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Photo: PHOTOSPORT The French race at Le Castellet will now be on June 20, kicking off a 'triple header' of three grands prix on successive weekends, the Liberty Media-owned sport said in a statement on Friday. The Red Bull Ring will host the newly-inserted Styrian Grand Prix on June 27 and the Austrian Grand Prix on its original July 4 date. "We were all looking forward to racing in Turkey but the travel restrictions in place have meant we are not able to be there in June," said Formula One chief executive Stefano Domenicali. "Formula One has shown again that it is able to react quickly to de...

Swiss car builder Morand is building its first hypercar in hybrid and electric versions Alvin Reyes - May 5, 2021, 5:49am CDT Switzerland-based automaker Morand Cars is building its first hypercar. Aptly named the Morand Hypercar, it will arrive by mid-2023, offering a choice of two powertrain options: Hybrid and all-electric. “Morand Hypercar is the meeting point between high technology, Swiss-made expertise, sustainability, and the story of men and women inhabited by passion, emotion, and elegance,” said Morand Cars at its official website. Let’s start with the Mor...

Horner calls for several changes to points system Date published: May 4 2021 Christian Horner has a radical way of taking sprint qualifying even further – floating the notion of unpopular ‘reverse grids’ and more points. Sprint qualifying is set to make its Formula 1 debut at the British Grand Prix in July via the format of a shorter race on Saturday, the result of which will set the grid for the main event on Sunday July 18. A small amount of World Championship points are due to be awarded for the top three finishers in sprint qualifying, which is expected to undergo further trials at...

As expected, it comes with an eye-watering price. Switzerland isn't known for manufacturing vehicles of its own but this could be set to change in the near future. To start the year, Picasso Automotive teased its supercar which is called the PS-01. Now, another Swiss company called Morand Cars has announced plans to launch a hybrid hypercar in 2023. After all, even China is making hybrid hypercars these days. Although the car doesn't yet have an official name and its design exists only as digital renders, its specs certainly seem worth shouting about. Intriguingly, the hypercar will be manufa...

F1 set to approve sprints; Turkey in for Canada Date published: April 26 2021 The F1 Commission will meet on Monday to table final proposals for three trial sprint race events for qualifying in 2021, which are expected to be voted through by the teams. The sprint races, which are due to take place at the British, Italian and Brazilian Grands Prix, are due to be contested on the Saturday of the race weekend over 100km – around a third of a grand prix distance, to set the grid for the main race on the Sunday. With this, a standard qualifying session will take place on Friday after free pract...