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Robert Percy

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Writer, Journalist, Musician and Social Media Manager who loves several different forms of motorsport!
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Formula 1

Sergio Pérez Has Stepped into a Red Bull Car for the First Time in Silverstone Test

By Robert Percy
February 26, 2021
2 Mins read

Sergio Pérez described his first outing in a Red Bull as “amazing” and “a dream come true”

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Formula 1

Technical Director Egginton Optimistic about AlphaTauri's chances during 2021

By Robert Percy
February 26, 2021
4 Mins read
Jody Egginton believes that the AT01 “was the best car to be produced by the team”
Formula 1

Guanyu Zhou wants to bring China along with him when he gets to F1

By Robert Percy
February 26, 2021
2 Mins read
Zhou feels that he can be “that person” who brings peak interest in Formula 1 to his home country
Formula 1

Tanabe hopes that Honda's Partnership with Scuderia AlphaTauri Stay Strong in Final Year

By Robert Percy
February 26, 2021
4 Mins read
The Honda F1 Technical Director hopes that AlphaTauri can do even better than it did last year in the final year of its partnership with the Japanese giant
Formula 1

Kimi Raikkonen hopes for better results this year at Alfa Romeo Racing

By Robert Percy
February 22, 2021
2 Mins read
Raikkonen is hoping that him and Antonio Giovinazzi can “move the team forward” into 2021
Formula 1

Tost 'Confident' that 2021 F1 Season will be a Successful one for Scuderia AlphaTauri

By Robert Percy
February 22, 2021
2 Mins read
Franz Tost thinks that the pairing of Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda is the best possible team to achieve AlphaTauri’s targets
Formula 1

Lando Norris 'Excited' to Begin His Third Season in Formula 1 with McLaren

By Robert Percy
February 15, 2021
2 Mins read
Lando Norris is eager for the new season to get underway after the unveiling of the Mercedes-Benz powered McLaren MCL35M on Monday.
Formula 1

Domenicali Believes F1 can prove Hybrid Power Has 'a Great Future' on both Track and Road

By Robert Percy
February 13, 2021
2 Mins read
Formula 1’s CEO says the sport can show that hybrid power can have a great future both in motorsport and in road cars
Formula 1

Bottas says that His Armchair Critics Motivate him to do Better and 'Prove People Wrong'

By Robert Percy
February 13, 2021
2 Mins read
Valtteri Bottas says those who criticise him make him even more determined to prove them wrong as he prepares for his fifth season as Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes team-mate.
Formula 1

Grosjean has 'little interest' in returning to Formula 1 Just to Make up the Numbers

By Robert Percy
February 13, 2021
2 Mins read
Romain Grosjean does not want to return to Formula 1 just to make up the numbers as he presses forward with his plans to race in IndyCar in 2021.
Formula 1

Pedro de la Rosa thinks that Fernando Alonso can get a Third Formula 1 Championship Crown

By Robert Percy
February 13, 2021
2 Mins read
Pedro de la Rosa believes his fellow Spaniard Fernando Alonso can fight for, and win, another World Drivers’ Championship.
Formula 1MotoGP

Ferrari Considered Giving Valentino Rossi a Full-time Drive with Sauber for 2007

By Robert Percy
February 13, 2021
2 Mins read
Ex-Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has opened up about the negotiations that went down between Ferrari and Valentino Rossi in the mid-2000s.
Formula 1

Haas Engineer Komatsu says Grosjean had 'Natural' Speed and Talent

By Robert Percy
February 13, 2021
2 Mins read
Ayao Komatsu has praised Romain Grosjean following the Frenchman’s exit from Formula 1, saying he had a lot of natural speed and talent.
Formula 1

Fernando Alonso Hospitalised after being Involved in Swiss Road Accident

By Robert Percy
February 11, 2021
1 Mins read
Fernando Alonso is in hospital after being in an road accident whilst riding his bicycle in Switzerland.
Formula 1

Claire Williams 'Didn't Have A Choice' but to Sell the Williams Team During 2020

By Robert Percy
February 8, 2021
3 Mins read
Claire Williams says everything had been done to save Williams but it became clear that selling the outfit was the only way to save them from extinction.
Formula 1

Jack Aitken Admits Surprise by South Korea's response to his Formula 1 Race Debut

By Robert Percy
February 8, 2021
2 Mins read
Jack Aitken did not expect such a big response to his Formula 1 race debut in South Korea as there was after he competed in the Sakhir Grand Prix for Williams towards the end of 2020.
EV / Hybrid

Porsche claims 13 new UK endurance records with the all-electric Taycan

By Robert Percy
February 4, 2021
3 Mins read
The Taycans used for the run were two road-registered standard production cars (a Taycan 4S and Taycan Turbo S specifically) and were driven by a star-studded lineup
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