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F1 season 2016 to get late kick-off in April
The F1 season will get off to a late start next year. Australian media reports say the Melbourne race, which is guaranteed the opening spot on the sport's annual calendar, will ...
29 Apr 2015 12:01 -
Alesi alarmed by Mick Schumacher 'media exposure'
Former F1 driver Jean Alesi has expressed alarm at the "media exposure" surrounding Michael Schumacher's 16-year-old son. Mick Schumacher's step from karting to the German Formu...
29 Apr 2015 11:44 -
Alonso move not necessarily wrong decision - Gene
Ferrari test driver Marc Gene does not agree that Fernando Alonso's decision to leave the Italian team has been proved definitely wrong. As the famous Spaniard slumped deep into...
29 Apr 2015 10:39 -
Silverstone makes 'plea' for more excitement in F1
Silverstone chief Patrick Allen has added his voice to calls for a rules shakeup in formula one. He has told British newspapers that races are too predictable because of the dom...
29 Apr 2015 09:50 -
Mosley proposes budget cap with design freedom
Max Mosley has urged F1 teams to rethink the idea of a budget cap -- with an added twist. In 2015, the issue of spiralling and unmanageable costs is high on the agenda, and not ...
29 Apr 2015 08:24 -
Perez expects Force India to struggle in Barcelona
Sergio Perez is expecting Force India to struggle in Spain next weekend. Having earlier admitted the Silverstone based team's lack of competitiveness was affecting his motivatio...
28 Apr 2015 16:54 -
Frank Williams not planning to retire as team principal
Claire Williams says her legendary father will be "face down on the desk" on the day he retires from his role as team principal. Claire, 38, is now the Grove team's deputy and u...
28 Apr 2015 16:06 -
Alonso would also have won with this Ferrari - Gracia
Fernando Alonso "knew" Ferrari would take a step forward in 2015. That is the claim of Carlos Gracia, the head of Spain's motor racing federation. "People keep saying Fernando w...
28 Apr 2015 15:42 -
Hakkinen not sure Ferrari should continue with Raikkonen
Mika Hakkinen is not sure he would advise Ferrari to keep his countryman Kimi Raikkonen beyond 2015. Finn Raikkonen, who replaced Hakkinen at McLaren some 13 years ago, is curre...
28 Apr 2015 14:34 -
Mercedes denies Hamilton has signed new contract
Mercedes has denied reports suggesting Lewis Hamilton has finally signed his long-awaited contract extension. Germany's Sport Bild said the reigning world champion and 2015 cham...
28 Apr 2015 13:27 -
Montezemolo denies calling for Ecclestone to step down
Luca di Montezemolo has denied calling for Bernie Ecclestone to step down as F1 supremo. The former Ferrari president had been quoted by German monthly Manager Magazin last week...
28 Apr 2015 12:46 -
F4 team manager questions Vettel 'patron' role
DTM driver Timo Scheider has questioned Sebastian Vettel's new role as a 'patron' of the Formula 4 series. "I'm pleased to make a contribution to increasing the attraction of Fo...
28 Apr 2015 11:54 -
F1 sponsors drivers from key markets in GP2, GP3
The company that runs formula one sponsors key junior drivers in the feeder categories GP2 and GP3. That is the finding of F1 business journalist Christian Sylt, having studied ...
28 Apr 2015 11:12 -
Rosberg insists 'nothing is lost yet' in title fight
Nico Rosberg says he has changed tack after complaining about teammate Lewis Hamilton's driving in the recent Chinese grand prix. The German had accused his Mercedes teammate of...
28 Apr 2015 10:46 -
Sutil stil in discussion with Sauber to find a solution
Sauber's legal troubles could be set to explode again next week in Spain. Ahead of the 2015 season opener, the Swiss team found itself in a near-terminal court struggle with Gie...
28 Apr 2015 09:44 -
Merhi has 'no idea' about future after Spanish GP
Roberto Merhi has confirmed his F1 future is clouded beyond next weekend's Spanish grand prix. The rookie has only been racing for the resurrected Marussia team on the basis tha...
28 Apr 2015 08:33 -
Todt unscathed in massive Nepal earthquake
FIA president Jean Todt has emerged unscathed from a massive earthquake that killed thousands in Nepal on Saturday. The Frenchman was heading the governing body's Asia-Pacific R...
27 Apr 2015 19:32 -
VW-to-F1 rumours return as chief steps down
Once again, the Volkswagen-to-F1 rumours are gathering speed. At the Bahrain grand prix, Bernie Ecclestone was told of rumours that as long as he is chief executive, Volkswagen ...
27 Apr 2015 11:47 -
European Commission investigation into F1 unlikely
F1 teams must lodge a formal complaint or the European Commission will not launch an investigation into the sport. That is the claim of F1 business journalist Christian Sylt, fo...
27 Apr 2015 11:39 -
Schumacher's son Mick wins Formula 4 race
Mick Schumacher won a race during his debut weekend in the FIA-sanctioned German Formula 4 series. "It's just amazing to win a race in my first 'formula' event," the shy 16-year...
27 Apr 2015 11:36 -
Williams recorded loss of more than $50m in 2014
Williams has revealed it recorded a more than $50 million loss in 2014. The Grove team, listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange, enjoyed a surge in performance last year followin...
27 Apr 2015 11:08 -
Manor 'not worthy of F1' - Villeneuve
Jacques Villeneuve has joined Bernie Ecclestone in admitting his opposition to the Manor team. In Bahrain last week, when asked if he is happy the former Marussia team resurr...
25 Apr 2015 12:06 -
Honda move may have blown Alonso's career - Villeneuve
Fernando Alonso might have blown his chance of ever winning a third title by switching to McLaren-Honda this year. That is the claim of 1997 world champion, who said Spaniard...
25 Apr 2015 12:05 -
Lauda has little sympathy for German GP organisers
Niki Lauda insists he has no sympathy for organisers of the now-defunct 2015 German grand prix. After a six-decade run for the key German market on the F1 calendar, neither Hock...
24 Apr 2015 16:52 -
Sainz confident he can beat 'new Senna' Verstappen
Carlos Sainz is confident he can hold his own against his highly-rated teammate Max Verstappen. The pair both made their debuts for Toro Rosso this year, but it is only the 17-y...
24 Apr 2015 16:34 -
Bottas not sure Williams can catch Mercedes and Ferrari
Valtteri Bottas has joined team engineer Rob Smedley in playing down Williams' chances of chasing down Ferrari in 2015. Team deputy Claire Williams admitted in Bahrain that the ...
24 Apr 2015 16:00 -
Force India proposes 'individual choice' for Pirelli tyres
Force India has come up with a proposal to spice up formula one. Sporting director Otmar Szafnauer thinks the races would be more exciting if more of Pirelli's four compounds ar...
24 Apr 2015 15:02 -
'Ricciardo has proved he is on same level as Vettel'
Red Bull is happy with its current driver lineup, Dr Helmut Marko insists. The struggling team lost its quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel to Ferrari over the winter. "It...
24 Apr 2015 14:28 -
Maldonado 'refused' to take turn on Friday bench
Pastor Maldonado is refusing to budge as Lotus attempts to accommodate 'Friday' driver Jolyon Palmer. In China and Bahrain, Maldonado's race teammate Romain Grosjean sat out Fri...
24 Apr 2015 13:43 -
Sparks can be unpleasant for drivers - Sainz
Not everyone loves F1's new sparks. Last year, also to beef up the safety of the cars, F1 decided to return to its spark-laden past by adding titanium to the skid blocks in 2015...
24 Apr 2015 12:49 -
Hamilton guaranteed at Mercedes next year - Lauda
Niki Lauda has issued a "guarantee" that Lewis Hamilton is staying at Mercedes. The reigning world champion's talks over a contract beyond 2015 have been publicly long and repea...
24 Apr 2015 12:10 -
Manor could change livery to accomodate Van der Garde
Roberto Merhi will contest the forthcoming Spanish grand prix. That is the claim of the Spanish daily El Mundo Deportivo, reporting that Manor has now unofficially confirmed the...
24 Apr 2015 11:37 -
Verstappen feels 'more respect' of fellow F1 drivers
Max Verstappen says he is steadily earning the respect of his fellow F1 drivers. When the season began, the sport was collectively sceptical of the 17-year-old Dutchman as he sm...
24 Apr 2015 10:46 -
McLaren needs year and a half to catch up - Boullier
It will be 2017 before McLaren is ready to charge for the title. That is the admission of team boss Eric Boullier, who said that despite a difficult start for the new McLaren-Ho...
24 Apr 2015 10:06 -
ARC Resorts aiming to put Valencia back on F1 calendar
Valencia could be set to return to the F1 calendar. The streets of the Spanish port city hosted five grands prix until 2012, but those race organisers subsequently faced accusat...
24 Apr 2015 09:57 -
CVC must decide if it wants to sell F1 or not - Montezemolo
Former Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo thinks formula one needs to urgently reform. And he said the onus is on the sport's "owners" - headed by major shareholder CVC - to ...
24 Apr 2015 08:20 -
Sauber heads into fourth season with partner Inter
The Sauber F1 Team is pleased to announce the extention of the partnership with Inter, the market leader in insurance brokerage in Latin America. The collaboration goes into its...
23 Apr 2015 16:57 -
Renault is Red Bull's 'best chance' and vice versa
Christian Horner on Thursday pinned Red Bull's hopes on the fate of its current engine supplier. For much of the season so far, the energy drink owned team's chiefs have been sc...
23 Apr 2015 16:24 -
McLaren denies Button lost his temper in Bahrain
McLaren has denied reports Jenson Button lost his temper with the team's situation after the Bahrain grand prix. The 2009 world champion had a horror weekend of unreliability in...
23 Apr 2015 13:11 -
Lauda says Hamilton deal will be fixed by Spanish GP
Yet another deadline is now looming over the finalisation of Lewis Hamilton's 2016 contract -- Barcelona. "Everything will be fixed by the Spanish grand prix on May 10," Mercede...
23 Apr 2015 12:46 -
Vettel watches out for Schumacher son as F4 'patron'
Sebastian Vettel has become a patron of this year's Formula 4 series, the German newspaper Bild reports. The German junior single-seater category kicks off at Oschersleben this ...
23 Apr 2015 12:01 -
Motor sport without an engine is difficult - Marko
Dr Helmut Marko has admitted the Red Bull-funded Austrian grand prix trophy will probably be passed into Mercedes' hands. The June race at the former A1-Ring, now known as the R...
23 Apr 2015 11:16 -
Wurz agrees with Sauber over engine cost limits
GPDA chief Alex Wurz has backed Sauber over the future direction of F1's engine rules. Former Williams driver Wurz, now chairman of the F1 drivers' union, linked on Twitter to a...
23 Apr 2015 10:25 -
Merhi looks set to hang onto Manor seat for now
Roberto Merhi looks set to hang onto his Manor seat at least for another race. While his F1 rivals take the weekend off, 24-year-old Merhi is currently in his native Spain, prep...
23 Apr 2015 09:44 -
Mercedes may have helped Ferrari to catch up
Mercedes will not react to title rival Ferrari's engine allocation strategy. In Bahrain, the resurgent Ferrari team fitted the second of four allocated 'power units' for the sea...
23 Apr 2015 08:27 -
Raikkonen 'seriously considered' retiring after 2014
Kimi Raikkonen considered returning to F1 retirement after his disastrous 2014 season, according to a Spanish sports daily. In Bahrain, the Finn bounced back from a slump by run...
22 Apr 2015 16:04 -
Toro Rosso helping Red Bull on AVL test bench
Red Bull is looking to speed ahead -- with the help of its sister team, Renault and an Austrian partner called AVL. Right now, according to Italy's Omnicorse, a Toro Rosso car i...
22 Apr 2015 14:56 -
Pirelli announces tyre selection for next four races
Pirelli has nominated the tyres that will be used in the grands prix of Spain, Monaco, Canada and Austria. The nominations are the same as 2014, but with the cars going faster t...
22 Apr 2015 13:42 -
Rosberg admits he cannot hide his disappointment
He is not giving up yet, but Nico Rosberg admits he could not hide his bad mood in Bahrain. A bad qualifying session left him six tenths behind teammate Lewis Hamilton, but Germ...
22 Apr 2015 12:47 -
Sauber denies testing special engine for Ferrari
Sauber has denied it ran Ferrari's next-specification engine during the 2015 winter test season. Following reports Ferrari is planning to introduce a new specification of its 20...
22 Apr 2015 12:09 -
Manager working hard to guard Schumacher's privacy
Michael Schumacher's manager is reportedly working hard to keep news about the health of her famous client quiet. Ever since the F1 legend and seven time world champion was inju...
22 Apr 2015 11:17 -
Stevens deletes criticised tweet about Merhi
Will Stevens has deleted a tweet described as "ugly" by one well-known Spanish sports daily. After Bahrain, Briton Stevens highlighted the significant gap between his race finis...
22 Apr 2015 10:37 -
Hulkenberg still trying to bring his career forwards
Nico Hulkenberg is settling in at his new "second home". The German headed straight from Bahrain, where he raced with the struggling Force India team, to a test this week at the...
22 Apr 2015 09:53 -
Any step would be good for McLaren - Boullier
Fernando Alonso left Bahrain expecting McLaren-Honda to make a "big step" for the start of the forthcoming European season. Having switched from the now-resurgent Ferrari, the S...
22 Apr 2015 09:05 -
Williams: "Third isn't anything to be ashamed of"
Williams has admitted it will struggle to quickly recover its position as the first force behind title favourite Mercedes. The Grove team finished last season as clearly the fas...
21 Apr 2015 16:43 -
Ferrari set for new engine specification in Barcelona
Ferrari is preparing to unleash more horse power in Spain. Reports are doing the rounds that the Maranello team will debut an upgrade for its turbo V6 'power unit' in June for t...
21 Apr 2015 14:46 -
Merhi: "I've been consistent, but consistently slow"
While the other F1 drivers take a weekend off, there will be no rest for Roberto Merhi. As he has not been signed up for the full F1 season by Manor, the Spaniard will kick off ...
21 Apr 2015 13:28 -
Leberer plays down Raikkonen's 'dangerous driving'
Josef Leberer has played down suggestions he was almost struck by Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari in Bahrain. Finn Raikkonen was given an official reprimand for "dangerous" driving aft...
21 Apr 2015 12:45 -
Ecclestone puts plans for race in Qatar on back burner
Bernie Ecclestone has put plans for a grand prix in Qatar on the back burner. In February, the Arab country's highest ranking motor racing official said: "We are about to sign c...
21 Apr 2015 12:13 -
Arrivabene defends Vettel after error-strewn race
The case of Sebastian Vettel shows how quickly things can turn around in formula one. Before Bahrain, the German was the new darling of Ferrari, dubbed 'Per-vettal' by the Itali...
21 Apr 2015 12:01 -
Maldonado fends off reputation as crash-prone driver
Pastor Maldonado has fended off his growing reputation as a crash-prone F1 driver. The Telegraph newspaper said a nickname doing the rounds for the Venezuelan is 'Crashtor', whi...
21 Apr 2015 11:02 -
Kvyat struggling with pressure at Red Bull - Villeneuve
Daniil Kvyat is struggling to deal with the pressure of driving for Red Bull. That is the claim of the outspoken 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve. "Last year he did ok at ...
21 Apr 2015 10:15 -
McLaren on the verge of scoring points - Alonso
Fernando Alonso says the new McLaren-Honda project is now on the verge of being able to score points. "We did not have a good start to the season," Yasuhisa Arai, the F1 boss of...
21 Apr 2015 09:48 -
Renault situation 'a bit ridiculous' - Max Verstappen
Having kept its composure until now, Toro Rosso's patience in 2015 may finally be up. While big-brother team Red Bull has been highly critical of Renault this season, the junior...
21 Apr 2015 08:39 -
Vettel says Ferrari could be last team before retirement
Sebastian Vettel thinks Ferrari could be his last stop in formula one. The 27-year-old switched to the fabled Maranello marque for 2015, and is believed to have signed at least ...
20 Apr 2015 13:50 -
Allison 'signature' helping Raikkonen at Ferrari - manager
Designer James Allison was a key to Kimi Raikkonen's 2014 resurgence, the Finnish driver's manager admits. Raikkonen struggled notably to match former teammate Fernando Alonso l...
20 Apr 2015 10:46 -
Renault ready to spend to change the situation - Horner
Christian Horner has acknowledged Renault is now getting serious about fixing its obvious problems in formula one. Earlier, the Briton and other Red Bull officials were scathing...
20 Apr 2015 09:57 -
Ferrari: "Kimi is at his best when he is a bit worried"
At least for now, Ferrari is leaving the door slightly ajar for Lewis Hamilton. After declaring that Hamilton would make a great teammate for Sebastian Vettel next year, Bernie ...
20 Apr 2015 08:42 -
Hamilton wins Bahrain Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton has won the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Brit triumphed ahead of Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen and Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg. Sebastian Vettel ended fifth after a...
19 Apr 2015 19:23 -
Jos Verstappen: "Renault needs to solve problems quickly"
Max Verstappen didn't manage to finish the Grand Prix of Bahrain. It was his third retirement of the year out of four races. His father and former Formula 1 driver Jos Verstappe...
19 Apr 2015 19:22
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