Wesley Branton | May 14, 2020

Carlos Sainz will be joining Ferrari in 2021 as part of a new two-year contract with the team to replace the departing Sebastian Vettel. It has already been confirmed that Sainz’s seat will be filled by Daniel Ricciardo. This lineup confirmation ends speculation that Lewis Hamilton will be leaving his position on the dominant Mercedes

Wesley Branton | May 14, 2020

Ferrari is currently looking into the possibility of entering the IndyCar Series as early as 2022 amid concerns of Formula One’s upcoming budget cap. It’s no secret that Ferrari, one of Formula One’s largest teams, has been against the budget cap that is set to be introduced in 2021. The new cap will limit team

Wesley Branton | May 14, 2020

Daniel Ricciardo will be leaving Renault after just his second season with the team. He will replace Carlos Sainz in 2021, who is increasingly likely to be Ferrari’s driver of choice to fill Vettel’s seat. Ricciardo first joined Renault in an interesting team swap from Red Bull at the end of 2018. A season into

Wesley Branton | May 12, 2020

Four-time World Drivers’ Champion Sebastian Vettel will be leaving Ferrari at the end of the 2020 F1 season. The “joint decision” will end his six-year partnership with Ferrari. Vettel originally signed with the Prancing Horse in 2015 in a surprising exit from Red Bull Racing, following a tough season for the former World Champion. He

Wesley Branton | April 11, 2020

The Williams F1 Team has secured a large loan while refinancing the team following the sale of Williams Advanced Engineering late last year. The loan comes from the father of their rookie driver. The refinancing includes mortgaging the team’s property, including their factory. It also includes using the team’s extensive collection of over 100 historic

Wesley Branton | April 7, 2020

The Canadian Grand Prix joins the ever-growing list of Formula One events to be postponed due to the recent COVID-19 global pandemic. It’s hoped that the race can be held at a later date. This is the third time the event has been absent from the F1 calendar since F1 started racing at the Circuit

Wesley Branton | March 20, 2020

The Monaco GP joins the list of cancelled sporting events, as F1 management confirms that the event will not be held in 2020. The Dutch GP and Spanish GP have also been postponed. The Monaco GP is a race with a deep history. The F1 cars have raced around the narrow streets of the French

Wesley Branton | March 17, 2020

Pre-season testing for the W Series has been called off amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The two-day test was announced last week and was due to be held on May 4 and 5 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo. “We are in uncharted territory, in a situation beyond our control,” explained Catherine Bond Muir, the W Series

Wesley Branton | March 16, 2020

A Pirelli team member has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus in the aftermath of the cancelled Australian Grand Prix. The member is now under self-isolation, as specified by Australian health authorities. According to Pirelli, the team member “has not had any contact with third parties that requires special preventive measures to be taken for

Wesley Branton | March 13, 2020

Following the disappointing cancellation of the 2020 season-opening race in Australia, F1 management has decided to postpone the next two rounds of the championship. This means that the F1 will not return until May at the earliest. The decision was made to postpone the Bahrain Grand Prix and Vietnamese Grand Prix amid the COVID-19 outbreak.