As part of the overhaul of the Renault works F1 squad and rebranding as Alpine for 2021, the team announced a new leadership structure in January, with Brivio becoming racing director.Brivio had worked at Suzuki since 2013, overseeing its full-time return to MotoGP in 2015 before leading its world championshipContinue Reading
Williams penned in Friday 5 March to launch its new car, the FW43B, at the start of February, and gave the car its first on-track running in a shakedown at Silverstone last week.The team has now revealed that it will present its new car to fans by using a bespokeContinue Reading
The seven-time world champion is entering his 15th F1 season this year and his ninth with the Mercedes squad.But after he signed a one-year contract extension with the team for 2021, which Hamilton said at the launch of the Mercedes W12 was because of “no real need necessarily to planContinue Reading
Kvyat dropped off the F1 grid at the end of the 2020 season after AlphaTauri opted to sign Red Bull youngster Yuki Tsunoda to partner Pierre Gasly for 2021.It marked the end of Kvyat’s third stint with the Faenza-based squad, and a second exit from the Red Bull umbrella ofContinue Reading
In a virtual launch event hosted from the team’s UK base in Enstone, Alpine presented the new A521 car ahead of its race debut at the end of this month.2021 will see the Alpine name make its bow in F1 after Renault opted to rebrand its works team as partContinue Reading
With both Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas only signing one-year contract extensions with the team, the German manufacturer could find itself exposed for 2022 if either of them move on.But while Max Verstappen has emerged as an obvious target for Mercedes if Hamilton does not continue in F1 beyond thisContinue Reading
The German car manufacturer revealed its 2021 F1 challenger on Tuesday morning, but it was noticeable that it was not fitted with a floor that appeared optimised for the new rules – so was clearly not its new version.F1 has introduced new aero regulations for this year that demand anContinue Reading
Mercedes announced in February that seven-time F1 world champion Hamilton had put pen to paper on a new contract with the team, keeping him on the grid for the 2021 season.It put an end to speculation about Hamilton’s immediate future, but led to questions about what would happen beyond theContinue Reading