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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Sainz's father says famous surname no ticket to F1
Carlos Sainz insists his famous name alone did not power his 20-year-old son all the way to formula one. Carlos Sainz jr, the new reigning Formula Renault 3.5 champion, will mak...

05 Jan 2015 11:24
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Mercedes, McLaren to change liveries for 2015
At least two top teams will enter the 2015 season with fundamentally different colour schemes, it has emerged. Spain's El Mundo Deportivo reports that new reigning champions Mer...

05 Jan 2015 10:59
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Max Verstappen: "I'm a driver, not a magician"
Max Verstappen has moved to play down expectations ahead of his record-making formula one debut in 2015. With the FIA set to clamp down on very young drivers from 2016, the Dutc...

05 Jan 2015 09:32
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Force India to launch new VJM08 on January 21
Force India has set a firm date for the launch of its 2015 car, the Mercedes-powered VJM08. After finishing the 2014 season a career-high sixth in the constructors' championship...

05 Jan 2015 08:43
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Fantasy Dakar 2015: 225 euro price money
The Fantasy Dakar 2015 starts on Sunday 4 January 2015 at 11:00 hours CET. The Dakar Rally takes place in South America (Argentina, Bolivia and Chili) and exists out of 13 stag...

03 Jan 2015 15:01
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Sauber announces Marciello as test and reserve driver
The Sauber F1 Team is pleased to announce Raffaele Marciello as its test and reserve driver for 2015. The 20-year-old Italian started his racing career in karting in 2005. After...

31 Dec 2014 11:37
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Family Bianchi statement: "No significant change in situation Jules"
The parents of Jules Bianchi, Philippe and Christine, would like to provide the following update regarding Jules’ medical situation: "As we reach the conclusion of a diffic...

30 Dec 2014 17:46
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One year on - Schumacher still faces 'long fight' for recovery
Michael Schumacher faces a 'long fight' his manager, Sabine Kehm, has revealed a year following his tragic skiing accident in the French Alps of Méribel. The 44-year-old Ger...

29 Dec 2014 12:36
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Haas buys Marussia factory
Haas, the new American F1 team for 2016, has reportedly acquired Marussia's factory in Banbury, UK. Although the cars will be designed and manufactured at a bespoke facility alo...

24 Dec 2014 09:44
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Ferrari to launch new car late January via internet
Ferrari will launch its 2015 car on the internet in late January. The fabled Italian team's new boss Maurizio Arrivabene confirmed to reporters earlier this week that the new pr...

24 Dec 2014 09:16
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New law threatens Monza future
The future of the historic grand prix at fabled Monza has taken a blow this week, according to reports in the Italian press. F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone warned earlier this yea...

23 Dec 2014 09:44
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Ferrari boss warns Raikkonen to deliver results
Kimi Raikkonen will need to prove in 2015 that he deserves another year at Ferrari. That is the warning of new Ferrari team boss Maurizio Arrivabene, following recent reports th...

23 Dec 2014 09:23
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Villeneuve: "Verstappen debut an insult"
Jacques Villeneuve says the forthcoming debut of F1's youngest ever race driver Max Verstappen is "an insult". Just a year out of karts, 17-year-old Verstappen has been signed t...

22 Dec 2014 11:49
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Audi recruit adds more fuel to F1 rumours
Audi appears to be taking more steps towards a potential F1 foray in the near future. Rumours of a project were fuelled recently when ousted Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali resu...

22 Dec 2014 09:35
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Red Bull Racing keeps Buemi as reserve driver
Sebastien Buemi is staying put as Red Bull's reserve driver. The 26-year-old has been the team's main test and simulation driver since he was dropped from the junior squad Toro ...

22 Dec 2014 09:05
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Briatore: "Alonso was tired of Ferrari promises"
Fernando Alonso effectively decided to leave Ferrari more than a year ago. That is the claim of Flavio Briatore, who has played a leading role in the Spanish driver's management...

22 Dec 2014 08:43
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Jean-Eric Vergne becomes test driver for Ferrari
Ferrari announces that, as from next season, Jean-Eric Vergne will join the Scuderia in the role of test driver to work on car development in the simulator. The rest of the driv...

19 Dec 2014 18:38
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F1 speeding towards new engine rules for 2016
F1 is now speeding towards yet another new set of engine regulations. On Thursday at a Geneva meeting of the Strategy Group, Bernie Ecclestone proposed to scrap the current turb...

19 Dec 2014 16:02
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Ecclestone locked in legal fight with German bank
Bernie Ecclestone and a German bank are still locked in a legal fight. Earlier this year, the F1 supremo controversially ended a criminal trial in Munich by paying $100 million....

19 Dec 2014 15:15
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Chassis Sauber C34 passes mandatory crash tests
Sauber is the second team to have its new chassis homologated by the FIA. The Swiss outfit announced on Twitter that its C34 has passed the mandatory crash tests. The rear crash...

19 Dec 2014 14:39
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Nasr chooses 12 as permanent race number for F1
Felipe Nasr has announced that he will be racing with number 12 in the Formula 1. The Brazilian is set to debut for Sauber in 2015. Nasr is one of three rookies in F1 next year,...

19 Dec 2014 13:26
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Mercedes confirms departure of engineer Clear
Mercedes has confirmed the departure of new world champion Lewis Hamilton's performance engineer Jock Clear. "We thank Jock for his work and wish him well and all the best for t...

19 Dec 2014 11:28
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Schumacher's son Mick in 'secret' Formula 4 test
Michael Schumacher's son is taking his next steps in the wake of his fabled father. Racing under the protective pseudonym of 'Mick Junior', 15-year-old Schumacher has had a succ...

19 Dec 2014 10:36
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