Cecil Green, F1 driver

Flypasts by an air display team have been common at the Italian Grand Prix for a number of years.
But as part of F1's push for a more sustainable and environmentally friendly future, it has banned the starting grid flypasts at races this year.
However, on Sunday at Monza the Frecce Tricolori did two flypasts ahead of the start of the race, which Vettel claims was demanded by the visiting ...

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The Aston Martin driver is currently evaluating his future options after announcing that he will be retiring from grand prix racing at the end of this season.
Vettel has been quite active in his environmental concerns, and that has inevitably prompted some to suggest that he could pursue something in the all-electric FE series.
But in an interview with German newspaper Zeit this week, Vettel ...

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In 2019 Formula 1 announced plans to have a net-zero carbon footprint by 2030, covering areas including logistics, the use of renewable fuels and reducing waste.
Renewable fuels are part of the new-for-2026 power unit regulations, which will streamline F1's hybrid engine designs. The sport is also aiming to make grands prix sustainable by 2025 by banning single-use plastics being eliminated and ...

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The two parties are set to enter a partnership under the next generation of power unit rules after the Volkswagen Group advisory board gave the nod for Porsche and its sister brand, Audi, to explore entering F1 earlier this year. 
The deal will see Porsche take a 50% stake in Red Bull?s F1 operation, as confirmed in legal paperwork that emerged in Morocco towards the end of last ...

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At last weekend?s Spanish Grand Prix, Aston?s AMR22 was revealed as one of several heavily revised machines, with changes to the car?s sidepods and the cooling architecture within noted as bringing the green car to looking strikingly similar to Red Bull?s RB18.
Debate regarding Aston?s changes took place throughout the weekend at Barcelona, even after the FIA cleared the team of ...

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For a team that showed in the past it was not afraid to copy rivals' ideas when, under the Racing Point moniker it created a 'Pink Mercedes', the Silverstone-based squad appears to have take the same approach again.

Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB18
Photo by: Glenn Dunbar / Motorsport Images

There had been a lot of talk in the build-up to this weekend that Aston Martin would ...

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The Silverstone-based team has begun looking into a potential tweak of its green livery for 2022, with the dark pantone having not been as good as it originally hoped.
While the team was happy with how the green looked in real life, the colours have not come across as well on television images.
And, in particular with the way that cameras pick up the light, the dark Aston Martin has often ...

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The Silverstone-based team revamped its livery this season for the iconic British racing green colours of its parent sportscar manufacturer.
But the dark green sometimes makes the AMR21 appear similar to other cars, especially the black Mercedes, on television.
Earlier this week, Andreas Weissenbacher, CEO of the team's former title sponsor BWT, urged the team to go back to the pink colours ...

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As previously reported by Motorsport.com, F1?s desire to run Saturday sprint races at three grands prix this year had hit a snag with teams not happy about the extra costs involved.
Beyond some teams wanting a bigger financial compensation from F1 chiefs for the extra money it would cost to add three more races, the issue was further complicated by the impact this could have on cost cap ...

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Following a launch event at the end of February featuring drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, Ferrari has become the final team to present its livery for the new season.
In a launch video on its official website, Ferrari revealed the SF21?s new look as it bids to bounce back from its worst season in 40 years in 2020.
The SF21 has retained the team?s traditional red livery, but has ...

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While the livery did not disappoint, the car design itself also offered up some fascinating tweaks as the Silverstone-based team has evolved its race-winning RP20.
And, unlike the car launches that came before it, Aston Martin left very little to the imagination, releasing detailed shots of the entire car.
The first thing to note is that the team spent both of its development tokens on ...

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Following some weeks of uncertainty about the make-up of the opening rounds of the 2021 schedule, the difficult coronavirus situation in Portugal had prompted doubts about whether or not the race could secure a slot on the schedule.
But following talks between F1 and race organisers over recent days to get a better understanding of the situation in the country, it is understood that both ...

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The timing indicates that Carey is keen to list the race on the provisional 2021 F1 calendar.
Carey has been talking to a group in Rio for some time about an alternative venue in Deodoro, a military base that was utilised for some of the lower profile events at the 2016 Olympic Games, including hockey, rugby sevens, shooting, BMX, mountain biking, show jumping and the modern pentathlon. The ...

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The existing Racing Point squad will rebrand as Aston Martin for 2021 after team owner Lawrence Stroll invested in the British manufacturer earlier this year.
Ambitions for the Aston Martin F1 project have seen it sign Ferrari?s Sebastian Vettel for 2021 on a multi-year deal, as well as increase its workforce by 20% and push on with plans to construct a new factory.
Aston Martin ...

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In April Belgium banned all mass events in the country until August 31, which meant Spa?s F1 grand prix would either have to be postponed or held behind closed doors.
On Friday the government officially approved plans to hold the Belgian Grand Prix without fans on its original August 30 date. That allows the Spa Grand Prix organisation to finalise a deal with F1.
?We finally got the ...

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