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Happy with DTM, but goal is to get into F1 - Ocon
Esteban Ocon has moved into pole position for a future in formula one. As reigning GP3 champion, the highly rated French teenager will be loaned by Mercedes to be third driver a...
15 Feb 2016 10:50 -
Three drivers to share second Manor seat in 2016
Manor may have come up with a novel solution to the reported three-way battle to become Pascal Wehrlein's teammate in 2016. It is believed Rio Haryanto, Alexander Rossi and ...
15 Feb 2016 10:01 -
No free TV coverage for F1 in Spain in 2016
Free-to-air television coverage of F1 throughout Spain has ended, according to the Spanish sports daily El Mundo Deportivo. The report said the 2016 world championship can only ...
15 Feb 2016 09:24 -
Heidfeld hopes to see 'more teams doing well' in 2016
F1 veteran Nick Heidfeld has tipped Lewis Hamilton to take a third consecutive world championship in 2016. But the former Williams and BMW driver said he hopes Mercedes can be s...
15 Feb 2016 08:40 -
Wolff: "Manor could be 'B' Mercedes team"
Mercedes is not ruling out making Manor its de-facto 'B' team. Team boss Toto Wolff admits he has some concerns about the new close relationship forged between title riv...
14 Feb 2016 12:06 -
Ferrari to use 1975-style white engine cover
Reports that Ferrari is adding a lot more white to the livery of its iconic red cars for 2016 appear accurate. La Repubblica, an Italian daily, has published what it purports to...
13 Feb 2016 12:04 -
Schumacher family should give status update - Weber
Michael Schumacher's former manager thinks the family should reconsider its decision to keep the public in the dark about the F1 legend's health. Just after Christmas, W...
12 Feb 2016 16:25 -
Manor gives Haryanto another week for first payment
Rio Haryanto on Friday admitted the race is on to secure the final place on this year's F1 grid. The Mercedes-backed Pascal Wehrlein this week secured the first of the Manor...
12 Feb 2016 15:46 -
Circuit chief stepping down at Nurburgring
News emerged on Friday from the Nurburgring, an historic German circuit battling to keep its grand prix up and running. The German grand prix is returning to the calendar in 201...
12 Feb 2016 15:01 -
Renault looking one and a half years ahead - Bell
Bob Bell has set to work on turning the near-collapse of the Lotus team into a Mercedes-style success story. With the new title of chief technical officer, the Irishman has arri...
12 Feb 2016 13:33 -
Magnussen 'needs to be strong' after Vasseur comment
A Danish racing driver has urged Kevin Magnussen to brush off news that he was actually only Renault's second choice for 2016. One of new team boss Frederic Vasseur's fi...
12 Feb 2016 12:53 -
Bottas better prepared for F1 rumour-mill now
Valtteri Bottas says he is now more prepared for when intense speculation takes centre stage in his F1 career. After a steady and impressive first few seasons in the sport, the ...
12 Feb 2016 12:10 -
'50-50 chance' of Ferrari taking on Mercedes in 2016
The jury is out as to whether Ferrari can take on Mercedes for the 2016 world championship. What is clear is that, after two consecutive seasons of Mercedes' dominance in th...
12 Feb 2016 11:38 -
Manor Racing wise to invest in Wehrlein - Haug
Manor has made a wise choice by signing up Pascal Wehrlein for 2016. That is the view of Norbert Haug, a German broadcaster and the former Mercedes competition chief. This week,...
12 Feb 2016 11:07 -
Andretti calls 21-race F1 calendar not a bad thing
F1 legend Mario Andretti has his fingers crossed that the US grand prix in Austin goes ahead as planned. The October race has been given only provisional status on the 2016 cale...
12 Feb 2016 10:23 -
Verstappen to drive new Toro Rosso in simulator
Max Verstappen has been at Toro Rosso's Faenza headquarters this week as the team prepares for 2016. He told his website verstappen.nl that teammate Carlos Sainz was also th...
12 Feb 2016 09:47 -
GP2: Matsushita continues at ART for title hunt
After a successful campaign with their partners Honda and McLaren in 2015, where ART GP and Stoffel Vandoorne claimed championship honors, the ART/Honda/McLaren collaboration wi...
12 Feb 2016 09:06 -
Red Bull's Marko thinks F1 drivers are overpaid
Two prominent F1 chiefs disagree over the issue of whether formula one drivers are grossly overpaid. It is believed top stars like Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Sebastian ...
11 Feb 2016 09:55 -
Jorda hits back at Sorensen for 12s per lap claim
Carmen Jorda has hit back at a former F1 colleague, following an accusation that her presence at Renault caused him to quit the sport. Marco Sorensen, recently a test driver at ...
11 Feb 2016 08:31 -
Haas F1 Team welcomes Alpinestars as partner
Haas F1 Team has named Alpinestars as an official supplier, with the world-leading manufacturer of professional racing products providing all of the team's technical wear. H...
10 Feb 2016 16:50 -
I'd give anything to be driver in current F1 - Andretti
Mario Andretti has counted himself out of the constant criticism of modern formula one. The F1 legend and 1978 world champion raced in the glorious era between the late 60s and ...
10 Feb 2016 13:44 -
Flavio Briatore unrecognisable after plastic surgery
Flavio Briatore is a radically changed man, according to the latest gossip reports emerging from Italy. Chi, an Italian gossip magazine, has published paparazzi photographs of t...
10 Feb 2016 12:52 -
Official: Wehrlein joins Manor Racing for 2016
Manor Racing is to give rising star Pascal Wehrlein his Formula 1 racing debut. The 21 year old reigning DTM Champion and Mercedes-Benz Junior driver, from Sigmaringen in German...
10 Feb 2016 12:20 -
Mick Schumacher to combine German and Italian F4
Michael Schumacher's son will delay his move into the highly-competitive European F3 series for at least another year. That is the claim of Germany's Sport Bild, reveali...
10 Feb 2016 12:06 -
Maldonado hit by F1 exit like a 'bolt from the blue'
Pastor Maldonado has revealed his eleventh-hour ousting at Renault hit him like "a bolt from the blue". The Venezuelan, replaced for 2016 by former McLaren driver ...
10 Feb 2016 11:39 -
Petrov eyes F1 future for Russian team SMP Racing
F1 could have a Russian team in the not-too-distant future. Former Renault and Caterham driver Vitaly Petrov, who was the first Russian to race in formula one, will this year re...
10 Feb 2016 11:01 -
Wehrlein confirms Manor race seat for 2016
Pascal Wehrlein has confirmed reports he will make his F1 debut with Manor in 2016. Earlier, the major German newspaper Bild reported that the deal between the Mercedes junior a...
10 Feb 2016 10:29 -
Villeneuve could have gone to McLaren after 1997
1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve has admitted to making a couple of mistakes during his formula one career. "I don't regret anything," he told the French mag...
10 Feb 2016 10:24 -
'Wehrlein to be announced at Manor Racing soon'
Pascal Wehrlein will make his F1 debut for Manor this year. That is the claim on Wednesday of the major German daily Bild Zeitung, referring to the Mercedes reserve driver and r...
10 Feb 2016 09:39 -
Grosjean enjoys first simulator run for Haas F1 Team
Romain Grosjean says he enjoyed his first run at the wheel of Haas' 2016 car -- in the virtual world. The Frenchman told the sports daily L'Equipe that, two weeks before...
10 Feb 2016 08:41 -
Magnussen set to split with long-time manager
Kevin Magnussen and his long-time manager Dorte Riis Madsen are set to split, according to the Danish newspaper BT. The report said it was the young Danish driver, and not his f...
09 Feb 2016 14:38 -
Ousted Maldonado is 'not a bad driver' - Palmer
2016 rookie Jolyon Palmer says he is happy to be teamed with Kevin Magnussen for his first season in F1. Actually, the 2014 GP2 champion was scheduled to be paired with Pastor M...
09 Feb 2016 13:56 -
World titles 'not mandatory' for Renault - Prost
F1 legend Alain Prost says it is "not mandatory" that Renault ever adds to its current tally of world championships. As an engine supplier, the French carmaker has won...
09 Feb 2016 13:20 -
Piquet jr doesn't think much about F1 return
Nelson Piquet jr has acknowledged that his formula one days are over for now. Famously, the Brazilian found himself at the centre of the biggest race-fixing scandal to ever hit ...
09 Feb 2016 12:44 -
Red Bull Racing cautious with 2016 predictions
Red Bull is keeping its expectations in check ahead of the new F1 season. After a long and bitter spat with engine partner Renault, the premier energy drink-owned team is stayin...
09 Feb 2016 12:15 -
'Ferrari has reached performance level of Mercedes'
Ferrari is ready to take on Mercedes in 2016, according to the Italian marque's long-time team manager Massimo Rivola. For the new season, Rivola is leaving the fabled race ...
09 Feb 2016 11:28 -
Lack of sponsorship prevented F1 career - Bird
Former Mercedes tester Sam Bird says only a lack of sponsorship prevented him from making his mark in formula one. Between 2010 and 2014, the now 29-year-old Briton worked for t...
09 Feb 2016 10:53 -
Jorda role prompted Sorensen to depart Lotus
Marco Sorensen says he quit F1's Enstone team in protest of the status of female development driver Carmen Jorda. Jorda, a former GP3 driver, was controversially appointed b...
09 Feb 2016 10:35 -
Sauber C35 has passed mandatory crash tests
Sauber is pressing ahead with its plan to begin testing its 2016 car only at the second and final pre-season test next month. The Swiss team announced on Monday that the C35, wh...
09 Feb 2016 10:07 -
Dominant Mercedes deserves to win - Prost
Alain Prost has hit back at the criticism of F1's 'power unit' era. The F1 legend is an ambassador for the new works team project at Renault, the French carmaker tha...
09 Feb 2016 09:19 -
Briatore: "F1 in its current state is going nowhere"
Flavio Briatore has ruled out returning to formula one for now. The former Renault chief was ousted amid the 'crash-gate' scandal some years ago, but his ban was lifted ...
09 Feb 2016 08:20 -
GP2: Ghiotto steps up to GP2 with Trident Racing
Italian racer Luca Ghiotto will be driving for Trident in the 2016 GP2 Series. The Vicenza-based driver is moving up from the GP3 Series after ending the 2015 season as runner u...
08 Feb 2016 18:08 -
Rossi hopes to close a Manor deal 'very soon'
Alexander Rossi says his chances of a Manor race seat for 2016 are "looking good". Late last season, the Californian rookie replaced the under-funded Roberto Merhi, bu...
08 Feb 2016 17:23 -
Don't want to talk about a transitional year - Vasseur
The Renault works team is expecting Red Bull to perform well in 2016. After the run of V8-powered titles earlier this decade, Red Bull and Renault have struggled in the new '...
08 Feb 2016 16:50 -
Caterham collapse investigations taking place
Investigations into the collapse and attempted revival of Caterham in late 2014 are underway. After founder Tony Fernandes decided to withdraw from F1, the green-coloured backma...
08 Feb 2016 16:09 -
Monza eyes F1 deal before start of 2016 season
Monza is hoping to secure a new formula one race deal for the future before the start of the 2016 season. Recently, the risk the historic race could fall off the calendar subsid...
08 Feb 2016 15:32 -
McLaren would not let Vandoorne go to Renault
Renault reportedly tried and failed to secure the services of Stoffel Vandoorne for 2016. The French marque's new team boss Frederic Vasseur ran the Belgian driver in his GP...
08 Feb 2016 14:45 -
Booth and Lowdon launch Manor LMP2 team
Former Manor F1 chiefs John Booth and Graeme Lowdon are continuing their motor racing adventure in Le Mans endurance sports cars. No longer involved with the backmarker F1 team,...
08 Feb 2016 14:11 -
Merhi linked to position of test driver at Renault
Roberto Merhi is still not ruling out keeping a role in formula one for 2016. The Spaniard raced with Manor for most of last season, but was ousted late in the championship as t...
08 Feb 2016 13:27 -
Buemi still working in the simulator for Red Bull
Sebastien Buemi says he is still a part of Red Bull's F1 programme. Since being dropped by Toro Rosso at the end of 2011, the 27-year-old has been the main test and reserve ...
08 Feb 2016 12:46 -
Robert Kubica linked with Formula E move
Rumours are swirling that Robert Kubica's next career move could be back into single seaters. Following his near-fatal off-season crash in early 2011, the Pole has rebuilt h...
08 Feb 2016 12:04 -
New Ferrari to make its track debut on February 21
Ferrari's 2016 car will make its track debut one day before official winter action kicks off. That is the claim of the Ferrari insider Leo Turrini, who reports that the new ...
08 Feb 2016 11:27 -
Magnussen and girlfriend harrassed by stalker
Kevin Magnussen has been at the centre of a stalking case, the Danish newspaper BT reported. Just days after the Dane secured his return to F1 this year with Renault, it emerges...
08 Feb 2016 10:59 -
Renault expecting big step forward in 2016
Renault is expecting to make a big step forward with its power unit for 2016. While the French marque is playing down its chances this year, having just taken over beleaguered L...
08 Feb 2016 10:38 -
Vergne could be promoted to Ferrari reserve role
Jean-Eric Vergne could be set to step into the reserve driver role at Ferrari. The former Toro Rosso racer and now Formula E star was a test driver at Ferrari last year, focusin...
08 Feb 2016 10:05 -
Mercedes sees Honda as 'big threat' for the future
Mercedes is not sure it will dominate formula one for a third consecutive season in 2016. That is the claim of Andy Cowell, the engine boss at the German team who told reporters...
08 Feb 2016 09:44 -
F1 banker Gribkowsky to be released from jail
Gerhard Gribkowsky is set to be released from jail. The former F1 banker has been in jail in Munich for five years, over a $44 million corruption and bribery scandal that almost...
08 Feb 2016 09:12 -
2016 Renault 'conservative' first step - Abiteboul
Renault will walk a fine line between improving the 2016 car and preparing for the opportunity presented by next year's radically different rules. "2017 will be importa...
05 Feb 2016 13:36 -
Magnussen turned down another F1 offer for 2016
Renault wasn't Kevin Magnussen's only F1 option for 2016, according to the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet. When asked if he had turned down an offer from another team, t...
05 Feb 2016 12:40 -
Red Bull may be 'out of sync' with Renault updates
Renault says it is not surprised by comments made recently by Dr Helmut Marko. After a long period of tension between Red Bull and its engine supplier, they will effectively be ...
05 Feb 2016 12:03 -
Free practice outings possible for Ocon
Esteban Ocon may get some Friday practice outings in 2016. 'On loan' to Renault after re-signing with Mercedes' driver development scheme late last year, the 19-year...
05 Feb 2016 11:35 -
McLaren-Honda will improve in 2016 - Prost
Alain Prost thinks McLaren-Honda will have a better season in 2016. The quadruple world champion and F1 legend was in Paris earlier this week for the Renault launch. It had been...
05 Feb 2016 10:51 -
2016 is the year in which we prepare for 2017 - Abiteboul
Renault will walk a fine line between improving the 2016 car and preparing for the opportunity presented by next year's radically different rules. "2017 will be importa...
05 Feb 2016 10:08 -
Magnussen expresses sympathy for Maldonado
Kevin Magnussen has expressed his sympathy for the plight of Pastor Maldonado, who was ousted at the last minute by Renault for 2016. It is Magnussen who is replacing the contro...
05 Feb 2016 09:27 -
Former Ferrari engineer returns to F1 with Renault
Chris Dyer, a well-known former engineer for Michael Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen, is returning to F1 after a five year hiatus. The Australian lost his job as chief track engin...
05 Feb 2016 08:40 -
Di Montezemolo: "I have news about Schumacher and it is not good"
Former Ferrari-teamboss Luca di Montezemolo has been quoted by Sky Sports: "I have news about Schumacher and it is not good. Life is strange, he was a fantastic driver.&quo...
04 Feb 2016 17:48 -
GP2: Racing Engineering signs Norman Nato
Racing Engineering are pleased to announce that 23 year old Frenchman Norman Nato will be joining the Spanish team for the 2016 GP2 Series. Nato who began karting in 1998, winn...
04 Feb 2016 16:35 -
A 'surprise' for me to be here now - Magnussen
Kevin Magnussen was still letting the news sink in as he stepped onto the stage as a works Renault race driver on Wednesday. At the eleventh hour, the French team split with the...
04 Feb 2016 15:53 -
Renault RS16 was a repainted Lotus E23
Renault revealed neither its 2016 car nor the race livery as the wraps came off a mostly black single seater during Wednesday's Paris event. "Here is the Renault RS...
04 Feb 2016 15:15 -
Renault wants to have 650 staff at Enstone
Renault is aiming to add 200 staff to its Enstone chassis factory by the end of next year. "A lot of positions are opening up," admitted chassis technical director Nic...
04 Feb 2016 14:41
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