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Leclerc dismisses Red Bull rumours as ‘nonsense’ Date published: July 17 2021 Charles Leclerc says rumours that his team sounded out Red Bull for a possible race seat are nothing but “nonsense”. Leclerc is a Ferrari driver, has been since 2019 and will be until the end of 2024 after extending his contract back in December 2019. However, months after putting pen to paper on a new deal, it became apparent that 2020 would not be a good season for Ferrari, the SF1000 woefully off the pace....

Ferrari want FIA talks, not Technical Directives Date published: June 27 2021 Ferrari sporting director Laurent Mekies wants the FIA to talk to teams before making changes, rather than new Technical Directives introduced “out of the blue”. With sub two-second pit-stops happening in modern Formula 1, safety concerns have been raised by the FIA because of the speed and level of automation involved in completing stops quickly. As a result, a re-introduction of a ‘human’ element in pit-sto...

Monaco Grand Prix Thursday press conference 21 May, 2021 Full transcript from the FIA-hosted press conference after Thursday practice for the Monaco Grand Prix, Round 5 of the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship. PART ONE Featuring Mattia Binotto (Ferrari), Toto Wolff (Mercedes) and Laurent Rossi (Alpine). Q: Mattia, can we start with you please. What is it about Charles Leclerc and his home race? A very frustrating start to the weekend for him with that gearbox problem. Mattia BINOTTO: At first...

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES : Mattia BINOTTO (Ferrari), Toto WOLFF (Mercedes), Laurent ROSSI (Alpine) Andreas SEIDL (McLaren), Christian HORNER (Red Bull Racing), Jost CAPITO (Williams)

Leclerc ‘already wants to renew’ Ferrari deal Date published: April 9 2021 Charles Leclerc has a Ferrari deal that runs until the end of the 2024 season but already the driver is speaking about extending it. Leclerc joined Ferrari in 2019, signing for the Italian stable ahead of its engine controversy. That season Ferrari were accused by their rivals of running an illegal engine, resulting in the FIA issuing several Technical Directives aimed at preventing abuse of the fuel-flow rules. Fer...

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has said there are some individuals in Formula 1 that have lost his respect "forever" because of dishonest behaviour.

Steiner trusts Ferrari’s talk of improved engine Date published: March 17 2021 Haas team boss Guenther Steiner believes the new Ferrari engine is a “medium step” forward, but does not have all the data. Ever since the new Technical Directives were issues over the power units, Ferrari have been struggling for horsepower. In 2020 the Scuderia, along with customer teams Haas and Alfa Romeo, were regularly down fonr straight-line speed. But, Ferrari come into the new campaign with an improv...

Ferrari won’t get back to 2019 level in 2021 Date published: March 17 2021 Charles Leclerc has kept a firm lid on expectations at Ferrari ahead of the 2021 season, saying they won’t reach the same level as they did in 2019. The 2019 campaign saw the Scuderia keep Mercedes on their toes throughout the season, but did so with a engine that they were forced to change for 2020 after the FIA’s investigation into their power unit resulted in the issuing of new Technical Directives to follow. A...

All around the world, people are dreaming of seeing a Ferrari fightback in 2021, but realistically, what can the Italian team achieve?

Formula 1 Ferrari’s Enrico Gualtieri has explained the extensive work that has gone into their new power unit for 2021, addressing a major weakness from last year. Ferrari’s uncompetitive 2020 was mainly down to an uncompetitive power unit, with the team hobbled by an underpowered engine after a string of Technical Directives were handed down by the FIA at the end of 2019. These Directives were aimed at Ferrari’s controversial power unit, in which the FIA weren’t completely satisfied by...