Formula 1 must design cars to race in rain, says Todt

Last month’s wet race at Spa-Francorchamps had to be abandoned after three laps behind a safety car because conditions were not good enough to allow the current generation of cars to race.
The high levels of downforce produced by the latest grand prix machinery, plus wider tyres, means more spray is thrown into the air in wet running, and that makes visibility too bad.
Todt thinks the matter …Keep reading
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F1 – 2021 RUSSIAN GP SCHEDULE OF VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCES

F1 – 2021 RUSSIAN GP SCHEDULE OF VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCES

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THURSDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER, 1230 HOURS LOCAL TIME

 

Kimi Räikkönen (Alfa Romeo)
Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin)

Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri)
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Fernando Alonso (Alpine)
Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri)
Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)

Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo)
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)

Nikita Mazepin (Haas)
Nicholas Latifi (Williams)

Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
Sergio Pérez (Red Bull)

Mick Schumacher (Haas)
Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren)

Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
Lando Norris (McLaren)

Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
George Russell (Williams)

FRIDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER, 1300 HOURS LOCAL TIME

Andreas Seidl (McLaren)
Toto Wolff (Mercedes)
Christian Horner (Red Bull)

 

Marcin Budkowski (Alpine)
Laurent Mekies (Ferrari)
Toyoharu Tanabe (Honda)

 

SATURDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER, POST-QUALIFYING

First three finishing drivers

 

SUNDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER, POST-RACE

First three finishing drivers

 

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Does Gasly have reason to be ‘sad and frustrated’ over his Red Bull snub?

Before Gasly’s retirement and Yuki Tsunoda’s failure to start the race at Monza, AlphaTauri had been the only team to score points in every race this season, putting it in the hunt for fifth place in the constructors’ championship.
A large part of that contribution has come courtesy of Gasly, who had failed to score points in only three races this year prior to Monza. While rookie team-mate …Keep reading
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Former McLaren boss Whitmarsh to return to F1 with Aston Martin

The Briton was most famous for a lengthy spell he had at McLaren from 1989 to 2014, which included him being the team’s CEO as well as team boss from 2008 until his departure.
Since leaving F1 he has been involved in various projects, including being chairman of technology start-up business BAR Technologies, and fulfilling a similar role at Offshore Wind Growth Partnership. He was also …Keep reading
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Why Aston Martin’s new F1 base marks a significant step

I am old enough to remember the 1989 Kevin Costner movie Field of Dreams, in which Costner plays an Iowa farmer who builds a baseball pitch in his cornfield that attracts the ghosts of legendary baseball players from the past.
It’s a hokey but fun movie – most memorably, however, it introduced the phrase, ‘If you build it, they will come’ into our cultural lexicon. It is the idea that …Keep reading
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