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Porsche not ruling out 2025 F1 foray Start, Mexican GP 2019 © RV Press Porsches racing boss Fritz Enzinger is not ruling out a Formula 1 foray for the Volkswagen-owned German sports car brand. He told Auto Motor und Sport that Porsche is "following" the current behind-the-scenes talks about the future of the sport - particularly the new engine rules for 2025. "Basically, we monitor and evaluate all ongoing developments in the globally relevant racing categories," he said. Enzinger admits that ...

Alpha Tauri's obvious step forward for 2021 is due "mainly" to the new Honda engine.

Negative F1 reputation makes Alonso laugh Fernando Alonso, Bahrain GP 2021 © Alpine Fernando Alonso has hit back at the continuing narrative that he is difficult to work with in Formula 1. Alpine advisor Alain Prost last week said the team needs to be "very careful" to manage the new dynamic between two-time world champion Alonso and his teammate Esteban Ocon. "You have to be very careful about that, because problems between the drivers can kill you as a team," he told Le Figaro. Alonso, 39, r...

F1 CEO may not support $30m driver spending cap Lewis Hamilton, Bahrain GP 2021 © Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Ltd. Stefano Domenicali has suggested that Formula 1 may in fact not support moves to install an annual $30 million per team limit on driver salary spending. We reported last week that the FIA and Liberty Media are poised to circulate such a proposal among F1 teams. However, F1 CEO Domenicali has now told Corriere dello Sport newspaper: "The drivers are particularly relevant in our sport....

Marko denies mysterious suspension rumours Max Verstappen, Bahrain GP 2021 © Red Bull Dr Helmut Marko has rubbished rumours that Red Bull is set to debut a new and "mysterious" suspension system this weekend at Imola. "This is complete nonsense," said the Austrian team official. "We already had this mysterious suspension in Bahrain but its nothing special," Marko told Sport1. "We had to design it because we needed a suspension that would fit the extremely narrow rear end that we built around t...

Three F1 names defend under-fire Mazepin Nikita Mazepin, Bahrain GP 2021 © Haas F1 Team / LAT Three prominent members of the F1 circus have defended the under-fire Nikita Mazepin. After a scandalous pre-season and nightmare opening race in Bahrain, many are now openly laughing at the plight of the Russian rookie. However, Ralf Schumacher warned his nephew Mick not to become complacent about the 22-year-old Mazepins presence. "Getting control of someone like Nikita Mazepin is not that easy," fo...

Aston Martin warned FIA impact of rule changes Lance Stroll, Bahrain GP 2021 © Aston Martin Racing Otmar Szafnauer was a man in a mission in Bahrain, desperate to explain to everybody the changes introduced in the Technical Regulations for this year had hurt his team and all others with a low-rake a lot more than the teams that, like Red Bull, have long followed the high-rake concept. The Romania-born American could be seen with his lap top in hand, going into the FIA and the FOM offices in th...

First lap overtakes were the key says Norris Lando Norris, Bahrain GP 2021 © McLaren Lando Norris nearly equaled the way he started the 2020 season, when he finished 3rd in the Austrian Grand Prix, but the McLaren driver admitted fourth place in Bahrain, last Sunday, was better than he had hoped for. The young Brit had been surprisingly downcast about his chances to fight at the front the whole weekend, in spite of being 3rd fastest in FP1 and then second quickest in the second session as well...

Vettel never good under pressure says Berger Sebastian Vettel, Bahrain GP 2021 © Aston Martin Racing Sebastian Vettel is still struggling with pressure, according to his first Formula 1 team boss Gerhard Berger. The quadruple world champion was ousted by Ferrari but switched to Aston Martin for 2021 and beyond - and had a dire pre-season test and first race in Bahrain. "At Ferrari it was the same thing," F1 legend Berger told the official Australian GP podcast. "I just feel he is not free, not...

Red Bull too euphoric in Bahrain says Marko Max Verstappen, Bahrain GP 2021 © Red Bull Dr Helmut Marko does not think Max Verstappen made a mistake by letting Lewis Hamilton re-pass him for the lead and victory in Bahrain last weekend. Bahrain GP steward Emanuele Pirro this week revealed that the "maximum" penalty the FIA could have given the Dutchman for his illegal pass on Hamilton was a five second penalty. "Max said that he could have easily made up for the five second penalty by driving a...