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Italy 2014 preview quotes: Scuderia Toro Rosso
Daniil Kvyat: "I really like Monza and it's been an important circuit for me, as I have taken some major wins and podium finishes there. Last year was particularly good, when I ...

03 Sep 2014 08:37
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Italy 2014 preview quotes: Sauber
After Hockenheim, the Italian Grand Prix is another home race for the Sauber F1 Team as the Monza track is not far from the Swiss border. The final European round of the FIA For...

02 Sep 2014 17:12
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Juncadella in contention for Force India seat for 2015
Dani Juncadella has leapt into contention to make his formula one debut in 2015. The 23-year-old, Mercedes-linked Spaniard is already Force India's reserve driver, and at Monza ...

02 Sep 2014 15:51
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Alonso responds to speculation about his future
Fernando Alonso has responded to speculation he could be about to turn his back on Ferrari. The Spaniard's title-less tenure in red has culminated in the 2014 season, where the ...

02 Sep 2014 15:05
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Lotterer keeps in touch with Caterham for more races
Mere days before the Italian grand prix, the identity of Caterham's second race driver is still unclear. Reports from Japan suggest Kamui Kobayashi will definitely not be back a...

02 Sep 2014 14:43
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Verstappen admits blame: "No excuses, I'm guilty"

Max Verstappen has admitted the blame for crashing during his first proper run in a formula one car. With all eyes on the 16-year-old after his controversial announcement as Tor...

02 Sep 2014 13:51
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Italy 2014 preview quotes: Williams
Known in Italy as 'La Pista Magica', Monza is rightly loved by everyone who visits it. The track was on the inaugural F1 calendar in 1950 and the original banking, used by F1 c...

02 Sep 2014 13:24
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Renault declares Red Bull as official 'works team'
For the first time, Renault has declared Red Bull as its official 'works team'. Recently, amid a Red Bull-pressured restructuring of the struggling French supplier, Cyril Abiteb...

02 Sep 2014 12:44
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Teams agree date for first winter test of 2015
F1 teams have agreed the likely date for the opening winter test of 2015. Germany's Auto Motor und Sport reports that the first of three pre-season tests in Europe will begin on...

02 Sep 2014 12:07
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Lotus drivers defend asphalting Parabolica gravel trap
Charlie Whiting has defended the controversial asphalting of Monza's iconic Parabolica corner. During the recent summer break, a cry of outrage spread around the world when it e...

02 Sep 2014 11:31
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Mattiacci would like to see Ross Brawn back at Ferrari
Ferrari wants Ross Brawn back, the team's new boss Marco Mattiacci has made clear. Briton Brawn stepped down as Mercedes' team boss last year, but before that he had been Marane...

02 Sep 2014 10:57
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Business trouble for Vijay Mallya in India
Force India supremo Vijay Mallya has run into serious business trouble in his native India. Amid the decline of his airline Kingfisher, the former billionaire has now been decla...

02 Sep 2014 09:44
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Italy 2014 preview quotes: Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton: "The Italian Grand Prix is always a special one for me in terms of the memories I have there - going right back to my early career. The karting championships use...

02 Sep 2014 08:26
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Italy 2014 preview quotes: Pirelli
Monza is Pirelli's home race, located just half an hour's drive from the company's global headquarters in Milan, where this year's Formula One tyres are designed. It has signifi...

01 Sep 2014 16:48
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UBS reducing F1 sponsorship in new agreement
Major F1 sponsor UBS is scaling down its investment in the sport. The Swiss based global financial services company entered F1 in 2010 powered by its then chief executive Oswald...

01 Sep 2014 15:19
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F1 experts criticise Mercedes over managing driver duel
F1 experts have accused Mercedes of mismanaging Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton's dramatically imploding relationship. The German team said contrite championship leader Nico Ros...

01 Sep 2014 12:41
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Monza top speeds to be less spectacular than expected
Top speeds at Monza this weekend may not be quite as spectacular as earlier expected. That is the claim of the specialist German publication Auto Motor und Sport, despite predic...

01 Sep 2014 12:06
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Ferrari exit clause could open for Alonso on Monday
Monday could be the magic day in Fernando Alonso's current Ferrari contract. Boss Marco Mattiacci has been happily - and unofficially - 'confirming' for 2015 the Italian team's ...

01 Sep 2014 11:25
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Bottas wants to continue 'this adventure' with Williams
Valtteri Bottas appears out of the running for a change of team prior to the 2015 season. The Finn has been a standout of this year's championship, outshining the Ferrari vetera...

01 Sep 2014 10:43
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Verstappen was 'prepared' for expected F1 debut criticism
Max Verstappen says he was "prepared" for the waves of criticism about his formula one debut in 2015. News that the 16-year-old Dutchman will make history as the sport's younges...

01 Sep 2014 09:51
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Italy 2014 preview quotes: Red Bull Racing
Sebastian Vettel: "Italy offers a lot: good food, nice places and I think this is the reason you will find a lot of Germans on the beaches there for their holidays! I spent a lo...

01 Sep 2014 08:39
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Mercedes takes 'suitable disciplinary measures' against Rosberg
Toto Wolff, Paddy Lowe, Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton met today in the boardroom of Mercedes AMG Petronas headquarters in Brackley to discuss the events of the Belgian Grand P...

29 Aug 2014 14:33
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Ferrari looking to Haas to install 'satellite' team in F1
Ferrari is looking to deploy the Red Bull-like approach of installing a 'satellite' team in formula one. Alarmed by its poor start to the new turbo V6 era, it has been all chang...

29 Aug 2014 12:54
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2014 Spa race pace two tenths faster than last year
Last Sunday's Belgian grand prix was the first time the new 'power unit' era proved faster than the screaming V8-powered machines of 2013. So far this year, the turbo V6s - comb...

29 Aug 2014 11:58
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Teen Verstappen 'not ready' for formula one - Hakkinen
Mika Hakkinen has added yet another disparaging response to the news Max Verstappen will make history next year as by far F1's youngest ever driver. And the 1998 and 1999 world ...

29 Aug 2014 11:24
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Daimler chairman steps in to manage Mercedes driver war
Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche has become involved in resolving the damaging spat between warring Mercedes teammates Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton. As team chiefs Toto Wolff,...

29 Aug 2014 10:14
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Funding problems ended New York race hopes - Ecclestone
Plans for a New York street race were foiled by financial backers that pulled out, Bernie Ecclestone has revealed. A second American grand prix, in New Jersey but amid the iconi...

29 Aug 2014 09:48
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McLaren to 'respect contracts' in hunt for top driver
A week before Monza, which is always a hotbed of rumours, the notorious F1 'silly season' is looking uncharacteristically uncertain. Speculation is usually rife around the time ...

29 Aug 2014 08:39
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Hisense to sponsor Lotus in Italy, US and Abu Dhabi
Multi-national electronics manufacturer Hisense will join Lotus F1 Team for the forthcoming Italian and United States Grands Prix with the Hisense logo showing on the prominent ...

28 Aug 2014 14:22
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Mercedes chiefs resolve to 'cool' hot headed drivers
Mercedes chiefs have resolved to cool the simmering feud between title-warring teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. Germany's Bild newspaper reports that when the pair - w...

28 Aug 2014 12:55
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Early debut Max Verstappen 'really bad' for F1 - Salo
Mika Salo has added his voice to concerns about the 2015 debut of teenager Max Verstappen. Finn Salo, who raced in F1 against the 16-year-old's father Jos, backed 1997 world cha...

28 Aug 2014 12:07
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Prost sure 'everything will be fine' for Renault in 2015
Alain Prost is confident Renault can bounce back in 2015. As the new 'power unit' rules took effect this season, Mercedes has utterly dominated its turbo V6 rivals Renault and F...

28 Aug 2014 11:29
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Monza debut depending on F1 license for Merhi
Roberto Merhi is only waiting on his F1 super license before receiving the green light to make his grand prix debut next weekend at Monza. Since he was a guest of the team at Sp...

28 Aug 2014 10:45
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Button admits he may be forced to retire after 2014
Jenson Button has admitted for the first time that he might be forced to "retire" at the end of 2014. As McLaren and Honda look ahead to their new works partnership beginning ne...

28 Aug 2014 09:35
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Vettel to get another new chassis after handling problems
Sebastian Vettel is set to drive his third new chassis of the 2014 season, after suffering more mysterious handling problems in Belgium last weekend. As the extent of the reigni...

28 Aug 2014 08:58
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Vettel not questioning his motivation: "Hunger still there"
Mark Webber's honest clarity has been missed from the formula one paddock in 2014. Amid the typical PR-speak, the Australian - having left Red Bull and the paddock for semi-reti...

27 Aug 2014 14:37
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Mercedes duo still warring long after Spa crash
Days after their carbon-fibre crunching at Spa, Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton are still exchanging barbs. After Hamilton said Rosberg had admitted in a post-race briefing that...

27 Aug 2014 13:21
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Mattiacci 'confirms' Raikkonen and Alonso for 2015
Marco Mattiacci has repeated his claim that Ferrari is keeping its driver lineup for 2015. At Spa, the British broadcaster Sky made waves when it quoted the Maranello team's chi...

27 Aug 2014 12:42
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Now Robin Frijns set to leave 'new' Caterham
Robin Frijns looks set to return to GP2. The talented Dutchman was signed up as a reserve driver by Caterham this year, and was even briefly considered for a race seat. But that...

27 Aug 2014 12:14
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Honda wants Vettel and Newey at McLaren - Minardi
Gian Carlo Minardi, a former F1 team owner and boss, thinks Sebastian Vettel and Adrian Newey might be convinced to switch to McLaren. At the very least, the British team and it...

27 Aug 2014 11:14
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Greece 'keen' to host Mediterranean grand prix - Ecclestone
Greece could be the next destination for formula one. According to F1 business journalist Christian Sylt, despite economic austerity measures in the southern European country, a...

27 Aug 2014 10:03
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Max Verstappen tipped for first Friday outing at Suzuka
Max Verstappen made his debut in a formula one car on Tuesday. The well-connected Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf claims Red Bull, having newly signed the 16-year-old son of former...

27 Aug 2014 09:59
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Whitmarsh and McLaren finally agree to part company
Martin Whitmarsh is no longer part of McLaren. The Woking team's long-time chief was removed from office by returning chairman Ron Dennis before the season began, as Eric Boulli...

26 Aug 2014 16:27
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Ecclestone back in executive board of Delta Topco
Bernie Ecclestone has returned to the executive board of F1's parent company. Although he remained F1 chief executive, the 83-year-old had stepped down from Delta Topco amid his...

26 Aug 2014 15:56
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Red Bull taking over electric and ERS side of Renault V6
Red Bull is getting deeply involved with the improvement of engine partner Renault's F1 project. Deeply frustrated with the French marque's start to the new V6 turbo era, Red Bu...

26 Aug 2014 14:31
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McLaren not waiting until winter to decide on drivers
The delayed announcement of McLaren's 2015 lineup will not drag on until the winter, boss Eric Boullier insists. On paper, the Woking team is the only F1 grandee whose driver pl...

26 Aug 2014 13:44
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Sebastian Vettel gets new race-engineer for 2015
Struggling world champion Sebastian Vettel will get a new race-engineer for the 2015 season. This year defending his fourth consecutive drivers' title, the German has notably st...

26 Aug 2014 12:50
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Kovalainen to test DTM BMW at the Lausitzring
Heikki Kovalainen looks set to rebuild his motor racing career in the German touring car series DTM. According to the Finnish broadcaster MTV3, the German marque BMW has announc...

26 Aug 2014 12:02
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Exclusive: Max Verstappen to debut in F1 car today at Rockingham
Various sources have confirmed to F1Today.net that 16-year-old Max Verstappen will make his debut in a Formula 1 car at the Rockingham Circuit in Northamptonshire later today. ...

26 Aug 2014 12:01
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Ricciardo declares himself in the hunt for the title now
Daniel Ricciardo has declared himself in the hunt for the 2014 world championship. Before the title war between Mercedes teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg exploded in Be...

26 Aug 2014 11:18
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FIA not likely to intervene in Rosberg-Hamilton clash
The F1 world is split over Nico Rosberg's actions in the Belgian grand prix. Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton's former McLaren teammate, thinks the incident that left the 2008 worl...

26 Aug 2014 10:43
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Ecclestone not prepared to make BayernLB a new offer
Bernie Ecclestone remains at legal loggerheads with the Munich state bank BayernLB. When the sport's supremo controversially yet successfully settled with German prosecutors for...

26 Aug 2014 09:52
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'Sauber assures Van der Garde of race seat for 2015'
Giedo van der Garde looks set to step up to a Sauber race seat for 2015. The Dutch daily Algemeen Dagblad, and the specialist Dutch source Formule 1, are citing 'sources' close ...

26 Aug 2014 08:41
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Weekend Review - Belgium: Lotterer's debut, McLaren's improvement, Marussia's downfall
In this new feature on F1Today.net, our Chief UK Editor takes a look at the Belgian Grand Prix and reviews a few key moments throughout the weekend. --- The return of Form...

25 Aug 2014 18:31
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Video: English press about Max Verstappen
Before yesterdays qualifying session for the Belgium Grand Prix both SkySports F1 and the BBC made items about the newest sensation in Formula 1 which listens to the name Max Ve...

24 Aug 2014 07:54
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BayernLB 'not closed' to higher Ecclestone settlement
Bernie Ecclestone looks set for new settlement talks. After he ended his criminal troubles in Germany recently with a controversial $100 million payment, the F1 supremo's legal ...

22 Aug 2014 16:19
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2014 Belgian Grand Prix - FP2 Report: Hamilton leads Rosberg, Vettel fails to run
Rain was not expected for the start of the second Free Practice session, but there was a light smattering of cloud that complimented the sun at the beginning, although it was ex...

22 Aug 2014 15:36
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Alonso in no hurry to sign new contract at Ferrari
Fernando Alonso says it is his "intention" to extend his stay at Ferrari beyond his current contract. Although reportedly frustrated with the performance of his red car, the Spa...

22 Aug 2014 15:18
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'Too old' Vergne adopts positive mindset for future
Jean-Eric Vergne says he understands why Toro Rosso has dropped him for 2015 in favour of Dutch teenager Max Verstappen. The Frenchman said at Spa-Francorchamps that he learned ...

22 Aug 2014 14:25
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Vettel close to taking deliberate engine grid penalty
Sebastian Vettel's season could be set to go from bad to worse. The reigning world champion smiled meekly at Spa-Francorchamps when he responded to boss Christian Horner's recen...

22 Aug 2014 13:18
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Lotus going in the direction of Mercedes engine deal - Wolff
Mercedes' Toto Wolff has admitted Lotus is close to securing F1's field-leading V6 engine for the 2015 season. Enstone based Lotus has struggled with Renault power this year and...

22 Aug 2014 12:45
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Lotterer won't leave Audi for F1: "I'm not crazy"
Next to the Max Verstappen saga, it was Andre Lotterer's shock debut that was creating the most waves in the Spa-Francorchamps paddock. DPA news agency said there were more jour...

22 Aug 2014 12:13
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Fantasy Vuelta a España: at least 14,000 Euro of prizes!
The final grand tour of 2014 is starting very soon. On Saturday 23 of August 19.04 hours CET, the Vuelta a España starts with a team time trial stage around Jerez de la Fronter...

22 Aug 2014 12:02
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Current F1 drivers back teen rookie Max Verstappen
As F1 woke from its summer slumber, the big talking point at Spa was 16-year-old Jos Verstappen. "At least Red Bull's marketing is working well because almost all the questions ...

22 Aug 2014 11:16
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Hamilton, Rosberg disagree about how to tackle rivalry
Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg emerged from F1's summer slumber disagreeing about how to tackle their rivalry over the remaining eight races of 2014. Before the holidays began,...

22 Aug 2014 10:29
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Chilton claims he volunteered to step aside in Belgium
Kamui Kobayashi is not the only F1 regular sitting out this weekend's fabled Belgian grand prix. Joining Caterham stand-in and 32-year-old rookie Andre Lotterer on the Spa-Franc...

22 Aug 2014 08:39
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Alexander Rossi to race for Marussia in Belgium
Alexander Rossi will race alongside Jules Bianchi for Marussia in Belgium, substituting for Max Chilton while contractual issues are resolved. Rossi joined the Team as Reserve D...

21 Aug 2014 17:00
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It's a shame not to drive in Belgium - Kobayashi
Kamui Kobayashi will spend the Spa-Francorchamps weekend out of the cockpit and assessing the potential 'lack of harmony' in his racing life. Although still under contract to Ca...

21 Aug 2014 16:23
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Alonso the 'only genius' in modern F1 - Stewart
Fernando Alonso is the best driver in formula one today. That is the claim of F1 legend and triple world champion Sir Jackie Stewart, who said the Ferrari-driving Spaniard is in...

21 Aug 2014 15:39
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Red Bull using electric motor for pitstop practice
Red Bull was experimenting with an all-electric formula one car at Spa on Wednesday, publications reveal. Germany's Auto Motor und Sport and Italy's Autosprint say the reigning ...

21 Aug 2014 14:51
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