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How Ferrari got its power back Charles Leclerc, Bahrain test 2021 © Ferrari Ferrari hopes to have done enough work with its Power Unit to match at least Renault right from the start of the season. While the 2020 season was spent, for the Scuderia and costumers Alfa Romeo Sauber and Haas, fighting against more powerful rivals – a consequence of the FIA investigation that concluded the Italians were using an energy recovery system that didn't comply with the spirit of the rules at the end of 2019 – the Italian engineers have spent a lot of work finding the missing horsepower and, according...

Gene approves Barcelona's new turn 10 Esteban Ocon, Spanish GP 2020 © Renault Marc Gene was the first driver to try the Circuit de Catalunya's new Turn 10 during a demonstration run he did at the start of the week, driving a Ferrari 488 GT at the request of the track's new management. On Monday, the former Minardi and Williams driver, now ambassador for Ferrari and demonstration driver for the Scuderia as well, did a few laps around a circuit he knows like the back of his hand and came out of the car beaming with delight. According to Gene, "the new design of the corner is a much bigger chal...

Wolff confirms Hulkenberg talks © RV Press Toto Wolff confirmed on Friday he’s in talks with Nico Hulkenberg, to make the veteran German one of Mercedes’ reserve drivers for this season. Hulkenberg stood in on three Grand Prix last year, always for Racing Point, replacing Sergio Perez in the British and 70th anniversary Grand Prix, both ran in Silverstone, and just for qualifying and the race at the Eifel Grand Prix, in place of Lance Stroll, as both the team’s drivers contracted the COVID-19 virus during the season. Mercedes also had to use a reserve driver, for the Sakhir Grand Prix,...

Teams agree to three sprint races Start, Brazilian GP 2019 © RV Press The ten Formula One teams have agreed to run three Sprint Races this year, in Silverstone, Monza and Interlagos, during a pre-test meeting chaired by new Formula One CEO Stefano Domenicali. The format, which still has to be finalized, to be voted before the start of the season, means Friday running will include just one Free Practice Session lasting one hour, before qualifying – run in the current format – is held in the afternoon. The drivers will then have, on Saturday afternoon, a short race, probably one third of a...

Fernando Alonso may struggle to be "high in the midfield" on his 2021 return to Formula 1, according to Dr Helmut Marko.