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Ecclestone corruption 'acquittal' expected for Tuesday
Bernie Ecclestone is expected to put the corruption scandal behind him on Tuesday and return full-time to formula one. The sport's chief executive has been caught up in a German...
05 Aug 2014 09:34 -
F1 'popularity' meeting cancelled until further notice
F1 chiefs have now cancelled until further notice a scheduled meeting of the newly-formed 'popularity working group'. Originally scheduled for last Thursday, it was called off w...
05 Aug 2014 08:26 -
Tom Brooks: My trip to The F1 Show
On Friday I went along to Sky Studios to be a part of the audience for Sky Sports' 'The F1 Show'. The guests were John Watson and Bruno Senna, both of whom I interviewed. But he...
04 Aug 2014 19:26 -
Ecclestone court settlement would be good for F1 - Lauda
Niki Lauda says F1 should "welcome" the news that Bernie Ecclestone looks to have settled the high-profile corruption case that threatened his role at the top of the sport. Sudd...
04 Aug 2014 14:57 -
Wolff begins summer break in hospital after surgery
Toto Wolff began his summer break in hospital, the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag reports. During a pre-Hungary team building exercise, Mercedes' team boss broke his arm in se...
04 Aug 2014 13:35 -
Indycar driver Pagenaud linked with Honda F1 test
A leading contender to become a test driver for Honda's F1 return has emerged. The publication Racer said Honda-powered Indycar frontrunner Simon Pagenaud is in talks to make hi...
04 Aug 2014 12:46 -
Toro Rosso wants to debut 17-year old Max Verstappen
Red Bull may not be giving up on hot talent Max Verstappen. The talented 16-year-old son of former F1 driver Jos Verstappen, in the midst of a meteoric switch from karting to ju...
04 Aug 2014 12:35 -
Mercedes vows to stick with recovering Schumacher
Mercedes has vowed to stick with Michael Schumacher as the F1 legend continues his recovery from a skiing fall last December. In June, as Schumacher remained in intensive care, ...
04 Aug 2014 12:11 -
Glock not wasting energy thinking about F1 return
Timo Glock has admitted he has all but given up on the thought of returning to formula one. After Toyota withdrew from F1, the talented German raced for Virgin/Marussia for thre...
04 Aug 2014 11:44 -
Marmorini moves to Renault after Ferrari departure
Mere days after officially leaving Ferrari, Luca Marmorini looks set to take another high-profile job in formula one. The 53-year-old's departure was interpreted as the latest r...
04 Aug 2014 10:39 -
Melbourne secures place on F1 calendar until 2020
The future of the Australian grand prix is secure. "To know there are many more home grands prix to come is great," new F1 sensation Daniel Ricciardo told the Herald Sun newspap...
04 Aug 2014 08:40 -
Rumours linking Bottas to McLaren 'quite natural' - Hakkinen
Mika Hakkinen has acknowledged rumours linking his protege Valtteri Bottas with McLaren. The fellow Finn and double world champion has been a key to Bottas' formula one foray so...
01 Aug 2014 11:26 -
Mallya granted bail after appearing in court in India
Although the meeting was ultimately cancelled, it was expected that one of the touted 'popularity working group' protagonists would be Vijay Mallya. The Indian, reportedly now a...
01 Aug 2014 10:57 -
Lotus owner's dept now at a whopping EUR 185 million
Alarming news about the financial health of Lotus team owner Gerard Lopez has emerged. Together with Eric Lux, fellow Luxembourger Lopez heads the investment company Genii Capit...
01 Aug 2014 09:49 -
Marmorini out at Ferrari, alarm bells ringing for Fry
Weeks after the rumours first emerged, Ferrari has this week finally admitted that engine boss Luca Marmorini is leaving the Italian team. He began working at Maranello decades ...
01 Aug 2014 08:38 -
F1 'popularity' meeting postponed at the last minute
A crisis meeting to plot formula one's future has been cancelled. The meeting was set to take place in London on Thursday, involving Bernie Ecclestone, Ferrari's Marco Mattiacci...
31 Jul 2014 16:58 -
Alonso almost comparable to Senna - former manager
The new era of social media and F1's traditional 'silly season' may not mix well together. Fernando Alonso turned 33 on Tuesday, and as far as official congratulations go, many ...
31 Jul 2014 13:35 -
Mercedes drivers agree to obey team orders in future
Mercedes' title-warring drivers have been told they must follow team orders over the remaining eight races of 2014. The Brackley based team moved to play down Lewis Hamilton's d...
31 Jul 2014 12:14 -
Pundit says impressive Kvyat is 'the man of the future'
Fresh blood is in no short supply on the F1 grid this year, as Daniel Ricciardo and Valtteri Bottas impress. But if you ask Marc Surer, a former driver turned commentator for Ge...
31 Jul 2014 11:32 -
Teams to argue with Ecclestone over expanding calendar
F1 team bosses are heading for a clash with Bernie Ecclestone over the shape of the next grand prix calendars. It has emerged that Mexico is joining the schedule next year, and ...
31 Jul 2014 10:29 -
Mercedes promises another attempt to turn up F1 volume
Niki Lauda has put his mind to the problem of F1's dwindling television and spectator audiences. Before the sport breaks for the summer, key meetings will take place this week, ...
31 Jul 2014 09:46 -
'Magic paint' to give Ferrari 20 horse power boost
Marussia has led the way for a reported 20 horse power boost for struggling engine supplier Ferrari. That is the claim of Italy's authoritative Autosprint, claiming that at the ...
31 Jul 2014 08:54 -
F1 paddock looking ahead to summer 'shutdown'
Tired faces left the Hungaroring paddock last Sunday looking forward to a break. Not only is there now a rare month-long gap between the races in Hungary and Belgium, the teams ...
30 Jul 2014 12:07 -
Mexico could be 'double points' season finale in 2015
Mexico could close next year's world championship with a 'double points' finale. That is the claim of FIA vice president Jose Abed, who represents Mexico on the governing body's...
30 Jul 2014 11:37 -
Ecclestone willing to pay EUR 25m to settle bribery case
Bernie Ecclestone is willing to pay EUR 25 million to settle the corruption case, media reports said on Tuesday. The German news agency DPA said the F1 chief executive's lawyers...
30 Jul 2014 09:54 -
Caterham hits back with own legal action against sacked staff
Caterham has hit back after it emerged sacked staff are moving to sue the backmarker team's new management. Earlier in July, following founder Tony Fernandes' sale of the green-...
30 Jul 2014 08:45 -
Ferrari denies reports Pat Fry has been sacked
Ferrari on Tuesday denied reports Pat Fry has been sacked. The Maranello team recently did not confirm speculation engine chief Luca Marmorini has been similarly ousted. Chassis...
29 Jul 2014 15:52 -
Ecclestone intends to scrap standing restarts for 2015
Bernie Ecclestone says F1 will abandon its highly controversial plan for standing re-starts after safety car periods from 2015. In Hungary, reportedly alarmed with the sport's d...
29 Jul 2014 15:15 -
Hired to be me, and to race my heart out - Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton has hit back at suggestions he was wrong to ignore team orders during Sunday's Hungarian grand prix. Niki Lauda, who after Hamilton's qualifying fire had cheered ...
29 Jul 2014 12:46 -
Villeneuve spits comments out 'just for the headlines'
Jacques Villeneuve makes comments designed deliberately to trigger sensational headlines. That is the claim of Oskari Saari, a commentator for the Finnish broadcaster MTV3 who s...
29 Jul 2014 12:15 -
Mercedes won't sanction Hamilton for ignoring team orders
Toto Wolff has dismissed suggestions Mercedes will sanction Lewis Hamilton for ignoring team orders in Hungary. Although it was potentially explosive, the German team closed ran...
29 Jul 2014 11:20 -
F1 to 'look at rules' to clear up the 'negativity' - Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone thinks formula one needs to act now to prevent a downward trend of unpopularity. Before qualifying in Hungary, amid a climate of paddock doom about dwindling s...
29 Jul 2014 10:02 -
Rosberg admits Hamilton may have cost him Hungary win
Mercedes chiefs are heading into the month-long summer break scratching their heads at how to deal with an escalating driver battle. Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo may have won in ...
29 Jul 2014 08:49 -
Mercedes to rethink team orders during 'summer break'
Mercedes has moved to put the intensifying battle between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg behind closed doors. "Corporate answer," boss Toto Wolff smiled late on Sunday, when th...
28 Jul 2014 12:13 -
Red Bull Racing barracking for Lotus' Renault exit
Christian Horner is barracking for Lotus to switch to customer Mercedes power for the 2015 season. The Enstone team is having a dismal season of performance and reliability with...
28 Jul 2014 11:24 -
Hamilton angling for pay-rise in new contract at Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton is angling for a pay-rise at Mercedes, the major German newspaper Bild-Zeitung reports. The big 'silly season' rumour in Hungary last weekend was about Hamilton's...
28 Jul 2014 10:46 -
'Disappointed' Raikkonen eyes better Ferrari for 2015
Kimi Raikkonen was looking ahead to 2015 rather than seeing Sunday's Hungarian grand prix as the start of an immediate Ferrari revival. After an uncompetitive first half of 2014...
28 Jul 2014 09:55 -
Alonso, Hamilton say Ricciardo among best drivers in F1
Daniel Ricciardo has joined the upper echelon of F1's very best drivers. In the paddock, a big rumour is that for its new works Honda partnership beginning next year, McLaren is...
28 Jul 2014 08:38 -
Magnussen frustrated after crashing out
Kevin Magnussen suffered an almighty crash in the opening stages of Q3 due to changing weather conditions. Just before the start of the session, rain began to fall lightly in...
26 Jul 2014 16:25 -
Grosjean left ruing poor qualifying
It was another disappointing qualifying session for the Lotus team and especially Romain Grosjean who will line-up in 15th position for tomorrow's race. The Frenchman was und...
26 Jul 2014 16:02 -
"I feel bad for Lewis" - Wolff
Following yet another mechanical failure for his Mercedes in Q1, Lewis Hamilton was left to watch the remainder of the qualifying session from the sidelines. It was confirmed...
26 Jul 2014 15:44 -
2014 Hungarian Grand Prix - Qualifying Report: Rosberg on pole, Hamilton suffers more reliability woes
The weather was generally sunny for the Hungarian Grand Prix Qualifying with just a few clouds overhead giving a 30% chance of rain for the session. Q1 A flurry of cars ma...
26 Jul 2014 15:15 -
Hamilton slams Pirelli tyres
Lewis Hamilton was heavily critical of Pirelli's tyres after practice for the Hungarian grand prix. "The tyres are not going very well here," the Mercedes driver, fastest of...
26 Jul 2014 10:33 -
Vettel refuses to categorically deny Mercedes rumours
The big paddock rumour in Hungary is that Mercedes has made a move to sign Sebastian Vettel. The speculation was even pushed along by Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko, who suggested r...
25 Jul 2014 16:36 -
Rosberg unfazed about great Hungary stats for Hamilton
Championship leader Nico Rosberg insists he is not worried about racing on 'a Hamilton track' this weekend in Hungary. Determined to hit back at his teammate after a mixed weeke...
25 Jul 2014 15:56 -
Grosjean in no hurry to finalise his plans for 2015
With his Lotus future in doubt, Romain Grosjean could be eyeing a move up the formula one grid. The Enstone based team is sticking with its other driver, Pastor Maldonado, whose...
25 Jul 2014 14:24 -
Azerbaijan, New Jersey to feature on calendar in 2016
With Mexico set to join the 2015 calendar, two more new grands prix should follow the year after. That is the news of F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone, even though on Thursd...
25 Jul 2014 12:46 -
Vettel not interested in Formula E: "I think it's cheese"
World champion Sebastian Vettel has slammed the FIA's new fully-electric single seater series, Formula E. The new series, featuring nearly silent cars and an impressive collecti...
25 Jul 2014 12:05 -
Wife Corinna selling Schumacher's unused private jet
Michael Schumacher's wife is selling the private jet the seven time world champion used to fly around the world. The grey Falcon 2000EX, bearing the former Ferrari and Mercedes ...
25 Jul 2014 11:20 -
Ferrari is right to think of 2015 above all - Alonso
Ferrari is now focusing "all" of its efforts on 2015, according to lead driver Fernando Alonso. The Spaniard's comments, made on Thursday ahead of the Hungarian, appear to contr...
25 Jul 2014 10:43 -
Hamilton not 'out seeing what else there is' for him
Lewis Hamilton says he has told Mercedes he is not on the move to a rival formula one team. Rumours have linked the Briton with a high-price return to McLaren, particularly if h...
25 Jul 2014 09:10 -
Maldonado would welcome John Player Special back at Lotus
Pastor Maldonado would welcome a cigarette sponsor to Lotus. When the Enstone based team first adopted its familiar black and gold livery in 2011, it instantly triggered memorie...
25 Jul 2014 08:39 -
Pirelli announces tyre selection for Belgium, Italy, Singapore
Pirelli has revealed the tyres that will be taken to the grands prix of Belgium, Italy and Singapore. At Spa – one of the most spectacular and demanding circuits on the calend...
24 Jul 2014 15:16 -
Hungary 2014 preview quotes: Williams
With an average speed of just 120mph, the Hungaroring is the slowest permanent circuit on the Formula One calendar. But that doesn't lessen the challenge of one of the most tort...
24 Jul 2014 14:42 -
Hamilton's engineer breaks three ribs in cycling accident
Toto Wolff was not the only senior member of Mercedes' management team hurt in a cycling pileup this week. In a team-building exercise along the Danube river on Tuesday, the 42-...
24 Jul 2014 12:11 -
Verstappen decides to team up with Mercedes instead of Red Bull
Max Verstappen has turned down an offer from reigning world champions Red Bull as he turns onto the road to formula one. The talented son of former Benetton and Minardi driver J...
24 Jul 2014 11:08 -
Video: A lap of the Hungaroring onboard with Hamilton
The Hungaroring hosts the Grand Prix of Hungary this weekend. As a preview a video of a lap onboard with Lewis Hamilton around that track. ...
24 Jul 2014 10:36 -
F1 more 'like playing with lego' than 'extreme sport' - Villeneuve
Jacques Villeneuve has lamented the lack of "heroes" on today's formula one grid. But the outspoken 1997 world champion says it is not just the drivers' fault, as the F1 of toda...
24 Jul 2014 09:42 -
Mercedes and McLaren have 'targeted' Vettel - Marko
McLaren and Mercedes have targeted Sebastian Vettel, the German magazine Sport Bild reported on Wednesday. The sport said Mercedes sees the reigning world champion as a potentia...
24 Jul 2014 08:28 -
Hungary 2014 preview quotes: Caterham F1 Team
Kamui Kobayashi, car #10: "The last race before the August break is Hungary, another really popular race with both fans and everyone in F1. For me one of my best memories of the...
23 Jul 2014 16:24 -
Wolff breaks shoulder, collarbone, elbow and wrist in cycling crash
Toto Wolff is expected to attend this weekend's Hungarian grand prix, despite undergoing surgery on Tuesday following a cycling crash. On a bike tour along the Danube river with...
23 Jul 2014 15:54 -
Dreaming of Ferrari 'just a cliche' - Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo insists he does not feel the famous lure of Maranello. Although born and raised in Australia, the impressive 25-year-old's father is from Sicily. But when asked...
23 Jul 2014 15:32 -
Ecclestone doesn't see any problem in going to Russia
Bernie Ecclestone has moved to dismiss doubts about this year's inaugural Russian grand prix. In the wake of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 atrocity, pressure is falling on formula ...
23 Jul 2014 14:25 -
Alonso could be free to leave Ferrari due to performance clause
Fernando Alonso could be contractually free to walk away from Ferrari. Technically, the Spaniard remains under contract to the struggling Maranello team until the end of 2016. "...
23 Jul 2014 13:54 -
Nurburgring wants to complete deal for 'long-term' soon
Future F1 calendars could once again host two grands prix in Germany within a single season. Recently, as it emerged the Nurburgring was close to a new deal with Bernie Ecclesto...
23 Jul 2014 12:09 -
Lauda asks for forgiveness after calling Ferrari car 'sh*t'
Niki Lauda has swiftly hit reverse, after using an expletive to describe the cars fielded in 2014 by Mercedes' grandee rivals McLaren and Ferrari. "McLaren has the same engine a...
23 Jul 2014 11:26 -
Gastaldi reveals 'intention' to keep Grosjean at Lotus
Romain Grosjean could still be looking at a Lotus future beyond 2014. At Hockenheim, the Enstone based team confirmed that Pastor Maldonado, backed by the powerful Venezuelan sp...
23 Jul 2014 10:43 -
Ecclestone confirms Mexico set for F1 return in 2015
Mexico has secured its return to the formula one calendar in 2015. The Mexico City-based events company CIE said in a filing with the country's stock exchange that it has signed...
23 Jul 2014 09:53 -
Hungary 2014 preview quotes: Scuderia Toro Rosso
Jean-Eric Vergne: "This is an important race as it comes just before the summer break, so if you do well here, it means you can enjoy the holiday more. It is a really tough race...
23 Jul 2014 08:39 -
Hungary 2014 preview quotes: Sauber
The Hungarian Grand Prix will take place this coming weekend in Budapest. After the 11th round of the FIA Formula One World Championship, the Sauber F1 Team heads into the summe...
22 Jul 2014 14:43
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