Alan Rees

McLaren issued a complaint about AlphaTauri driver Yuki Tsunoda for allegedly speeding under double waved yellow flags in response to Max Verstappen’s accident on the main straight in Baku.<br>The incident was initially covered by double-waved yellows before a safety car was called for, with the race then being suspended under a red flag.<br>The TV world feed broadcast McLaren’s message to ...

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Wolff could not hide his disappointment after the race in Baku, as he suggested that Mercedes’ showings were ‘unacceptable’ if it wanted to fight Red Bull for the title.<br>He was clear that the Brackley-based squad was under-delivering and that everyone in the team – including himself – needed to lift their game.<br>“It is not only the incident at the end, that frustrates,” ...

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F1 is planning to add a race at a new circuit in Rio de Janeiro to the calendar in the near future, with a deal in place with the race promoter for the running of the event. The existing contract for the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos expires this year.<br>But the planned construction of the new track at Deodoro, a disused military base, would involve the felling of 70,000 trees, resulting in ...

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Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas and Carlos Sainz all suffered similar-looking front-left tyre failures. Leader Hamilton’s occurred on the last lap, but the Mercedes driver managed to get his car safely home to claim victory, but Sainz and Bottas both tumbled out of the points after being forced to pit.<br>Isola says the cause of the failures is not yet clear, although he suggested that debris on ...

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The McLaren Group, which includes both the Formula 1 team and its road car business, has been hit hard by the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.<br>But an attempt to refinance its operations to help it overcome short-term difficulties hit a road block when a group of creditors resisted attempts for it to raise finance through the release of securities such as its heritage car collection ...

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The Woking-based outfit's plan to move from Renault in 2021 has been complicated in the wake of a decision by Formula 1 to roll over this year's cars into next season because of the coronavirus crisis.<br>Teams will have to homologate much of their current cars, but McLaren has been given special dispensation to make some chassis changes because it is the only outfit that plans to switch power ...

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The coronavirus pandemic has forced dramatic changes to F1, with teams agreeing earlier this month to delay until 2022 the introduction of a major rules revamp that had been planned for next season.<br>It means teams will continue to use their current chassis next year, with some aerodynamic modifications being allowed.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>F1 bans teams from developing 2022 cars this ...

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The decision came in a phone conference today featuring team principals, Chase Carey and Ross Brawn of F1 and FIA president Jean Todt amid the continuing uncertainty caused by the coronavirus.<br>The team bosses had discussed a delay earlier this week with the knowledge that they are all set to take a hit to their income without a full calendar of races this season, and with the global economy ...

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Verstappen was at the centre of a clear shift in policy from the FIA this season, after his aggressive last-gasp overtake on Charles Leclerc to win the Austrian Grand Prix was investigated without punishment.<br>At the next race in Britain, Verstappen and Leclerc went wheel-to-wheel again in another fierce fight that ended without either driver being penalised, as the governing body and its ...

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Founded in 2011, WAE is the engineering services business of the Williams Group that owns the Formula 1 team. It employs over 300 people working in 40 different technology projects.<br>The stake will be sold to an independent private equity firm controlled by EMK Capital.<br>Williams said it will retain a minority interest in the WAE business.<br>WAE was the sole battery supplier for Formula E ...

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Sao Paulo's current contract runs out at the end of 2020 and the fate of the race after that date has not yet been decided.<br>F1 chiefs have been in discussions with representatives from a new track in Rio about switching the country's race there, with Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro supporting that project and declaring earlier this year that it was "99%" likely to happen.<br>But Rohonyi is ...

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Having abandoned the initial attempts to run the race in the harbourside area – due to local opposition and the complications of securing permits from the several authorities with jurisdiction – the focus instead to the area around the stadium, which is also owned by promoter Stephen Ross's RSE Ventures organisation.<br>A track layout which uses mostly car parks and land owned by the stadium ...

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During the first round of stops at Hockenheim, Leclerc was released by Ferrari in to the path of Romain Grosjean – forcing the Haas driver to hit the brakes and subsequently costing him positions.<br>But rather than Leclerc being given a time-penalty for what happened, the stewards elected to hand Ferrari a 5000 euro fine instead.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>FIA believes Leclerc fine won't lead to ...

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Earlier this week, Grosjean admitted that karting left him more tired than F1 racing these days because the race pace required to make the tires last meant “it feels like you are driving at 40%, 50% of the capacity of the car, and it's not hard.”<br>Former F1 driver and now IndyCar rookie Marcus Ericsson responded on Twitter, stating: <br> <br>Despite IndyCar being around 13sec off F1 in ...

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As reported by Motorsport.com earlier this week, the FIA had invited teams to a get together at its headquarters to try to break the deadlock over the signing off of plans for a 2021 overhaul.<br>While there had been some support of draft proposals presented to teams before the Canadian Grand Prix, there remained cause for concern about several areas of the proposals.<br>Ferrari team principal ...

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An announcement is expected early in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend. Williams's decision to bring Robert Kubica into its race team means he will make an incredible return to the F1 grid eight years after the rallying accident in Italy that left him with severe arm injuries and interrupted his racing career. Motorsport.com learned earlier this month that Kubica had moved to the top of ...

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The deal between McLaren and Coca-Cola runs until the end of this season, but there are likely to be options to extend it if the tie-up proves a success. Coca-Cola as a company has been involved in grand prix racing before, when its energy drink Burn was a sponsor of Lotus from 2012. The McLaren deal is the first time the parent company's name and logos have been utilised in such a way in F1 ...

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Source with good knowledge of the situation say that, following weeks of negotiations, all the hurdles preventing its return have now been overcome. Although a final contract between Liberty Media and Hockenheim has not yet been signed, it is understood that this is now a formality and opens the way for a 21-race F1 calendar in 2019. Liberty is expected to announce a provisional calendar ... ...

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With F1 ramping up efforts to reach a wider fanbase, a formal agreement has been reached for Twitter to broadcast a live post-race show from 10 grands prix this year, plus show event highlights.The F1 Live Show, which will be hosted by Will Buxton and starts from the Spanish GP, will take place immediately after the podium ceremony and feature analysis and interviews with leading ...

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For those events, Pirelli will use tyres with a slightly thinner tread in an effort to combat potential overheating issues, in the light of information learned in Barcelona testing.The tread for the three races will be 0.4mm thinner, but Pirelli is confident that it won’t impact performance.There is also a weight reduction of around 1kg per set, which teams will have to take into ...

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