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Hakkinen: "Engine penalties completely unfair on drivers"
Former two time world champion, Mika Hakkinen has described the engine penalties currently being handed to drivers as completely unfair. This comes after the farcical situation ...

14 Sep 2017 09:04
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Video: A lap of Singapore onboard with Rosberg
Singapore hosts the Grand Prix of Singapore this weekend. As a preview, watch a video of a lap onboard with Nico Rosberg around the Marina Bay Street Circuit. ...

14 Sep 2017 08:57
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Stoll: "Renault can't supply engines to four teams"
The world of F1 is heading to Singapore expecting news about the McLaren-Honda split to become official. It is now an open secret that McLaren will instead team up with Renault,...

13 Sep 2017 16:59
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Carlos Sainz still waiting for news about future
Carlos Sainz says he is still waiting for news about his future in F1. Widespread reports say the Spaniard is definitely heading from Toro Rosso to the works Renault team for 20...

13 Sep 2017 16:22
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Mercedes not thinking about F1 future beyond 2020
Mercedes is not yet thinking about its future in F1 beyond 2020. That is the claim of Dieter Zetsche, the chairman of the German carmaker's parent Daimler. Mercedes' fut...

13 Sep 2017 15:39
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Discussions for new Singapore GP contract 'ongoing'
Chase Carey says he wants Singapore to stay on the F1 calendar. The spectacular night race in the Asian city-state has become one of the most popular stops on the annual F1 cale...

13 Sep 2017 14:29
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Liberty eyes 150 million budget cap for F1 in 2021
Liberty Media is looking to introduce a budget cap of EUR 150 million per team from 2021. Germany's Sport Bild reports that the new F1 owner intends to bring in the dramatic...

13 Sep 2017 14:27
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Official: Bottas signs new one-year deal with Mercedes
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport is pleased to announce that it has agreed a new deal with Valtteri Bottas for the 2018 Formula 1 season. Valtteri joined the team in early 2017 ...

13 Sep 2017 13:14
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Ecclestone: "McLaren won't be any happier with Renault"
Former F1 supremo, Bernie Ecclestone, has predicted that McLaren's imminent switch to Renault engines will not make them any happier than they were with Honda. Honda have fa...

13 Sep 2017 10:52
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Red Bull buyout by Porsche rumours gather pace
The rumours that Porsche are considering entering F1 for the new engine formula in 2021 are growing with Red Bull the most likely option into F1 for the huge German Marque. Pors...

13 Sep 2017 10:14
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Video: IndyCar drivers preview final round at Sonoma
The 2017 Verizon IndyCar championship comes to a close this weekend at the Sonoma Raceway in California. Heading into the weekend, multiple drivers are in contention for the tit...

13 Sep 2017 09:30
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McLaren and Honda formally agree to part ways
McLaren and Honda have formally agreed to part ways at the end of the 2017 season. The future of the deal has been cast in major doubt over the last couple of weeks, and it was ...

12 Sep 2017 19:29
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Mercedes welcomes Rubrik as new partner
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport today confirms a new team partnership with Rubrik, specialists in Cloud Data Management. With data volumes, backup and recovery requirements bec...

12 Sep 2017 16:21
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Pirelli state teams will have to carefully monitor practice data in Singapore
Pirelli chief Mario Isola says that teams must pay a lot of attention to the data gathered from the drivers during the free practice sessions due to the night time evolution in ...

12 Sep 2017 16:19
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Weather forecast and timetable for the 2017 Singapore GP
Singapore will host the fourteenth race of the 2017 season this weekend. Mercedes head into the race on top of the standings, but know it will face an increased challenge from F...

12 Sep 2017 13:16
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Mallya believes developing 2017 car will help 2018 challenger
Force India team boss Vijay Mallya believes that continuing development of the 2017 car will bring benefits for 2018. Force India's tenth year in the sport has seen the...

12 Sep 2017 12:53
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Missing 'crucial' Halo details make F1 teams nervous
F1 teams are reportedly concerned about the introduction of 'Halo' for 2018. While the mandatory fitting of the cockpit protection system for next year was announced in ...

12 Sep 2017 11:16
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Wolff admits a big challenge awaits Mercedes at Singapore
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff is expecting that Ferrari and Red Bull will both be very strong at Singapore this weekend. Mercedes' 2017 challenger, the W08, has proven itself to ...

12 Sep 2017 10:56
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Palmer: "I'm looking to create more good memories in Singapore"
Renault's Jolyon Palmer has said he is looking to recreate the form that scored him one of his best ever results in GP2 in 2013. In that year he was utterly dominant in the ...

12 Sep 2017 10:33
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Sainz looking for redemption in Singapore
Carlos Sainz says he is looking for redemption in Singapore this weekend after he threw away one of the best qualifying positions of his career in sixth position by having a poo...

12 Sep 2017 10:02
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Video: Daniel Ricciardo previews the Singapore GP
The fourteenth round of the 2017 Formula 1 season takes place this weekend at Singapore. Heading into the weekend, Red Bull may find itself more competitive than it has don...

12 Sep 2017 09:32
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Haas: "Minimising mistakes is the team's worst area"
Haas F1 owner Gene Haas has said that too many mistakes have cost the team some valuable points. The American squad currently sits seventh in the constructor standings on 35 poi...

12 Sep 2017 09:07
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'Honda's McLaren split to be made public Wednesday or Thursday'
A spate of announcements regarding the McLaren-Honda-Toro Rosso-Renault saga is set to begin. Reports over the weekend suggested the meat of the entire complex saga is now on th...

12 Sep 2017 08:53
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Sauber joined by Flex-Box for Singapore weekend
The Sauber F1 Team is delighted to announce a one-time race partnership with Flex-Box at the upcoming Singapore Grand Prix. Flex-Box is a global company, which specializes in ma...

11 Sep 2017 15:58
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Frank Williams 'can no longer travel' to F1 races
Sir Frank Williams is doing well, according to the F1 team founder's daughter Claire. Today, Claire is the deputy boss of the famous British team, with her famous 75-year-ol...

11 Sep 2017 15:07
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Niki Lauda: "Ferrari will be the favourite in Singapore"
Niki Lauda has named Ferrari as the favourite to win this weekend's Singapore grand prix. That is despite the fact Lewis Hamilton took over the championship lead at Monza la...

11 Sep 2017 13:00
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McLaren will not loan Lando Norris to rival team
Zak Brown says McLaren will not loan Lando Norris to another F1 team. Briton Norris, the 17-year-old star of European F3, is tipped for a bright future in F1 and already firmly ...

11 Sep 2017 12:11
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Gasly: "I really hope to race for Toro Rosso in Malaysia"
Pierre Gasly has not denied he looks set to become the newest rookie in formula one. Over the weekend, multiple authoritative sources including Germany's major newspaper Bil...

11 Sep 2017 11:22
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Carlos Sainz not confirming Renault switch
Carlos Sainz looks set to contest his final race for Toro Rosso this weekend in Singapore. Multiple sources are reporting that, in Singapore, the Spaniard will sign a contract t...

11 Sep 2017 10:23
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McLaren-Honda saga to end in the coming days
The signs are growing by the day that McLaren and Honda are poised to split. As he waits for the saga to unfold, out-of-contract team driver Fernando Alonso has reportedly remov...

08 Sep 2017 11:11
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Mass: "Max Verstappen is too convinced of himself"

Max Verstappen is yet to prove himself in formula one. That is the controversial claim of Jochen Mass, a former F1 driver. 19-year-old Verstappen has been highly critical of Red...

07 Sep 2017 15:37
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Alesi: "Paul Ricard a real benchmark for drivers"
The new Paul Ricard layout will be "a real benchmark" for F1 drivers when they tackle next year's French grand prix. That is the claim of Frenchman and former Ferr...

07 Sep 2017 15:31
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'Kvyat purely for political and media reasons in F1'
1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve says he would not be surprised if Toro Rosso sweeps its driver lineup clean in the near future. The French Canadian said he is not particu...

07 Sep 2017 15:17
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Force India wants to keep Ocon and Perez for 2018
Force India wants to keep both of its current drivers for 2018. Recently, Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon have been at loggerheads on and off the track, but deputy boss Bob Fernle...

07 Sep 2017 14:21
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Haas determined to avoid need to hire 'pay drivers'
Team owner Gene Haas seems determined to avoid the 'pay driver' trend in F1. For the American team's first season last year, Haas took on Esteban Gutierrez, who came...

07 Sep 2017 12:57
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Nico Hulkenberg tells Pirelli to improve rain tyres
Nico Hulkenberg has called on Pirelli to make better F1 rain tyres. The Renault driver said the situation at Monza last Saturday, with qualifying repeatedly delayed in 15 minute...

07 Sep 2017 12:02
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Jochen Mass: "Grid penalty system incomprehensible"
Pressure is growing for F1 to scrap its system of grid penalties for technical car failures. In the name of cost cutting, drivers are penalised with grid penalties when they run...

07 Sep 2017 11:46
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No 'serious enquiries' from potential new F1 teams
F1 looks set to stay at just ten teams for now. Recently, FIA president Jean Todt confirmed reports that a couple of groups have expressed interest in filling the last two team ...

07 Sep 2017 10:46
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Arrivabene: "Leclerc and Giovinazzi still have all to prove"
Ferrari team principal says that their youth drivers, Charles Leclerc and Antonio Giovinazzi, still have a lot to prove to the world if they are to become true top tier drivers,...

07 Sep 2017 09:39
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Magnussen and Steiner unhappy with inconsistent stewards
Haas team principal Gunther Steiner and driver Kevin Magnussen are unhappy with the inconsistent decisions from the race stewards that are unfairly affecting their team they fee...

07 Sep 2017 09:06
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FE: Lynn joins Bird for full time seat at DS Virgin racing
Alex Lynn has been confirmed as the full time driver for DS Virgin Racing for next years Formula E season. The Brit was the teams reserve driver last season, standing in for the...

06 Sep 2017 17:14
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Video: Verstappen on the influence of his father
It is no big secret that Jos Verstappen has been training his son Max for Formula 1 from a very young age. Instead of idolising the Senna's and Schumacher's, Max fo...

06 Sep 2017 16:09
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Giovinazzi to get FP1 outing at Singapore with Haas
Ferrari junior Antonio Giovinazzi will receive an FP1 outing with Haas next weekend at the Singapore Grand Prix. The 2016 GP2 runner-up had to cut short his plans in Italy,...

06 Sep 2017 15:32
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Ricciardo: "McLaren would be faster with any other engine"
McLaren would be more competitive with any other engine on the grid. That is the claim of Daniel Ricciardo, as the world of F1 continues to wait for news about the likely split ...

06 Sep 2017 15:02
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Domenicali: "Fernando Alonso certainly deserves the best"
Fernando Alonso "deserves" to be doing better in formula one, the Spaniard's former boss Stefano Domenicali said. The former Ferrari chief is now the head of Lambo...

06 Sep 2017 13:26
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Horner: "F1 should increase engine allocation"
Christian Horner says he will propose that F1 scraps plans to further ramp up the controversial long-life engine rules next year. Already on new F1 chief Ross Brawn's table ...

06 Sep 2017 11:21
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Wolff not happy with F1's official weather service
Toto Wolff has indicated he is not happy with F1's official weather service. This year, Meteo France took over from UbiMet as the supplier of detailed weather information an...

06 Sep 2017 10:57
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Red Bull still open to 'selling' Sainz to another team
Red Bull is still open to 'selling' Toro Rosso driver Carlos Sainz to another team. The energy drink company has a firm contract with the 22-year-old, but persistent rum...

06 Sep 2017 10:13
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Force India looks set to keep Sergio Perez on board
Force India looks set to keep Sergio Perez on board for 2018. Despite his on and off-track clashes with teammate Esteban Ocon, the Mexican driver had said recently he hoped his ...

05 Sep 2017 16:51
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Vettel 'not worried' after bad weekend at Monza
Sebastian Vettel says there will be "no panic" at Ferrari after a bad home race at Monza. The German lost his long championship lead to Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton in...

05 Sep 2017 16:49
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Fernando Alonso wants to be 'loyal' to McLaren
Fernando Alonso says he wants to be "loyal" to McLaren as he weighs up his future in F1. Boss Zak Brown said before departing Monza that he thinks it's "likel...

05 Sep 2017 13:58
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Hamilton: "Silverstone race key to change in championship fortunes"
According to Lewis Hamilton it was the dominant win of the British Grand Prix at SIlverstone was the key to his new found performance, leading him to winning the last three out ...

05 Sep 2017 11:11
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Kvyat: "Our battle at Monza was with Haas and Renault"
Toro Rosso driver Daniil Kvyat said that his main battle was with the Haas's and Renault's in Monza and that the Mercedes powered cars were simply out of reach on the po...

05 Sep 2017 10:40
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Arrivabene: "We cannot be satisfied with this result"
Despite having a difficult home race, Ferrari's Maurizio Arrivabene praised the Tifosi for their consistent support at Monza. The Scuderia's difficulties began on Saturd...

05 Sep 2017 09:02
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Claire Williams to miss remaining 2017 races
Claire Williams has confirmed that she will be missing the remaining races of the 2017 season, as she is expected to give birth in the coming days. The deputy team principal of ...

04 Sep 2017 15:26
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Magnussen admits Haas was not quick enough for points
Haas simply did not have the pace to compete at the Italian Grand Prix, according to its driver Kevin Magnussen. The Dane finished the race in eleventh place, losing out on a po...

04 Sep 2017 13:46
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Photos: 2017 Italian Grand Prix
The 2017 Italian Grand Prix saw Mercedes dominate at rival Ferrari's home turf. Lewis Hamilton won the race followed by teammate Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton now takes the lead...

04 Sep 2017 13:15
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Horner criticizes conservative officials over qualifying rain delay
Christian Horner has criticised F1's officials for being to conservative last weekend during qualifying. Five minutes into the session as the rain poured down, the red flag ...

04 Sep 2017 12:46
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Marchionne embarrassed by Ferrari performance at Italian GP
Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne admits that he was embarrassed by the performance of Ferrari at the Italian Grand Prix, witnessing up front the gap between the team and Merc...

04 Sep 2017 12:26
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Bottas: "Mercedes cant afford to dwell on Monza dominance"
Valtteri Bottas has said that despite being utterly dominant in Monza Mercedes cant afford to dwell on this 1-2 victory as he expects that the likes of Ferrari and Red Bull to b...

04 Sep 2017 11:58
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Hamilton wants to know Schumacher condition
Lewis Hamilton admits that he would like to know how Michael Schumacher is doing following his skiing accident in 2013. Schumacher was with his family in the Alps when the accid...

04 Sep 2017 11:36
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Todt suggests coloured Halo for championship leader
FIA president has suggested that to make the Halo more special has somewhat ridiculously claimed that the leader of the championship should have a different colour to differenti...

04 Sep 2017 11:01
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McLaren and Honda split expected this week
A divorce between McLaren and Honda is imminent this week after yet another shocking display at the Italian Grand Prix. During the weekend at Monza, word got around that McLaren...

04 Sep 2017 10:09
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Ocon disappointed not to claim maiden podium at Monza
Esteban Ocon admits that he is "a little disappointed" not to have finished on the podium at the Italian Grand Prix, but is nonetheless happy with his result. The Fren...

04 Sep 2017 09:44
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Allison: "Monza victory most comprehensive this season"
Mercedes technical director James Allison has labelled Mercedes' win at the Italian Grand Prix as the most comprehensive one this year. Lewis Hamilton dominated the 53 laps ...

04 Sep 2017 09:15
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Hamilton: "Special experience to get a 1-2 on Ferrari's turf"
Lewis Hamilton reflected on a dominant win at the Italian Grand Prix as a fantastic race weekend. The Brit had a dominant weekend, setting pole position in the tricky wet condit...

03 Sep 2017 18:29
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Vettel "not worried" despite finishing well behind Mercedes
Sebastian Vettel is not worried after the Italian Grand Prix, despite finishing 36 seconds behind championship rival Lewis Hamilton. The German has also lost the lead of the wor...

03 Sep 2017 18:13
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Brown confirms McLaren will make decision over engine deal next week
Zak Brown says that McLaren will make a decision on who will supply the team with engines next season in the coming week. A strong rumour in the Italian paddock is that the Woki...

03 Sep 2017 16:48
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Stroll happy with performance but admits result could have been better
Lance Stroll is happy with his performance at the Italian Grand Prix, but admits that the result could have been slightly better. The 18-year-old started on the front row for th...

03 Sep 2017 16:26
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Ricciardo delighted with P4 after "fun" Italian GP
Daniel Ricciardo was left wearing one of his familiar smiles after the Italian Grand Prix. The Australian started from sixteenth on the grid after taking penalties following qua...

03 Sep 2017 16:03
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