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• Kvyat almost gave up on F1 before Ferrari test role

  8-5-2020 Formula 1 Crash.net 191

  Daniil Kvyat has revealed he considered “stopping completely” in F1 before being offered a transformative test role by Ferrari.

• UK government rejects £150m McLaren loan request

  7-5-2020 Formula 1 Crash.net 178

  The UK government has rejected a £150million loan request from the McLaren Group - which owns the McLaren F1 team - to help it through the ongoing...

• F1 in talks with tracks not on original 2020 calendar

  7-5-2020 Formula 1 Crash.net 210

  F1 CEO Chase Carey says the championship is holding discussions with circuits not originally on the 2020 calendar over the possibility of holding...

• F1’s huge drop in 2020 income revealed

  7-5-2020 Formula 1 Crash.net 188

  Substantial financial loses suffered by the F1 Group amid the COVID-19 crisis have been revealed by Liberty Media. 

• Staff safety when F1 returns “paramount” for Williams

  7-5-2020 Formula 1 Crash.net 193

  Claire Williams says the safety of the team’s staff will be “paramount” and her number one priority when the F1 season eventually gets underway.

• F1’s plan to start the season: What we know so far

  7-5-2020 Formula 1 Crash.net 201

  We round up and explain F1's latest plans to get the 2020 season underway in July.

• Renault: F1 needs clarity over Ferrari’s engine settlement

  7-5-2020 Formula 1 Crash.net 194

  Renault F1 boss Cyril Abiteboul wants Ferrari’s secret settlement with the FIA over the use of its 2019 power unit to be addressed once the season...

• Aguero to join six F1 drivers on Virtual Spanish GP grid

  7-5-2020 Formula 1 Crash.net 181

  Six current F1 drivers from the 2020 grid will take part in this weekend’s Virtual Spanish GP, along with Manchester City football star Sergio Aguero.

• Bottas ‘lifting himself to the next level’ before F1 resumes

  7-5-2020 Formula 1 Crash.net 201

  Valtteri Bottas is using the current hiatus from racing during lockdown to lift himself to the “next level” in time for when the F1 season can resume.

• Alonso says F1 return unlikely, 2021 plans “more or less” set

  7-5-2020 Formula 1 Crash.net 195

  Fernando Alonso says he knows “more or less” what he will be competing in for 2021 but has cast doubt on a return to F1. 

• Renault still wants F1 to look hard at Racing Point’s ‘pink Mercedes'

  6-5-2020 Formula 1 Crash.net 185

  Renault F1 boss Cyril Abiteboul says it will continue to ask questions over the legality of the Racing Point RP20, dubbed the 'pink Mercedes'

• Midfield teams can win races with new prize fund distribution - Brawn

  6-5-2020 Formula 1 Crash.net 192

  The new format of prize money distribution should allow midfield teams to challenge for more podiums and wins, according to Ross Brawn