Sep.11 (GMM) Another driver’s name has been added to the short-list at Haas for 2021. Sergio Perez claims he only found out about his Racing Point-Aston Martin ousting on Wednesday, meaning he is joining the ‘silly season’ notably late. But that is still extra competition for Haas’ nervous current drivers, Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean. […]
Vettel should have taken 2021 sabbatical – Kolles
Sep.11 (GMM) Former F1 team boss Colin Kolles thinks Sebastian Vettel should have taken a sabbatical in 2021 rather than sign up with Aston Martin. His view is in stark contrast to that of F1 legend Gerhard Berger, who thinks the right decision was made because Vettel – unlike incumbents Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll […]
Vettel would have won in 2020 Racing Point – Berger
Sep.11 (GMM) F1 legend Gerhard Berger says Racing Point bosses have made the right decision to replace Sergio Perez with Ferrari refugee Sebastian Vettel for 2021 and beyond. Across the paddock at Mugello, sympathy for Mexican Perez’s ousting is significant. It appears that Vettel knew for some time about his 2021 Aston Martin deal, as […]
Vettel can still win ‘races and titles’ – Tost
Sep.10 (GMM) Sebastian Vettel is still capable of winning races and titles in Formula 1 after his Ferrari tenure ends in 2020, according to his former boss Franz Tost. 12 years after his first win for Tost-led Toro Rosso, quadruple world champion Vettel is now expected to replace Sergio Perez at Aston Martin in 2021. […]
Alpha Tauri driver clarity in late October – Tost
Sep.10 (GMM) Red Bull’s driver situation for 2021 should be clearer by the next of next month. That is the view of Franz Tost, the team boss at Red Bull’s junior or secondary team Alpha Tauri. With Dr Helmut Marko saying Monza winner Pierre Gasly will stay as Alpha Tauri’s “team leader” in 2021, it […]
Ferrari ‘deserve’ current situation – Vettel
Sep.10 (GMM) Things can “only get better” for Ferrari, according to the famous and crisis-struck Italian team’s boss Mattia Binotto. Mugello this weekend is an important weekend for the Maranello marque, as it is taking place at a Ferrari-owned circuit to mark the team’s 1000th race. Also to mark the occasion, Ferrari will race a […]
No Friday practice at Mugello for Schumacher
Sep.10 (GMM) Mick Schumacher’s entourage has denied reports that the young German will make his F1 race weekend debut at Mugello. Germany’s RTL and n-tv broadcasters reported that the son of F1 legend Michael Schumacher will drive an Alfa Romeo or Haas car in Friday practice. “I have no idea how RTL came to that […]
Newey motivation ‘stupid’ excuse for results – Albers
Sep.9 (GMM) Red Bull should stop looking for “excuses” to explain its failure to catch up with Mercedes. That is the view of former F1 driver Christijan Albers, who takes issue with some comments made by Red Bull boss Christian Horner at Monza. At Monza, Horner explained that Red Bull designer Adrian Newey was now […]
Leclerc has ‘no right to give up’ – Alesi
Sep.9 (GMM) Charles Leclerc has to keep believing in Ferrari, according to the Maranello team’s popular former driver Jean Alesi. Amid Ferrari’s deep 2020 slump, Leclerc was asked if he is patient enough to wait for a more competitive car and he answered at Monza: “I don’t really have a choice.” Frenchman Alesi, whose son […]
Marko slams Hamilton over Albon-Gasly comments
Sep.9 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko has hit out at Lewis Hamilton’s recent criticism of Red Bull. After suggesting that Alex Albon is not good enough to be Max Verstappen’s teammate, Hamilton accused Red Bull of not treating Monza winner Pierre Gasly fairly when he was demoted to Alpha Tauri last year. Marko, the architect of […]
F1 should ‘artificially slow’ Mercedes – Seidl
Sep.9 (GMM) The only way Formula 1 can ensure “more interesting races” is for the sport’s authorities to intervene. That is the view of McLaren team boss Andreas Seidl, whose driver Carlos Sainz finished second behind Pierre Gasly last weekend at Monza. The result was widely hailed, if only because it was a temporary break […]
Title will guarantee F1 seat for Schumacher – Petrov
Sep.9 (GMM) The Formula 2 title will guarantee a route into Formula 1 for Mick Schumacher. That is the view of former F1 driver Vitaly Petrov, in the wake of Ferrari junior Schumacher’s victory at Monza last weekend. The 21-year-old son of F1 great Michael Schumacher has had a mixed run in Formula 2 to […]
‘No negotiations’ with Haas yet – Magnussen
Sep.8 (GMM) Kevin Magnussen says there are “no negotiations” yet with Haas over his place at Haas beyond 2020. The small American team is not ruling out a wholesale driver change for 2021, adding that whoever is signed up will also race into the new era in 2022. “Everyone is asking what we are doing […]
F1 loses ‘heart and soul’ with Williams family exit
Sep.8 (GMM) Two former F1 figures say the departure of the Williams family from Formula 1 is a poignant moment for the sport. “A sad moment, a historic exit,” former F1 team Minardi’s founder Gian Carlo Minardi told La Gazzetta dello Sport. In recent days, it was announced not only that the Oxfordshire based team […]
Kneeling absence ‘not end of the world’ – Hamilton
Sep.8 (GMM) Lewis Hamilton says missing his moment to kneel for Black Lives Matter at Monza last Sunday was “not the end of the world”. The six-time world champion, who has championed the race-based push for social justice inside Formula 1 this season, was conspicuously absent when the rest of the drivers gathered on the […]
Ferrari signing proves F1 credentials – Sainz
Sep.8 (GMM) Carlos Sainz says he has nothing else to prove as a top Formula 1 driver. The Spaniard has not won a title or a race, but he came close to the latter last Sunday when he chased Pierre Gasly home at Monza. The McLaren driver’s future boss, Ferrari principal Mattia Binotto, applauded Sainz […]
‘Better to be quiet’ about Ferrari – Montezemolo
Sep.8 (GMM) Luca di Montezemolo is suddenly not offering any advice to the Ferrari team that he led so successfully in the past. The Maranello company’s former long-time president has been vocal about Ferrari’s struggles in recent weeks and days. But after the debacle of Monza, where the red car was not only woefully uncompetitive […]
Gasly still not Red Bull candidate – Marko
Sep.8 (GMM) Monza winner Pierre Gasly is still “not a consideration” for a re-promotion to Red Bull Racing. That is the news from Dr Helmut Marko, after the French driver suggested “strong results should be rewarded with something”. Gasly told L’Equipe: “I delivered the team’s second win. The first was Sebastian Vettel. “This year Mercedes […]
‘Something has changed’ after party mode ban
Sep.8 (GMM) The jury is out as to whether the ‘party mode’ ban that began at Monza has kicked off a new era of better racing in Formula 1. Mercedes scoffed at those, like Red Bull, who predicted that the ban would ease the reigning world champion team’s utter dominance. However, it did at least […]
Masi not angry Hamilton confronted stewards
Sep.7 (GMM) F1 race director Michael Masi says he doesn’t mind that Lewis Hamilton confronted the stewards at Monza to personally protest the penalty that cost him victory on Sunday. Using a scooter to speed up his mission during the red flag stoppage in the Italian GP, some thought the Mercedes driver wanted a ‘nature […]