What goes on at the Williams Racing factory during the 14 day shutdown period? Jump onboard with our drone to take a tour through the whole facility at Grove! #WeAreWilliams... read more »

Each year, F1 factories fall silent for 14 consecutive days, for what is known as the ‘Summer Shutdown’  read more »

Catching a quick word with Toto before the summer break...  read more »

Damon Hill has suggested Valtteri Bottas is in for a "tough summer" with his Hungarian Grand Prix blunder 'hanging over' into the shutdown. read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has vowed his team will "come out fighting" in the second half of the season following a measly five-point return from the... read more »

Sergio Perez said he was about to get out of his Red Bull before managing to get it firing again on the formation lap in Bahrain. read more »

Ferrari F1 driver Carlos Sainz feared his Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying session "was over" after his car suffered a shutdown at the end of Q1. read more »

During last year's spring shutdown F1 took a series of emergency measures, including postponing of the new regulations by a year, freezing chassis components for 2021, and... read more »

Formula 1's television audience held up well in 2020 despite the early season shutdown and revised schedule caused by the coronavirus pandemic read more »

McLaren CEO Zak Brown has revealed the enforced shutdown of the team's F1 operation earlier this year due to the global health pandemic significantly helped their finances. read more »

McLaren says Formula 1's move to impose factory closures during the coronavirus lockdown period was key to its team not being held back by early year financial headaches read more »

The Formula E series has today confirmed that two people have been tested positive for the novel Covid-19 coronavirus ahead of the six-race Berlin showdown. read more »

MotoGP’s delayed 2020 season gets underway this weekend with the Spanish Grand Prix - the first of two races to be held at Jerez in a shortened 13-round calendar. With testing... read more »

Honda admits the compulsory factory shutdown for Formula 1 power unit manufacturers impacted its development programme and the company says it has been "surprised" by... read more »

Despite dominating the opening day of the Austrian Grand Prix, Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas refused to acknowledge that their W11 was the dominant force... read more »

Following a 63-day shutdown, Mercedes returned to work recently, preparing to go racing while observing protocols and procedures that have become the 'new normal'. read more »

Formula One drivers and teams will encounter an unusual time when the delayed 2020 championship finally gets underway in Austria, says Racing Point Team Principal Otmar Szafnauer. read more »

With such a long and successful motorsport career – from winning Le Mans to overseeing the build of our F1 cars – we couldn’t wait to sit down with Peter Hodgkinson over the... read more »

The countdown to Formula One’s return to racing in Austria is on! The first step after the mandatory shutdown period was reopening the factories, making sure team members were... read more »

Renault is to return to Formula 1 action next week after arranging a two-day test at the Red Bull Ring for Daniel Ricciardo and Esteban Ocon. Formula 1 teams have gradually... read more »

F1 teams are getting used to new working realities as they open the doors to their factories again following a two-month enforced shutdown... read more »

Formula 1 factories and facilities are beginning to re-open, after a prolonged shutdown, with a modified way of working for team personnel. Since Formula 1 returned from the... read more »

Breaking the silnce in MotoGP's shutdown period, KTM held a two-day private test at the Red Bull Ring facility in order to re-familiarize itself for the first grand prix... read more »

Hear that? That's the faint rumble of Formula 1 slowly, but surely, getting back up and running as Williams' factory shutdown has ended. read more »

Williams has returned to work after completing the mandatory 'summer shutdown' period, as Formula 1 begins to discover what is the new normal. read more »