Formula One News — January 2021

Nikita Mazepin has kicked off his relationship with new Haas teammate Mick Schumacher by insisting the rookies are "not friends".

Gunther Steiner faces a completely new challenge in his role as Team Principal for the Haas Formula One Team. After running exclusively with experienced drivers since the team’s debut, back at the start of 2015, the American team decided to let go veterans Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen and go into 2021 with two rookies: Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin.

Bahrain International Circuit looks set to be, again, the biggest beneficiary of the current pandemic, after being able to host back-to-back Grand Prix, in two different layouts, at the end of the 2020 Formula One World Championship. With the Australian Grand Prix’ position in the 2021 calendar in jeopardy, as we wrote yesterday, Bahrain looks set to get the new season opening round without having to pay the extra fee Melbourne has agreed to right from the start of 1996.

The beginning of F1's 2021 season looks set for a major shakeup.

With Melbourne and Shanghai already in doubt, race boss Jan Lammers remains confident that Zandvoort will host Formula 1 with spectators in September.

The new year has begun without Lewis Hamilton having signed a new contract with Mercedes.

Alex Albon's Formula 1 career is not over, according to top Red Bull official Dr Helmut Marko.

Sergio Perez should do a Valtteri Bottas-like job at Red Bull in 2021.

Kevin Magnussen says he is not interested in returning to Formula 1 with a back-of-the-grid seat.

Sebastian Vettel has hit out at Formula 1 for not doing enough amid the new 'green' environmental trends.

Haas is not bowing to social pressure to oust 2021 recruit Nikita Mazepin.

McLaren issued a statement that Lando Norris has tested positive for Covid-19.

F1 sponsorship pioneer John Hogan has died from Covid-19 at the age of 77.

The 2021 Formula One season is scheduled to start in Melbourne on March 21st, after last year’s race was cancelled at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, just hours before the first practice was to take place.