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As for next year, I don't know - Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen says his big crash at Monaco helped him to find a new level in formula one. Many people - particularly 17-year-old rookies - might have been forgiven for giving i...
15 Jul 2015 14:05 -
Pirelli: "We are not where we need to be this year"
Pirelli has vowed to try to spice up next year's grands prix. In 2015, criticism of the F1 'show' has come from all quarters, but a big factor contributing to the ex...
15 Jul 2015 13:29 -
Felipe Nasr still committed to Sauber for 2016
Felipe Nasr has played down rumours linking him with a switch of teams for 2016. Not only has the Brazilian been impressive on debut in 2015, he carries the significant backing ...
15 Jul 2015 12:48 -
German broadcasters interested to keep F1
F1's German TV broadcasters insist they remain keen to keep the sport on television. With the German grand prix missing in 2015, it has been rumoured that dwindling TV ratin...
15 Jul 2015 12:09 -
Whiting confident Mexico will be ready for F1 date
Mexico is right on track for its return to formula one this November. The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, not seen on the F1 calendar since 1992, is currently being extensively re...
15 Jul 2015 11:51 -
Dennis fully supportive of McLaren management
Ron Dennis has defended the management structure at McLaren. The Woking outfit's supremo recently denounced Eddie Jordan as the "village idiot" of F1, after he sug...
15 Jul 2015 10:47 -
Ferrari would take a step back with Bottas - Surer
Ferrari should leave Kimi Raikkonen behind, according to former F1 driver Marc Surer. However, Surer - now a pundit for German television - believes the Finn is in theory an ide...
15 Jul 2015 10:32 -
Button about F1 future: "It is not a given, no"
Jenson Button has contradicted Ron Dennis by admitting his future at McLaren is uncertain. Team supremo Dennis had declared at Silverstone: "Jenson has a two year contract ...
14 Jul 2015 16:49 -
Mercedes benefits from tric to 'pump up' front axle
Mercedes has had all the pole positions in the first nine Grand Prix. And it has only lost one race. In qualifying, the average gap towards the next best car is 0.680 seconds. I...
14 Jul 2015 16:17 -
Dakar: X-Raid Mini signs Mikko Hirvonen
Even after having celebrated four consecutive Dakar wins, X-raid isn't ready to rest. Instead, it is working on creating the best possible package for the coming years. On t...
14 Jul 2015 15:54 -
Lotus denies Renault buyout is now imminent
Lotus has denied it is on the cusp of being sold back to Renault. Reports suggest current team owner Gerard Lopez will meet with Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn in Hungary next weekend...
14 Jul 2015 14:53 -
Russia, Malaysia happy with new slot on 2016 calendar
Russia says it is happy with its new early slot on the F1 calendar. Last year and again in 2015, as Sochi joined the ever-expanding world championship schedule, the new Russian ...
14 Jul 2015 13:25 -
Van der Garde could be on the move towards DTM
Giedo van der Garde's next move in motor racing could be to German touring cars. That is the claim of the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, referring to the 30-year-old who earl...
14 Jul 2015 12:47 -
Red Bull Racing not poaching Toro Rosso's Key
Christian Horner insists Red Bull will not simply poach the increasingly-lauded designer James Key from the junior team Toro Rosso. It has become increasingly clear in 2015 that...
14 Jul 2015 12:06 -
Grosjean doubts impact of driver aids clampdown
Romain Grosjean is not sure the forthcoming 'driver aids' clampdown from August's Belgian grand prix will be a game changer. Although the big changes to an image-str...
14 Jul 2015 11:22 -
FIA wants to limit number of parts to cut costs
F1's governing body is proposing a cost cap plan for formula one, along the lines of the idea floated recently by former FIA president Max Mosley. While there is consensus u...
14 Jul 2015 10:41 -
No significant progress in Bianchi's situation
Jules Bianchi's father has admitted hopes are fading that the former Marussia driver will recover from his head injuries. The 25-year-old has never regained consciousness af...
14 Jul 2015 10:01 -
Button, Vandoorne also in the frame at Williams
Stoffel Vandoorne and Jenson Button have found themselves in competition for the same F1 race seats for 2016, according to the Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat. It is therefore i...
13 Jul 2015 16:48 -
Lopez set for urgent Renault talks in Hungary
Gerard Lopez is planning a rare-in-2016 visit to a grand prix next weekend. The Luxembourger, who owns and officially heads the Enstone based team known today as Lotus, has hard...
13 Jul 2015 16:09 -
Lauda: "My respect for Ferrari always very big"
Niki Lauda has hit back at suggestions he lacks "respect" for Ferrari. Last week, the F1 legend's colleague Toto Wolff had to apologise after Lauda provocatively s...
13 Jul 2015 15:30 -
WMSC rubber-stamps 21-race F1 calendar for 2016
F1's governing body has released the first official race calendar for 2016, and it confirms the return of the German grand prix. This year's schedule is currently in an ...
13 Jul 2015 14:22 -
EU needs formal complaint to open F1 investigation
F1 has taken another step towards being investigated by the European Commission. Last month, it emerged that despite small teams' concerns about the fairness of the income d...
13 Jul 2015 13:42 -
Verstappen, Ricciardo play down Ferrari rumours
Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo now appear out of the running for the Ferrari seat in 2016. The pair had been linked with struggling Kimi Raikkonen's place, but Toro Ros...
13 Jul 2015 12:47 -
Reconsider every rule to make F1 more attractive - Lauda
Things are starting to look up in formula one, according to legend Niki Lauda. It has been a period of immense criticism and introspection for the pinnacle of motor sport, but t...
13 Jul 2015 12:06 -
Perez expecting at least ten more years in F1
Sergio Perez is expecting to spend at least another decade in formula one. But the Mexican was also quoted by the Spanish news agency EFE as admitting he is not sure if he will ...
13 Jul 2015 11:36 -
'Honda engine upgrade could be worth 70hp'
McLaren's financial situation could be compounded by a lack of title sponsor, a report in the Sunday Times suggested. The struggling Honda-powered team is a distant ninth in...
13 Jul 2015 10:46 -
Flavio Briatore found guilty of tax evasion in Italy
An Italian criminal court in Genoa, Italy, has found Flavio Briatore guilty of tax evasion. La Gazzetta dello Sport said the matter involved his luxury yacht Force Blue, which h...
13 Jul 2015 08:33 -
Honda waiting on FIA to deploy upgraded engine
Honda is waiting only on the FIA to deploy more of its in-season engine development 'tokens'. That is the claim of Germany's Auto Motor und Sport, as the pressure on...
10 Jul 2015 12:52 -
I don't have a contract for next year - Magnussen
As he pushes to return to the grid, Kevin Magnussen hopes McLaren supremo Ron Dennis' effort pays off. In May, Dennis travelled to Magussen's native Denmark, where he ma...
10 Jul 2015 12:08 -
No F1 comeback Toyota with this power unit - Ecclestone
The current rulebook is dissuading more carmakers, like Toyota, from entering F1. That is the claim of Bernie Ecclestone, whose solution is simple: "Let's tear the bloo...
10 Jul 2015 11:44 -
Logical if Williams had reacted to Bottas' pace - Hakkinen
Valtteri Bottas should have been waved through to boost Williams' victory hopes in the British grand prix. That is the view of retired two-time world champion Mika Hakkinen....
10 Jul 2015 11:06 -
Button understands call to make cars more difficult
When it comes to making F1 more "dangerous", Jenson Button is also on board. Recently, F1 legends Niki Lauda and Kimi Raikkonen used the word to describe what the spor...
10 Jul 2015 10:07 -
FIA warns teams against performing fake pitstops
The FIA has warned teams against following Mercedes' lead in 'faking' pitstops. After Williams and Mercedes duelled for the win at Silverstone, Toto Wolff admitted h...
10 Jul 2015 09:26 -
Ferrari drivers hoping for better weekend in Hungary
Ferrari's drivers have acknowledged the need to improve after a poor showing for the team at Silverstone. Earlier knocking on the door of dominant Mercedes' pace, the Ma...
09 Jul 2015 15:16 -
Piquet preferred not to stay in F1 with Toro Rosso
When it comes to 'crashgate', the only protagonist who did not rebuild his F1 career was Nelson Piquet jr. Since the Singapore crash scandal struck, Pat Symonds has retu...
09 Jul 2015 14:46 -
Carmen Jorda keeps training hard for first F1 test
Carmen Jorda says she is still on course to make her formula one driving debut at some point in the future. The 27-year-old former GP3 racer and Spaniard is now a regular at gra...
09 Jul 2015 13:37 -
Haas has met 'talented and good guy' Gutierrez
Gene Haas has finally named a candidate to potentially drive for his new American F1 team in 2016. It is Esteban Gutierrez. Californian Haas was, however, speaking in Gutierrez&...
09 Jul 2015 12:51 -
Drivers have no time to be more open - Vettel
F1 drivers have little time to be themselves in public. That is the claim of Sebastian Vettel, who has recently been criticised by Bernie Ecclestone for epitomising the 'cha...
09 Jul 2015 12:09 -
Ferrari benefited from collapse of Red Bull and McLaren
Former F1 team boss and owner Gian Carlo Minardi says he would give Ferrari just 6 out of 10 for its 2015 campaign so far. That is despite the fact the likes of Maurizio Arrivab...
09 Jul 2015 11:14 -
Billionaire Stroll considering buying into Williams
Lawrence Stroll has a EUR 120 million cheque to spend on a formula one team, Italy's Autosprint claims. Days ago, it was rumoured that the Canadian billionaire's 16-year...
09 Jul 2015 10:30 -
Kvyat 'has recovered' after difficult start at Red Bull
Daniil Kvyat appears to have put his formula one career back on track. Earlier in 2015, the young Russian's meteoric rise from GP3, Toro Rosso and then Red Bull appeared to ...
09 Jul 2015 09:56 -
Mercedes, Ferrari push back on engine cost cap plan
Mercedes and Ferrari are hitting back at efforts to cap engine costs in formula one. Teams struggling for mere survival, like Force India, Lotus and Sauber, currently pay hefty ...
09 Jul 2015 09:16 -
We have to live with Mercedes domination - Surer
Former F1 driver Marc Surer says it is not fair to blame Mercedes for any of the sport's current problems. While many think formula one is currently 'boring' because...
08 Jul 2015 16:57 -
Honda promises better second half of the season
Yasuhisa Arai has played down the huge pressure being applied on Honda by its works F1 partner McLaren. The words expressed by boss Eric Boullier are increasingly exasperated, a...
08 Jul 2015 15:43 -
Saturday race would change nothing - Zehnder
'Sprint race qualifying' is not the answer for formula one. That is the view of Beat Zehnder, Sauber's highly experienced team manager, following reports the Strateg...
08 Jul 2015 14:37 -
Sebastian Vettel signs up for Race of Champions 2015
Four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel has signed up for this year's Race Of Champions on November 20-21 at the Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park – ...
08 Jul 2015 13:18 -
Mercedes apologises for Lauda's 'spaghetti' slur
Toto Wolff has apologised after his fellow Mercedes chief Niki Lauda slammed Ferrari. Amid all the claims about Mercedes making F1 'boring' by dominating too easily, tea...
08 Jul 2015 12:06 -
This could be crucial period for Hulkenberg - coach
Victory at Le Mans breathed new life into Nico Hulkenberg. That is the view of Mika Salminen, the Force India and Porsche driver's fitness trainer. "His increase in con...
08 Jul 2015 11:29 -
Pirelli not willing to risk safety with 'free' tyre choice
Pirelli has ruled out giving teams 'free choice' on their selection of tyre compounds for 2016. The measure had been proposed by Force India and adopted by the Strategy ...
08 Jul 2015 10:53 -
Button not guaranteed to race for McLaren in 2016
Two British correspondents say they do not believe reports that Jenson Button will definitely still be a McLaren driver in 2016. A report by the British broadcaster Sky this wee...
08 Jul 2015 09:41 -
Wolff sure F1 cars will be much faster in 2017
Toto Wolff is confident F1 will ultimately adopt a much faster formula for 2017. The sport has collectively agreed that the cars of today are turning off fans because they are t...
08 Jul 2015 08:39 -
'Ferrari target Bottas the right age, but inconsistent'
The pressure is continuing to pile on Kimi Raikkonen. Amid swirling speculation about the Finn's future, Ferrari team boss Maurizio Arrivabene departed Silverstone with the ...
07 Jul 2015 16:24 -
Fan survey 'too late' to make immediate difference
The fan survey commissioned by F1 drivers may have come 'too late' to make an immediate difference. But Alex Wurz, the president of the Grand Prix Drivers' Associati...
07 Jul 2015 15:36 -
If Bottas was faster, he should have passed me - Massa
Felipe Massa has hit back at claims he spoiled Williams' shot at victory at the British grand prix. Some believe that if teammate Valtteri Bottas had passed the Brazilian ra...
07 Jul 2015 14:51 -
Hamilton's surprising pitstop call 'annoying' - Rosberg
Lewis Hamilton simply lucked into the perfect strategy call that raced him to victory at Silverstone. That is the view of his Mercedes teammate and title rival Nico Rosberg, eve...
07 Jul 2015 14:07 -
F1 ratings show upward trend in German market
Things could be looking up in formula one, mere days after urgent calls were being made to end a 'crisis'. Indeed, the sport is now entering an unplanned three-week gap ...
07 Jul 2015 13:34 -
Ferrari thinks abandoning 2015 project would be 'a mistake'
Ferrari may be slipping back into old habits, the worried Italian media observed after the British grand prix. La Repubblica said Silverstone had been the Maranello team's &...
07 Jul 2015 12:11 -
Aston Martin on F1: "Never say never, but improbable"
Aston Martin chief Andy Palmer has played down speculation the British carmaker is set to enter formula one. CEO Andy Palmer was spotted on the grid of the British grand prix, i...
07 Jul 2015 11:23 -
Alonso expects similar struggle in Hungarian GP
Fernando Alonso has clarified his comments, after suggesting "bored" McLaren fans should "turn off the TV until next year". In the midst of McLaren-Honda'...
07 Jul 2015 10:39 -
Verstappen will drive for Toro Rosso in 2016 - Marko
Helmut Marko has hit back at speculation Red Bull could lose Max Verstappen to a key rival after just a single season in F1. Amid his meteoric debut this year at the unprecedent...
07 Jul 2015 09:40 -
Court adjourns 'winding-up petition' against Lotus
Reports of financial strife at Lotus have resurfaced this week. Amid speculation the team's absent-in-2015 owner Gerard Lopez is set to sell the Enstone squad back to Renaul...
07 Jul 2015 08:58 -
Ron Dennis fighting fire with insults - Coulthard
Ron Dennis has returned fire after his old contemporary Eddie Jordan slammed McLaren's "arrogance". Jordan, the colourful former team boss turned television pundit...
06 Jul 2015 14:38 -
Valtteri Bottas hopes to know his future by Monza
Even Carlos Sainz has found himself embroiled in the increasingly explosive 'silly season'. His fellow rookie teammate Max Verstappen, although just 17, was already link...
06 Jul 2015 13:15 -
Merc not 'categorically' ruling out Red Bull involvement
All sides came out fighting on Saturday following speculation Red Bull is set for a sensational switch to Mercedes power. A British magazine earlier reported the engines could b...
06 Jul 2015 12:13 -
McLaren's Eric Boullier insists: "Give me time"
As McLaren-Honda's 2015 season goes from worse to woeful, questions about the men in charge are now being asked. Although the new Anglo-Japanese 'marriage' has been ...
06 Jul 2015 11:23 -
Arrivabene leaves Raikkonen alone so 'he can do his job'
If the British grand prix changed the course of Kimi Raikkonen's future, Maurizio Arrivabene is not saying. Reportedly on notice that Silverstone and Hungary are his last ch...
06 Jul 2015 10:39 -
Bottas left guessing for reasons for 'team orders'
After launching off the grid and into the lead, Williams was left to rue an opportunity lost in Sunday's British grand prix. Part of the reason the Silverstone race was so e...
06 Jul 2015 09:41 -
Thrilling race at Silverstone antidote for F1 crisis?
A single exciting grand prix was the perfect antidote amid F1's so-called 'crisis'. "Crisis called off?" Toto Wolff, boss of the dominant Mercedes team, sa...
06 Jul 2015 08:45 -
FP3: Hamilton creates a gap ahead of home crowd
Lewis Hamilton has finished fastest in the third free practice ahead of the British Grand Prix. The local star edged teammate Nico Rosberg and Kimi Raikkonen. Sebastian Vettel ...
04 Jul 2015 12:32 -
Teams not confirming 'mini-GP' race format shakeup
Team bosses at Silverstone were reluctant to confirm the details of a race weekend format shakeup that could save the increasingly slated sport. Information leaked to specialist...
04 Jul 2015 09:43
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