Carlos Sainz says he is happy to make the switch to Renault earlier than originally planned. Actually, the Spaniard said recently that he preferred to spend the rest of the seas...
Co-manager Nico Rosberg has counted Robert Kubica out of the running for a one-off debut in Austin next weekend. Toro Rosso is looking for a one-off replacement for Pierre Gasly...
Sergio Marchionne insists Ferrari's 2017 title charge is not over. That is despite the fact the partisan Italian press thinks Sebastian Vettel's campaign went up in smok...
Red Bull wants to keep Daniel Ricciardo beyond next year. That is the view of team boss Christian Horner, even though fellow Red Bull official Dr Helmut Marko said at Suzuka tha...
Mercedes is not worried about an engine problem aboard runaway championship leader Lewis Hamilton's car. At the chequered flag at Suzuka, the Briton said on the radio that d...
Toto Wolff says Valtteri Bottas is starting to rebuild his confidence after a performance slump late in 2017. A solid first season at Mercedes for the Finn earned him a new deal...
Fingers of blame are pointing at a team supplier, after Ferrari's 2017 title campaign turned into a Japanese nightmare. NGK, the supplier of spark plugs to the Italian team,...
The 2017 Japanese Grand Prix saw Sebastian Vettel's title hope drastically shrink, as the German now sits 59 points behind Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton himself won the race in J...
It still is not clear whether Pierre Gasly will race for Toro Rosso next time out at Austin. Earlier, it seemed possible the French rookie would return to Japan instead of conte...
Carlos Sainz admits that he was very surprised to hear that he would be leaving Toro Rosso after the Japanese Grand Prix, leaving for Renault to see out the remainder of the sea...
McLaren driver Fernando Alonso has received two penalty points on his super license after he was deemed guilty of holding up the leaders during the Japanese Grand Prix. Alonso w...
Jolyon Palmer has said that the weekend in Japan has been very strange, knowing that it is the last time he will race for Renault squad. The Brit announced on Saturday that he w...
Sergio Perez admits that he understands Force India's reasoning for keeping him behind Esteban Ocon during the Japanese Grand Prix. Near the end of the race, the pair found ...
Carlos Sainz admits that he did not want his last race for Toro Rosso to end the way it did. The Spaniard retired from the race on the first lap after spinning out as the cars c...
Daniel Ricciardo admits that he had a lonely Japanese Grand Prix, but is nevertheless happy to take away another podium finish. The Australian crossed the line in third place, t...
Max Verstappen took his second consecutive podium in Japan, coming across the line in second place. In the final stages of the race, Verstappen closed up onto the back of L...
Lewis Hamilton says that he does not have one hand on the 2017 world championship title following Sebastian Vettel's retirement from the Japanese Grand Prix. Hamilton w...
Sebastian Vettel has not given up on winning this year's championship, despite now being 59 points behind Lewis Hamilton in the standings. Vettel was forced to retire from t...
Lewis Hamilton has won the Japanese Grand Prix, taking his 61st career victory. The Briton now holds a 59 point lead in the championship after his title rival Sebastian Vettel s...
Felipe Massa says that if Williams is a professional team, they will keep him on for another season. The Brazilian's seat at the Grove team is not yet secured for next ...
Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda has insisted that the Silver Arrows has not yet solved its pace issue. At the previous two rounds, the team has appeared to be the thi...
Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko has ruled out any chance of signing Pascal Wehrlein to Toro Rosso next season. Wehrlein's future in the sport is uncertain, as Ferrari lo...
With the future of Fernando Alonso still unclear, McLaren could be now just days away from announcing a new deal for Fernando Alonso. Team boss Eric Boullier said earl...
Nico Hulkenberg is not expecting an easy Japanese Grand Prix, as he hopes to score his first points since Belgium, in August. The German qualified for the race in twelfth p...
Pirelli is expecting to see a two-stop race for the Japanese Grand Prix. This year, the Italian tyre supplier decided to bring the super soft, soft and medium compounds to the w...
Lance Stroll was left disgruntled following qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix. The 18-year-old dropped out in the first part of the session but failed to get a fast lap in ...
The issue of Marcin Budkowski's 'gardening leave' will be discussed during the next F1 strategy group meeting. Renault finally announced at Suzuka that Budkowski has...
Daniil Kvyat will return to Toro Rosso from the US Grand Prix until the end of the season, after it was announced Carlos Sainz would leave the team for Renault. Sainz, who was s...
Renault has announced that Carlos Sainz will join the team following the Japanese Grand Prix, debuting at the US Grand Prix in two weeks. The announcement comes after Jolyon Pal...
Jolyon Palmer has announced that he will be departing the Renault Formula 1 team after the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend. The Briton recently found out that he would be repla...
Sergio Perez has avoided a penalty for the Japanese Grand Prix, despite appearing to block Lance Stroll during qualifying. On the Canadian's fast lap, Perez was driving slow...
Esteban Ocon has clearly set out his objectives for the Japanese Grand Prix. The Frenchman is hoping to seize some "big points" after qualifying in seventh place....
Nico Rosberg has hailed former teammate Lewis Hamilton after the Brit took his first ever pole position at Suzuka - breaking the lap record at the same time. The Brit will start...
Sebastian Vettel is expecting a close fight with championship rival Lewis Hamilton at tomorrow's Japanese Grand Prix. The pair will share the front row for the start of the ...
Romain Grosjean is at a loss to explain his hefty qualifying crash. The Frenchman collided with the barriers in the final stages of the first qualifying session, as he atte...
Daniel Ricciardo admitted that he was happy to beat teammate Max Verstappen in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix. Ricciardo got the better of Verstappen for only the fifth ...
Lewis Hamilton has claimed his first ever pole position around the Suzuka Circuit, beating his rivals in a session where Mercedes was a step ahead of the rest of the grid. Hamil...
Lewis Hamilton has claimed his first pole position at Suzuka after setting a lap time of . It's the Briton's seventy-first career pole position, acquired by outclassing ...
McLaren admits that it is looking at the option of making junior driver Lando Norris the team's official reserve driver. The Brit joined McLaren at the start of the season a...
Kimi Raikkonen has received a 5-place grid penalty after the team was forced to change his gearbox following a crash in the final practice session. On entry to the second Degner...
World championship leader Lewis Hamilton has said he is not going to play it safe in the remaining races of the season and is aiming to win every race he possibly can. The ...
Williams technical director, Paddy Lowe has called the Suzuka Circuit one of the best racing tracks in the world ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix. The track was added to the cal...
Kimi Raikkonen has said that Ferrari is looking for a good result whatever the weekend's weather brings. Suzuka's second Friday practice session had very limited running...
Mercedes ended the final practice session at the Suzuka Circuit on top of the timesheets, with Valtteri Bottas heading teammate Lewis Hamilton. The Mercedes' were the only t...
Fernando Alonso has been handed a 35-place grid penalty ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix, meaning he is set to start Sunday's race from the back of the field. Alonso receive...
Mercedes technical director James Allison believes that Mercedes will be engaged in a close fight with its rivals this weekend at the Japanese Grand Prix. The Brackley squa...
Daniel Ricciardo is hoping that teams will be allowed to bring an extra set of full wet tyres to Grand Prix weekends next season. The second practice session from Japan saw...
Jenson Button has confirmed that he is keen to get back behind the wheel and race, but has stated he would not accept an offer to return to Formula 1. The Briton left the sport ...
McLaren is not quite sure where it is in the running order at Japan, but is hoping to extract everything from the weekend. A slight intensity lingers at the McLaren-Honda garage...
Carlos Sainz yesterday provided a clear demonstration of how easy it is to lose it all around the Suzuka Circuit. During the first practice session, the Spaniard rode too much o...
Lewis Hamilton admitted that he was much happier following the first day of running at the Suzuka Circuit. Mercedes arrive at the sixteenth round of the world champion with ques...
F1 teams will be ready with Halo-equipped cars next year. That is the view of Haas boss Gunther Steiner, when asked about reports teams are concerned the FIA has released detail...
Chase Carey says F1 wants to keep Germany on the calendar. The country is missing on this year's schedule but will return next season. But beyond 2018, there is no deal in p...
Niki Lauda says struggling Valtteri Bottas is not to blame for his collapse in form. The Finn was having a solid first season for Mercedes until a few races ago, when Ferrari an...
McLaren Honda driver, Fernando Alonso, has said that Honda's strategy of starting from zero each year was detrimental to its efforts in F1 with McLaren. The team has decided...
Max Verstappen says he is feeling better after his illness in Malaysia. The Dutchman admitted only after winning at Sepang that he struggled physically throughout the weekend. &...
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has set the best time in a heavily rain-hampered second free practice for the Japanese Grand Prix. The track stayed closed for the first half of t...
Renault has confirmed that Marcin Budkowski will join the team as its Executive Director. The story has caused a stir in the Formula 1 paddock, as the Pole only recently st...
Sergio Perez has said he is hopeful for another good weekend in Japan after his sixth place finish in Malaysia despite being severely ill and requiring an IV drip the night befo...
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has reaffirmed the teams confidence in Valtteri Bottas, and has backed him to recover from his recent dip in form. After scoring two wins earlier i...
Sebastian Vettel has said that Ferrari are not planning to make any changes despite failures on both their cars in Malaysia, causing Vettel to start at the back of the grid and ...
Sebastian Vettel has ended the first practice session at the Suzuka Circuit on top of the timesheets. The German's fastest time was a 1:29.166, over two tenths up on champio...
Max Verstappen has wowed the motorsport world since arriving in Formula 1 back in 2015. The Dutchman showed an immediate ability to race and overtake and has taken two career vi...
Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has revealed that he still hasn't received word from the Malaysian Grand Prix organisers over possible compensation after Romain Gr...
With just five races remaining in the 2017 Formula 1 world championship, Lewis Hamilton says he is preparing for war ahead of this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix. The Brit le...
Valtteri Bottas is only looking forward after a disappointing outing last time out at the Malaysian Grand Prix. The race around the Sepang International Circuit just five days a...
The sixteenth round of the 2017 Formula 1 world championship takes place in Japan this weekend, with the legendary Suzuka circuit hosting the event. It is the thirty-second...
Kevin Magnussen has described as "nonsense" the amount of penalties handed out to F1 drivers. After run-ins with Nico Hulkenberg, Fernando Alonso and others, the Dane ...
Ross Brawn says two F1 rookies have impressed him this year. That is despite the fact that Stoffel Vandoorne and Lance Stroll initially struggled in 2017. But Brawn, the F1 spor...
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