1 …Keep reading

McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown hopes that Formula 1 will relax part of its Covid-19 paddock restrictions at…

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Fans at Spa witnessed just two official laps behind the safety car after a rain delay of almost three hours before officials called off the race, declaring a result after meeting the minimum distance requirement.
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The decision to run the two laps behind the safety car and award half points for the final classification sparked criticism from a number of …Keep reading

It kickstarted such a debate that on Tuesday FIA president Jean Todt confirmed that the subject will be discussed at the next Formula 1 Commission meeting, to be held on 5 October.
The hitherto unremarked regulation specifies that only two laps of a grand prix need to be completed for half points to be awarded, and significantly there is no proviso that they have to be racing laps run under …Keep reading

F1 chiefs had originally proposed the idea of a banked last turn in a bid to offer a much longer period of full-throttle running than the original configuration allowed.
With passing places extremely limited on the narrow circuit, it was felt that this design would at least give a chance of some action.
Computer simulations show that the flat out banked bend should add another 340 metres of …Keep reading

Max Verstappen reckons it will be hard to overtake around Zandvoort next weekend, but the Red Bull driver…

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Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff says Formula 1 needs to “move on” from its Belgian Grand Prix debacle,…

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The Spaniard recently confirmed that he would remain with the French car manufacturer next year, having originally signed a one-year contract with an option for a second season.
Although Alonso will be 41 when his current deal ends, he thinks that age is no hindrance to speed in F1.
He believes that if he can maintain the progress that has helped him improve this year, as well as …Keep reading