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On Thursday, the Silverstone-based outfit announced that Vettel would be replacing Sergio Perez for 2021, the first year under its new Aston Martin moniker.<br>The decision came after months of speculation about Perez potentially being dropped, with some even suggesting that teammate Stroll could be replaced if his performance did not come up to scratch.<br>But team principal Otmar Szafnauer said ...

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Wolff’s future with Mercedes has been the subject of intense speculation for months, with his contract with the German car manufacturer expiring at the end of 2020.<br>As Motorsport.com has previously reported, Wolff is likely to move into a new position at the outfit that will give him freedom not to attend all races and allow him to better manage his time.<br>Although the specifics of his new ...

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Stroll was able to rise from eighth in the opening stint to sit second when the race was red flagged after Racing Point opted against pitting the Canadian under the two safety car periods.<br>It meant the team could complete a free tyre chance on Stroll’s car under the red flag, saving him a pit stop.<br>This made Stroll the net leader after Lewis Hamilton was handed a stop/go penalty ahead of ...

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The Italian outfit has fallen away from the front of the field in 2020, and faced a bruising outing in Belgium last weekend which was one of its least competitive showings for years.<br>The difficulties the team has faced in 2020, with its engine having lost power and its car too draggy, have prompted some to suggest that Ferrari needs change at the top.<br>But while Binotto knows he has complete ...

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The German made a surprise comeback to F1 for the two Silverstone races earlier this month following Sergio Perez being sidelined because of coronavirus.<br>He failed to start the British Grand Prix because of a mechanical problem, but finished seventh in the 70th Anniversary GP a week later.<br>While his form impressed many people and put him in the frame for either a race or reserve role in ...

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Vandoorne moved to Mercedes at the end of a two-year F1 race stint with McLaren to head up the German manufacturer's new Formula E outfit. <br>The Belgian took his maiden pole and win in last week's Berlin season finale and secured second place in the championship, and will now switch focus to his role as Mercedes’ F1 simulator and reserve driver.<br>As it stands, Vandoorne will be on ...

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Racing Point was hit with a 15-point constructors’ championship penalty and fined €400,000 after it was deemed to have copied Mercedes’ 2019 brake duct design.<br>The team has openly claimed it attempted to reverse engineer the Mercedes W10 in designing the Racing Point RP20 by using photographs of the car, doing so within the regulations. <br>McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown said the ...

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Wolff has served as Mercedes' F1 team principal and head of motorsport since 2013, leading its charge to six consecutive F1 drivers' and constructors' world championship victories.<br>Wolff's existing contract with Mercedes expires at the end of the year, and talks between the two parties about their future together are currently ongoing.<br>It is understood that Wolff is considering what exact ...

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Stroll also said he was "appalled" by the way that Ferrari, McLaren, Renault and Williams have each lodged their intention to appeal the decision announced by the FIA stewards on Friday, accusing them of "poor sportsmanship".<br>Racing Point was fined €400,000 and docked 15 championship points by the stewards, but the team is allowed to continue to use the brake duct design.<br>The four rival ...

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With five teams having appealed the ruling that meant Racing Point lost 15 constructors’ championship points and received a 400,000 Euro fine for using Mercedes-designed brake ducts, the aspects of the case that different outfits are focused on goes far beyond just the individual car components.<br>In fact, one of the main questions that some teams want clarity on is whether or not Mercedes ...

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The German was called in to deputise for Sergio Perez at last weekend's British GP, although he didn't get to start the race after a clutch issue meant that the team couldn't start his power unit.<br>Hulkenberg remains on standby for Racing Point this weekend.<br>Perez's quarantine period has officially ended, but the Mexican needs a negative COVID-19 test before he is allowed back into the ...

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Mercedes drivers Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton both suffered front-left tyre failures in the closing stages of Sunday’s race at Silverstone, costing the team a 1-2 finish.<br>Bottas’ front-left tyre failed with three laps remaining in the race, causing him to drop from second to 11th place in the final classification.<br>Hamilton was able to drag his car home on three wheels after his ...

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Since moving up from his technical director role to become team boss last year, Binotto has had to juggle responsibilities across the entire Maranello organisation – which has left him stretched at times.<br>But on the back of a difficult start to 2020, Ferrari last week announced a new structure that included the creation of a new performance development division.<br>The changes will ...

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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen set the fastest time in the first session using soft tyres, almost half a second clear of world championship-leader Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes, who set his time on the medium rubber.<br>Stroll was third quickest in FP1, with new Racing Point teammate Nico Hulkenberg, making his F1 return in place of the Covid-positive Sergio Perez, in ninth place, just over a second off ...

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Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton finished third and fifth – either side of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc – while Max Verstappen ended up 14th in the other Red Bull after an angry altercation with Romain Grosjean on his own soft-tyre effort.<br>In 36-degree heat at a sweltering Silverstone, the action took a while to get going for the second 90-minute session of the day.<br>Renault's Daniel ...

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Wolff is also a close friend of Racing Point and Aston Martin owner Lawrence Stroll, as well as being – through his Mercedes role – the supplier of engines and gearboxes to the Silverstone-based outfit.<br>Wolff acquired a 5% interest in Aston Martin in April, stressing that it was a personal investment not related to his day job at Mercedes.<br>Four-time world ...

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Stroll gained a position when he forced Ricciardo wide at the Red Bull Ring’s Turn 3 during their frantic late battle. The pair crossed the line in seventh and eighth places, but after an investigation the stewards subsequently declared that it was a racing incident, and Stroll was allowed to keep the position.<br>After a regular post-race review of the whole weekend, involving Masi and the ...

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The incident, which occurred on the penultimate lap of last weekend's race at the Red Bull Ring's tight uphill Turn 3, led to both cars ending up in the run-off area beyond the right-hander as McLaren's Lando Norris closed in and also passed Ricciardo as a result.<br>After the race, Ricciardo called Stroll's move "desperate", while the Racing Point driver felt the move that the Styrian GP stewards ...

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As a social distancing measure, no VIPs are currently allowed to hand over trophies, and for the Styrian GP F1 introduced a system that used large remote controlled boxes to deliver them to the top three drivers and the representative of the constructor.<br>It was trialled for the first time after Saturday's F2 race, before being used for Sunday's Grand Prix, where Hamilton was joined by runner-up ...

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The Renault Formula 1 driver had been defending sixth place against Stroll in the closing stages, with McLaren's Lando Norris closing down on the pair, and on lap 70 the Canadian driver dived up the inside of Turn 3, forcing both him and Ricciardo off the track.<br>Ricciardo felt Stroll deserved a penalty for the clash but in a post-race FIA race stewards investigation no action was taken on the ...

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Perez drove a superb race, setting several fastest laps along the way, and was pressing Red Bull's Alex Albon for fourth place in the closing stages.<br>However, when he made his move he clipped the back of the Red Bull and damaged his front wing.<br>That caused him to lose performance and cede a place to McLaren’s Lando Norris, with teammate Stroll finishing right on his tail in ...

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Ex-Formula 1 and CART driver Zanardi struck a vehicle while taking part in a handbike event in Siena on 19 June, leaving him with head and facial injuries. Zanardi underwent surgery upon admission and has remained in a medically-induced coma since, with the most recent update being issued last Wednesday confirming his condition remained serious.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Hospital says Zanardi's ...

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As part of its collaboration with Amazon Web Services, it has been revealed that F1 will roll out six new real-time graphics during the 2020 campaign.<br>The first of these, which will be in place for the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix, will offer fans a ‘Car Performance Score’.<br>This will be based on a number of statistics relating to the car’s strengths – including power, grip ...

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The 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix was the race that really put the Baku City Circuit, in all its glory and craziness, on the map in Formula 1.<br>Daniel Ricciardo charged from 10th on the grid to score a stunning victory for Red Bull as Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel collided behind the safety car, igniting their battle for the drivers' title.<br>But one of the quirkier stories from that ...

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The opening 10 races of the 2020 season have been called off due to the ongoing pandemic, but F1 officials are hopeful of starting the new campaign in Austria at the start of July. <br>Should that go to plan, it would mean the drivers have been out of action for over seven months since the 2019 season finale in Abu Dhabi, only interrupted by six days of pre-season testing in February.<br>Renault ...

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