Formula One: Antonio Giovinazzi to team up with Kimi Raikkonen at Alfa Romeo Sauber next season
6 years, 3 months ago

Formula One: Antonio Giovinazzi to team up with Kimi Raikkonen at Alfa Romeo Sauber next season

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Antonio Giovinazzi will join up with Kimi Raikkonen at Sauber after the Finn recently signed a two-year contract to race with the Swiss outfit. Paris: Italian driver Antonio Giovinazzi will replace Sweden’s Marcus Ericsson at Alfa Romeo Sauber for the start of the next Formula One season, the team announced on Tuesday. Giovinazzi, who has come through the ranks with Ferrari, will join up with Kimi Raikkonen at Sauber after the Finn recently signed a two-year contract to race with the Swiss outfit. Giovinazzi, 24, has competed in two Formula One races, stepping in for Germany’s Pascal Wehrlein, while he recovered, at Sauber for the first two races of 2017.

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F1 Sauber sign Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto — Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu to depart
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2 months, 1 week ago

F1 Sauber sign Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto — Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu to depart

ABC  

Formula 1 will have a full-time Brazilian driver for the first time since 2017 after Sauber announced 20-year-old Gabriel Bortoleto to complete the future Audi team's line-up for 2025 and 2026. The Swiss-based team earlier announced the departure of Finland's Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu, China's first F1 driver, at the end of the season in December. "Joining a team …

F1 team brutally axe BOTH of their drivers - including star with 67 Grand Prix podiums
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2 months, 1 week ago

F1 team brutally axe BOTH of their drivers - including star with 67 Grand Prix podiums

Daily Mail  

Sauber have removed both Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu from their roster for the 2025 F1 season, and confirmed the two exciting stars who will replace them next year. Sauber have brutally removed Valtteri Bottas from their roster for the 2025 F1 season The team have also axed Zhou Guanyu after a disastrous campaign leaving them on zero points They …

Formula One: Kimi Antonelli to race for Mercedes F1 team from 2025
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Formula One: Kimi Antonelli to race for Mercedes F1 team from 2025

The Hindu  

Italian driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli is set to race for Mercedes in Formula One from 2025, the team announced on Saturday. Antonelli crashed heavily on his Formula One practice debut at the Italian Grand Prix on Friday and brought the session to a halt after 10 minutes at Monza when the rear of the Mercedes snapped out of line at …

Alfa Romeo Formula 1 team profile, drivers, results: Everything you need to know
1 year, 10 months ago

Alfa Romeo Formula 1 team profile, drivers, results: Everything you need to know

New York Times  

Alfa Romeo has a grand history as a racing company, but its current involvement in F1 is functionally a branding exercise: The team that bears its name is operated by Swiss company Sauber, which raced under its own name from 1993 to 2018. Running a Ferrari-made power unit and an all-new driver lineup of veteran Valtteri Bottas and China’s Zhou …

Formula One: Alfa Romeo seeks to step up in final season with Sauber
1 year, 11 months ago

Formula One: Alfa Romeo seeks to step up in final season with Sauber

The Hindu  

Alfa Romeo unveiled a new red and black livery on Tuesday for its final Formula One season as title sponsor of Swiss-based Sauber, with the team setting its sights on moving up from sixth overall. “We just wanted to be brave enough to do the next step in terms of pure development on the rear end which opened the door …

Formula One: Good to be back in F1 after COVID positive, says Raikkonen
3 years, 3 months ago

Formula One: Good to be back in F1 after COVID positive, says Raikkonen

The Hindu  

Alfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen will return for this weekend's Russian Grand Prix in Sochi after missing the last two Formula One races because of a positive COVID-19 test. "Obviously nobody wants to test positive, but it happened and we had to follow the rules: but that is all in the past and now my focus is on Sochi," the 41-year-old …

Kimi Raikkonen to Miss Italian GP After Positive Covid Test
3 years, 4 months ago

Kimi Raikkonen to Miss Italian GP After Positive Covid Test

News 18  

Kimi Raikkonen will miss this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix after testing positive for Covid-19 ahead of last week’s race in the Netherlands, his Alfa Romeo team said Wednesday. As per health authority requirements, he is still isolating in his home,” Alfa Romeo said in a statement. The race at Monza will the 99th of Kubica’s career, which was severely hampered …

Valtteri Bottas rules out imminent announcement on his F1 future
3 years, 4 months ago

Valtteri Bottas rules out imminent announcement on his F1 future

The Hindu  

Valtteri Bottas played down hopes of an imminent announcement about his Formula One future on Thursday after fellow-Finn Kimi Raikkonen announced his retirement at the end of the season, creating a vacancy at Alfa Romeo. Bottas is a likely replacement at Alfa Romeo for the 41-year-old Raikkonen, whose 2007 world championship remains the last won by a Ferrari driver. Bottas …

Raikkonen to retire from F1 after 2021
3 years, 4 months ago

Raikkonen to retire from F1 after 2021

China Daily  

BEIJING - Finnish driver Kimi Raikkonen has announced that he will retire from Formula One at the end of the 2021 season. Raikkonen, 41, is the most experienced driver in F1 history, having racked up 341 starts since making his debut in 2001 with the Sauber team. After two years away from F1, Raikkonen returned to the series in 2012 …

Ferrari keen for Mick Schumacher to stay at Haas next season
3 years, 5 months ago

Ferrari keen for Mick Schumacher to stay at Haas next season

The Hindu  

Ferrari wants Formula One rookie Mick Schumacher to stay at Haas next season and Italian Antonio Giovinazzi to remain with Alfa Romeo, team boss Mattia Binotto said. "Mick Schumacher's first season is a learning one, without pressure, and we're talking with Haas to confirm him there," Binotto said in an interview in Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper on Tuesday. READ …

F1: Raikkonen, Giovinazzi staying at Alfa Romeo for 2021
4 years, 2 months ago

F1: Raikkonen, Giovinazzi staying at Alfa Romeo for 2021

The Hindu  

Formula One's most experienced driver Kimi Raikkonen and Italian Antonio Giovinazzi will race on for Alfa Romeo next season, the Swiss-based team said on Friday. READ: Alfa Romeo extends Sauber F1 naming rights deal into 2021 “So many of the faces that were around me when I made my Formula One debut in 2001 are still here and the unique …

Formula One: Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi Staying at Alfa Romeo for 2021
4 years, 2 months ago

Formula One: Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi Staying at Alfa Romeo for 2021

News 18  

Formula One’s most experienced driver Kimi Raikkonen and Italian Antonio Giovinazzi will race on for Alfa Romeo next season, the Swiss-based team said on Friday. “Alfa Romeo … is more than a team to me, it is like a second family,” said Raikkonen, who started out with the team when they raced as Sauber and won his world championship with …

Peter Sauber interview: Sauber's architect on early beginnings, foray into F1, Kimi Raikkonen as team celebrates 50 years in motorsport
4 years, 6 months ago

Peter Sauber interview: Sauber's architect on early beginnings, foray into F1, Kimi Raikkonen as team celebrates 50 years in motorsport

Firstpost  

This is a year of milestones - as Formula 1 celebrates 70 years in 2020, Sauber too celebrates 50 years in Motorsport. Alfa Romeo, the flagship brand under which Sauber Motorsport currently competes in Formula 1, celebrates 110 years of existence. It was his very special personality, his body language, which fascinated me.” Sauber’s Raikkonen-Red Bull Trade-off Raikkonen went on …

Binotto: Vettel has the passion to stay in Formula One
4 years, 7 months ago

Binotto: Vettel has the passion to stay in Formula One

The Hindu  

Mattia Binotto believes Sebastian Vettel will want to remain in Formula One and says there was a "mutual understanding" for his Ferrari departure. Carlos Sainz will take Vettel's seat next year, but Ferrari team principal Binotto thinks the German has the desire to take his place on the grid in 2021. Sainz a 'gamble' Binotto acknowledges signing 25-year-old McLaren driver …

Formula 1: Daniel Ricciardo to McLaren, Carlos Sainz to Ferrari, who will take up the vacant Renault seat?
4 years, 7 months ago

Formula 1: Daniel Ricciardo to McLaren, Carlos Sainz to Ferrari, who will take up the vacant Renault seat?

Firstpost  

Without a single lap raced in the 2020 Formula 1 season, the careers of four drivers have been impacted already. Rejections lead Sainz to Ferrari Carlos Sainz Jr.’s early Formula 1 career was faced with rejections. In 2017 and in his third season with Toro Rosso, Sainz’s career hit a plateau before he coaxed Red Bull to loan him to …

Formula 1: Carlos Sainz to replace Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari for 2021 season, to partner Charles Leclerc
4 years, 8 months ago

Formula 1: Carlos Sainz to replace Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari for 2021 season, to partner Charles Leclerc

Firstpost  

Sainz, 25, will join Ferrari on a two-year deal after two seasons at McLaren, creating the youngest driver pairing in Ferrari’s recent history in the process. The exchange of driver seats in Formula 1 has completed a full circle with Carlos Sainz being announced as a Ferrari driver for the 2021 season. “I still have an important year ahead with …

Formula 1: Daniel Ricciardo moves to McLaren to replace Carlos Sainz for 2021 season, to partner Lando Norris
4 years, 8 months ago

Formula 1: Daniel Ricciardo moves to McLaren to replace Carlos Sainz for 2021 season, to partner Lando Norris

Firstpost  

Daniel Ricciardo will join McLaren for the 2021 season thereby taking the seat currently occupied by Carlos Sainz. McLaren have also confirmed that current driver Lando Norris will remain with them in 2021, partnering Ricciardo. McLaren boss Zak Brown has overseen major reorganisation since taking over from Ron Dennis, bringing in Andreas Seidl as Team Principal and James Key as …

F1 news: Robert Kubica joins Alfa Romeo for 2020 season
5 years ago

F1 news: Robert Kubica joins Alfa Romeo for 2020 season

The Independent  

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Alfa Romeo confirms Antonio Giovinazzi will stay on for 2020
5 years, 2 months ago

Alfa Romeo confirms Antonio Giovinazzi will stay on for 2020

The Hindu  

Antonio Giovinazzi will stay on as Kimi Raikkonen's team-mate for the 2020 Formula One campaign, Alfa Romeo has confirmed. Giovinazzi sits 18th in the drivers' standings in 2019, amassing just four points in his first full season. READ| Formula One presents new car and rules revamp for 2021 The Italian, though, concedes there will be less room for error in …

Lewis Hamilton takes pole at Australian Grand Prix 2019, equals Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher feat
5 years, 9 months ago

Lewis Hamilton takes pole at Australian Grand Prix 2019, equals Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher feat

The Hindu  

Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton blazed to a record equalling eighth pole and sixth in succession at the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday to lead Valtteri Bottas to a Mercedes sweep of the front row of the grid. We've got an incredible crowd here," His eighth pole position at @ausgrandprix equals Senna and Schumacher's single-track records.#AusGP#F1pic.twitter.com/xHb6lNZN6y — Formula 1 March …

Ferrari set for management changes after replacing team principal Maurizio Arrivabene with technical director Mattia Binotto
6 years ago

Ferrari set for management changes after replacing team principal Maurizio Arrivabene with technical director Mattia Binotto

Firstpost  

Arrivabene, 61, a former marketing chief with Philip Morris, replaced Marco Mattiacci in 2014, but during his four-year reign Ferrari failed to break Mercedes’ stranglehold on the F1 title. Milan: Formula One outfit Ferrari are set for a management reshuffle with team principal Maurizio Arrivabene to be replaced by technical director Mattia Binotto, according to reports in Italy on Monday. …

Ferrari to replace F1 team boss Maurizio Arrivabene with Binotto
6 years ago

Ferrari to replace F1 team boss Maurizio Arrivabene with Binotto

The Hindu  

Formula One outfit Ferrari is set for a management reshuffle with team principal Maurizio Arrivabene to be replaced by technical director Mattia Binotto, according to reports in Italy on Monday. Gazzetta Dello Sport reported that Arrivabene's contract will not be renewed following another disappointing season, with management errors blamed for the team missing out once again to Mercedes. Arrivabene a …

'Iceman' Raikkonen returning to roots with Sauber
6 years, 4 months ago

'Iceman' Raikkonen returning to roots with Sauber

China Daily  

Kimi Raikkonen celebrates his third-place finish in the Hungarian Grand Prix on July 29. MILAN－Young Monaco driver Charles Leclerc will replace veteran Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari next season when the former world champion from Finland returns to Sauber, where he started his career. "Scuderia Ferrari announces that, at the end of the 2018 season, Kimi Raikkonen will step down from …

Formula One: Dissecting the moves of Charles Leclerc to Ferrari, Kimi Raikkonen to Sauber and it's impact on F1 dynamics
6 years, 4 months ago

Formula One: Dissecting the moves of Charles Leclerc to Ferrari, Kimi Raikkonen to Sauber and it's impact on F1 dynamics

Firstpost  

Perhaps the thought on everyone’s mind was whether Ferrari swapped their last world champion, Kimi Raikkonen, with a driver they believed could be their next world champion, Charles Leclerc. There will be a difference in ‘hunger’ and mindsets between the two drivers: Leclerc is eager to prove himself worthy as a Formula 1 driver and aim for his first-ever title …

Former F1 champion Raikkonen leaving Ferrari for Sauber
6 years, 4 months ago

Former F1 champion Raikkonen leaving Ferrari for Sauber

Associated Press  

MARANELLO, Italy — Kimi Raikkonen is leaving Ferrari for Sauber and will be replaced by rookie Charles Leclerc. Raikkonen, who won the 2007 Formula One title with Ferrari, will be heading back to Sauber from next season while Leclerc will take his seat alongside Sebastian Vettel. “Kimi’s undoubted talent and immense experience in Formula One will not only contribute to …

Charles Leclerc replaces Kimi Raikkonen in ‘dream’ move to Ferrari
6 years, 4 months ago

Charles Leclerc replaces Kimi Raikkonen in ‘dream’ move to Ferrari

Hindustan Times  

Young Monaco driver Charles Leclerc will replace Finnish veteran Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari next season with the former world champion returning to Sauber where he started his career, both Formula One teams announced on Tuesday. “Scuderia Ferrari announces that, at the end of the 2018 season, Kimi Raikkonen will step down from his current role,” the team said in a …

Formula One: Kimi Raikkonen to leave Ferrari at the end of year, return to Sauber for two seasons
6 years, 4 months ago

Formula One: Kimi Raikkonen to leave Ferrari at the end of year, return to Sauber for two seasons

Firstpost  

The 38-year-old Raikkonen has started 287 grands prix, winning 20 since his debut in 2001 with Sauber, the team he will race for again in 2019. Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen will leave Ferrari at the end of 2018, the Italian Formula 1 team announced on Tuesday. “Scuderia Ferrari announces that, at the end of the 2018 season, Kimi Raikkonen …

Kimi Raikkonen to leave Ferrari, return to Sauber at end of 2018
6 years, 4 months ago

Kimi Raikkonen to leave Ferrari, return to Sauber at end of 2018

Hindustan Times  

Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen will leave Ferrari at the end of 2018, the Italian Formula 1 team announced on Tuesday. “Scuderia Ferrari announces that, at the end of the 2018 season, Kimi Raikkonen will step down from his current role,” the team said in a statement. Leclerc to replace Raikkonen Monaco’s Charles Leclerc will replace former world champion Kimi …

Formula One: Carlos Sainz to replace Fernando Alonso at McLaren next year
6 years, 4 months ago

Formula One: Carlos Sainz to replace Fernando Alonso at McLaren next year

Hindustan Times  

Carlos Sainz has signed a multi-year deal to replace Fernando Alonso at McLaren from the 2019 Formula One season, the team confirmed on Thursday. “Fernando is of course one of them, so it’s particularly special that I’ll be taking his seat as part of the next generation of Spanish racing drivers behind the wheel of a McLaren.” It is not …

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