UK government rejects £150m McLaren loan request
Could a new Formula 1 team entry be on the cards for 2022? It's in the latest gossip column...
- The Asian Formula 1 Panthera Team still maintains its h✨opes of being able to enter F1 in 2022 when new regulations come into force, having initially hoped for a grid slot in 2021 ()
- For the first time, Formula 1 c💃hairman Chase Carey has admitted that the sport’s owners are preparing for “the remote possibility of no racing in 2020”, though he emphasised championship officials are “increasingly confident” of holding a 2020 season ()
- The chances of a Miami Grand Prix being on the calendar for the 2022 Formula 1 season are “excellent”, according to Tavo Hellmund, the promoter who brought F1 to Austin’s Circuit of the Americas in 2𝕴012 and back to Mexico City in 2015 ()
- Ferrari is reporte𒁃dly lining up McLaren’s✃ Carlos Sainz as its ‘Plan B’ option if Sebastian Vettel does not sign a new deal ()
- Meanwhile, Sky S🌸ports understands that while talks are continuing bet꧟ween Ferrari and Vettel, reports of firm offers being made are premature ()
)- A full-time 🥃factory McLaren effort for IMSA and the WEC under the new LMDh regulations is being considered by the team’s CEO Zak Brown ()
- The W Series has launched an all-female༒ online racing championship aimed at diversifying “what has previously been seen as a predominantly male-dominated activity” ()
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