5:07 AM ET Inaugural W Series champion Jamie Chadwick will remain a development driver for Williams for the 2021 season with an increased simulator programme, the Formula One team said on Monday. Williams said the 22-year-old, whose success in the all-female series boosted her profile in 2019, would “continue to be fully immersed within the
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8:43 AM ET Double amputee racing driver Billy Monger has completed a 140 mile (225 km) charity event consisting of walking, cycling and kayaking. Monger completed the fundraiser at the Brands Hatch circuit where he had his life-changing accident in a 2017 Formula Ford race. He was raising money for UK charity Comic Relief. Monger
10:35 AM ET Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto says it his responsibility to return the legendary Italian outfit to the front of the Formula One grid, but admits it may not be possible to win races this year. Last year, Ferrari recorded its worst result in Formula One since 1980 by finishing sixth in the
9:57 AM ET Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton says he will never stop pushing in the fight for equality. . Hamilton led F1’s pre-race demonstrations promoting equality in 2020, kneeling ahead of every race with a group of other drivers. Thirteen of the 20 drivers knelt throughout the year. Hamilton will continue using his platform
3:34 PM ET Sergio Perez is determined to over-deliver this season as the Mexican, finally a race winner, steps into one of the hottest of seats as Max Verstappen’s Red Bull team mate. The 31-year-old will be the fourth driver in as many years to try and live alongside a 23-year-old who has emerged as
12:23 PM ET Ferrari will return to racing in the main category of the Le Mans 24 Hours from 2023 onwards. The Italian manufacturer announced Wednesday it is building a hypercar to enter sports car racing’s main series, the World Endurance Championship. Ferrari has not competed in the premier class of the Le Mans 24
7:11 AM ET Formula One rookie Mick Schumacher hopes he will have the chance to do more promotional runs with his father’s famous cars in 2021. Schumacher is the son of seven-time world champion Michael. He drove his father’s 2004 Ferrari before last year’s Tuscan Grand Prix at Mugello, as part of the celebrations around
4:58 AM ET Silverstone is hopeful it will be able to welcome 140,000 fans to the British Grand Prix in July. The July 18 event is set to take place four weeks after the proposed dates the UK government will end Covid-19 restrictions in England. To fill gaps in the schedule caused by the pandemic,
3:18 PM ET Ahead of the new Formula One season, teams will reveal their new car designs for the new season. This year will not feature radical changes to the majority of cars. There is a radical rule change next year, which F1 hopes will help reset the competitive order. Teams can test their new
2:58 PM ET New Red Bull signing Sergio Perez said his first on-track test with the team was “extremely special”. Perez, who claimed his first F1 win at the Bahrain Grand Prix last year, drove Red Bull’s 2019 car at Silverstone on Tuesday. The Mexican driver has replaced Alex Albon at Red Bull this year,