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Ferrari sets modest goal for 2015 season opener
Ferrari has set a modest target for the 2015 season opener, an insider close to the fabled Maranello team reports. Leo Turrini, famously close to the main protagonists in red, w...
19 Jan 2015 16:03 -
Malaysia and Russia won't switch to night race
Two F1 hosts have ruled out switching to a night race format for 2015. Malaysia has been under consistent pressure in recent years from Bernie Ecclestone to switch to a floodlit...
19 Jan 2015 15:32 -
Marussia clings to survival as auction is postponed
An auction of crucial team equipment has been postponed, as Marussia clings to survival less than a month before the 2015 season. Team president Graeme Lowdon had warned at the ...
19 Jan 2015 15:12 -
Wehrlein wants to gain experience at Mercedes customer
Pascal Wehrlein is a name on the fast-track to formula one. Driving for Mercedes' premier team in DTM, the 20-year-old last year became the youngest winner in the German touring...
19 Jan 2015 14:50 -
Volvo interested in Formula E, not in F1
Volvo has set its sights on a global open-wheel championship -- and it isn't F1. The Swedish carmaker already races in Scandinavian touring cars and Australian V8 supercars, alt...
19 Jan 2015 14:16 -
Mercedes presents the new W06 on February 1
Mercedes will unviel their new car before running commences on the opening day of pre-season testing at Jerez. The W06 will be shown via the team's social media channels on Sund...
19 Jan 2015 13:44 -
Telefonica rules out sponsoring McLaren
Telefonica has ruled out becoming McLaren's title sponsor. The famous British team raced throughout 2014 without a title backer, following the withdrawal of Vodafone. But the...
19 Jan 2015 12:45 -
Byrne working closely with Allison at Ferrari
Ferrari needed a sweeping change after a "disastrous" start to the new turbo V6 era. That is the view of Sergio Marchionne, the Fiat-Chrysler chief who last year ousted the Mara...
19 Jan 2015 12:06 -
FIA to be flexible with super licence points system
F1's governing body has suggested its tough new criteria for the awarding of super licences in 2016 may actually be flexible. The FIA clamped down on the 2016 qualifying criteri...
19 Jan 2015 11:14 -
Pirelli open to supply wide rear tyres for F1
Pirelli is open to supplying bigger tyres to help spice up formula one. A report by Italy's Autosprint said it is often argued that the sport would be more exciting for spectato...
19 Jan 2015 10:28 -
Malaysia thinks quieter F1 attracts new fan base
Race organisers in Malaysia are getting used to the milder tones of today's F1. A year ago, Sepang was counted among scores of F1 circuit chiefs who joined Bernie Ecclestone in ...
19 Jan 2015 09:54 -
Vergne enjoys Formula E and has options for Le Mans
Jean-Eric Vergne is determined to remain one of the world's top racing drivers. After three years at Red Bull's junior F1 team Toro Rosso, the 24-year-old was dropped but he has...
19 Jan 2015 09:12 -
FIA grants Honda some engine update tokens for 2015
Honda has been granted some engine development freedom for 2015. The Japanese manufacturer had argued to the FIA that being left out of 2014 suppliers Mercedes, Renault and Ferr...
19 Jan 2015 08:41 -
2015 race deal not there yet - Hockenheim boss
Hockenheim's circuit boss has warned that a deal to host the German grand prix this year has not yet been reached. F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Thursday that, amid the N...
16 Jan 2015 13:12 -
F3: Tveter joins Menezes and Russell at Carlin
American driver Ryan Tveter will race for Carlin in the 2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship. The 20 year-old from New York is the third driver announced so far who will com...
16 Jan 2015 10:20 -
Vettel gets acquainted with Ferrari employees
Yesterday, at the request of Team Principal Maurizio Arrivabene, Sebastian Vettel came to Maranello to visit the Gestione Sportiva. The purpose of the tour was to allow the four...
16 Jan 2015 09:27 -
Hockenheim to host German F1 race again in 2015
The Nurburgring has lost its round of the 2015 world championship, Germany's Bild newspaper reported on Thursday. The fabled circuit was due to host the German grand prix this y...
15 Jan 2015 14:26 -
GP2: Vandoorne to continue with ART Grand Prix
ART Grand Prix is delighted to announce that 22 yr old Belgian racer Stoffel Vandoorne will remain with the French based squad for his second consecutive season in the GP2 Champ...
15 Jan 2015 10:00 -
Honda could be allowed to use development tokens
It remains possible the FIA will do a u-turn after excluding Honda from the new engine development 'unfreeze'. McLaren and its new 2015 works partner Honda were undoubtedly unim...
14 Jan 2015 15:37 -
Volkswagen not discussing F1 foray - Muller
Porsche chief Matthias Muller has rubbished speculation parent group Volkswagen could soon be on the F1 grid. Last week, Muller said the Porsche brand, despite now thriving at L...
14 Jan 2015 15:01 -
Mercedes pays record entry fee of almost 5 million
Mercedes is paying the highest ever fee to enter the 2015 world championship. The German team may have triumphantly dominated last year's titles, but one unpleasant consequence ...
14 Jan 2015 14:48 -
Vergne gets to grips with F1 simulator at Ferrari
Jean-Eric Vergne has now started work at Ferrari. The 24 year old Frenchman spent the day at the Maranello facility, meeting engineers and management, as well as getting to grip...
14 Jan 2015 08:45 -
F1 cars will all look basically similar - Bottas
Valtteri Bottas thinks the odd look of formula one cars is about to end. Last year, unseemly 'anteater', 'vacuum cleaner', 'walrus-tusked' and other descriptively-derided soluti...
13 Jan 2015 15:35 -
Ferrari encouraged by ability to upgrade engine
Sergio Marchionne has warned Ferrari fans yet again that 2015 will be a difficult season for the fabled Scuderia. Speaking at the Detroit auto show on Tuesday, he refused to wad...
13 Jan 2015 14:53 -
McLaren Group changes name in McLaren Technology Group
The McLaren Group has changed its name to the McLaren Technology Group. The change represents an ongoing shift at McLaren, as the firm increasingly develops into a diversified h...
13 Jan 2015 11:17 -
Lynn steps up to GP2 with support from Pirelli
GP3 champion Alex Lynn will step up to the GP2 Series in 2015 with significant support from Pirelli, official tyre supplier to the two Formula One feeder categories. Lynn, a ...
13 Jan 2015 10:24 -
Bahrain blocks Qatar's plans for F1 race in Lusail
Bahrain is blocking Qatar's plans to join the F1 calendar. F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone said last month that despite negotiating with a keen Qatari group, a race in the oil-rich...
13 Jan 2015 09:31 -
Andretti wants Montagny banned for life from racing
F1 legend Mario Andretti has called on Franck Montagny to be banned for life for doping. Former Super Aguri racer Montagny, a 37-year-old Frenchman, was suspended from the FIA-s...
13 Jan 2015 08:27 -
Difficult to improve on third place for Williams - Symonds
Pat Symonds has admitted Williams' next step will be more difficult than the giant leap of 2014. After a career slump that hit bottom in 2013 with ninth in the constructors' sta...
12 Jan 2015 16:29 -
Paffett unsure of McLaren potential for new Honda era
Former McLaren tester Gary Paffett is unsure of the British team's potential as its new works Honda era begins. After years of serving as tester, McLaren's change of power means...
12 Jan 2015 15:46 -
Bottas plays down possible move to Mercedes, Ferrari
Valtteri Bottas has played down reports linking his future outside of Williams. The Finn's career to date has been powered and championed by the Grove team, and he was the star ...
12 Jan 2015 15:13 -
Caterham's Stevens considering Le Mans switch
Will Stevens has turned his eye to Le Mans in the event his F1 career stumbles at the first hurdle. Funding brought by the 23-year-old's backers as he made his grand prix debut ...
12 Jan 2015 14:39 -
Ferrari spends EUR 40m on new off-track technology
Ferrari is spending a whopping EUR 40 million as it steps up its off-track technology at Maranello. Having struggled in 2014 and subsequently undergone a revolutionary shakeup, ...
12 Jan 2015 13:51 -
Renault unhappy with new super licence system
Renault has reportedly hit back at the FIA's controversial new system for issuing F1 super licences. In light of 17-year-old Max Verstappen's controversial debut this year, the ...
12 Jan 2015 13:23 -
Mercedes preparing new three-year deal for Hamilton
Mercedes is positioning to keep world champion Lewis Hamilton well beyond the 2015 season. Talks over the Briton's expiring contract were scheduled towards the end and then just...
12 Jan 2015 12:12 -
McLaren not planning pre-Jerez test with MP4-30
McLaren has denied reports it will run its Honda-powered 2015 car a few days before its launch and official test debut. Spain's El Mundo Deportivo claimed that, following news t...
12 Jan 2015 11:56 -
Australia not keen on earlier race start time
Race organisers are reluctant to shift the start time for the 2015 Australian grand prix. In response to Jules Bianchi's horror crash at Suzuka, the governing FIA vowed to look ...
12 Jan 2015 11:36 -
Max Verstappen clears hurdle towards driving licence
Max Verstappen has cleared the first hurdle as he seeks a normal road car driving licence. The controversy sparked by the young and inexperienced driver's impending grand prix d...
12 Jan 2015 10:48 -
Indian authorities restrict international travel for Mallya
Indian authorities have moved to restrict international travel for embattled Force India supremo Vijay Mallya. Amid ongoing action relating to his ailing airline Kingfisher, a M...
12 Jan 2015 09:52 -
Ricciardo confident of glosing the gap to Mercedes
Daniel Ricciardo has expressed confidence Red Bull can close the gap on dominant 2014 title winners Mercedes this year. Given Mercedes' level of dominance last season and the re...
12 Jan 2015 09:02 -
Vergne sets sights on Raikkonen's race seat at Ferrari
Jean-Eric Vergne has admitted he has set his sights on Kimi Raikkonen's 2016 race seat at Ferrari. The Frenchman, developed and groomed by Red Bull, was dropped by the energy dr...
12 Jan 2015 08:36 -
Ferrari to launch 2015 car on January 30
Ferrari will launch its Formula 1 car on the Scuderia's website and on its digital and social platforms on Friday 30 January. In the lead up to that day, various updates will...
09 Jan 2015 16:09 -
Trulli expects Alonso to struggle at McLaren in 2015
Fernando Alonso's former teammate doubts the Spaniard's high-profile switch from Ferrari to McLaren will result in instant success. But Jarno Trulli, who was Alonso's teammate a...
09 Jan 2015 12:08 -
F1 to challenge laptime records this season - Pirelli
Paul Hembery, official tyre supplier Pirelli's F1 chief, is expecting the field to speed up significantly in 2015. Last year, the Italian marque took a deliberately conservative...
09 Jan 2015 11:43 -
You need bottomless pit of money for F1 - Bird
Former Mercedes tester Sam Bird says F1 teams no longer scour the world's top racing categories in search of the best possible drivers. 28 today, the Briton was until recently a...
09 Jan 2015 10:55 -
McLaren confirms January 29 launch for MP4-30
McLaren has confirmed reports it will launch the Honda-powered 2015 car on 29 January. We reported earlier that the Woking based team would stage an event for the unveiling of t...
09 Jan 2015 10:23 -
Porsche chief Muller says that LMP1 is the future
Porsche chief executive Matthias Muller has now added his confirmation to reports the German marque is not interested in entering formula one. Already this week, the fabled Volk...
09 Jan 2015 09:23 -
McLaren, Ferrari to launch new cars in late January
McLaren looks set to launch its Honda-powered 2015 car with an event at the British team's Woking headquarters on January 29. International media reports are suggesting the McLa...
09 Jan 2015 08:39 -
Lauda not worried about new Hamilton contract
Niki Lauda has played down the chance Fernando Alonso will join Mercedes next year. Last week, team boss Toto Wolff caused a stir when he said Spaniard Alonso, who has just join...
08 Jan 2015 13:29 -
2016 rules would have stopped Schumacher comeback
The FIA's new super licence points system would even have locked Michael Schumacher out of F1. Apparently reacting to the controversial debut this year of 17-year-old Max Versta...
08 Jan 2015 12:45 -
Lotus was late to pay FIA entry fee for 2015
Lotus was late to pay the FIA entry fee for the 2015 world championship, according to reports in Spain and Italy. The Enstone team's place on the 2015 entry list recently was ma...
08 Jan 2015 11:53 -
Doing more harm than good to Susie's career - Toto Wolff
Toto Wolff thinks his relationship with wife Susie has actually harmed rather than helped the Williams test driver's career. Formerly Susie Stoddart, the Scot and former F3 and ...
08 Jan 2015 11:05 -
Rosberg sends Hamilton cheeky birthday message
The feud between Mercedes teammates Nico Rosberg and new world champion Lewis Hamilton appears to have cooled. In 2014, the duo's tussle for the title boiled over to the extent ...
08 Jan 2015 10:13 -
McLaren profitable without title sponsor - Boullier
Team boss Eric Boullier says McLaren can survive without a title sponsor. The Woking team lost its title backer Vodafone at the end of 2013, and raced throughout last season wit...
08 Jan 2015 09:47 -
Formula 1 never was an issue for Porsche
Porsche has ruled out entering formula one. 2016 F1 entrant Gene Haas this week indicated he hopes rumours the German giant Volkswagen - Porsche's parent - is contemplating ente...
08 Jan 2015 08:27 -
FIA to rethink position regarding Honda 'engine freeze'
The FIA could be set to rethink its decision to leave Honda outside of the new engine development 'unfreeze'. A loophole in the existing rules will allow 2014 suppliers Ferrari,...
07 Jan 2015 12:12 -
Spa extends Belgian GP deal through 2018
The future of the historic Belgian grand prix at popular Spa-Francorchamps appears safe. La Libre, a French-language Belgian newspaper, said the economics minister of the local ...
07 Jan 2015 11:44 -
European Commission to 'brush off' F1 investigation
The European Commission looks set to dismiss claims formula one authorities are acting anti-competitively. Recently, it appeared likely the European Union's executive body would...
07 Jan 2015 10:39 -
Old model of smaller teams 'insanity' - Gene Haas
The collapse of Marussia and Caterham may be the definite end of an era in formula one, according to the sport's newest team entrant. American Gene Haas, basing his 2016 outfit ...
07 Jan 2015 09:29 -
Alonso 'more adaptable' than Raikkonen, claims Fry
Fernando Alonso is more adaptable than Kimi Raikkonen and better able to cope with a difficult car. That is the claim of Ferrari's recently-ousted technical chief Pat Fry, musin...
07 Jan 2015 08:41 -
No first practice appearances for Magnussen in 2015
Kevin Magnussen will not be making any Friday practice appearances in 2015. As McLaren boss Ron Dennis explained last month, the 22-year-old Danish rookie's F1 race career has b...
06 Jan 2015 14:53 -
Williams welcomes Dtex Systems as new partner
Williams, the leading Formula One team and advanced engineering company, today announces a new technical IT partnership with Dtex Systems, the global security software provider,...
06 Jan 2015 13:29 -
McLaren-Honda in contact with FIA over engine rules
Honda is "annoyed" it has been left out of the relaxation of the F1 engine freeze for 2015. After Ferrari and Renault championed a loophole in the regulations, the governing FIA...
06 Jan 2015 11:26 -
End of the line nears for Caterham and Marussia
Caterham and Marussia are nearing the end of the line as other teams move preparations for the 2015 season into high gear. With just 26 days until the winter test season begins ...
06 Jan 2015 10:36 -
FIA devises a 'points system' for F1 super licence
The FIA has devised a points system as part of its clampdown on the ease of achieving an F1 super licence. With Max Verstappen set to debut this year at the controversially youn...
06 Jan 2015 09:47 -
Ferrari sticking with 'pullrod' front suspension in 2015
Ferrari is sticking with its unique 'pullrod' front suspension layout for a fourth consecutive season, according to Italy's Autosprint. The Maranello team has persevered with th...
06 Jan 2015 08:30 -
Engine manufacturers to talk about future F1 rules
As ever in formula one, the future is always just around the next bend. On Tuesday, at Bernie Ecclestone's behest, representatives of the four engine manufacturers - Mercedes, R...
05 Jan 2015 16:25 -
Williams recruits Robson as race engineer for Massa
Williams is pleased to announce an updated Race Operations structure to further bolster the engineering department ahead of the 2015 FIA Formula One World Championship season. ...
05 Jan 2015 13:32 -
F1 future of ailing backmarkers remains unclear
Less than a month before official winter testing begins, the future of the ailing backmarkers Marussia and Caterham remains unclear. Marussia's administrators have auctioned tea...
05 Jan 2015 12:48 -
Mercedes uncovers 50hp engine boost for 2015
Delaying a start-of-season engine 'freeze' may be nowhere near enough for Mercedes' rivals to catch up in 2015. Although the rule 'loophole' championed by Ferrari and Renault wi...
05 Jan 2015 12:07
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