Fernando Alonso is already in Shanghai as he bids to return to F1 action this weekend. On social media, the Spaniard has posted several messages from the sprawling Chinese city,...
Rio Haryanto's former boss has hit back at suggestions the Indonesian is a straightforward F1 'pay driver'. A common analysis is that while the Mercedes-backed Pasca...
Valtteri Bottas insists he will not alter his racing style, even though he crashed with reigning champion Lewis Hamilton in Bahrain. The Finn had to serve a drive-through and se...
It is still not clear if historic Monza will continue to host the endangered Italian grand prix beyond September's 2016 race. Bernie Ecclestone's negotiations with race ...
Claire Williams has tipped the F1 paddock to host a fascinating driver 'silly season' this year. Seats at multiple top teams, including Williams but also Mercedes, Ferra...
A FIA statement regarding qualifying: "The World Motor Sport Council today approved, via e-vote, the decision to revert to last season's qualification format for the re...
Honda is ready to push ahead with finding more performance from its 2016 power unit. After the unmitigated disaster of 2015, when McLaren and Honda reunited but finished an emba...
Quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel insists he has no desire to behave like a "hero". While the reigning title winner Lewis Hamilton is commonly called a F1 &quo...
The early success of the new F1 team Haas is splitting opinion in the paddock. While some hail Romain Grosjean's double points-scoring efforts in Australia and Bahrain, othe...
F1's radical rules changes for 2017 may stumble at the last hurdle, Germany's Auto Motor und Sport reports. Earlier, it emerged that eight of the 11 active teams actuall...
F1 veteran Stefan Johansson has blasted today's drivers for their recent open letter. Although signed off by the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA), it emerged recen...
McLaren is "confident" Fernando Alonso will be shown the green light for his return to racing action this weekend in China. With the McLaren-Honda driver sidelined in ...
With the third round of the season now looming, F1 is heaving a collective sigh of relief that the hated 'musical chairs' qualifying is now gone. "There was simply ...
Mick Schumacher is pressing the throttle on the next stage in his quest for future F1 glory. The son of F1 legend Michael Schumacher, the 17-year-old is racing in both the Itali...
Williams Grand Prix Holdings PLC (WGPH, Ticker: WGF1) today announced the Group's financial results for the year ended 31 December 2015. WGPH is the holding company of the W...
Red Bull is facing a "dilemma" as it ponders the future of its young F1 stars Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz. That is the view of David Coulthard, a veteran F1 driver...
F1 teams have promised to revisit the possibility of spicing up the qualifying hour ahead of the 2017 season. The pledge has been made in return for the FIA and Bernie Eccleston...
Valtteri Bottas has refused to rule out playing a starring role in this year's 'silly season'. Last year, the Finn admitted strong rumours linking him with a potenti...
Amid intense and faltering negotiations with Bernie Ecclestone, former F1 driver Ivan Capelli has resigned as a chief of Monza's circuit operator Sias. Just last weekend in ...
Sauber is working hard to find "a lasting solution" to its obvious financial problems, boss and co-owner Monisha Kaltenborn has revealed. The struggling Swiss team was...
Ferrari has been cleared of wrongdoing in the wake of reports Sebastian Vettel was shown an illegal 'coded' message on his pit board in Australia. Although it is the rad...
A FIA and FOM statement regarding the qualifying format: " At the unanimous request of the teams in a letter received today, Jean Todt, President of the FIA, and Bernie Ecc...
By: Bas Naafs The 101 Formula One stories returns this week for a part four in which we are going to take a look at a handful of teams that didn’t make the cut. Teams tha...
F1's qualifying debacle of 2016 continues, as team bosses on Thursday pleaded with authorities to revert to last year's successful format. With the 'musical chairs...
Speculation the touted rules revolution for 2017 could be called off at the eleventh hour are being played down on all sides. Amid suggestions in Bahrain that eight of the eleve...
Stoffel Vandoorne says he will remain race-ready ahead of next weekend's Chinese grand prix. Although Fernando Alonso was getting CT scans done early last week, the Spaniard...
Sebastian Vettel is down to four power units for the remaining 19 races this year, following his smoky retirement on the parade lap in Bahrain. Earlier, the Ferrari media inside...
Sauber has fallen behind once again with its full salary payments to its 300 staff in Switzerland. Boss Monisha Kaltenborn was not in Bahrain last weekend, amid reported talks w...
Imola is ramping up its bid to keep Italy on the F1 calendar. Amid historic Monza's troubled negotiations with F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, the former San Marino GP venue I...
Max Verstappen's father and manager has ramped up his bid for a top seat in formula one for 2017. In the past days and weeks, bosses for Mercedes and Ferrari have admitted t...
Amid a poisonously political climate in F1, the sport's stakeholders will get together on Thursday in yet another bid to fix the 2016 qualifying format debacle. The meeting ...
F1's governing body is looking into whether Ferrari stretched the new radio clampdown rules, according to a report in Germany's Auto Motor und Sport. While the new rules...
Nico Rosberg's lawyer has denied claims the Mercedes driver is evading tax. The 2016 championship leader's name was mentioned among the millions of leaked financial docu...
Fernando Alonso has resumed training as he fights to be fit to return to the cockpit of his McLaren-Honda in China. On the Bahrain grid last Sunday, with Stoffel Vandoorne filli...
Ferrari is confident it will quickly solve the engine flaw that stopped Sebastian Vettel from even starting Sunday's Bahrain grand prix. Kimi Raikkonen's failure was wit...
Amid Sauber's obvious financial problems early in 2016, new media reports suggest the struggling Swiss team could soon be sold. Co-owner and boss Monisha Kaltenborn was not ...
Mick Schumacher is taking on a busy calendar in 2016 as he continues his push towards formula one. Now 17, F1 legend Michael Schumacher's son began his open wheel adventure ...
Bernie Ecclestone says "discussions" with the European Commission are currently taking place. Last September, midfield teams Force India and Sauber lodged an official ...
Championship leader Nico Rosberg's name is among hundreds implicated in an enormous global leak of documents known as the 'Panama Papers'. The 11.5 million confident...
The real challenge for Haas will be keeping up with the lightening speed of F1's in-season development, Romain Grosjean has admitted. The French driver and new American team...
Lewis Hamilton is keeping calm, even though he is already 17 points behind at the start of his 2016 championship defence. Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg has extended his late 20...
Stoffel Vandoorne appears to have put his F1 career on the fast track after making an impressive race debut in Bahrain. Although Fernando Alonso says he is "99 per cent&quo...
Christian Horner has moved to lift the pressure from the shoulders of Red Bull driver Daniil Kvyat. There is speculation the energy drink company may need to promote the meteori...
F1 great Emerson Fittipaldi has had legendary racing cars from his private collection seized amid reports of deep financial problems. O Estado de S.Paulo newspaper said 69-year-...
After the criticism of Australia, Max Verstappen put his reputation back on track in Bahrain. That is the view of his father Jos, after the 18-year-old Toro Rosso driver lashed ...
Quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel is once again leading the fierce criticism amid the latest instalment of the 2016 qualifying format debacle. The Ferrari driver did not...
Ferrari on Sunday played down rising speculation its championship campaign could be derailed in 2016 by a fundamental reliability flaw. Amid rumours of a fault with the turbo de...
Azerbaijan says intense fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed local region, does not jeopardise forthcoming sports events like the inaugural Baku street race. A war with Arme...
Maurizio Arrivabene says Ferrari will not wield its famous veto to prevent F1 from solving the current impasse over qualifying. With the sport needing to find an agreeable forma...
Fernando Alonso says he is "99 per cent" sure he will be back at the cockpit of his McLaren in China. Sidelined with chest injuries in Bahrain, the Spaniard angrily re...
In the early rounds of the 2016 season, Sauber is clinging to mere survival. The Swiss team cleared a high hurdle recently after falling behind in February wage payments to its ...
Romain Grosjean is no longer being asked if switching from what became the Renault works team this year to the all-new Haas project was a wise choice. The Frenchman is now fifth...
Stoffel Vandoorne has left Bahrain a happy F1 debutant, even though he will probably have to hand back the keys to Fernando Alonso in China. The highly-rated Belgian, the reigni...
Race organisers and F1 have confirmed reports that the race start time for the inaugural grand prix in Azerbaijan is changing. We reported on Saturday that after daylight saving...
F1 bosses have been told to mull over an all-new 'aggregate' format for qualifying, after reverting to the 2015 system was ruled out by the sport's authorities on Su...
The formula 1 field settles in Bahrain this weekend where the second Grand Prix of 2016 will be held. In Australia we saw Nico Rosberg beating Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vette...
McLaren has confirmed talks with the FIA about getting injured Fernando Alonso back into his McLaren-Honda are "ongoing" in Bahrain. We reported earlier that, after S...
Nico Rosberg has dominated the first day in Bahrain. The Mercedes driver used the supersoft tyres to post a 1:31.001 and nobody could match that. Lewis Hamilton came close, but ...
Organisers of June's inaugural grand prix in Azerbaijan are in talks with Bernie Ecclestone to tweak the race start time. Nico Hulkenberg, the 2015 Le Mans winner, is unable...
A meeting to analyse the future of F1's qualifying format has already been scheduled for Bahrain. In the paddock on Thursday, the widespread feeling was that the sport was &...
The second free practice for the Grand Prix of Bahrain starts at 17.00 CET. Below this article you can chat with other users of the website about the session and your expectatio...
Ferrari has joined Mercedes in admitting its interest in F1 teen sensation Max Verstappen. "It is clear that he has a great future in F1," Mercedes' Toto Wolff sai...
Almost every team in pitlane is now opposed to the plan to speed up the cars with more downforce in 2017. Although designers are already turning their minds to what are expected...
Mercedes seems to have no competition in Bahrain, based on the times in first free practice. Nico Rosberg was the fastest with a 1:32.295, a half second in front of team mate Le...
Sebastian Vettel has hit back at suggestions speeding up the cars for 2017 is not the right direction for F1. With the tyres and cars set to be wider next year, and the wings bi...
Fernando Alonso's rivals were surprised on Thursday when it emerged the Spaniard had been sidelined in Bahrain for medical reasons. "I said 'Wow'," admitte...
The first free practice for the Grand Prix of Bahrain starts at 13.00 CET. Below this article you can chat with other users of the website about the session and your expectation...
Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat have tried a mock-up of Red Bull's alternative to the 'halo' cockpit protection concept. Unlike the chicken wishbone-style 'hal...
F1's newest team has denied speculation Fernando Alonso's crash in Melbourne was caused by a failure aboard the Haas car driven by Esteban Gutierrez. With the Spaniard h...
The Williams team is still waiting for its highly-anticipated new ultra-short nose to touch down in the Bahrain paddock. But even when it does arrive from Britain, it will not g...
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