Alpine A521 F1 car unveiled following winter rebrand
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
Wolff: Mercedes won’t be “flirting” with other F1 drivers
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
Guenther: One-lap pace let us down in Diriyah FE
While Mercedes, Audi and Porsche all raced at the front of the pack in the Diriyah E-Prix double-header, BMW had a subdued weekend in Saudi Arabia, with neither Guenther nor rookie team-mate Jake Dennis scoring a point.Guenther and Dennis qualified a mediocre ninth and 14th respectively for the first ofContinue Reading
Mercedes confesses to hiding new W12 F1 car floor from rivals
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
Hamilton explains decision to only sign one-year Mercedes F1 extension
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
Lynn “100% fine” after horror Diriyah FE crash
Lynn was fighting for 14th place on Lap 26 of 29 with the Jaguar of Mitch Evans when the pair came to blows on the long back straight after Turn 17.CCTV footage released by Formula E showed Lynn’s Mahindra launching over Evans’ car and turning upside down, before skating offContinue Reading
Dennis slams Wehrlein for “driving me into the wall” in Diriyah Formula E race
Wehrlein tried to sweep around the outside of Dennis under the heavy braking zone of Turn 18 as they battled for a measly 14th place, only to run wide into the run-off area. But after rejoining the track, the Porsche driver ran deep into the following left-hander, leaving Dennis withContinue Reading
Formula E takes control of Audi team licence sale
During pre-season testing in Valencia, Audi went public with its decision to quit the championship at the end of the current 2021 campaign.As a franchise holder, it had the option to sell its entry but will now no longer earn money from its departure after failing to close talks inContinue Reading
Frijns: Bird smart with energy management in Diriyah FE victory fight
Envision Virgin driver Frijns made a clean start from pole position but was unable to shake off new Jaguar signing Bird, who had cleared the Dragon of Sergio Sette Camara to move up to second.The gap between the two remained stable at 0.5s in the first half of the raceContinue Reading
Evans: Rowland “deliberately” screwed my Diriyah FE qualifying run
With 2m40s of the group one session to go, Evans headed out on track as Rowland emerged from the Nissan e.dams garage – situated further down the pitlane – meaning Rowland got out marginally in front.Audi racer Rast was some way behind but he and Evans spent the majority ofContinue Reading