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Video: Verstappen previews the Abu Dhabi GP

The 2017 Formula 1 season comes to a close this weekend in Abu Dhabi, as the glamorous city hosts the 20th round of the world championship. It has been a mixed season for Max Ve...

21 Nov 2017 13:23
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Lewis Hamilton unsure Vandoorne is future champion
Lewis Hamilton says he is not sure if Stoffel Vandoorne can become a world champion. Hamilton won his fourth crown in 2017, but many consider Belgian Vandoorne as a potential ti...

21 Nov 2017 12:53
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Massa aiming to end F1 career on a high note
Felipe Massa is intending to end his Formula 1 career on a high this weekend in Abu Dhabi, as he draws the curtain on his 15-year venture in motorsport's pinnacle. The race ...

21 Nov 2017 12:23
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McLaren's Lando Norris to make F2 debut in Abu Dhabi
Lando Norris will make his Formula 2 debut in Abu Dhabi this weekend. Recently, McLaren said the 18-year-old will replace Jenson Button as the official reserve driver in 2018. A...

21 Nov 2017 12:04
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Max Verstappen curious about package for 2018
Max Verstappen says he is not sure how competitive his Red Bull will be in 2018. The Dutchman is in strong form at present, after a shaky start to the new chassis regulations fo...

21 Nov 2017 11:20
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Brendon Hartley not worried about Honda switch
Brendon Hartley says he is looking forward to switching from Renault to Honda power for 2018. Since joining Toro Rosso late this year, the Le Mans winner has been struggling for...

21 Nov 2017 10:27
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F1 to replace official logo for 2018
F1 looks set to change its official logo for 2018. Since sweeping into the paddock and ousting long-time supremo Bernie Ecclestone, Liberty Media has been making changes. Forbes...

21 Nov 2017 09:48
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'Robert Kubica signs a two-year deal at Williams'
Robert Kubica's return to F1 next year is now set in stone. That is the claim of the broadcaster RTL GP, echoing other sources including France's Canal Plus that claim t...

21 Nov 2017 09:34
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Mercedes wants Hamilton to stay beyond 2018
Mercedes has admitted it wants to keep Lewis Hamilton beyond 2018. Some media sources claim the new quadruple world champion is demanding a pay-rise for a new contract in 2019 a...

20 Nov 2017 16:22
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Felipe Massa doubts Alonso will win 2018 title
Felipe Massa does not think his old Ferrari teammate Fernando Alonso will win the title next year. Brazilian Massa is retiring, and he admitted his next move will probably be in...

20 Nov 2017 15:01
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Wolff and Lauda worried about Liberty's F1 vision
Toto Wolff has now joined Niki Lauda in saying he is worried about F1's future. Lauda, who co-owns the Mercedes team together with Wolff and the German carmaker, recently sa...

20 Nov 2017 14:19
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Fernando Alonso admits eyeing Le Mans 'future'
Fernando Alonso says he is willing to talk about "the future" with regards to a potential Le Mans foray. Amid rumours he will do the fabled 24 hour endurance race next...

20 Nov 2017 13:41
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Lewis Hamilton leaves Max Verstappen 'perplexed'
Max Verstappen says Lewis Hamilton's off-track behaviour often leaves him "perplexed". The Red Bull driver told De Telegraaf newspaper that over the course of the ...

20 Nov 2017 13:03
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Renault wants to keep current engine formula for 2021
Renault cannot approve of Liberty Media's vision for the 2021 engine formula until other aspects of the future are also clear. That is the claim of Cyril Abiteboul, the Rena...

20 Nov 2017 12:25
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'Sao Paulo not losing Grand Prix to Florianopolis'
Sao Paulo mayor Joao Doria has dismissed as "speculation" reoprts Interlagos is set to lose the Brazilian grand prix. A cloud was already over the race's future ev...

20 Nov 2017 11:49
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F2: Sean Gelael joins Prema Racing for 2018
Prema is delighted to announce that Sean Gelael will drive for the team in the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship. A 21-year-old from Jakarta, Indonesia, Gelael is an experi...

20 Nov 2017 10:57
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Brendon Hartley had 2018 contract for 'weeks'
Brendon Hartley says he has known for "several weeks" that he will be driving for Toro Rosso next year. Earlier, Red Bull, Toro Rosso and the New Zealander insisted th...

20 Nov 2017 10:04
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Government not involved in Dutch GP bid yet
Dutch sports minister Bruno Bruins says the government will "wait" before getting involved in a grand prix bid. Last week, a feasibility study concluded that there is ...

20 Nov 2017 09:37
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Steiner claims Haas' 2017 points don't tell full picture
Haas team principal Guenther Steiner believes that the points that the American team has accumulated in 2017 don't paint the full picture of its sophomore season. Haas curre...

19 Nov 2017 14:33
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Hamilton: "Alonso the only teammate I've learned something from"
Lewis Hamilton claims that the only teammate he has learned something from is Fernando Alonso, when the two were partners back in 2007. The then-rookie joined McLaren for his fi...

19 Nov 2017 12:06
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Renault aiming to finish "rollercoaster season on a high"
Renault's managing director Cyril Abiteboul wants to end the 2017 season on a high by securing sixth place in the championship in Abu Dhabi. The French manufacturer is curre...

19 Nov 2017 10:14
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Alonso to take part in LMP1 rookie test
Toyota has confirmed that Fernando Alonso will take part in an LMP1 test in Bahrain on Sunday. The test adds fuel to the speculation that the Spaniard is set to run in next...

19 Nov 2017 09:02
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Grosjean still believing in sixth place for Haas
With just one race left to run in the 2017 Formula 1 season, Romain Grosjean says that he will give it his all in Abu Dhabi next weekend. Haas sit eighth in the constructors'...

18 Nov 2017 18:57
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Ricciardo eyeing victory at season finale
Daniel Ricciardo believes that he has a decent chance of winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix next weekend. The race around the Yas Marina Circuit will host the final round of the 2...

18 Nov 2017 17:33
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Hulkenberg relishing constructors fight in Abu Dhabi
Nico Hulkenberg admits that he is relishing the fight in the constructors' standings at next weekend's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Toro Rosso, Renault and Haas occupy sixth, s...

18 Nov 2017 15:22
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Magnussen labels 2017 as his most fun season yet
Kevin Magnussen says that the 2017 Formula 1 season has been his favourite so far, claiming it is the one he has had the most fun in. Magnussen joined F1 back in 2014 with McLar...

18 Nov 2017 14:55
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Verstappen doesn't want season to end after recent performances
Max Verstappen admits that he doesn't want the 2017 Formula 1 season to end after a recent surge in momentum. In the first half of the season, the Dutchman suffered from tor...

18 Nov 2017 14:27
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Massa "very likely" to join Formula E in 2018
Formula E CEO Alejandro Agag says that it is very likely Felipe Massa will join the electric series for its fifth season which will begin at the end of 2018. The Brazilian ...

18 Nov 2017 13:39
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Paddy Lowe eyes 'faster car' for Williams in 2018
Paddy Lowe says he is focused on making the Williams a "faster car" for 2018. After years of success with McLaren and Mercedes, the Briton and technical expert is now ...

17 Nov 2017 13:36
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Honda sees 'room' to negotiate future engine rules
Honda thinks there is "room" to negotiate with F1's owners about the future of the engine regulations. Ferrari, Mercedes and Renault have made clear their unhappin...

17 Nov 2017 12:50
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McLaren allows Fernando Alonso to race at Le Mans
Zak Brown has given the strongest sign yet that Fernando Alonso will be allowed to contest next year's fabled Le Mans race. "In an ideal world, we would love Fernando t...

17 Nov 2017 12:05
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GP Extreme joins Sauber as partner for Abu Dhabi
The Sauber F1 Team is pleased to announce a one-off race partnership with GP Extreme at the upcoming Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi. GP Extreme are specialists in providing driving exp...

17 Nov 2017 11:32
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Lance Stroll not listening to 'the jealousy and the haters'
Lance Stroll says he would give himself "8.5 out of 10" for his rookie season in F1. Actually, the 19-year-old rookie has been roundly criticised this year, including ...

17 Nov 2017 10:49
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Red Bull Aston Martin Valkyrie to "rival F1 performance"
The newly released Red Bull-backed Aston Martin Valkyrie Pro is said to be able to match the performance of Formula 1 and LMP1 cars. Aston Martin revealed the Valkyrie ...

17 Nov 2017 09:48
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Lewis Hamilton happier today than a decade ago
Lewis Hamilton says he is so much happier today than he was at the beginning of his F1 career. The Briton has just wrapped up his fourth drivers' title, telling the Italian ...

17 Nov 2017 09:11
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Toro Rosso confirm Gasly-Hartley for 2018
Toro Rosso has confirmed that Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley will form its line-up for the 2018 Formula 1 season. The announcement now means that Sauber and Williams are the o...

16 Nov 2017 17:08
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Wolff expecting another Ferrari fight in 2018
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says that he expects Ferrari to be strong once again next year. In 2017, Mercedes were challenged to both the world and constructor's titles for the...

16 Nov 2017 16:34
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Toto Wolff: "Valtteri Bottas has to become a killer"
Toto Wolff has urged second Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas to become more of an F1 "killer". After winning his fourth world championship, Lewis Hamilton is being hail...

16 Nov 2017 12:59
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Montoya and Villeneuve question Kubica comeback
Two former F1 drivers have cast doubt on Robert Kubica's ability to successfully return to formula one next year. More authoritative sources are now joining French broadcast...

16 Nov 2017 12:10
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Red Bull teams hoping to get through Renault parts crisis
Red Bull is hoping for the best as the troubled end to engine supplier Renault's season concludes next weekend in Abu Dhabi. In Brazil, emotions spilled over between the Fre...

16 Nov 2017 11:21
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Niki Lauda denies Mercedes to join F1 quit threat
Niki Lauda has denied that Mercedes might join Ferrari in threatening to quit F1. "That's nonsense," the F1 legend and team chairman told Auto Motor und Sport. Bu...

16 Nov 2017 10:29
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Felipe Massa set to take on an FIA role
The soon-to-be-retired Felipe Massa is set to take on an FIA role in the future. Waldner Bernardo, president of Brazil's automobile federation, has confirmed local reports t...

16 Nov 2017 09:49
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Trackside security to be discussed by FIA
The FIA has confirmed that it will discuss techniques of improving security at race events amid horrific reports in Brazil last Friday. After the first two practice sessions, me...

16 Nov 2017 09:05
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Di Montezemolo puts the brakes on Ferrari's optimism
Two former F1 luminaries have put the brakes on Ferrari's optimism after Sebastian Vettel won in Brazil. Although the Maranello marque lost the 2017 title, Vettel was at lea...

15 Nov 2017 14:45
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Nico Rosberg open to fixing Hamilton friendship
Outgoing world champion Nico Rosberg says he is open to rekindling his old friendship with Lewis Hamilton. As teammates at Mercedes until last year, the pair shared a particular...

15 Nov 2017 13:26
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Horner and Steiner defend Liberty's plans for F1
Christian Horner has defended Liberty Media's vision of the future of F1. Earlier, Mercedes team chairman and F1 legend Niki Lauda admitted he was "worried" about ...

15 Nov 2017 12:59
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Ricciardo dreams about world title, not about Ferrari
Daniel Ricciardo is not sure Ferrari could be his next team in F1. With Max Verstappen now signed up through 2020, Red Bull bosses Christian Horner and Dr Helmut Marko say they ...

15 Nov 2017 12:31
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Hamilton: "Next year's cars will be like driving a bus"
Lewis Hamilton says next year's cars will be like driving "a bus". The quadruple world champion is referring to the rule change from four engines per driver to jus...

15 Nov 2017 11:42
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Kevin Magnussen heading to court in January
Kevin Magnussen will be heading to court next January. Earlier this year, we reported that the Haas driver's ousted former manager Dorte Riis Madsen is suing Magnussen for c...

15 Nov 2017 10:09
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Video: The Toro Rosso philosophy
In the last number of years, Toro Rosso has produced talents along the lines of Max Verstappen, Daniel Ricciardo, Sebastian Vettel and Carlos Sainz. In the video below, former t...

15 Nov 2017 09:25
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Tyre selections for Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Pirelli has announced the tyre selections each driver has made for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this year. Drivers had to choose from the soft, super soft and ultra soft tyre for th...

15 Nov 2017 08:48
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Ocon knew first retirement would come "at some stage"
Esteban Ocon admits that he knew his first race retirement in Formula 1 would come at some stage. Last Sunday, the Frenchman took his first career DNF after he collided with com...

14 Nov 2017 15:08
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Renault turned down the engine power in Brazil
Max Verstappen has admitted Renault turned down the power in Brazil. The Red Bull driver won two weeks earlier in Mexico, but finished just fifth in Brazil. At the same time, th...

14 Nov 2017 14:19
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Williams: "Kubica strong option for Abu Dhabi test"
Paddy Lowe says Robert Kubica is "definitely a strong option" to get the green light for a test in Abu Dhabi. For several days, it has been rumoured that the former Re...

14 Nov 2017 12:02
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Briatore: "Ferrari should have signed Max Verstappen"
Flavio Briatore thinks Ferrari has made a mistake by not signing Max Verstappen for the future. Dutchman Verstappen, 20, is regarded as a definite champion of the future, but he...

14 Nov 2017 11:28
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Kevin Magnussen tunes out F1 rumours
Kevin Magnussen says he no longer pays attention to F1 rumours. In recent days, weeks and months, the Danish driver has been called the 'bad boy' of F1. And now Haas is ...

14 Nov 2017 10:13
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F1 owner Liberty says Brazil security 'not our responsibility'
F1 has hit the ball into the court of the race organisers, after a spate of violent incidents surrounding the Brazilian grand prix. Multiple teams suffered armed or violent robb...

14 Nov 2017 09:52
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Vandoorne: "Alonso not here to be my mentor"
Stoffel Vandoorne says he does not need Fernando Alonso's help in formula one. After a sluggish start, Belgian rookie Vandoorne is now regularly competitive alongside his Mc...

13 Nov 2017 15:28
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Abu Dhabi test for Robert Kubica not yet confirmed
A test for Robert Kubica in Abu Dhabi is not quite set in stone. Earlier, Williams boss Paddy Lowe admitted the Pole would "almost certainly" get a run in the team'...

13 Nov 2017 14:14
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2018 deal for Brendon Hartley not set in stone yet
A 2018 deal to race for Toro Rosso is not yet set in stone for Brendon Hartley. One media source reported from Brazil that while Pierre Gasly is definitely set to drive for the ...

13 Nov 2017 13:36
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Alonso: "Toro Rosso should be worried about Honda"
Toro Rosso should be "seriously worried" about its forthcoming future with Honda power. Actually, boss Franz Tost said he is confident Honda will sort out its problems...

13 Nov 2017 12:57
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Sao Paulo mayor plays down violent attacks on F1 personnel
Sao Paulo mayor Joao Doria has played down the violence that marred this year's Brazilian grand prix. After robbery attacks on Mercedes, Williams and FIA staff earlier at In...

13 Nov 2017 12:21
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Niki Lauda 'worried' about Liberty's F1 vision
Niki Lauda admits Liberty Media's vision of the future of formula one leaves him "worried". In recent days, the sport's new American owners have outlined their...

13 Nov 2017 11:10
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Grosjean struggling to understand penalty decision
Romain Grosjean is struggling to understand why the stewards handed him a 10-second stop-go penalty for causing a collision. On the opening lap of the Brazilian Grand Prix,...

12 Nov 2017 21:12
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Raikkonen: "I wasn't too worried about Hamilton"
Kimi Raikkonen has said he wasn't too worried about Lewis Hamilton at the end of the Grand Prix despite the Brit closing him down heavily in the last few laps of the Grand P...

12 Nov 2017 20:45
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Massa says finishing the race felt like a victory
Felipe Massa raced on home soil for the final time in Formula 1 on Sunday, claiming seventh place, his best result since the Bahrain Grand Prix earlier this year. In two week...

12 Nov 2017 20:16
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Vettel thought he missed his chance at the start
Sebastian Vettel says he believed he had missed his chance at the start of the race to overtake Valtteri Bottas. Vettel started the race from second on the grid but was leading ...

12 Nov 2017 19:57
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Pirelli's sixth 2018 compound will be pink
Pirelli has confirmed that it's sixth dry compound for 2018 will have a pink-sidewall. The compound will be the softest available for choosing, after certain complaints this...

12 Nov 2017 19:50
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Hamilton happy after "fun" Brazilian GP
Lewis Hamilton admits that he had a fun Grand Prix, coming through the field after starting in the pitlane. The Briton shockingly crashed out of qualifying on Saturday and ...

12 Nov 2017 19:07
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Vettel wins in Brazil as Hamilton recovers to fourth
Sebastian Vettel has won his fifth Grand Prix of the season after taking the chequered flag in Brazil. The German acquired the lead on the first lap into Turn 1, leaping down th...

12 Nov 2017 18:20
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