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The Start Of The F1 Season Is Further Delayed
With the sporting world rife with ongoing postponements and cancellations of events due to the global coronavirus pandemic it came as no surprise that mid-June’s Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix has now been postponed too. This means that the first nine rounds of the season will not take place as scheduled…
Ferrari’s Vettel (L) and Leclerc sharing a selfie in Montréal last year, but the duo won’t be returning this June
F1 Holds Its Second E-Sports Virtual Grand Prix
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
The virtual races are held using the F1 2019 official video game
With the opening eight races of the 2020 season either postponed or cancelled, Formula 1 has sought to fill the void by introducing a series of online Esports Virtual Grands Prix. The second event of the year was held on Sunday evening and was set to include six current F1 drivers…
6:52 AM 6th April 2020
An Update About This Year’s British Grand Prix Plus Other F1 Snippets
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
Will Lewis Hamilton be thrilling the massive Silverstone crowds again come July?
Silverstone, the home of the highly popular Formula 1 British Grand Prix, has set a deadline of the end of April for a decision to be made about whether this year’s event in July can take place. The worldwide coronavirus pandemic has already caused the postponement or cancellation of the first…
7:51 AM 2nd April 2020
Azerbaijan Joins The List Of Cancelled And Postponed F1 Grands Prix
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas won in Azerbaijan last year, but the 2020 race has now been postponed
With the opening seven Formula 1 Grands Prix of this year already cancelled or postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus situation, Azerbaijan’s race on 7 June has now also been called off. With no indication as yet of any improvement in the spread of the virus across Europe, the Azerbaijan promoters…
3:48 PM 23rd March 2020
Prince Albert Tests Positive For COVID-19 As Monaco Cancels Its Postponed Grand Prix
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
The traditional guards continue to protect Monaco’s Royal Palace where Prince Albert is working from home
Prince Albert II, the Monégasque Head of State, has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and as a result is self-isolating, but continuing to work from his office in his private apartments whilst remaining in contact with his cabinet and government. The 62 year old is being monitored by his personal…
3:19 PM 20th March 2020
May’s Dutch, Spanish And Monaco Grands Prix Postponed Due To Coronavirus
With the opening four races of this year’s Formula 1 season already postponed, it has now been announced as very much expected that May’s Dutch, Spanish and Monaco Grands Prix have also been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic and that the sport will only resume when it is safe…
6:19 PM 19th March 2020
This Year’s Formula 1 Season May Not Start Until The End Of May
Following the announcement early on Friday morning of the cancellation of this year’s Australian Grand Prix Formula 1 and its governing body, the FIA, have now indicated that the 2020 season may not get under way until the end of May. They confirmed that, as expected, the next two races in…
4:22 PM 13th March 2020
The Australian Grand Prix Is Cancelled
Following the withdrawal on Thursday of the McLaren Formula 1 team from this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix after a member of staff tested positive for coronavirus, it has now been officially confirmed that the race will not take place. There had been much speculation that the Grand Prix would be cancelled,…
8:30 AM 13th March 2020
Mclaren Withdraws From This Weekend’s Australian Grand Prix
The Woking based McLaren Formula 1 team has withdrawn from this weekend’s opening round of this year’s world championship in Melbourne, Australia after a member of its personnel tested positive for the Covid-19 virus. Its explanatory official statement confirmed “The decision has been taken on the duty of care not…
5:01 PM 12th March 2020
Bahrain Grand Prix To Run Behind Closed Doors
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
The sparks will no doubt fly again in Bahrain, if not witnessed live by fans
On 22 March the Bahrain Grand Prix, the second race on this year’s calendar, will make history by being the first F1 event to ever be run behind closed doors due to the global coronavirus outbreak. Bahrain had recently stopped selling any further tickets for its Grand Prix weekend whilst it…
11:25 AM 8th March 2020
A Formula 1 War Breaks Out
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
Ferrari is at the heart of a dispute about its 2019 power unit
Seven of Formula 1’s ten teams have all issued a joint simultaneous statement in reaction to a statement last Friday from the sport’s governing body, the FIA, which advised of a private ‘settlement’ with Ferrari over the legality of its power unit last season. The seven outfits, including Mercedes, Red Bull…
8:19 PM 4th March 2020
Coronavirus Causes Australian Grand Prix Concerns
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
Ferrari’s engaging team principal Mattia Binotto has understandable concerns
The new Formula 1 season is set to kick off in two weeks’ time with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. However, concerns have arisen about arrangements for personnel travelling to the race and especially those from Italy where the impact of coronavirus has been particularly hard felt. Ferrari team principal…
5:44 PM 29th February 2020
Mercedes Still Fastest Overall As F1 Pre-Season Testing Ends
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas, the quickest driver in pre-season testing
On the last day of this week’s second and final Formula 1 pre-season test at Spain’s Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to the honours for setting the fastest pace, and the German team remained at the top of the overall testing timesheets thanks to…
9:09 PM 28th February 2020
Mercedes On Top After The Opening Three Day Test
The first of two three day Formula 1 pre-season test sessions at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya has now been concluded and the headline is that the Mercedes team very much emerged on top, whilst also revealing to the world a very innovative alternative to normal F1 steering systems seen to…
11:00 AM 22nd February 2020
Alfa Romeo’s C39 Completes The F1 Class Of 2020
Alfa Romeo has become the final Formula 1 team to fully reveal its new car for the forthcoming season, the C39, saving budget by simply presenting its challenger in the Barcelona pitlane this morning immediately prior to the start of the first of two 3-day pre-season tests. We’re talking here about…
9:44 AM 19th February 2020
The Williams And Racing Point Formula 1 Car Launches
Following a busy spell of Formula 1 new car launches last week both the Williams and Racing Point teams have now joined the club by revealing their own new challengers. Williams revealed studio and ontrack images of its new car, the FW43, and the most striking thing about it is its…
4:38 PM 17th February 2020
AlphaTauri Makes A Striking Arrival
AlphaTauri, Red Bull’s clothing brand, is the new name for what was the Toro Rosso Formula 1 team upto the end of last year and the outfit has just revealed its striking 2020 challenger, the AT01, at Red Bull’s Hangar 7 facility in Salzburg, Austria. The launch also included a…
1:35 PM 15th February 2020
Mercedes’ 2020 Silver Arrow Breaks Cover
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
Lewis Hamilton behind the wheel of the new W11 at Silverstone today
The all-conquering Mercedes Formula 1 team, which has won both the drivers and constructors championship titles every year since 2014, has unveiled its new challenger, the W11, at Silverstone, a car they hope will take them to even more success this season. With the technical regulations remaining stable team principal…
3:31 PM 14th February 2020
McLaren Uncovers Its New Matt Finish MCL35
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
McLaren’s new challenger
The McLaren Formula 1 team has uncovered its new car for the forthcoming season, the MCL35, during a launch at its Woking HQ, which, like Ferrari’s event on Tuesday, was streamed live online and shown on Sky television’s F1 channel. 2020 is a special year for the team as it…
3:16 PM 13th February 2020
Red Bull And Renault’s New F1 Cars
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
Red Bull’s new RB16 on track at Silverstone
The Red Bull and Renault Formula 1 teams have revealed their new 2020 cars ahead of pre-season testing which begins in Barcelona on Wednesday of next week. Red Bull initially shared a digital image of their new challenger online before conducting some shakedown running at Silverstone with their 22 year old…
10:18 AM 13th February 2020
Ferrari Reveals Its New Challenger In Theatrical Style
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
The new SF1000 takes centre stage at the launch
Ferrari, the only team to have competed in every season of Formula 1 since it began back in 1950, has launched its 2020 challenger in great style at the Romolo Valli Municipal Theatre in Reggio Emilia, 30 miles from their base at Maranello in northern Italy. The city of Reggio Emilia…
7:40 AM 12th February 2020
April’s Chinese Grand Prix Called Off Due To Coronavirus
As widely expected, the ongoing global coronavirus health issue has led to an announcement from Formula 1’s governing body, the FIA, and Formula One Management (FOM) that the Chinese Grand Prix, scheduled for April 19 in Shanghai, has been called off to ensure the health and safety of travelling F1…
1:20 AM 12th February 2020
Haas Becomes The First Formula 1 Team To Reveal Its 2020 Car
The Haas Formula 1 team has surprised everyone by revealing images of its new VF-20 car for this season unexpectedly early when the first launch was set to be Ferrari’s on Tuesday of next week. After sporting a sponsorship related black and gold livery in 2019 they have reverted to their…
8:34 AM 7th February 2020
Racing Point To Become Aston Martin In 2021
It has been announced today that the Racing Point Formula 1 team, which is located just across the road from the main entrance to the Silverstone circuit, will become the Aston Martin works team with effect from the start of 2021 and for an initial ten year term. The news follows…
4:22 AM 31st January 2020
Preston Grasshoppers 26 Wharfedale 26
A scrappy first 60 minutes left Wharfedale trailing by 14 points with 20 minutes to go. Dale had not really played that well. Jack Blakeney-Edwards and Tom Davidson kicked four penalties each and Hoppers held the lead by pouncing on two errors by Dale. Preston’s first try came when Dale dropped…
3:00 AM 20th January 2020
Red Bull Secures The Services Of Verstappen For An Additional Three Years
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
Max Verstappen is set to remain with Red Bull until at least the end of the 2023 season
The Red Bull Formula 1 team has made sure it will retain the services of its lead driver Max Verstappen beyond the end of the forthcoming season by giving the 22-year-old a three year extension to his current contract, which will tie the highly talented Dutch racer to the Milton…
12:15 PM 8th January 2020
Fylde 24 Wharfedale 17
Wharfedale RUFC 
photo by Ro Burridge
A magnificent game of rugby ended with Fylde clinging on to win and maintain their challenge at the top of the table. The Lancashire team held a strong lead at half time outscoring the visitors by three tries to a solitary three points from Blakeney-Edwards. It was however Wharfedale…
2:00 PM 6th January 2020
A Wonderful Early Christmas Present For Ferrari's Charles Leclerc
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
Potential future champion Charles Leclerc is set to stay with Ferrari for at least the next five years
The Ferrari Formula 1 team has just handed its young Monégasque rising star Charles Leclerc a wonderful early Christmas present by extending his contract until at least the end of 2024, representing five more full seasons with the iconic Italian outfit. Leclerc, now aged 22, has shone at every level as…
5:02 AM 23rd December 2019
Ben Stokes Voted BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Ahead Of Lewis Hamilton And Dina Asher-Smith
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
England cricketer Ben Stokes, this year’s BBC Sports Personality Of The Year
This year the BBC held its annual Sports Personality Of The Year evening in Aberdeen and, after a public vote just like Strictly Come Dancing the night before, it was England cricketer Ben Stokes who emerged on top, with Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton and athlete Dina Asher-Smith the runners-up. It…
6:00 PM 15th December 2019
The Porsche Experience Centre, Silverstone
Just days after the conclusion of this year’s Formula 1 season in Abu Dhabi I had the opportunity to visit the Porsche Experience Centre at the Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire, the home of British motorsport, and what an experience it truly was. The impressive facility took six years to build and…
4:30 PM 6th December 2019
Verstappen Victorious After An Absolute Thriller In Brazil
With both 2019 titles already wrapped up again by Mercedes for a sixth year in a row the atmosphere in the Formula 1 paddock prior to this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix was relatively subdued, but after an incident and drama laden race Max Verstappen emerged victorious for Red Bull. Mercedes team…
9:37 AM 18th November 2019
Hamilton Makes It Six In Texas
Lewis Hamilton has claimed a sixth Formula 1 Drivers Championship title following this weekend’s United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas near Austin, Texas. The Mercedes driver only needed to finish in the top eight to seal the achievement with two races remaining, but reached the chequered…
9:45 AM 4th November 2019
Hamilton Edges Closer To A Sixth Title In Mexico
Less than a fortnight after the typhoon impacted Japanese Grand Prix weekend when the long dominant Mercedes team sealed yet another Constructors title the F1 world reassembled on another continent many thousands of miles away for the Mexican Grand Prix, a race which resulted in Lewis Hamilton edging ever closer…
4:30 AM 28th October 2019
Bottas Dominates In Japan
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
Valtteri Bottas flew to a dominant victory for Mercedes
After Ferrari had succeeded in handing a dominant 1-2 finish to arch rivals Mercedes in Russia at the previous Grand Prix, the F1 circus reconvened two weeks later at the iconic Suzuka circuit in Japan and, after super typhoon Hagibis had impacted proceedings, Valtteri Bottas proved to be untouchable as…
12:28 PM 16th October 2019
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