In 1999, as Mika Hakkinen won his second world championship, arch F1 rival Michael Schumacher welcomed a son - Mick - into the world. Similarly, it was in 2000 when Schumacher a...
In the days before Christmas, good news emerged this week from Italian parliamentary circles. La Repubblica reports that after a marathon 37 hour sitting, the budget committee g...
Jolyon Palmer has warned that Renault may not shine immediately as the carmaker returns to full works status in formula one next year. It was amid Lotus' financial troubles ...
Sergio Marchionne, the Ferrari and Fiat Chrysler chief, says he is still urging his Volkswagen counterpart to consider entering formula one. Currently, only four carmakers are o...
The BBC, F1's free-to-air British broadcaster, looks set to drop its coverage of the sport. The broadcaster has warned that it must cut costs, but F1 supremo Bernie Ecclesto...
Toto Wolff has denied that Mercedes spent much of the 2015 season 'sandbagging' to hide its true performance advantage. Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo said recently tha...
Two figures have defended Fernando Alonso following a verbal jibe by Ferrari's new president Sergio Marchionne. Just as Marchionne swept into Maranello last winter, Alonso w...
Renault is confident the involvement of Ilmor, led by the renowned F1 engine guru Mario Illien, will help the French manufacturer as it aims to make a big step forward in 2016. ...
Aston Martin looks set to shelve for now its plans to enter formula one with Force India. Team owner Vijay Mallya had admitted during October's Mexican GP weekend that rumou...
American racer Ryan Tveter will return to Carlin's FIA Formula Three European team for the 2016 season following his debut rookie season in the highly competitive championsh...
Fernando Alonso says whether he stays in F1 beyond his current contract depends on McLaren-Honda's form and the direction of the sport. The Spaniard, arguably the best and m...
By: Bas Naafs Ferrari's history is a mix of spectacular highs, dark lows and controversies that fit in between the two. Ferrari's controversies are everything but borin...
On Tuesday night, Carlos Sainz was presented with one of the prestigious "Caschi d'Oro" (Golden Helmet) awards. At a star studded evening, featuring top names from...
Ferrari team boss Maurizio Arrivabene has tipped McLaren-Honda to take a clear step forward for 2016. As the iconic partnership reunited this year, McLaren-Honda endured a night...
Bernie Ecclestone is not confident about the future of the German grand prix. Just a decade ago, the country was still in the grip of Michael Schumacher fever, which had revolut...
Benjamin Hoyle, an engineer at the centre of a new espionage saga in F1, will never be joining Ferrari. That is the claim of Ferrari team boss Maurizio Arrivabene, a week after ...
The world of F1 should not get too excited about a potential return to the sport of Alfa Romeo, former Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has warned. Ferrari and Fiat Chrysle...
Two more F1 figures say it would not be good for the sport if Austin falls off the 2016 calendar. Although many say the US grand prix is now a highlight of the season, a funding...
F1 should look to the two-wheeled world of MotoGP for a system of simpler rules. That is the claim of Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne, who said the status quo in formula one...
In assessing Sebastian Vettel's first year at Ferrari, president Sergio Marchionne aimed a pointed barb at Fernando Alonso. Vettel replaced the McLaren-Honda bound Alonso at...
Dr Helmut Marko has admitted Red Bull could be outpaced by the energy drink team's secondary team in 2016. Carlos Sainz said recently he thinks it is possible Toro Rosso'...
F1 team Williams will run a new Formula E outfit for Jaguar Land Rover, the Indian-owned British carmaker. Williams "will be responsible for the operational running of the ...
Dr Helmut Marko said he is hopeful changes at Renault will help Red Bull to charge back towards the front in F1. The energy drink company tried to dump Renault and switch to an ...
Ferrari has backed Mercedes in worrying about next year's unprecedentedly-long race calendar. The FIA recently approved an increase in the maximum number of races per season...
Sergio Marchionne has denied that Ferrari's floatation will affect the fabled F1 team. Earlier, owner Fiat Chrysler floated 10 per cent of the Maranello marque's shares....
Bernie Ecclestone has no reason to be "bored" by today's formula one, back-to-back world champion Lewis Hamilton insists. F1 supremo Ecclestone said recently that ...
Ferrari has continued to distance itself from the new 'spy story' in formula one. Recently, it emerged that Mercedes is suing a member of its engine team for trying to t...
Daniel Ricciardo says he doesn't want to turn his mind to his expiring Red Bull contract quite yet. The Australian admits he became frustrated at times this year, as the ene...
Stefano Domenicali, the former Ferrari team boss, looks set for yet another new challenge. Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that the Italian, who after leaving F1 fou...
F1 should look to the two-wheeled world of MotoGP for a system of simpler rules. That is the claim of Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne, who said the status quo in formula one...
America's future in F1 is not endangered by the problems facing the current US grand prix in Austin. That is the view of Gene Haas, the founder and owner of the sport's ...
Sergio Marchionne pulled no punches when asked about an apparent 'war' with Bernie Ecclestone and the FIA. Recently, the F1 supremo as well as Jean Todt questioned Ferra...
Alfa Romeo could return to formula one, Fiat Chrysler president Sergio Marchionne has announced. He was speaking as Ferrari president at the fabled marque's end-of-year medi...
It will be "weeks" before Manor is ready to announce its drivers for 2016. That is the claim of Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff, who is privy to the British backmarker...
Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne says the Maranello team should start 2016 with an immediate win. After a tumultuous 2014 campaign, the Italian outfit regrouped impressively ...
Alain Prost has backed Lewis Hamilton in worrying about F1's plans for the future. With the sport acknowledging the need to speed up, world champion Hamilton nonetheless bla...
F1 is pushing teams beyond breaking point by expanding the calendar to an unprecedented 21 races in 2016. That is the warning of Toto Wolff, who said that although Mercedes once...
Sebastian Vettel is not sure F1 teen sensation Max Verstappen is ready for a Ferrari seat. Showered with praise and awards at the end of his exciting and impressive rookie seaso...
Mercedes chief Toto Wolff thinks the dominant team's two drivers have heard his warning about the intensity of their feud. As the 2015 season ended recently with the silver ...
Daniel Ricciardo this weekend got a stark reminder of something he misses about formula one -- the noise. In his native Perth, the Red Bull driver was demonstrating Sebastian Ve...
Pascal Wehrlein says his chances of moving onto the F1 grid next year at still 50-50. Toto Wolff, the Mercedes team boss, has previously mentioned the 50-50 likelihood as he neg...
Haas looks set to use a yellow livery in formula one next year. In recent days, the new American team has been practicing pitstops at its factory with a black-liveried show car....
Rio Haryanto, a 22-year-old who finished this year's GP2 championship in fourth place, appears to have leapt into pole position to race for the F1 team Manor in 2015. Variou...
Racing Steps Foundation-backed driver Jake Dennis will make his previously announced step up to the 2016 GP3 series with Series front-runners Arden International. The three-part...
Though the final line up of the 2016 Red Bull Junior Team will not be announced until the new year there are at least three new names that will be featuring next season: S&eacut...
The calmness brought by Ferrari's new driver lineup was a "relief" to the team, Kimi Raikkonen says. Last year, turmoil at the fabled Maranello marque was arguably...
F1 can speed up for the future without exacerbating the current problems associated with aerodynamics. That is the view of Charlie Whiting, the F1 race director and FIA technica...
A strategic blunder reportedly cost Michelin as the French tyre maker failed to return to formula one. Having left F1 under a cloud within memory of the six-car US GP debacle of...
If F1 is going to overhaul its engine regulations, it should base the new formula on the current 'power units'. That is the view of Mercedes and Renault's respective...
One bright spot in Red Bull's otherwise-difficult 2015 campaign was the discovery of meteoric junior Max Verstappen. That is the claim of Dr Helmut Marko, who said Verstappe...
Ferrari is challenging the new "mandate" given by the FIA to Bernie Ecclestone and Jean Todt to address problems within formula one. In late October, F1's governin...
Ralf Schumacher has played down the prospect of a 'Schumacher dream team' to rise back up the ranks towards F1. Ralf, a former six-time grand prix winner, has teamed up ...
Looming rule changes could re-fire Adrian Newey's motivation to work in formula one. With Red Bull's famous but disgruntled car designer having lifted the throttle on F1...
2016 could finally be Nico Rosberg's year. That is the view of F1 legend Sir Jackie Stewart, who admits he was impressed with the German's late-season form alongside Lew...
Felipe Massa has hit back at suggestions driving a formula one car today is "easy". It is suggested the sport is pushing ahead with plans for more powerful engines and...
F1 is heading into its winter sojourn with a cloud hanging over the future of the US grand prix. It also emerged this week that the promoter of the popular Canadian grand prix i...
Even though Toto Wolff has warned them to stop bickering, Nico Rosberg has hit back at teammate Lewis Hamilton's latest verbal jibe. Wolff has said no less than twice since ...
Carlos Sainz thinks it is possible Toro Rosso could beat Red Bull's premier F1 team in 2016. Toro Rosso - meaning Red Bull in Italian - is known as the energy drink company&...
Aston Martin still has to decide if it will jump into Formula 1, but on the internet there are several renders about a possible livery for Aston Martin F1 circulating. Is this t...
McLaren says it will have a significantly different car for 2016. Clearly, the Woking outfit's biggest problem this year has been its works Honda engine as it slumped to nin...
Helmut Marko agrees that the car manufacturers involved in formula one at present are wielding too much political power. Red Bull, of which Austrian Marko is a leading official,...
Max Verstappen's flow of high-profile awards looks set to continue. Since his meteoric first season in F1 ended, the 18-year-old Dutchman has been showered with awards at th...
Kimi Raikkonen thinks another season of predictable speculation about his future will soon begin. In 2015, all the talk was about whether Ferrari would replace him with Valtteri...
By: Bas Naafs McLaren and mystery are two of a kind. The endlessness of McLaren's professional and clinical approach towards maximizing the efficiency of race car productio...
McLaren-Honda is pleased to announce the extension of its partnership with leading bank Santander UK plc. The agreement is set to continue the partnership for a further five yea...
Christian Horner has predicted another year on top for Mercedes in 2016. That is despite the fact the Red Bull chief thinks the actual chassis produced by the premier energy dri...
Team boss Franz Tost says it is not fair to judge Carlos Sainz's F1 debut simply by looking at his points tally. Indeed, while many agree that the 21-year-old had a good fir...
The promoter of the popular Canadian grand prix has fallen behind in payments to suppliers, according to the Quebec newspaper La Presse. "It's true. I confirm it,"...
1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve has slammed Lewis Hamilton for his behaviour since winning the world championship in October. After wrapping up the title, Hamilton's ...
Former Renault team boss Flavio Briatore has urged the French carmaker to look carefully at its contracted driver lineup for 2016. Amid Lotus' struggle for survival late thi...
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