Sun, sun, sun! 😎#f170 🇬🇧 #f1 pic.twitter.com/PkBZyOlqrm— Formula 1 (@F1) August 7, 2020 “},”date”:{“timestamp”:1596795060,”date_formatted”:”7th August 2020″,”time_formatted”:”11:11″},”author”:”Ben Hunt”,”avatar”:{“src”:”https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9e6897c8bf18cc48fae76c4d49411521?s=96&d=mm&r=g”,”width”:30,”height”:30}},{“id”:”317959″,”type”:”new”,”post_id”:”12334383″,”css_classes”:”liveblog byuser comment-author-bhunt odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 liveblog-entry liveblog-entry-class-317959″,”content”:{“rendered”:”
WE ARE BACK AT SILVERSTONEnn
First practice for the Formula One’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix is soon underway.nn
Plenty of early news to get stuck in to.nn
Perez has failed his latest COVID test, so he will NOT take part and will be replaced by Nico Hulkenberg again.nn
Racing Point are also in the news after they were found to have illegally copied Mercedes’ brake ducts from last season – an infringement in the rules. nn
The Silverstone-based team have been slapped with a €400,000 fine PLUS a 15-point deduction.n”,”raw”:”
WE ARE BACK AT SILVERSTONE
First practice for the Formula One’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix is soon underway.
Plenty of early news to get stuck in to.
Perez has failed his latest COVID test, so he will NOT take part and will be replaced by Nico Hulkenberg again.
Racing Point are also in the news after they were found to have illegally copied Mercedes’ brake ducts from last season – an infringement in the rules.
The Silverstone-based team have been slapped with a €400,000 fine PLUS a 15-point deduction.”},”date”:{“timestamp”:1596794465,”date_formatted”:”7th August 2020″,”time_formatted”:”11:01″},”author”:”Ben Hunt”,”avatar”:{“src”:”https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9e6897c8bf18cc48fae76c4d49411521?s=96&d=mm&r=g”,”width”:30,”height”:30}},{“id”:”317934″,”type”:”new”,”post_id”:”12334383″,”css_classes”:”liveblog byuser comment-author-jake-lambourne even thread-even depth-1 liveblog-entry liveblog-entry-class-317934″,”content”:{“rendered”:”
HULK SMASHnn
Nico Hulkenberg has spoke of his excitement at replacing Sergio Perez at Racing Point.nn
He said: “I’m excited to get going again with the team at Silverstone. Last weekend, it was a real step into the unknown having been away from the team for a few years – and driving a car I’d never driven before.nn
“I’ve learned a lot in the last week about the RP20, and I am ready to apply my experiences to this weekend. Racing at the same track again makes things a bit easier and the team has done a great job in helping me get up to speed.nn
“I think we can fight for points this weekend, which is definitely my goal. I also want to wish Checo all the best in his recovery.”nn
Racing Pont team boss, Otmar Szafnauer, added: “Nico did a really strong job last weekend after receiving a last-minute call to drive for us at Silverstone, and he proved why he was an obvious choice to stand in for Checo.nn
“It was a big shame he couldn’t actually take the start of the race last Sunday, but the all that hard work will prove very useful for this weekend.nn
“We miss having Checo with us, but we wish him well and look forward to welcoming him back into the team in the near future.”n”,”raw”:”
HULK SMASH
Nico Hulkenberg has spoke of his excitement at replacing Sergio Perez at Racing Point.
He said: “I’m excited to get going again with the team at Silverstone. Last weekend, it was a real step into the unknown having been away from the team for a few years – and driving a car I’d never driven before.
“I’ve learned a lot in the last week about the RP20, and I am ready to apply my experiences to this weekend. Racing at the same track again makes things a bit easier and the team has done a great job in helping me get up to speed.
“I think we can fight for points this weekend, which is definitely my goal. I also want to wish Checo all the best in his recovery.”
Racing Pont team boss, Otmar Szafnauer, added: “Nico did a really strong job last weekend after receiving a last-minute call to drive for us at Silverstone, and he proved why he was an obvious choice to stand in for Checo.
“It was a big shame he couldn’t actually take the start of the race last Sunday, but the all that hard work will prove very useful for this weekend.
“We miss having Checo with us, but we wish him well and look forward to welcoming him back into the team in the near future.””},”date”:{“timestamp”:1596790487,”date_formatted”:”7th August 2020″,”time_formatted”:”09:54″},”author”:”Jake Lambourne”,”avatar”:{“src”:”https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e61e782e3f7d2fa75a689c84a2a2473a?s=96&d=mm&r=g”,”width”:30,”height”:30}},{“id”:”317921″,”type”:”new”,”post_id”:”12334383″,”css_classes”:”liveblog byuser comment-author-jake-lambourne odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 liveblog-entry liveblog-entry-class-317921″,”content”:{“rendered”:”
IN THE NIC OF TIMEn
BREAKING!n
Sergio Perez has failed his COVID-19 retest and will again be replaced by Nico Hulkenberg for this weekend’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.n
Hulkenberg joined Racing Point for last weekend’s British Grand Prix as a replacement for Perez, who tested positive in a pre-event check.n
Perez – known as Checo – later revealed he had flown home to coronavirus-hit Mexico to see his mum, who was not well after an accident.n
Astonishingly, yesterday Public Health England gave Perez the green light having served his quarantine period.n
But F1’s Covid Code of Conduct means he needed a negative test to enter the paddock – which has subsequently failed.n
It means Hulkenberg will get another attempt to race after last weekend a broken bolt prevented his F1 car from starting and he was forced to sit out.n”,”raw”:”
IN THE NIC OF TIME
BREAKING!
Sergio Perez has failed his COVID-19 retest and will again be replaced by Nico Hulkenberg for this weekend’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.
Hulkenberg joined Racing Point for last weekend’s British Grand Prix as a replacement for Perez, who tested positive in a pre-event check.
Perez – known as Checo – later revealed he had flown home to coronavirus-hit Mexico to see his mum, who was not well after an accident.
Astonishingly, yesterday Public Health England gave Perez the green light having served his quarantine period.
But F1’s Covid Code of Conduct means he needed a negative test to enter the paddock – which has subsequently failed.
It means Hulkenberg will get another attempt to race after last weekend a broken bolt prevented his F1 car from starting and he was forced to sit out.”},”date”:{“timestamp”:1596789394,”date_formatted”:”7th August 2020″,”time_formatted”:”09:36″},”author”:”Jake Lambourne”,”avatar”:{“src”:”https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e61e782e3f7d2fa75a689c84a2a2473a?s=96&d=mm&r=g”,”width”:30,”height”:30}},{“id”:”317913″,”type”:”new”,”post_id”:”12334383″,”css_classes”:”liveblog byuser comment-author-jake-lambourne even thread-even depth-1 liveblog-entry liveblog-entry-class-317913″,”content”:{“rendered”:”
‘FUSS ABOUT NOTHING’nn
Sebastian Vettel has escaped another ticking off from the sport’s bosses – despite getting in a car with Racing Point boss Otmar Szafnauer.n
The German, who was warned about breaching F1’s Covid Code of Conduct in Austria, where he was spotted talking to Red Bull team members without wearing a mask, was seen riding in Szafnauer’s Ferrari.n
Szafnauer’s driver, Sergio Perez, only last week tested positive for Covid-19 and was forced into self isolation.n
But Vettel – who has been linked a seat at the team next season – has NOT been warned about his latest blooper and the Ferrari man says he is in the clear because he wore a mask.n
He said: “We were heading to the fuel station. After the fuel station he was going home and I continued going somewhere else.n
“We were wearing masks… I find it a bit awkward nowadays that people make a fuss out of everything. I don’t see the news in that.”n”,”raw”:”
‘FUSS ABOUT NOTHING’
Sebastian Vettel has escaped another ticking off from the sport’s bosses – despite getting in a car with Racing Point boss Otmar Szafnauer.
The German, who was warned about breaching F1’s Covid Code of Conduct in Austria, where he was spotted talking to Red Bull team members without wearing a mask, was seen riding in Szafnauer’s Ferrari.
Szafnauer’s driver, Sergio Perez, only last week tested positive for Covid-19 and was forced into self isolation.
But Vettel – who has been linked a seat at the team next season – has NOT been warned about his latest blooper and the Ferrari man says he is in the clear because he wore a mask.
He said: “We were heading to the fuel station. After the fuel station he was going home and I continued going somewhere else.
“We were wearing masks… I find it a bit awkward nowadays that people make a fuss out of everything. I don’t see the news in that.””},”date”:{“timestamp”:1596788586,”date_formatted”:”7th August 2020″,”time_formatted”:”09:23″},”author”:”Jake Lambourne”,”avatar”:{“src”:”https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e61e782e3f7d2fa75a689c84a2a2473a?s=96&d=mm&r=g”,”width”:30,”height”:30}},{“id”:”317882″,”type”:”new”,”post_id”:”12334383″,”css_classes”:”liveblog byuser comment-author-jake-lambourne odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 liveblog-entry liveblog-entry-class-317882″,”content”:{“rendered”:”
‘RACISM IS DISGUSTING’nn
Charles Leclerc has lashed out on social media and insists he is not a racist.n
The Ferrari driver tweeted his comments following a recent interview where he explained his reasoning for not taking a knee at the start of F1 races.n
He said: “It is very sad to see how some people manipulate my words to make headlines making me sound like a racist. I am not racist and I absolutely hate racism. Racism is disgusting.n
“Stop putting me in the same group as these disgusting people that are discriminating [against] others because of their skin colour, religion or gender.n
“I’m not part of them and I never will. I’ve always been respectful to everyone and that should be the standard in today’s world.”n
When quizzed about his Tweets ahead of this weekend’s GP at Silverstone, the 22-year-old said he wanted to post his comments to get his voice heard.n
He added: “I just don’t want to be judged anymore. As I’ve said many times I’m active on social media and I don’t accept to be called the way I’ve been called in the last few weeks negatively obviously just because of not kneeling.n
“I wanted to make a straightforward tweet just to express my feelings and that’s it.”n”,”raw”:”
‘RACISM IS DISGUSTING’
Charles Leclerc has lashed out on social media and insists he is not a racist.
The Ferrari driver tweeted his comments following a recent interview where he explained his reasoning for not taking a knee at the start of F1 races.
He said: “It is very sad to see how some people manipulate my words to make headlines making me sound like a racist. I am not racist and I absolutely hate racism. Racism is disgusting.
“Stop putting me in the same group as these disgusting people that are discriminating [against] others because of their skin colour, religion or gender.
“I’m not part of them and I never will. I’ve always been respectful to everyone and that should be the standard in today’s world.”
When quizzed about his Tweets ahead of this weekend’s GP at Silverstone, the 22-year-old said he wanted to post his comments to get his voice heard.
He added: “I just don’t want to be judged anymore. As I’ve said many times I’m active on social media and I don’t accept to be called the way I’ve been called in the last few weeks negatively obviously just because of not kneeling.
“I wanted to make a straightforward tweet just to express my feelings and that’s it.””},”date”:{“timestamp”:1596784808,”date_formatted”:”7th August 2020″,”time_formatted”:”08:20″},”author”:”Jake Lambourne”,”avatar”:{“src”:”https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e61e782e3f7d2fa75a689c84a2a2473a?s=96&d=mm&r=g”,”width”:30,”height”:30}},{“id”:”317851″,”type”:”new”,”post_id”:”12334383″,”css_classes”:”liveblog byuser comment-author-jhutchinson even thread-even depth-1 liveblog-entry liveblog-entry-class-317851″,”content”:{“rendered”:”
GOOD MORNING F1 FANSnn
Lewis Hamilton says that this season’s title race comes in “the most important year of his life” as he continues to fight to end racism and support the Black Lives Matter movement.nn
He said: “It is the most important year of my life to date with everything that is going on.nn
“It is a different fight, championship-wise to other years. In the past, we have had the years where we fought Ferrari or Red Bull.nn
“This year, it is different up to this point. But I do think it is a special year and I don’t take that lightly.nn
“People often ask where we get our motivation from and there are so many things to take inspiration for and to be fighting for a championship in a time like this is empowering and exciting with the thought that there could be change to follow.”nn
Elsewhere, Sergio Perez is in line for a shock return to racing – just seven days since testing positive for COVID-19.nn
The Racing Point driver failed a coronavirus test ahead of the British GP after admitting he flew home to Mexico to see his mum, who had suffered an accident.nn
He was placed into quarantine on Wednesday night – just when Public Health England upped the self-isolation limit was increased from seven to 10 days.nn
However, the 30-year-old has been told he only needs to serve seven days in quarantine and can return to compete in this weekend’s 70th Anniversary GP at Silverstone – providing his latest test is negative.n”,”raw”:”
GOOD MORNING F1 FANS
Lewis Hamilton says that this season’s title race comes in “the most important year of his life” as he continues to fight to end racism and support the Black Lives Matter movement.
He said: “It is the most important year of my life to date with everything that is going on.
“It is a different fight, championship-wise to other years. In the past, we have had the years where we fought Ferrari or Red Bull.
“This year, it is different up to this point. But I do think it is a special year and I don’t take that lightly.
“People often ask where we get our motivation from and there are so many things to take inspiration for and to be fighting for a championship in a time like this is empowering and exciting with the thought that there could be change to follow.”
Elsewhere, Sergio Perez is in line for a shock return to racing – just seven days since testing positive for COVID-19.
The Racing Point driver failed a coronavirus test ahead of the British GP after admitting he flew home to Mexico to see his mum, who had suffered an accident.
He was placed into quarantine on Wednesday night – just when Public Health England upped the self-isolation limit was increased from seven to 10 days.
However, the 30-year-old has been told he only needs to serve seven days in quarantine and can return to compete in this weekend’s 70th Anniversary GP at Silverstone – providing his latest test is negative.
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Sam Street
7 Aug 2020, 16:32
Updated: 7 Aug 2020, 16:32
F1 is at Silverstone for a second week running and Lewis Hamilton will be hoping for a similar result.
The Brit showed incredible calmness in last week’s British Grand Prix to win even after his tire punctured on the final lap.
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