Hungarian Grand Prix organisers have said the race will have to be held without spectators this year as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The country’s government announced on Thursday a ban on all gatherings of more than 500 people until 15 August. Organisers said they had “pursued all possible ways” to stage the event
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For David Brabham, Roland Ratzenberger is not the forgotten man of Imola. His former team-mate died on this day 26 years ago, 24 hours before the sport lost one of its greatest drivers, Ayrton Senna. The events of that horrific weekend at the San Marino Grand Prix have been retold countless times since, but with
Formula 1 has almost doubled the shutdown period for teams as the coronavirus crisis continues to play havoc with the 2020 championship. The period factories must be closed for and employees related to car performance away from work is now 63 consecutive days – up from 35. Teams began shutdowns on different dates in March.
Britain’s Lewis Hamilton says the lack of racing in Formula 1 so far this year has left him feeling “a big void”. The Mercedes driver, who will bid to equal the record of seven world titles if the championship can be started, says he “misses racing every day”. “This is the first time since I
Formula 1 has laid out its ambition to start up the season in early July, by which time it hopes the coronavirus crisis will be sufficiently under control for the sport to go racing, albeit under significant restrictions. F1 boss Chase Carey hopes to complete a season of at least 16 races in a year
Formula 1 boss Chase Carey says he plans to start the season in Austria in July, after France became the latest country to call off its race. French GP organisers said on Monday their race at Paul Ricard on 28 June was off as a result of the country’s ban on major events until mid-July.
From angry cries over the team radio, to indifferent answers given in a press conference. When it comes to memorable quotes in sport, Formula 1 has heard it all. Below are 10 questions featuring soundbites from drivers, engineers and exasperated team bosses. All you have to do is select the right answer from three options
From going to-to-toe with Niki Lauda and Alain Prost, to some of the most scintillating and memorable drives in Formula 1 – John Watson’s record in the sport certainly isn’t a bad one. The Northern Irishman’s F1 career spanned a twelve-year period from his first Grand Prix entry, at Silverstone in 1973, to his last
McLaren say Ferrari are “living in denial” over their opposition to plans to lower Formula 1’s budget cap. McLaren Racing chief executive Zak Brown rejected claims by Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto that F1 should not “react in a hurry” to the coronavirus crisis. “I’m almost at a loss as to what to say to
Last updated on 23 April 202023 April 2020.From the section Motorsport Formula E’s new esports series will be streamed live across BBC platforms. The Race At Home Challenge will take eight weeks and include the drivers and teams from the regular season, which was postponed due to the coronavirus. Coverage starts this Saturday 25 April
“Training, simulator, cooking – that is basically my days,” says Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc of his life during lockdown. The cooking is not going that well, it seems. “I am still very bad at it. Pasta, chicken. I am not taking too much risk.” The simulator, though, is another matter. Leclerc is quite new to
Lewis Hamilton says he is “not trying to move” away from his Mercedes team in this year’s driver market. The world champion is one of a number of top drivers whose contracts expire at the end of a 2020 season thrown into disarray by the coronavirus. Hamilton said on Instagram: “There is no dream of
He scored four pole positions in a row in his first season for Ferrari last year. And after only a couple of weeks of practice is now on course for an unprecedented quadruple. Well, no idea if it’s unprecedented, given how many people have games consoles, but Charles Leclerc’s having quite the week when it
As Formula 1 is put on hold for the foreseeable future, keeping entertained at home has become top priority for the super-focused 2020 grid. In a sport that travels the world for nine months of the year, sitting around at home and not going flat out around a famous circuit is a new concept altogether.
Mercedes F1 team principal Toto Wolff has bought a stake in Aston Martin. The British sportscar company is controlled by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll, owner of the Racing Point F1 team, which will be rebranded as Aston Martin in 2021. Wolff has bought a stake of just under 5%, which will become 0.95% after a
All Formula 1 races held in Europe this season could be closed to spectators, McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown says. On Thursday, F1 bosses discussed a plan to start the season with the Austrian Grand Prix behind closed doors on 5 July, then two races at Silverstone. “Everything is very tentative but [the British GP]
It’s 7.30 in the morning and an online news conference organised with Sebastian Vettel is a few minutes old when it dawns on the Ferrari driver that there are a large number of British journalists on the call. “I just realised it’s an hour behind in the UK, so it’s even earlier there,” he says
Formula 1 teams and bosses are to meet next week to discuss a proposal to reduce the sport’s budget cap to $130m (£104.6m) by 2022. A meeting on Thursday broke up without agreement but all sides described it as positive and constructive. The main discussion was over a plan to set a cap of $145m