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Formula One Launches Virtual Grand Prix Series

Formula One Launches Virtual Grand Prix Series

I only had to click publish on my last article, which called for something exactly like this to happen, to discover that Formula One was officially launching a new F1 Esports Virtual Grand Prix series. It will replace the 2020 races that have been canceled or postponed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, though […]

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2021 Formula One Regulations Postponed to 2022

2021 Formula One Regulations Postponed to 2022

The highly-anticipated 2021 Formula One regulations have officially been postponed to 2022 amid continuing uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 virus. The decision was made following a unanimous agreement between the FIA, F1, and all of the teams. All 10 team bosses had discussed the decision earlier in the week and initially, all but Ferrari had […]

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Official 2020 Formula One Calendar

Official 2020 Formula One Calendar

The 2020 FIA Formula One World Championship will span 22 races from mid-March to the end of November, the busiest season the sport will have experienced yet. It will feature the return of the Zandvoort circuit in the Netherlands and introduce a brand-new venue in Vietnam. Check out the calendar below to see what to […]

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Toro Rosso Reveals Its 2019 Formula One Car

Toro Rosso Reveals Its 2019 Formula One Car

Toro Rosso has revealed images of its 2019 Formula One car online, becoming the first of the teams to show the impact of the new aerodynamic regulations. So far only Haas and Williams have also made reveals, but only of their new liveries on the 2018-spec car. It probably made sense for Toro Rosso to […]

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Official 2019 Formula One Calendar & Testing Schedule

Official 2019 Formula One Calendar & Testing Schedule

The official calendar for the 2019 Formula One season has been revealed, featuring very few changes compared to the 2018 calendar. Like last year, the F1 circus will stop at 21 different race tracks around the world, and for once even the Grand Prix order on the calendar is virtually unchanged. Start times will continue […]

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Meet the 2019 Formula One Driver Lineup

Meet the 2019 Formula One Driver Lineup

The Formula One silly season was especially silly this year. Though the driver lineup remained the same throughout the entirety of the 2018 championship, something that hadn’t ever before occurred in the history of the sport, 2019 is set to come with some of the biggest driver changes we’ve seen in years. Only two teams […]

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Formula One Announces 2020 Vietnamese Grand Prix

Formula One Announces 2020 Vietnamese Grand Prix

When Liberty Media took over ownership of Formula One, there was a lot of talk about a new race in Miami, New York, or Las Vegas. Instead, the first new race to be announced under Liberty Media’s ownership is the Vietnamese Grand Prix. The race will take place in the City of Hanoi, which has […]

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Fernando Alonso Retires From Formula One

Fernando Alonso Retires From Formula One

McLaren Racing has announced that Fernando Alonso will not race for the team or in Formula One at all in 2019. Alonso, 37, is currently completing his 18th F1 season and his fifth at McLaren. Since his debut in 2001, he has earned two world championships, 32 wins, 22 pole positions, and 97 podiums. He has […]

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Red Bull Racing’s 2019 Formula One Season to be an ‘Interim’ Year

Red Bull Racing’s 2019 Formula One Season to be an ‘Interim’ Year

Team principal Christian Horner says that expectations surrounding Red Bull Racing’s 2019 Formula One season should remain moderate, as it will be an interim year for the team to build a new relationship with Honda. “I certainly expect that the first year will be an interim year for us,” he told Italy’s La Gazzetta dello […]

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Porsche Believed to Make Formula One Entry in 2021

Porsche Believed to Make Formula One Entry in 2021

Much has been said about the impending decision Red Bull Racing must make with regards to which Formula One engine supplier it wants in 2019 between Renault and Honda. But there is an additional party that is likely having an influence at the negotiation table: Porsche. Regardless of which manufacturer Red Bull chooses, it must […]

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Formula One To Vote on Miami Grand Prix for 2019

Formula One To Vote on Miami Grand Prix for 2019

At the beginning of May, Formula One announced that the City of Miami Commission had put forward a proposal that would bring the sport to downtown Miami if approved. With three officials having already expressed their support for the race, the vote taking place tomorrow—which requires at least three out of five “yes” votes—seems like […]

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[Rumor] Porsche Considering 2021 Formula One Entry

[Rumor] Porsche Considering 2021 Formula One Entry

Gerhard Berger, ex-Formula One racing driver and 10-time Grand Prix winner, says that Porsche Motorsport is considering an entry into F1 in 2021, but will only commit once the new regulations are officially set in stone later this year. Many of Liberty Media’s proposed changes for F1, including simpler and cheaper engines, a prize pool […]

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Formula One Grid Girls Are Back in Monaco and Russia Because Misogyny Is Real

Formula One Grid Girls Are Back in Monaco and Russia Because Misogyny Is Real

I’m so sorry, readers. I thought I was done talking about Formula One grid girls. After a few weeks of consideration, in late January the racing organization announced that it was done using women as track decorations starting with the 2018 season. Instead, F1 went on a similar route as European football teams, deciding to have […]

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Formula One 2018: Pre-Season Testing – Final Recap

Formula One 2018: Pre-Season Testing – Final Recap

The last day of pre-season testing for the 2018 Formula One championship has come to an end, with both Ferrari drivers setting the quickest lap times and Mercedes finishing on top of the mileage sheet once again. The most productive driver of the day was Haas’ Romain Grosjean, who completed 181 laps, covering an impressive […]

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Formula One 2018: Pre-Season Testing Recap – Day 7

Formula One 2018: Pre-Season Testing Recap – Day 7

Formula One pre-season testing is almost coming to a close and the teams are making every possible use of the time—and sunny weather—available to them. Today they collectively completed more than 1,600 laps, or nearly 4,700 miles, in the pursuit of more data. It was, for once, a day almost uninterrupted, apart from Marcus Ericsson’s […]

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Formula One 2018: Pre-Season Testing Recap – Day 6 (More Issues For McLaren)

Formula One 2018: Pre-Season Testing Recap – Day 6 (More Issues For McLaren)

Six of the eight Formula One pre-season testing days have elapsed and despite the brand new engine under the hood, McLaren remains at the bottom of the mileage sheet, having completed fewer laps than any other team: 355 laps or 1,027 miles in total, while Mercedes is on the cusp of breaking the 2,000 mile […]

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Formula One 2018: Pre-Season Testing Recap – Day 5

Formula One 2018: Pre-Season Testing Recap – Day 5

After a weekend break, Formula One was back for the second week of pre-season testing in Barcelona, Spain. Because sustained inclement weather made it difficult for the teams to run their cars as much as they would have wanted last week, they were eager to hit the track—and some, specifically Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, apparently never […]

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Formula One 2018: Pre-Season Testing Recap – Day 3 (Snow, Snow Everywhere)

Formula One 2018: Pre-Season Testing Recap – Day 3 (Snow, Snow Everywhere)

One of the reasons the teams test at the Barcelona circuit in Spain, instead of, say, the Sochi circuit in Russia, is that it greatly minimizes the chance of snowy and very cold weather—neither being ideal for testing—at a time when many circuits around the world are still deep in the throngs of winter. …Greatly, […]

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