9:02 AM ET Formula One postponed the Australian Grand Prix from March to November because it would not have been possible for hundreds of team staff to quarantine for 14 days upon their arrival, the sports minister of Victoria state said on Wednesday. The Melbourne race is normally the season-opener but was given a new
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10:40 AM ET McLaren Racing have signed an option to compete in the electric Formula E championship from 2022-23, the Formula One team announced on Monday. The British-based team will spend 2021 assessing the feasibility of joining the series for season nine, when a lighter and more powerful Gen3 car makes its debut with faster
2:57 AM ET Formula One has issued a revised 2021 race schedule, with the planned season-opener in Australia postponed until November and a race at Imola replacing the Chinese Grand Prix. The changes have been made in response to travel restrictions imposed by governments due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The season will now get
10:09 AM ET Long-time Renault F1 team boss Cyril Abiteboul has left the company ahead of its first season competing under the Alpine name. Abiteboul had led the Renault brand in Formula One since its return to the sport in 2016, but parent company Groupe Renault confirmed he left his position on Monday and named
5:00 AM ET British-Korean driver Jack Aitken, overwhelmed by the response he received from fans in South Korea after his Formula One debut last year, hopes to use his newfound support to catch the eye of teams looking to tap into the East Asian market. Aitken made his F1 debut for Williams at the Sakhir
9:36 AM ET The Australian Grand Prix will be postponed to the back end of the Formula One season with Bahrain replacing it as the opening race in March, Aston Martin team owner Lawrence Stroll told Reuters. The move, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine restrictions, has been widely flagged in the media but
9:28 AM ET The recently-rebranded Aston Martin Formula One team has secured U.S.-based IT brand, Cognizant, as its title sponsor. The team will be officially known as the Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team after rebranding from Racing Point over the winter. Last year, Austrian water company BWT was the team’s title sponsor, which took
10:37 AM ET Mercedes has expanded its technical relationship with Williams to include the supply of gearboxes and hydraulics from 2022 onward. 1 Related Mercedes has supplied the British team with engines since 2014, but will expand the deal next year to include “certain transferable components”, including the gearbox and related hydraulic components. Formula One’s
9:24 AM ET McLaren driver Lando Norris has tested positive for COVID-19 while on holiday in Dubai. The 21-year-old tested positive on Monday ahead of a planned training camp. He will now isolate in his hotel for 14 days, which is in line with local regulations in Dubai. His team confirmed the news on Tuesday,
4:32 AM ET Australian Grand Prix organisers and officials are discussing the schedule for the race with Formula One management, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, amid speculation the season-opener will be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With Australia maintaining strict quarantine controls on international arrivals, media reports have said the March 21 race