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Sochi and Mugello are expected to join the COVID-hit world championship of 2020 this weekend. There are still possibilities in China and Vietnam, with rumours also of a race in Canada. The Formula One group is expected to confirm the Russian and Italian races during the Styrian Grand Prix, lifting

When I am in Austria, I stay at the Gasthaus Kaufmann in a little village named after the church, not far from the Red Bull Ring. It is run by an old fellow who doesn’t speak English but has all the walls adorned with guests of old (or rather

Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso is returning to Formula One next year. The feisty Spaniard is taking the Renault seat left vacant by Daniel Ricciardo and will race alongside Esteban Ocon. In a high-powered game of musical chairs, the move may have unwittingly snookered four-time world champ Sebastien Vettel into

Ferrari is mounting a panic attack on the second leg of the Formula One double-header in Austria next weekend. The dismal performance of the latest SF1000, despite Charles Leclerc salvaging a face-saving second place in the Austrian Grand Prix, has sparked an urgent update of the car for the Styrian

The most important point about the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix was that it took place. It is a first step. What happened on the race track was a very entertaining event, filled with drama, as often happens at the Red Bull Ring, as Valtteri Bottas won and Lando Norris got

Epic race. Unreliable cars, failures, breakdown, hot head drivers and real over taking. That’s what we want. Valtteri Bottas drove from pole position to win the Austrian Grand Prix and start the delayed 2020 Formula One world championship with maximum points. But there was far more to the story