Lewis Hamilton’s knighthood is an overdue recognition of his achievements and an acknowledgement of the value of Britain’s F1 industry.
Year: 2020 articles archive
Ricciardo: Fifth in championship shows extent of Renault’s “turnaround”
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Fifth in championship shows extent of Renault’s “turnaround” – Ricciardo • Red Bull needed ‘interim solution for a year’ to replace Albon • Motorsport UK seeking “urgent” clarification over Brexit deal
Official: Lewis Hamilton to receive knighthood in new year
2020 F1 season
Posted onLewis Hamilton will become ‘Sir Lewis’ after being awarded a knighthood in recognition of his achievement in becoming the most successful Formula 1 driver of all time.
F1 practice cut by one hour for 2021 season
2021 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 teams will have an hour less to practice on Fridays during the 2021 season.
Should Hamilton decline his long-awaited knighthood?
2020 F1 season
Posted onLewis Hamilton is expected to be offered a knighthood. But the racist history of the British Empire has led others to decline the honour.
Russell’s Mercedes chance was ‘horrible timing’ for Hamilton’s contract negotiation – Webber
2020 F1 season
Posted onLewis Hamilton’s contract negotiations with Mercedes will have been compromised by George Russell’s appearance in his car at the penultimate race of last season, Mark Webber believes.
Sainz: It will be tough to match “great talent” Leclerc
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: It will be tough to match “great talent” Leclerc – Sainz • ‘Rules bent’ for Hamilton to receive knighthood • Perez thought “everything was lost” after catching Covid-19
Imola is frontrunner to fill vacant slot on 2021 F1 calendar
2021 F1 calendar
Posted onThe Imola circuit, which held its first F1 race for 14 years in 2020, is emerging as the frontrunner to fill the empty slot on next year’s calendar.
Reliability and error-free driving key to Hamilton and Mercedes’ dominance – Todt
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Reliability and error-free driving key to Hamilton and Mercedes’ dominance – Todt • Red Bull’s Hauger joins Prema for F3 • Red Bull could develop own engine
Grosjean wants to understand why he didn’t pass out in Bahrain crash
2020 F1 season
Posted onRomain Grosjean believes important lessons can be learned from his fiery crash in Bahrain last month, starting with why he didn’t pass out in the huge impact.
Wins plus “great result” in Hungary were Verstappen’s 2020 highlights
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Wins plus “great result” in Hungary were Verstappen’s 2020 highlights • Hamilton gained “extra drive” from Black Lives Matter movement • Montoya will ‘make Indy 500 race engineer miserable’
Should Formula 1 use Bahrain’s Outer circuit again?
Debates and Polls
Posted onShould Formula 1 switch to using the short Bahrain Outer circuit instead of the regular grand prix track?
Abu Dhabi GP rated F1’s worst race in 13 years – but 2020 had highlights too
2020 F1 season review
Posted onRaceFans readers rated every grand prix during 2020. Abu Dhabi received the worst score for 13 years, but another race made the all-time top 10. Here’s your scores in full.
RaceFans readers vote Lewis Hamilton as 2020 F1 Driver of the Year
2020 F1 season review
Posted onLewis Hamilton has been voted the best Formula 1 driver of the year by RaceFans readers, for the fourth year in a row.
RaceFans’ top 10 Formula 2 drivers of 2020
Formula 2
Posted onFormula 2 drivers Mick Schumacher, Yuki Tsunoda and Nikita Mazepin will all graduate to Formula 1 next year. But do they all figure among our choice of the 10 best F2 drivers of 2020?
Ferrari won’t appoint new technical director after Resta takes up Haas role
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Ferrari won’t appoint new technical director • F1 in talks with Amazon over streaming deal • Red Bull wanted Perez’s knowledge of Mercedes power unit – Marko
Haas swept their Mazepin problem under the carpet. Now it’s F1’s problem
Comment
Posted onAllowing Nikita Mazepin to excuse his disgraceful behaviour with nothing more than an apology which has already disappeared will prove F1’s ‘We Race As One’ hashtag does not ring true.
Haas confirm Mazepin will not lose his F1 seat over grope video
2021 F1 season
Posted onThe Haas Formula 1 team has confirmed Nikita Mazepin will make his debut in the championship next year despite criticism of his behaviour in a video posted to his social media account.
Analysis: Is Mercedes’ Ineos deal its first step towards an F1 exit?
RacingLines
Posted onWith Honda pulling out and Renault rebranding as Alpine, now Mercedes has diluted its stake in its dominant F1 team. Dieter Rencken analyses whether this is its first step towards an eventual departure.
20 facts on 2020: Telling stats on every F1 driver’s season
2020 F1 season review
Posted onWho did the best starts, was the most formidable qualifier, and suffered the most retirements during 2020? Here are 20 revealing statistics on each driver’s season.