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Music superstar Pitbull has become a co-owner of the NASCAR team Trackhouse Racing. The GRAMMY® award-winning American rapper hopes that his involvement in the team will amplify the sport’s influence and admits he fell in love with NASCAR after watching the movie ‘Days of Thunder’.

It’s one of the most highly anticipated launches of 2021, and today Alpine have shown us a first glimpse of what their ‘A521’ will look like with the new rebrand.

The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will not be hosting the F1 pre-season testing this year. However, Bahrain, which will host the first race on the updated calendar, will take on the responsibility for the three-day test.

F1 have announced several calendar changes as a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic, including a new date for the Australian Grand Prix, the postponement of the Chinese Grand Prix and the return of Imola to name just a few. All these changes mean Bahrain will host the season-opener for the first time since 2010.

With many believing that team boss Cyril Abiteboul would continue in his role as Renault transformed to Alpine for the 2021 season, it has today been announced that Abiteboul has left the Renault group entirely with immediate effect.

McLaren, who’s already the exclusive battery supplier for the all-electric series, has confirmed they have signed an ‘option’ to join the electric championship from the 2022/23 season onwards. 

On their return to F1, Aston Martin have unveiled their new title sponsor: Cognizant. The American digital corporation is product-led and provides digital products and IT services and among other benefits. Early signs indicate that BWT have departed the team as a sponsor.

William Storey, the founder of Rich Energy, has claimed on his social media that the energy drink company will be returning to F1 in what he has called “the greatest comeback since Lazarus.” He has not hinted at whether Rich Energy will be another title sponsor for a team or a personal sponsor for a […]

Williams has announced that they’re taking their relationship with Mercedes to the next level, as they expand their existing technical partnership from the 2022 season.

If like us you spent most of your Christmas holidays stuffing your face on mince pies, binging your entire Netflix watch list and spending some time away from social media, these are some of the F1 news stories that you might have missed from the last week.