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Nico Hulkenberg: "There’s a lot more to come"
Nico Hulkenberg was pleased to finish of Renault's pre-season testing on a high note after there were some struggles with reliability throughout the two weeks. The Enstone ...

11 Mar 2017 09:55
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Overview: Times and laps from the second week of testing
The second week of pre-season testing is over and now we impatiently ahead the opening round in Melbourne in two weeks. Here are some quick stats to delve into from this we...

11 Mar 2017 07:53
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Photos: Final day of pre-season testing from Barcelona
Take a look at the pictures taken by our own Ronald Fleurbaaij at Barcelona for the final day of pre-season testing. Ronald once again managed to capture some beautiful ima...

10 Mar 2017 18:57
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Raikkonen ends final day of testing on top
Kimi Raikkonen wrapped up pre-season testing on top with a new fastest winter testing lap of 1:18.634. The Finn was over eight-tenths clear of Max Verstappen who finished s...

10 Mar 2017 17:59
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Top three teams well clear of the rest - Steiner
Haas team principal Guenther Steiner believes that frontrunners Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull are 1.5 seconds faster than the rest of the field as pre-season testing comes to a...

10 Mar 2017 17:54
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John Surtees dies, aged 83
We are saddened to learn of the death of Sir John Surtees, the 1964 F1 world champion and only man to win world titles on both two wheels and four. The news was annou...

10 Mar 2017 17:14
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Points will be difficult in 2017- Hulkenberg
Nico Hulkenberg is confident that his new Renault team have made progress throughout the winter testing period, but he also doubts its ability to make progress into the midfield...

10 Mar 2017 16:36
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Charlie Whiting not retiring - report
Charlie Whiting has reportedly not joined a swathe of other Bernie Ecclestone-linked F1 personalities who have left the sport. With Liberty Media sweeping into power, it is not...

10 Mar 2017 15:02
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Andrew Green: New tyres could lead to dull races
Force India's technical boss Andrew Green has warned that the tyre selections Pirelli has made for 2017 could result in "dull races". The rubber created by the Ita...

10 Mar 2017 14:44
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Villeneuve happy with 'new' F1
F1 purist Jacques Villeneuve says he is happy with what he is seeing at the Barcelona test. The 1997 world champion was one of the fiercest critics of the former technical regu...

10 Mar 2017 14:31
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Force India tell drivers to lose weight
Force India has asked its drivers to lose weight before Melbourne. Up and down the pitlane, drivers have put on as much as 5-6 kilograms of muscle over the winter to prepare for...

10 Mar 2017 13:56
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Wehrlein explains blacked-out Mercedes logo
Pascal Wehrlein has explained the black patch at the front of his helmet in Barcelona. Eagle-eyed observers have noticed that the German has blacked out the prominent Mercedes s...

10 Mar 2017 12:37
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McLaren drivers must control frustration - Vandoorne
Stoffel Vandoorne says he and McLaren-Honda teammate Fernando Alonso need to keep their frustration under control. Ahead of the works Anglo-Japanese collaboration's third c...

10 Mar 2017 12:01
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Bottas must get up to speed quickly - Wolff
Toto Wolff says Valtteri Bottas does not have long to get up to speed in 2017. Recently, after the champion team signed up the Finn to replace Nico Rosberg, chairman Niki Lauda...

10 Mar 2017 10:58
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Hamilton faster than Bottas - Lauda
Lewis Hamilton is currently faster than his new teammate Valtteri Bottas. That is the view of Mercedes' team chairman and F1 legend Niki Lauda. Finn Bottas was signed by Me...

10 Mar 2017 10:35
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Vandoorne: McLaren issues a "combination of everything"
Stoffel Vandoorne says his McLaren team is facing "a combination of everything" with regards to the technical problems that have plagued it throughout winter testing. ...

10 Mar 2017 09:58
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Bottas not getting complacent on Mercedes form
Valtteri Bottas is not letting Mercedes' continuous pre-season pace fool him into thinking it will be leading the pack in Melbourne, believing nobody should s...

10 Mar 2017 09:40
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Follow LIVE the final day of the second test of 2017

10 Mar 2017 08:00
Vettel fastest after day three
Sebastian Vettel ended the penultimate day of pre-season testing on top with a fastest lap of 1:19.024, the quickest we've seen all winter. The German also managed to set 15...

09 Mar 2017 17:50
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Todt undecided over third FIA presidency term
Jean Todt says he has not decided if he will run for a third consecutive term as FIA president. The former Ferrari chief took over from Max Mosley in 2010, and then secur...

09 Mar 2017 15:00
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Ferrari faster than Mercedes - Lauda
Niki Lauda has joined fellow Mercedes stablemate Lewis Hamilton in declaring Ferrari the early favourite for 2017. Before Kimi Raikkonen crashed the new red car on Wednesday, M...

09 Mar 2017 14:03
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F1 won't return to V10 engines - Todt
Jean Todt has ruled out a reversion to screaming V10 engines for formula one. Liberty Media's new F1 sporting chief Ross Brawn admitted at the Barcelona test that although t...

09 Mar 2017 13:39
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GP2 set to become Formula 2
GP2 looks set to be rebranded as 'Formula 2'. Ross Brawn, F1's sporting chief on behalf of new owner Liberty Media, told Sport Bild: "The ultimate goal is...

09 Mar 2017 13:01
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Perez confirms winter struggle for Force India
Sergio Perez has admitted Force India is struggling through the 2017 pre-season. Fourth overall last year, winter testing for the small Silverstone based outfit has been marred ...

09 Mar 2017 12:37
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Villeneuve backs Stroll sponsor deal
Jacques Villeneuve has defended a new sponsorship deal agreed between the Williams team and the Canadian business jet company Bombardier. In the Canadian press, Bombardier'...

09 Mar 2017 12:07
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Alonso hints he will race beyond 2017
Even amid his obvious frustration with the Honda situation, Fernando Alonso has given the strongest indication yet that he will stay in F1 beyond 2017. Until now, the Spaniard ...

09 Mar 2017 11:49
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Renault advisor Prost "big fan" of Sainz
Carlos Sainz has received a ringing endorsement from official Renault team advisor and F1 legend Alain Prost. The quadruple world champion said he advised his old team Fe...

09 Mar 2017 11:27
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F1 needs Schumacher-like heroes - Brawn
F1 must return to an era when the top drivers were "heroes". That is the view of the sport's new chief Ross Brawn, who pointed to his old protege Michael Schumache...

09 Mar 2017 11:01
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McLaren's one problem is Honda - Alonso
Fernando Alonso has isolated Honda as the only missing piece in his quest to get back to winning in F1. McLaren's works partner is struggling yet again at the beginning of ...

09 Mar 2017 10:45
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Renault can solve Verstappen issue

Max Verstappen found his Red Bull RB13 slowing to a halt just two laps short of a race distance during testing on Wednesday, a problem in his Renault engine letting him dow...

09 Mar 2017 09:57
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Stroll satisfied with clean running
Wednesday afternoon in Barcelona saw Williams rookie Lance Stroll drive the FW40 for the first time since a heavy accident forced the team to give up a day's running la...

09 Mar 2017 09:50
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McLaren should emulate Red Bull - Alonso
Fernando Alonso has told F1's official website that McLaren should try to learn from, and emulate, Red Bull's increasingly fruitful 2014 season as it desperately tries t...

09 Mar 2017 09:17
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Video: Onboard with Pierre Gasly in Super Formula
After failing to find a seat in Formula 1, 2016 GP2 champion Pierre Gasly had to seek refuge elsewhere. This year he'll be competing in Japan's highest pedigree of ...

09 Mar 2017 08:50
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Follow LIVE the third day of the second test of 2017

09 Mar 2017 08:01
Ferrari must be 'unbeatable' again - Marchionne
Sergio Marchionne says Ferrari "has to" return to the famous team's Schumacher-like glory years. Until now, the Italian team has kept an awkward silence ahead of ...

08 Mar 2017 18:47
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Bottas quickest after day two
Valtteri Bottas ended day two of the second week of testing on top with a fastest lap time of 1:19.310, the quickest from the two weeks of testing so far. Bottas' forme...

08 Mar 2017 17:58
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Teenager Stroll hits back at criticism
Lance Stroll insists he is "ready" for Formula 1. However, the pressure is already piling on the 18-year-old rookie's young shoulders, following three mistakes inc...

08 Mar 2017 17:24
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Boullier plays down 'huge' McLaren-Honda problems
Eric Boullier has moved to play down the severity of the rift between McLaren and Honda. Reports from Barcelona on Tuesday said "huge" pressure had opened up between ...

08 Mar 2017 16:45
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Allison can 'turn the page' with Mercedes - Wolff
James Allison has emerged in the Barcelona paddock wearing Mercedes colours for the first time. The highly rated engineer missed much of the 2016 season after his wife suddenly ...

08 Mar 2017 16:03
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Overtaking much harder in 2017 - Massa
Felipe Massa says overtaking will be harder for F1 drivers in 2017. Having called off his retirement to return to Williams this year, the Brazilian impressed with the fastest ti...

08 Mar 2017 14:40
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Too early to comment on Hamilton - Bottas
Valtteri Bottas has admitted there is currently no heat in the rivalry with his new Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton. In the past few years, the relationship between Hami...

08 Mar 2017 12:20
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Bottas not sure that Ferrari are the 2017 favourites
Valtteri Bottas is not willing to back new teammate Lewis Hamilton's claim that Ferrari is the new "favourite" for 2017. "Just on times it looks like Ferrari...

08 Mar 2017 12:08
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'Intense' midfield battle in 2017 - Haas
Gene Haas thinks the F1 midfield will be a closely fought competition in 2017. The American team owner lends his surname to the small, Ferrari-linked F1 outfit, which for 2017 h...

08 Mar 2017 11:21
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Late start could affect early races - Wehrlein
Pascal Wehrlein started to put his back injury into the past as he got up and running with his new team Sauber in Barcelona. The German missed the opening test last week follow...

08 Mar 2017 11:06
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Renault can complete programme without issues
Renault's Nico Hulkenberg has stated that his team will be on course to meet all of its pre-season testing targets if it can complete the three days remaining in Barcelona w...

08 Mar 2017 09:47
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Sainz would not have replaced Rosberg
Following Nico Rosberg's shock retirement announcement after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last year, various names were touted as capable replacements for him. Among these was T...

08 Mar 2017 09:09
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Follow LIVE the second day of the second test of 2017

08 Mar 2017 08:05
Jos Verstappen concerned about his son's privacy
Max Verstappen's father Jos is worried about his son's privacy, stating the 19-year-old can't go anywhere without being recognised. Verstappen has now not only risen...

08 Mar 2017 06:30
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Massa fastest after day one of test two
Felipe Massa has ended the first day of testing this week top of the time sheets, with a fastest lap time of 1:19.726. The Brazilian also set an incredible 168 laps throughout t...

07 Mar 2017 17:58
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Red Bull could pass Mercedes, Ferrari - Sirotkin
Red Bull cannot be written off after just one test. That is the view of Renault reserve driver Sergey Sirotkin, who was summarising the potential 2017 pecking-order in conversa...

07 Mar 2017 15:08
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Toro Rosso still open to engine name change
Toro Rosso is still open to the idea of changing the official name of its engine before the start of the 2017 season. After the acrimonious semi-works relationship between Red ...

07 Mar 2017 13:59
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Rosberg trainer starts work with billionaire's son
Retired world champion Nico Rosberg's trainer has found a new driver to work with. After Rosberg's shock decision to quit F1, Daniel Schlosser admitted he was not ...

07 Mar 2017 13:00
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Massa defends teenage Stroll after crashes
Felipe Massa has jumped to the defence of his new young F1 teammate, teenager Lance Stroll. Canadian Stroll, 18, made not one but three significant mistakes in Barcelona last w...

07 Mar 2017 12:05
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Petrobras in F1 talks with McLaren - report
Petrobras could be about to re-emerge in Formula 1. The Brazilian oil multinational left Williams at the end of November. Livio Oricchio, a respected Brazilian correspondent fo...

07 Mar 2017 11:16
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Former F1 driver Sala doubts Alonso will quit
Former F1 driver Luis Perez Sala doubts Fernando Alonso will quit the sport at the end of this year. Currently languishing at the uncompetitive McLaren-Honda project, Spaniard ...

07 Mar 2017 10:53
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Honda splits from engine guru Simon
Honda's continuing struggle as engine partner to McLaren is likely to have been made worse by the departure of engine expert Gilles Simon, who had been working on the Japane...

07 Mar 2017 10:32
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Tost looking forward to 2017 changes
Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost is seemingly positive about the new regulation changes for 2017, agreeing that they could mark a return to "the good old days" in an intervi...

07 Mar 2017 09:46
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Liberty scoffs at F1 TV deal in US
Liberty Media chief executive Greg Maffei has scoffed at the amount paid for F1's television rights by the American broadcaster NBC. Headed by US media tycoon John Malone, ...

07 Mar 2017 09:15
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Felipe Massa happy to help team mate Stroll
Felipe Massa has said that he is willing to help new team mate Lance Stroll, who has so far struggled to come to grips with the 2017 Williams. Stroll joins the team after being...

07 Mar 2017 08:38
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Follow LIVE the first day of the second test of 2017

07 Mar 2017 08:00
Red Bull and Aston Martin's hypercar officially named
Red Bull Racing and Aston Martin's hypercar has officially been named, with the car previously being labelled the AM-RB 001. It has now emerged that the car will be cal...

07 Mar 2017 07:54
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Big teams deserve more money - Haas
Big teams deserve more money, says Haas’ owner Gene Haas, as he disagrees with the fairer distribution of F1 prize money by stating that its larger and more successful tea...

06 Mar 2017 16:29
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No regrets over Renault deal for Hulkenberg
Nico Hulkenberg has revealed that he has no regrets over his move to Renault, despite a seat opening up over the winter at front runners Mercedes. Hulkenberg announced tha...

06 Mar 2017 15:53
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Ferrari buys into F1 - reports
Ferrari is rumoured to have become the first F1 team to take up Liberty Media's offer to buy shares in the sport, if reports in the Italian and Spanish media are to ...

06 Mar 2017 15:29
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Giovinazzi's 2017 priority is Ferrari
Antonio Giovinazzi says that his main priority for the 2017 season is focusing on Ferrari, and helping the team progress. Ferrari signed the Italian at the start of th...

06 Mar 2017 14:54
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Have your say on Hulkenberg's 2017 helmet colour
Nico Hulkenberg has still not fully decided what his helmet design will be for the 2017 Formula 1 season. The German joins Renault after a three-year stint at Force India, helpi...

06 Mar 2017 14:12
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Bottas is not 'Rosberg 2.0' - Wolff
Toto Wolff has defended the signing of Finn Valtteri Bottas who steps up from Williams to take a top team drive on the Formula 1 grid. Bottas joins Mercedes for the 2017 season...

06 Mar 2017 13:59
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Haas are hoping to "snatch a podium" in 2017
Gene Haas, founder and owner of the Haas F1 team, is hoping that the team can "snatch a podium" in the 2017 season. The comments are slightly ambitious as Haas en...

06 Mar 2017 13:44
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Wehrlein to make return for testing
Pascal Wehrlein will return to Sauber for the second week of pre-season testing, after being cleared of a lingering injury suffered at the Race of Champions. The German flipped...

06 Mar 2017 13:16
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Magnussen not going out of his way to befriend Button
New Haas F1 driver Kevin Magnussen says that he will not be going out of his way to become best friends with his new team mate Romain Grosjean. There have been recent repo...

06 Mar 2017 12:46
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