The Formula One shutdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic has hit the Ferrari brand in the “harshest manner”, as the lack of F1 activity has heavily hit the company’s sponsorship and commercial revenues that it revealed in its Q1 earnings. In the updated financial guidance issued by Ferrari last week, it was revealed that the team could lose almost €1 Billion in revenue for the 2020 year that was previously anticipated, and given the lack of F1 action has “undoubtedly” contributed the most to this reduction in guidance going forward. The changes in this years F1 season has hit the company hard ..read more

The government has denied the McLaren Formula One team a £150m loan request for aid amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Sky News reported that the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy had communicated with the McLaren Formula One team to inform them of their decision to reject a request for a £150m loan that would help the team get through the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic has hit the McLaren brand heavily. A fast decline is luxury spending since the start of the pandemic has affected its sales of its McLaren sports cars it sells to consumers. Additionally, the threat that F1 may ..read more

Formula One chairman Chase Carey has acknowledged the possibility that the Formula One world championship may not return for the 2020 season admit the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. The sport is currently working out a sustainable plan to restart the Formula 1 season after the Australian Grand Prix was called off just hours before Friday Practice. It is understood that the sport will hold its inaugural race of the season at the Red Bull Ring in Austria behind closed doors, where team members will undergo testing every 48 hours. While F1 has a solid plan to host double header races in Austria a ..read more

Max Verstappen put in a late effort to pip Sebastian Vettel to the top of the order during a busy final practice at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, while Leclerc was faced with a technical problem right at the start of the session, which leaves Ferrari on an uphill challenge to get Leclerc’s car prepared for qualifying.  Verstappen’s fastest time was a 1:33.305, which gave the Dutchman a 0.218s advantage over Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. Behind him was an impressive lap by Lando Norris, who managed to produce a lap that took him ahead of both the Mercedes cars. Story of the session  The ..read more

Charles Leclerc admits team-mate Sebastian Vettel’s pace during qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix was “too quick” for him to beat, as the Monegasque’s run of consecutive pole positions came to an end as Vettel claimed pole in the other Ferrari.  Sebastian Vettel’s surprise pole position comes at a crucial time in his intense intra-team battle with team-mate Leclerc, and is the first time the German has out-qualified his team-mate since his pole position back at the Canadian Grand Prix in June. The Ferrari duo were expected to play second fiddle to Mercedes given the downforce requirements ..read more

Sebastian Vettel beat Charles Leclerc to pole position at the Japanese Grand Prix despite the updates Mercedes brought to Suzuka, as Bottas marginally out-qualified team-mate Lewis Hamilton.  Vettel’s lap-time in the Ferrari was a 1.27.064s, and it gave the German only his second pole position of the season, as he finally ended Leclerc’s qualifying dominance, as the Monegasque was 0.189s adrift, as the two Mercedes drivers were less than a tenth adrift. Story of the session  As the light went green for qualifying, the two Ferrari’s were first out, with McLaren’s Sainz closely followed. Before ..read more

The Ferrari Formula 1 team have admitted that its run of pole positions and race victories of late are a result of the team brining forward planned upgrades for the 2020 Formula 1 season.  After Charles Leclerc marginally beat Lewis Hamilton at the Belgian and Italian races, the team introduced a brand new extensive upgrade for the Singapore Grand Prix, which saw the team easily bring home a 1-2 finish, despite critics suggesting Singapore’s Marina Bay Circuit would not suit the characteristics of the Ferrari car. The Scuderia then went on to score another dominant pole at the Russian Grand Pr ..read more

Charles Leclerc headed team-mate Sebastian Vettel during the second practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix, after Vettel led the way earlier on in the day during the first practice session, meanwhile the Mercedes drivers played second fiddle and Red Bull had some catching up to do.  Leclerc’s pace-setting lap-time was a 1.44.123s, which gave the Monegasque driver a 0.630s buffer over his team-mate. The nearest Mercedes was Bottas once again, who was more than 0.8s adrift, with Hamilton swiftly followed in the other Mercedes. After a strong closing to the first half of the season, Red Bull ..read more

Max Verstappen pipped Valtteri Bottas by 0.018s to get his first ever Formula 1 pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix, with the Mercedes drivers in second and third, as the Ferrari’s struggled to make the difference in the final sector and a scruffy crash for Leclerc didn’t make matters any better.  Verstappen’s record pole time in the Red Bull was a 1.14.572s, which gave him a narrow 0.018s advantage over Valtteri Bottas, however Hamilton was lacking almost two tenths, after it went wrong for the British driver during the first sector. Story of the session  As the light went green, Stroll ..read more

Max Verstappen beat Sebastian Vettel and Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat to victory at the German Grand Prix, as Mercedes failed to score with Bottas crashing out and Hamilton finishing only eleventh.  Verstappen’s winning margin over Vettel was 7.3 seconds, with Kvyat claiming an incredible third place in the Toro Rosso. Both Mercedes were into the barriers at some point of the race, it was terminal for Bottas, whilst Hamilton was able to recover to P11. Story of the session  The race started in wet conditions, with the safety car leading the drivers off to kick off the formation lap. After two lap ..read more