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Rule stops Hamilton from wearing special helmet
Lewis Hamilton cannot wear a special helmet this weekend in Malaysia. To celebrate title sponsor Petronas' home race, the reigning world champion and Mercedes both revealed Hami...

27 Mar 2015 11:24
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Mercedes miscalculated Rosberg's fuel consumption in Australia
Lewis Hamilton may not have been as dominant in Melbourne as first thought. Germany's Auto Motor und Sport reports that a detailed investigation by Mercedes showed that it got i...

27 Mar 2015 10:31
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Our chassis is at the level of Williams and Ferrari - Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo has admitted Red Bull's engine is not its only problem in 2015. In and after Australia, the former champion team took its long-time partner Renault to task, wit...

27 Mar 2015 09:58
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Engine customers would not simplify Honda recovery
Adding a customer or two to its roster would not speed up Honda's F1 programme. That is the claim of Yasuhisa Arai, who was asked if the fact Honda is working exclusively for Mc...

27 Mar 2015 09:05
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Rosberg's pregnant wife struggling with nausea
Nico Rosberg's mind is on the other side of the world as he also concentrates on his job this weekend in Malaysia. Back at his home in Monaco, where he has lived almost his enti...

27 Mar 2015 08:09
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'Hamilton has signed new Mercedes contract until 2018'
Lewis Hamilton has now scribbled his name on a new contract beyond 2015, according to a Spanish newspaper. After the reigning world champion said he hopes the deal is "done" thi...

27 Mar 2015 06:48
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GP2: Amberg joins Lazarus for the 2015 season
Lazarus have confirmed that Swiss driver Zoel Amberg will race with them in GP2 Series this season alongside Nathanaël Berthon. Rookie Amberg was born in Stans, in the canto...

27 Mar 2015 03:20
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Manor completes Ferrari engine fire-up at Sepang
By the sound of it, Manor appears on course to hit the track this weekend for the first time in 2015. The former Marussia team tried the patience of the FIA and Bernie Eccleston...

26 Mar 2015 16:21
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Vettel turns down Rosberg's invite to attend briefing
Sebastian Vettel has turned down Nico Rosberg's invitation to attend his engineering briefing in Malaysia. In Australia, the rival Germans exchanged verbal blows in the press co...

26 Mar 2015 15:50
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$Red Bull fracas just 'a bit of frustration' - Ricciardo$
Red Bull fracas just 'a bit of frustration' - Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo has dismissed as "frustration" the unseemly spat between Red Bull and its works engine partner Renault. After Melbourne, it became clear that while Ferrari has ...

26 Mar 2015 15:02
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Bottas tweaks seat and pedal position after back injury
Valtteri Bottas says modifications have been made to his car ahead of the Malaysian grand prix. The Finn got clearance from FIA doctors on Thursday to return for Williams this w...

26 Mar 2015 14:48
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Alonso declares 'locked steering' caused testing crash
Fernando Alonso on Thursday said he crashed in Barcelona last month because his steering "locked". The news has thickened the already convoluted plot even more, after weeks of r...

26 Mar 2015 13:30
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'Teams never complain about domination when they dominate'
Max Mosley has told those complaining about the F1 rules to "live with it". As Red Bull protests bitterly about Mercedes' domination amid arguably overly-complex and foolhardy r...

26 Mar 2015 12:45
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FIA wants to see both Manor cars on track in Malaysia
Manor has been told it must fire its engines this weekend in Malaysia. In Australia, where the former Marussia team stayed in the pits all weekend, suspicions arose that Manor n...

26 Mar 2015 12:14
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Force India next in signing low-profile development driver
Force India has become the next F1 team to court controversy with its signing of a 'development driver'. Lotus has faced criticism of trading credibility for money, as it unveil...

26 Mar 2015 11:52
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Williams appoints Sutil as its official reserve driver
Williams Martini Racing is pleased to announce Adrian Sutil as its official Reserve Driver for the 2015 FIA Formula One World Championship season. Adrian made his Formula One d...

26 Mar 2015 11:06
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Red Bull ramping up efforts to become engine maker
Red Bull could be ramping up efforts to go it alone in formula one as an engine manufacturer. In the days between Australia and Malaysia, open war broke out between the energy d...

26 Mar 2015 10:36
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Video: A lap around Sepang onboard with Hamilton
Sepang International Circuit hosts the Malaysian Grand Prix this weekend. As a preview a video of a lap with Lewis Hamilton onboard around that track. ...

26 Mar 2015 09:55
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Williams confirms Bottas' return to action in Malaysia
Williams on Thursday confirmed Valtteri Bottas' return to action in Malaysia. The Finn sat out the Melbourne season opener with a torn disc in his lower back, but has since been...

26 Mar 2015 08:30
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Alonso given the green light to race in Malaysia
Fernando Alonso has been declared fit to return to the cockpit of his McLaren-Honda this weekend. The Spaniard had already been given the green light prior to travelling to Mala...

26 Mar 2015 08:21
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Hockenheim didn't want to gamble with German GP
Hockenheim and Bernie Ecclestone on Wednesday denied responsibility for the demise of the historic German grand prix. The Nurburgring was scheduled to host this year's July 19 r...

25 Mar 2015 15:04
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Malaysia 2015 preview quotes: Sauber
After a successful season opener in Melbourne, the Sauber F1 Team and its drivers Marcus Ericsson and Felipe Nasr are looking forward to the Malaysian Grand Prix. The second rou...

25 Mar 2015 13:43
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Red Bull also has issues with the chassis - Renault
Renault has continued to hit back amid suggestions its turbo V6 'power unit' is the only reason for Red Bull's 2015 struggle. The French marque's F1 chief Cyril Abiteboul on Tue...

25 Mar 2015 12:03
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Lotus taking criticism for development driver lineup
Lotus is once again taking criticism after naming another 'development driver'. A month ago, the Enstone team signed up Carmen Jorda, a 26-year-old female driver, to attend race...

25 Mar 2015 11:18
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Barrichello couldn't stay awake during 2015 opener
A trio of former F1 drivers are hoping the 2015 season opener was just a blip. In Australia, Sauber battled for survival in court with Giedo van der Garde while Manor never left...

25 Mar 2015 10:27
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China National Chemical secures control of Pirelli
China has bought F1's official tyre supplier Pirelli. State-owned China National Chemical, or Chem China, has secured control of the Milan-based company valued at over EUR 7 bil...

25 Mar 2015 09:41
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Alonso looking forward to first race weekend in MP4-30
Fernando Alonso has admitted he is expecting a "tough weekend" in Malaysia. The Spaniard is undoubtedly right. As he watched the season opener on TV from his home in Dubai almos...

25 Mar 2015 08:56
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Hamilton and Mercedes almost ready to sign new deal
The end of Lewis Hamilton's protracted negotiations with Mercedes over a new deal beyond 2015 may finally be close. The reigning world champion has conducted his own talks with ...

25 Mar 2015 08:14
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Renault on Red Bull: "Hard to have a partner who lies"
Renault's relationship with works team Red Bull continues to crumble. Cyril Abiteboul, chief of the French carmaker's F1 engine programme, on Tuesday accused Red Bull technical ...

24 Mar 2015 17:07
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Malaysia 2015 preview quotes: Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton: "Australia was a great way to start. To pick up where we left off last year was awesome. But if 2014 showed anything, it's that putting together a whole season i...

24 Mar 2015 16:45
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Hakkinen 'definitely expected more' from Raikkonen
Mika Hakkinen says he was disappointed with the performance of his countryman Kimi Raikkonen in Australia. When he retired at the end of 2001, Hakkinen recommended McLaren sign ...

24 Mar 2015 16:14
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McLaren MP4-30 ranked fourth in cornering ratings
A silver lining for struggling McLaren-Honda could be the cornering ability of the new MP4-30 car. After Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen qualified dead last in Melbourne, some...

24 Mar 2015 15:22
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Valtteri Bottas is 'in very good shape' - manager
Valtteri Bottas' manager on Tuesday said he expects the Finn to return to action this weekend in Malaysia. After sitting out Melbourne with his injured lower back and recovering...

24 Mar 2015 14:40
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Verstappen skipped GP2 out of fear to 'stall' career

Max Verstappen says he jumped at the chance to become F1's youngest-ever race driver for fear his career would otherwise stall. The 17-year-old, whose meteoric rise from karts t...

24 Mar 2015 13:25
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Manor enlists Merhi alongside Stevens for Malaysia
Hoping to race this weekend is Valtteri Bottas, who sat out Melbourne with a torn disc in his lower back. "After such a frustrating Sunday in Australia," the Finn said in a stat...

24 Mar 2015 12:45
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Marko says F1 needs leadership like under Max Mosley
As F1 speeds towards its next battleground, the debate about the very future of the sport will also resume in Malaysia. After the Melbourne opener, Red Bull furiously slammed th...

24 Mar 2015 12:10
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Sepang wants a 'win-win situation' with new F1 deal
As the F1 circus touches down in Malaysia, it is possible this week's race will be the seventeenth and last at Sepang. Early this year, Malaysian race officials travelled to Lon...

24 Mar 2015 11:02
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Adderly Fong joins Lotus as development driver
Lotus F1 Team is pleased to announce Adderly Fong as a Development Driver for 2015. Fong will undergo a driver development programme as well as contributing to the team's simula...

24 Mar 2015 10:15
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Forecast for Sepang indicates high probability of rain
F1 looks to be heading into its first wet race of the season. The current weekend forecast for Sepang indicates a high probability of rain and afternoon storms, even though the ...

24 Mar 2015 09:43
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'Alonso had a steering problem before his crash'
The cause of Fernando Alonso's mysterious Barcelona testing crash may now be clearer. Until now, McLaren-Honda has insisted the incident that sidelined its star driver for more ...

24 Mar 2015 08:31
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Malaysia 2015 preview quotes: Williams
Kuala Lumpur's Sepang International Circuit was first in the spate of modern tracks in emerging markets for Formula One. The likes of Bahrain, China, Singapore, South Korea and ...

23 Mar 2015 16:35
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McLaren confirms Alonso scheduled to return at Sepang
A McLaren statement: "McLaren-Honda is pleased to announce that, subject to a successful final FIA medical assessment this Thursday 26th March at the Sepang International Circui...

23 Mar 2015 15:13
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'GP axe slap in the face of German motorsport fans'
Niki Lauda has described the official demise of Mercedes' home race this year as "sad". The F1 legend and Mercedes team chairman confirmed reports that the German carmaker made ...

23 Mar 2015 14:28
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Kaltenborn admits 'mistakes' in Van der Garde affair
Monisha Kaltenborn has broken her silence on the Giedo van der Garde affair, admitting she made "mistakes". The storm surrounding Sauber's Indian-born Austrian boss and co-owner...

23 Mar 2015 13:45
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Alonso crash costs insurers EUR 1.8 million so far
Fernando Alonso's Barcelona testing crash has cost insurers EUR 1.8 million so far. That is the claim of Italy's specialist La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper, who said the Spani...

23 Mar 2015 12:51
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New controversy surrounding fuel-flow rules brewing
A new controversy surrounding F1's fuel-flow rules could be brewing. A year has now passed since Daniel Ricciardo was disqualified from the 2014 season opener when his Red Bull-...

23 Mar 2015 12:02
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Young people entering sports is 'global trend' - Verstappen
F1 is simply adjusting to the new "global trend" of younger athletes. That is the claim of Max Verstappen, who in Melbourne shattered the old record to become the youngest race ...

23 Mar 2015 11:20
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Bottas 'impatient' to go to Malaysia - manager
Valtteri Bottas is "impatient" to return to the cockpit of his Williams this weekend in Malaysia. That is the news of the Finn's manager Didier Coton, after his 25-year-old char...

23 Mar 2015 10:27
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Mercedes offered 'significant contribution' to save German GP
Mercedes offered to help keep the German grand prix alive in 2015. On Friday, the FIA revealed that it has removed the scheduled July 19 date from this year's calendar because B...

23 Mar 2015 09:54
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Fernando Alonso cleared to travel to Malaysia
Fernando Alonso on Sunday was cleared by FIA-appointed doctors to travel to the scene of this weekend's Malaysian grand prix. The Spaniard's visit to Cambridge University to sit...

23 Mar 2015 08:43
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Ferrari busy to house entire F1 team under one roof
Ferrari is moving house. Germany's Bild am Sonntag newspaper reports that, in the week after cementing its new form in Australia as the second force behind Mercedes, the fabled ...

23 Mar 2015 08:21
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No chance if you don't have Mercedes engine - Marko
Mercedes' engine advantage is locked in for the long haul, Red Bull official Dr Helmut Marko insists. Renault-powered Red Bull is arguing stridently for a change of regulations ...

20 Mar 2015 13:41
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MotoGP champion backs Honda to succeed in F1
Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has backed Honda to succeed in formula one. Riding for the Japanese marque's official factory team Repsol-Honda, the 22-year-old Spaniard h...

20 Mar 2015 12:12
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F1 in image struggle after 2015 season opener
Formula one did not present the best image of itself as the 2015 season opened in Australia. That is the view of several experts and insiders, following Sauber's courtroom battl...

20 Mar 2015 12:08
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Bottas 'very optimistic' about driving in Malaysia
Valtteri Bottas' manager has admitted he is not sure the Williams driver will return to action next weekend in Malaysia. "I am well informed about it," said former double world ...

20 Mar 2015 11:09
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Of Schumacher's titles, one should be mine - Barrichello
Rubens Barrichello claims his former Ferrari teammate Michael Schumacher should actually be just a six-time world champion. The pair were teammates at Ferrari between 2000 and 2...

20 Mar 2015 10:38
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Red Bull open to Renault's ideas for Toro Rosso
Toro Rosso's cars could turn yellow, Red Bull official Dr Helmut Marko has admitted. As he criticises engine partner Renault for its retrograde step in 2015, Marko has also conf...

20 Mar 2015 09:30
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German GP 'dead' as Nürburgring pulls out as well
Germany's other F1 circuit has joined Hockenheim in pulling out of the running to host the scheduled July 19 race. Earlier this week, Hockenheim chief Georg Seiler told Bild new...

20 Mar 2015 08:40
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Renault took unusually-aggressive approach to season opener
Renault has revealed it took an unusually-aggressive approach to the 2015 season opener, at works partner Red Bull's behest. Amid Red Bull's disastrous start to the new world ch...

19 Mar 2015 13:33
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Alonso to undergo FIA medical checks on Sunday
Fernando Alonso will undergo medical tests conducted by the FIA on Sunday. The broadcaster Sky Italia said the Spaniard needs the governing body's green-light in order to return...

19 Mar 2015 12:46
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Manager 'not working on F1 comeback' for Kobayashi
Kamui Kobayashi's manager has played down reports the Japanese driver is on the verge of a return to F1. Chikara Funada, who handles the former Toyota, Sauber and Caterham drive...

19 Mar 2015 12:03
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Without Bianchi points, we would not be here - Booth
Manor boss John Booth says the team would not have been resurrected without Jules Bianchi. Frenchman Bianchi, critically injured in an horror crash whilst driving for Manor's fo...

19 Mar 2015 11:24
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Mercedes has no problem with Hamilton buying a Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton has had contact with Ferrari, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has admitted. Paddock rumours in Australia suggested that, as he conducts his own negotiations for a n...

19 Mar 2015 10:55
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Bottas likely to need surgery to competely heal back injury
Valtteri Bottas is recovering from his back injury in Indonesia, the Williams team has confirmed. The Finn had to sit out the Melbourne season opener last Sunday after suffering...

19 Mar 2015 09:54
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Engine rule changes made for 'right reasons' - Williams
Williams has become the next team to back F1's current regulations. After Mercedes' dominance of the Melbourne opener, Red Bull was so critical of the new-in-2014 turbo V6 formu...

19 Mar 2015 09:17
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Race pace difference to Mercedes not huge - Raikkonen
Mercedes could have a race on its hands in 2015. After Melbourne, Christian Horner claimed the advantage now wielded by the silver team is bigger than at any time during Red Bul...

19 Mar 2015 08:30
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Sauber responds to Van der Garde's statement
A Sauber statement: "Many of you read today's statement on Giedo van der Garde's Facebook page. So have we and we were, indeed, rather surprised. We don't know about Giedo's int...

18 Mar 2015 16:01
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GP3: Mardenborough to race for Carlin in 2015
Jann Mardenborough is confirmed as the third and final driver in Carlin’s 2015 GP3 line-up. The Nissan driver who is already a race winner in the series, joins the reigning c...

18 Mar 2015 15:57
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Too ambitious to try to be ready so quickly - Boullier
Eric Boullier thinks it is "possible" McLaren-Honda might be in a position to win grands prix later in 2015. His comments follow reports elsewhere the team boss warned it might ...

18 Mar 2015 14:27
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Sauber announces Singapore Airlines as new partner
The Sauber F1 Team is pleased to announce Singapore Airlines as Official Airline Partner. Singapore Airlines is the most awarded airline worldwide, and was the first carrier wor...

18 Mar 2015 13:43
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