Formula One News — March 2021

Bahrain GP steward and former F1 driver Emanuele Pirro says Max Verstappen may have won last Sunday's race if he had refused to hand back the lead to Lewis Hamilton.

Lewis Hamilton may have won in Bahrain, but his Mercedes team is worried the situation could be different once the racing resumes next month at Imola.

George Russell thinks Williams is finally moving in the right direction in Formula 1.

Carlos Sainz says he took a calmer than usual approach to his first race with Ferrari in Bahrain.

The next grand prix of 2021 will be a 'ghost race', Emilia Romagna regional president Stefano Bonaccini has revealed.

Yuki Tsunoda impressed everyone in Bahrain, with his moves from 16th place after the first lap, to P9 at the end of the race, earning a lot of praise from former Formula One drivers turned commentators like Martin Brundle, Jenson Button and Paul di Resta. On his way into the points, the young Japanese driver overtook former World Champions Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso – who between them have seven titles! – and admitted, at the end of the race, passing the Spaniard made him a bit emotional inside the car.

From the four drivers that changed teams for this season, Carlos Sainz was the only one who managed to race close to his new team mate, as Daniel Ricciardo, Sérgio Pérez and Sebastian Vettel all ended up quite a bit behind their new sparring partners. The new Ferrari driver ended his first Grand Prix with the Scuderia less than one second behind Ricciardo, who was driving what was, effectively, the Spaniard’s car until three months ago, and was definitively encouraged by being able to start the 2021 season at the same level he had finished last year, in spite of moving teams.

With two Grand Prix in the same circuit in the space of four months, Formula One teams got a unique opportunity to compare their 2021 cars with last year’s chassis and evaluate how much the aerodynamic cuts imposed by the regulations affected their performance from one year to the next.

Bahrain GP - Race Analysis

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton may have pipped Max Verstappen at the post after the Red Bull otherwise dominated the 2021 season opener in Bahrain.

Ferrari can "finally" rely on two competitive drivers in Formula 1.

Aston Martin's 2021 car is "not that good", according to rival Alpha Tauri's team boss Franz Tost.

"Many conversations" are taking place behind closed doors as Stefano Domenicali admits manufacturers other than Porsche are looking into Formula 1.

Nikita Mazepin "just doesn't belong" in Formula 1.

Fernando Alonso has denied declaring that he is "better" than 2021 title chargers Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen.

Bahrain GP - Race Notes

Bahrain GP - Sunday Photos

Bahrain GP - Sunday Press Conference

Bahrain GP - Sunday Team Quotes

Bahrain GP - Race Results

Mercedes and Aston Martin suspect the 2021 aerodynamic rule tweaks were designed specifically to most adversely affect Mercedes-like cars with a so-called 'low rake' philosophy.

Despite a horror start to his new tenure at Aston Martin, Sebastian Vettel thinks he still has five years of Formula 1 ahead of him.

Formula 1 is moving to ensure compliance with the technical rules this year by promising to randomly seize one full car at every race weekend for "disassembly" and "deeper checks".

Former driver Jarno Trulli has revealed he is no fan of modern Formula 1 - and all because of the turbo 'power units'.

Bahrain GP - Qualifying Report