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Ferrari makes medium step with 2021 engine says Steiner Mick Schumacher, Bahrain test 2021 © Haas F1 Team / LAT Ferrari has not made a "big step" with its 2021 engine, according to customer team Haas' boss Gunther Steiner. Some analysts are saying Ferrari's new engine is 40 horsepower better than the underperforming power unit of 2020. Haas boss Steiner told the German broadcaster RTL: "I cannot say that it is a big step forward. "Then I would show Ferrari that I am satisfied with what we have been given, and I cannot do that," he laughed. "It's never enough in motorsport - if you say it is...

CEO admits Williams could lose Russell George Russell, Bahrain test 2021 © Williams Racing Williams' new CEO Jost Capito has admitted the British team could lose George Russell to Mercedes for 2022. "If Mercedes were to make him an offer now, there would be few alternatives for him to think about," Capito, who was signed up by Williams' new owners last December, told formel1.de. Russell is a prominent member of Mercedes' driver development program, and late last season he shone whilst filling in for the ill Lewis Hamilton. Both Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas are out of contract at the end of t...

Mazepin not preferred Haas driver Nikita Mazepin, Bahrain test 2021 © Haas F1 Team / LAT Nikita Mazepin will not get preferential treatment at Haas this season, team boss Gunther Steiner insists. Mick Schumacher may be the more famous and popular Haas rookie for 2021, but the company headed by Mazepin's billionaire father Dmitry is the team's new title sponsor. "Both drivers are equal in the team," Steiner insisted to the German broadcaster n-tv. "Mr (Dmitry) Mazepin also said: 'My son has no advantage'." Steiner said that position is also backed up by the contracts signed between Haas and t...

McLaren is "surprised" to be the only team exploiting an early loophole in the tweaked aerodynamic rules for 2021.

Sharp-eyed observers have questioned rookie Yuki Tsunoda's pace in the pre-season Bahrain test.