Formula 1 Departing Mercedes engine guru not 100% sure on next move Outgoing Mercedes Formula 1 engine guru Andy Cowell is “not 100% certain” of his next move and says he will decide during the final months of his notice period
Formula 1 ‘I’ve not been under fire before’ – Albon vs F1’s ‘inevitable’ Alex Albon’s 2020 season so far has painted a worrying picture as far as his Red Bull future is concerned. He talks frankly to The Race’s Scott Mitchell about how he’s handling it
Formula 1 F1 completes 2020 calendar with Turkey and Middle East races Formula 1’s final 2020 calendar has been set, with Turkey’s Istanbul circuit rejoining the schedule for the first time in nine years and Bahrain hosting two races
Formula 1 The three-second estimate that scarred F1 again in Spanish GP Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes managing the tyres meant lap times 3s off what was possible in the Spanish Grand Prix. That’s now seriously hurting F1
Formula 1 Despondent Bottas sees title ‘drifting away again’ Valtteri Bottas can see the Formula 1 title “drifting away” after a disappointing Spanish Grand Prix and “just wants to be somewhere else than here” so he can regroup
Formula 1 The mystery problem making Ocon slower than an Alfa Romeo Esteban Ocon’s Spanish Grand Prix qualifying woe appears to be caused by an escalation of an unknown problem costing him straightline speed and leaving him slower than an Alfa Romeo
Formula 1 The two big-name drivers in need of a big Saturday Sebastian Vettel and Alex Albon both came to Barcelona needing to turn things around. Both ended Friday in the midfield. Were there any signs things might get better?
Formula 1 Sainz confused as chassis change fails to help cooling issue Carlos Sainz Jr says McLaren’s chassis change has not solved his Formula 1 car’s cooling problem and the team is “starting to run out of things to try”
Formula 1 Mercedes can raise race performance if quali mode banned Mercedes thinks it can increase its engine performance in races if a ban on special qualifying engine modes is introduced, says its Formula 1 chief Toto Wolff
Formula 1 Perez on bullshit, hardship and team pain in his absence Sergio Perez had to deal with “bullshit” stories about his return to Mexico, the hardship of coronavirus-enforced isolation, and a “difficult to digest” Racing Point legality saga during his two-race absence from Formula 1
Formula 1 Hamilton: Quali mode ban designed to slow us, but won’t work Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton believes a potential rule change to outlaw special qualifying engine modes is an attempt to slow down Mercedes that will fail
Formula 1 Special qualifying modes could be banned after Spain Peak qualifying engine modes could be outlawed from this year’s Belgian Grand Prix onwards, The Race understands
Formula 1 Perez reclaims Racing Point seat after negative COVID test Sergio Perez will compete in the Spanish Grand Prix weekend after testing negative for COVID-19, ending Nico Hulkenberg’s brief spell with the Racing Point Formula 1 team
Formula 1 Ferrari to change Vettel’s chassis after finding fault Ferrari will give Sebastian Vettel a new chassis at the Spanish Grand Prix after spotting a “small fault” caused by a heavy kerb strike
Formula 1 Max Verstappen interview: Why he’s embracing his funny side In an exclusive interview with The Race, Max Verstappen discusses why he’s started to “speak up a bit more” and why he isn’t letting Mercedes’ apparent dominance get him down
Formula 1 Why Williams won’t appeal Racing Point decision either Williams is joining McLaren in not pursuing its appeal of the stewards’ decision regarding the legality of Formula 1 rival Racing Point’s brake ducts because its wider concern has been satisfied
Formula 1 What Formula 1’s planning for its 2021 calendar Formula 1 is “close” to finalising a 2021 season calendar that will target a record 22 grands prix and may start slightly later than normal
Formula 1 The failure costing F1 a real title fight isn’t Bottas’s Events of the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix raised hopes of a proper fight for the 2020 Formula 1 championship. Scott Mitchell assesses how realistic that is
Formula 1 Why Vettel and Ferrari are failing each other The F1 races at Silverstone were a new low for the partnership between Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel, and it can’t continue in the same vein
Formula 1 F1 revenue dropped more than 96% without races Formula 1 recorded a drop in second-quarter revenue of over 96% in 2020, as the first major impact of no races in the first half of the year was revealed
Formula 1 Mercedes ‘happy to go to court’ to prove innocence Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says rivals should protest his team if they believe it has cooperated illegally with Racing Point, because “we’re happy to go to court”
Formula 1 Mercedes’ urgency to avoid ‘looking silly’ again in Spain Mercedes must quickly understand its issues in Formula 1’s second Silverstone race to avoid “another Sunday looking silly” at the Spanish Grand Prix, says engineering head Andrew Shovlin
Formula 1 Furious Stroll slams Racing Point rivals, questions FIA too Racing Point chairman Lawrence Stroll says he is “appalled” by “poor sportsmanship” from Formula 1 rivals after his team was found guilty of illegally producing its brake ducts
Formula 1 Three factors making Hulkenberg’s podium bid a long shot Nico Hulkenberg’s chances at scoring a long-awaited maiden F1 podium on Sunday are not as high as third place in qualifying made them seem
Formula 1 Cooling issue prompts Sainz bodywork tweak and speed loss Carlos Sainz Jr expects to carry a top-speed deficit into Formula 1’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix after McLaren adapted his bodywork for qualifying because of an undetermined cooling issue
Formula 1 The anti-Racing Point cabal that has Wolff so incensed The swarm of criticism and scrutiny following Racing Point since its 2020 Formula 1 car broke cover has not been diminished by the punishment the team received this week. Quite the opposite
Formula 1 Ferrari, McLaren, Renault to appeal Racing Point penalty Ferrari will appeal the decision of the FIA stewards regarding Racing Point’s brake ducts and push for a stronger penalty, as other Formula 1 teams are expected to do
Formula 1 Wolff hits out at ‘little revolution’ against Racing Point Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff has hit out at “a little revolution” of teams forming against Racing Point because rivals are “upset” they lack the same level of performance
Formula 1 Whole car copying like Racing Point’s illegal from 2021 Formula 1’s rules will change next season to stop copycat designs becoming the norm following the “paradigm shift” in Racing Point’s process of replicating Mercedes’ 2019 car.
Formula 1 Why Racing Point can still use parts developed illegally Racing Point will continue using its Mercedes-inspired brake ducts even though they were developed illegally because expecting it to create a new design would be “unreasonable”, says the FIA
Formula 1 Racing Point fined, docked points for using Mercedes CAD data Racing Point has been fined €400,000 and docked 15 constructors’ championship points after Renault won its protest of Racing Point’s 2020 Formula 1 brake ducts
Formula 1 Hulkenberg’s second chance at using a valuable shortcut Nico Hulkenberg gets another shot with Racing Point this weekend after all. His rivals warned not to underestimate what he was up against coming in cold, but Hulkenberg was able to shortcut the reacclimatisation process
Formula 1 Perez tests positive again, Hulkenberg back in at Racing Point Nico Hulkenberg will deputise for Sergio Perez at Racing Point in Formula 1’s 70th-anniversary race at Silverstone after all, as Perez has tested positive for COVID-19 again
Formula 1 Why past and future champions couldn’t displace Bottas Though exciting alternatives like Sebastian Vettel and George Russell have been mooted, re-signing Valtteri Bottas was ultimately as straightforward a decision as it gets for Mercedes
Formula 1 Bottas secures latest one-year extension with Mercedes Valtteri Bottas has extended his agreement with Mercedes and will continue to race for the title-winning Formula 1 team until at least the end of 2021. Bottas joined Mercedes in 2017 in place of retired world champion Nico Rosberg and has helped the team to three consecutive constructors’ championsh
Formula 1 Hulkenberg assumes Thursday F1 duties, is expected to race Nico Hulkenberg will undertake Racing Point’s Thursday media duties ahead of Formula 1’s 70th-anniversary race, but Sergio Perez’s absence for the remainder of the Silverstone weekend is not yet confirmed
Formula 1 Ferrari’s F1 revenue hit will be ‘in high tens of millions’ Ferrari’s Formula 1 revenue hit will be in the “high tens of millions” because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic that wiped the company’s second-quarter profit to almost nothing
Formula 1 How Gutierrez unknowingly became an unusable F1 reserve Mercedes Formula 1 reserve driver Esteban Gutierrez would not have been allowed to replace Sergio Perez at Racing Point for the British Grand Prix because his superlicence eligibility had unknowingly lapsed
Formula 1 How Ferrari unleashed Leclerc but dashed Vettel’s confidence Ferrari’s development of a low-downforce aerodynamic package was key to Charles Leclerc’s unexpected podium finish in the British Grand Prix, but has left Sebastian Vettel’s confidence “quite low”
Formula 1 Unravelling the 292 seconds of British GP chaos Formula 1’s British Grand Prix spent an hour and 23 minutes being lukewarm before boiling over in a chaotic 292 seconds that turned the race on its head