Formula one
Red Bull lodge protest over Mercedes steering
Just hours after seeing Mercedes duo of six-time champion Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas top the times with a resounding one-two in their newly-painted...
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Mercedes one-two as F1 gets back on track in Austria
Sunday’s race, the first of two in Austria on successive weekends, will be the latest start to a championship after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the scheduled Australian opener on 15 March before a wheel had turned.
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Hamilton on top with new black helmet as F1 roars back
The six-time champion, who has been an outspoken supporter of the campaign for equality and diversity since the death of American George Floyd last month, revealed the statement helmet before climbing into his Mercedes in anger for the first time this year.
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'Surprised' Vettel insists there was no new Ferrari deal
Vettel said he was surprised when Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto called him to say his services were no longer required after 2020.
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Formula One in brave new world as Verstappen seeks repeat Austria triumph
Teams are cut to a maximum of 80 staff, all in protective equipment, there will be no sponsors, no guests and only a limited number of accredited broadcast and written news media.
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Formula One deploys war chest of coronavirus strategies for Austria
The Red Bull Ring, nestling in the picturesque Styrian mountains, has been put into a fortress-like lockdown and will play host to a first race on 5 July and a second a week later.
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Mercedes to use black cars in stand against racism
The team said the Black Lives Matter movement has 'shone a searching light on how much we need new measures and actions in the fight against racism and all forms of discrimination'.
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Vettel expects tight margins at Austria double-header
The season will kick off with the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring on July 5, followed a week later by a second race at the same track, as part of an eight-race European leg.
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Hamilton condemns Ecclestone's 'ignorant' racism comments
Ecclestone had earlier told CNN in an interview that “in lots of cases, Black people are more racist than what white people are.”
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Hamilton braced for 'lonely, uninspiring' life in F1's new world
The 35-year-old Briton gets the season underway in Austria on 5 July after the world championship endured a pre-coronavirus shutdown false start in Australia in March.
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F1 likely to add European races as more cancellations loom
The current schedule features eight races, all in Europe, but with the sport hoping for a season of between 15 and 18 rounds.
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No race cancellation even if driver has COVID-19, says F1 boss
The original 15 March opener in Australia was cancelled after a McLaren team member returned a positive test for the new coronavirus before the weekend had started.
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Formula One unveils eight-race schedule in Europe from 5 July
Formula One said it hoped to have between 15 and 18 races in total, with the season being completed in December.
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Silverstone, Austria to host two races each on revised F1 calendar
Austria’s races start the season on 5 and 12 July and will be called the Austrian Grand Prix and the Grand Prix of Steiermark (Styria), the region in which the circuit at Spielberg is located.
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Hamilton's attack on 'white-dominated' F1 draws support from rivals
The Mercedes driver warned: "I know who you are and I see you" as he accused his fellow drivers of "staying silent" following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, during his arrest in Minneapolis.
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Ricciardo talked to Ferrari before McLaren move
Ricciardo is of Italian descent and has long been considered an obvious target for Ferrari, the sport’s oldest and most glamorous team.
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Dutch Formula 1 GP postponed until next year
The Dutch GP was set to be held at Zandvoort on May 3, but was initially postponed in March amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
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FIA agree to F1 spending cap of $145m for 2021
The FIA's World Motor Sports Council ratified the amendments to F1's rules in a season decimated by COVID-19 with 10 of the scheduled 22 races already either cancelled or postponed.
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Aubameyang considering own esports team after virtual F1 debut
The Gabonese is a keen video gamer, and has been getting in plenty of practice during the COVID-19 lockdown with the Premier League out of action.
