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Horner stands alone with secret ballot concerns Date published: April 30 2021 Christian Horner bucked a trend among team bosses’ support for teams to be able to vote in secret in F1 Commission meetings. The Red Bull team principal says it would be a “shame” if the teams felt the need to have to vote in secret, but understands that anonymity may be an option for the teams to be able to vote truly independently. This comes after McLaren CEO Zak Brown published a lengthy open letter on Thursday about his hope that teams can vote on wider issues in secret, to avoid factory teams influencin...

Hamilton, Verstappen set for tight fight again at Portuguese Grand Prix play How will a qualifying sprint race work to determine the grid? (1:10) Nate Saunders is pleased with F1's "proactive" decision to have a qualifying sprint race in three of the 2021 events. (1:10) We could happily get used to this. For the third race weekend this season, it looks like a close battle is brewing between Mercedes and Red Bull. A familiar theme developed from Friday practice, with very little to pick between the top two teams on both single-lap pace and long runs. If anything, Mercedes may just hold the edg...

Portuguese Grand Prix: Friday Press Conference 30 April, 2021 Full transcript from the FIA-hosted Friday press conference at Algarve International Circuit on day one of the Portuguese Grand Prix, round three of the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship. PART ONE Featuring Toto Wolff (Mercedes), Christian Horner (Red Bull Racing), Zak Brown (McLaren). Q: Zak, you published a letter yesterday outlining what you feel needs to happen to continue Formula 1’s growth. Why did you feel the need to write that now? Zak BROWN: Well, I think Formula 1 is on a great trajectory. Liberty has done an excelle...

Top line up at press conferences in Portugal; Bottas and Russell seperated 27-04-2021 18:14 | Updated: 27-04-2021 18:55 Since the corona pandemic journalists have less access to the drivers and that is why the FIA chooses to organise a press conference where all the drivers will be discussed. The team bosses are still making a selection and a large delegation will turn up on Friday in Portimao. Horner, Wolff and Brown together None other than Toto Wolff, Christian Horner and Zak Brown will be there together in the first round of questions. So the team bosses of the three best teams sit togeth...

Brivio: F1 drivers work more than MotoGP riders Date published: April 24 2021 Alpine racing director Davide Brivio sees similarities between Formula 1 and MotoGP, but feels a Formula 1 driver has the higher workload. The Alpine brand came to Formula 1 for the first time in 2021, and already the team took a different approach by not hiring a team principal, which has long been a traditional role in the series. Instead, Brivio was brought in from MotoGP after stints with Yamaha and Suzuki, with his racing director role complementing the duties of executive director Marcin Budkowski to form the...