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Massa admits 'good chance' of new Ferrari deal shortly
Felipe Massa has admitted he has "a good chance" of staying at Ferrari in 2014. Team boss Stefano Domenicali said in Canada that the Brazilian is "absolutely" likely to remain F...

28 Jun 2013 11:28
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After Webber news, call for 2014 'not easy' - Raikkonen
A departing Mark Webber has swung the door open at Red Bull, but Kimi Raikkonen on Thursday insisted he has not made a decision about what to do beyond 2013. The 2007 world cham...

28 Jun 2013 09:52
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Designer Matt Morris resigns from Sauber - reports
Sauber's chief designer Matt Morris is leaving the Swiss team, according to international media reports. The German-language Speed Week, Blick and Auto Motor und Sport report th...

28 Jun 2013 08:48
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FIA not banning teams from Pirelli tests with 2013 car
In the fallout of the 'test-gate' scandal, F1's governing body has moved to clean up its procedures regarding tyre testing. While Mercedes was banned from the forthcoming young ...

27 Jun 2013 16:30
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Vettel unaware of current championship standings
World champion Sebastian Vettel claims he does not know what his points margin is at the top of the 2013 championship, or that Fernando Alonso is his main title rival. The tripl...

27 Jun 2013 16:03
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Teams would only waste extra money - Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone insists F1 teams would simply waste money if he agreed to up their income. Amid reports only Red Bull, McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes are not having financial t...

27 Jun 2013 14:25
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Force India won't stand in the way of Di Resta transfer
Force India on Wednesday said it will not hold Paul di Resta to his 2014 contract should the Scot want to join another team. There have been rumblings about the 27-year-old's di...

27 Jun 2013 13:39
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Paddock delighted with Honda's return to F1 in 2015
Honda's return to formula one in 2015 is being warmly welcomed in the paddock. Amid poor results and the global financial crisis, the Japanese carmaker pulled out as a team at t...

27 Jun 2013 12:49
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F1 cars to be much heavier in 2014 - report
Formula one cars will be much heavier in 2014, according to a report in the German newspaper Bild. The report by correspondent Frank Schneider said the V6 engines and related en...

27 Jun 2013 12:23
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Webber to retire from F1 for Le Mans in 2014
Mark Webber is retiring from formula one at the end of the year in order to drive for Porsche's new Le Mans prototype programme in 2014 and beyond. The popular and outspoken...

27 Jun 2013 11:13
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Ecclestone warns F1 calendar could shed historic venues
Monza, the historic home of the Italian grand prix, could be a victim of F1's continued push into "emerging markets". That is the warning of F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone...

27 Jun 2013 10:51
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Video: A lap onboard around Silverstone with Schumacher
Silverstone hosts the Grand Prix of Great Britain this weekend. As a preview a video of a lap onboard with Michael Schumacher around that track. ...

27 Jun 2013 09:18
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Lowe to attend first Grand Prix for Mercedes at Silverstone
Paddy Lowe will attend his first Grand Prix as Mercedes' executive technical director this weekend at Silverstone. The 51-year-old started work at Brackley early this month, hav...

27 Jun 2013 08:37
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Will Stevens added to Caterham Racing Academy
British driver Will Stevens is the latest name to be added to the Caterham Racing Academy roster, the driver development program designed to create a clear route to F1 and provi...

26 Jun 2013 16:15
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Varlion joins Force India as partner on a multi-year deal
Sahara Force India Formula One Team is pleased to announce that Varlion, the Madrid-based fashion brand, has joined the team as Official Lifestyle Partner as part of a multi-yea...

26 Jun 2013 15:37
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Video: Eighth episode of Sauber's 'Cutaway Series'
Sauber has started with what they call the Cutaway Series. In 15 'shorties', Sauber will pick one particular car part or subject and Chief Designer Matt Morris, Nico Hülkenberg...

26 Jun 2013 14:32
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Pirelli set to sign final 2014 agreements - Hembery
Amid growing rumours Michelin could return to the grid, Paul Hembery on Tuesday announced that Pirelli is in fact set to remain F1's official supplier. While at the same time ex...

26 Jun 2013 13:45
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Great Britain 2013 preview quotes: Caterham
Giedo van der Garde: "Silverstone's next up and it'll be another very busy weekend for us. For us, like quite a few of the teams, the British Grand Prix is a home race so it's o...

26 Jun 2013 12:49
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Mateschitz offers Webber new contract for 2014 - report
Mark Webber has the support of Red Bull mogul Dietrich Mateschitz as he considers his future beyond a 2013 contract. That is the claim of the German publication Auto Bild Motors...

26 Jun 2013 12:15
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Lotus welcomes Altran as new technical partner
Lotus F1 Team is pleased to announce new Technical Partner, Altran UK, who will provide the team with specialist engineering services for the remainder of the 2013 season. Servi...

26 Jun 2013 11:32
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Ecclestone waived fee to save German Grand Prix
Germany is only on this year's formula one calendar because Bernie Ecclestone waived the Nurburgring's usual race fee. That is the claim of Bild newspaper, referring to that cir...

26 Jun 2013 10:29
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Brawn insists that missing young drivers-test is significant
Ross Brawn has hit back at Red Bull's "spin", after the reigning world champions said sitting out the young driver test next month will not hurt Mercedes. At the end of the rece...

26 Jun 2013 09:59
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Great Britain 2013 preview quotes: Sauber
The Sauber F1 Team heads to Great Britain for the Santander British Grand Prix, which will take place from 28th to 30th of June. The home Grand Prix for many Formula One Teams, ...

26 Jun 2013 08:50
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WTCC: Citroën to join WTCC in 2014 with Sebastien Loeb
Citroën announced today that they will actually join the FIA World Touring Car Championship from the next season, and that nine-time World Rally champion Sébastien Loeb will b...

25 Jun 2013 16:44
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Mercedes not found guilty of violating the rules - Lauda
Mercedes was not found 'guilty' of breaking the rules, Niki Lauda insists. The German team has been banned from the forthcoming young drivers test at Silverstone, and was offici...

25 Jun 2013 14:28
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No 'level playing field' in F1, complains Marussia
Marussia is not racing on a "level playing field", team chief executive Graeme Lowdon has told the Guardian newspaper. It emerged earlier this year that F1 supremo Bernie Eccles...

25 Jun 2013 12:13
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Michelin not ruling out F1 return under right conditions
Michelin has not denied rumours it might be shaping up to succeed F1's increasingly frustrated and out-of-favour official tyre supplier Pirelli. Indeed, some reports have even h...

25 Jun 2013 11:54
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Illegal test threat purely sarcastic - Red Bull Racing
Helmut Marko has said he was only joking when he suggested Red Bull might boycott the young drivers test and use its race drivers at a private test. On Monday, following a repor...

25 Jun 2013 10:40
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Great Britain 2013 preview quotes: Pirelli
Pirelli will bring the P Zero Orange hard and P Zero White medium tyres to Silverstone for the British Grand Prix: effectively a second home race for the Italian squad, whose UK...

25 Jun 2013 09:38
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McLaren can't risk losing 2014 season too - Perez
McLaren must not 'lose' another whole season by bungling the development of its next car, new team driver Sergio Perez has warned. The young Mexican joined the Woking based team...

25 Jun 2013 08:26
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Button supports troubled Whitmarsh as McLaren leader
Jenson Button has denied the absence of former technical director Paddy Lowe explains McLaren's struggle in 2013. Before starting work at Mercedes a few weeks ago, the highly ra...

24 Jun 2013 16:22
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Robert Kubica has no plans for F1 test return
Robert Kubica insists he is not pushing for a formula one track test, even though he is 80 per cent ready to return to the pinnacle of motor sport. The former BMW and Renault dr...

24 Jun 2013 15:52
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Ferrari 'disappointed' to become object of Mercedes defence
Ferrari has admitted it is "disappointed" to have been used as part of Mercedes' defence as the German team escaped from the test-gate scandal with a light penalty. Before the j...

24 Jun 2013 15:08
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Experts fear 2014 might not be close title battle
The 2013 title could be all but decided within the next three races, according to O Estado de S.Paulo correspondent Livio Oricchio. He said most teams will make a decision after...

24 Jun 2013 13:50
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'Most F1 teams' have 2014 deals with Pirelli - report
Most formula one teams have deals in place with Pirelli beyond 2013, according to a respected correspondent. Bernie Ecclestone told F1 business journalist Christian Sylt last we...

24 Jun 2013 12:44
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Valencia surprised Barcelona selling tickets for next year
Valencia's regional government has expressed surprise at news Barcelona is selling tickets for the 2014 Spanish grand prix. It had been reported that regional presidents Alberto...

24 Jun 2013 12:09
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Pic 'waiting' for signed 2014 Caterham-Renault contract
Charles Pic's future is closely tied to Renault, manager Olivier Panis has admitted. The 23-year-old Frenchman moved from Marussia to Caterham over the winter, having signed wha...

24 Jun 2013 11:25
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Felipe Nasr cautious about move to Formula 1
Livio Oricchio, the respected correspondent for O Estado de S.Paulo newspaper, says Felipe Nasr is likely to make his F1 debut in 2014. The 20-year-old from Brasilia is currentl...

24 Jun 2013 10:51
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Red Bull Racing wanted $100m fine for Mercedes - report
The curious outcome of the 'test-gate' saga is that, although found guilty of breaking the rules, Mercedes is reacting with relief at the outcome of the international tribunal' ...

24 Jun 2013 08:44
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Mercedes will not appeal test-gate verdict
Mercedes on Friday said it will not appeal the international tribunal's verdict, therefore closing the 'test-gate' scandal. The tribunal's judges revealed earlier that the Brack...

21 Jun 2013 16:28
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Renault reveals sound of 2014 V6 turbo engine
Renault on Friday revealed a sneak-preview of the sound of its 2014 engine. There have been fears the noise produced by next year's turbo V6s will be a mere shadow of the curren...

21 Jun 2013 15:46
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Mercedes reprimanded and banned from 'young drivers' test
Mercedes has been banned from testing at Silverstone next month, it emerged as the FIA's international tribunal on Friday handed down its verdict. The German marque, and F1's ty...

21 Jun 2013 15:07
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F1 remains on tenterhooks as FIA delays 'test-gate' verdict
The world of F1 remains on tenterhooks after the FIA delayed its decision in the 'test-gate' scandal. Mercedes and Pirelli faced the music at the governing body's brand new inte...

21 Jun 2013 11:27
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Ecclestone has contract with Pirelli for next year
Amid the 'test-gate' storm and uncertainty about the future, Bernie Ecclestone has revealed that Pirelli "has a contract" beyond 2013. Until now, with the Italian marque pushing...

21 Jun 2013 10:29
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'Ball firmly in my court' over Red Bull future - Webber
Mark Webber has contradicted reports he is waiting on Red Bull to decide whether he will be retained beyond his expiring 2013 contract. Amid the heightened tension with his team...

21 Jun 2013 09:44
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Hamilton says he 'wasted his best years' at McLaren
Six months after he left McLaren, it is clear the wounds between Lewis Hamilton and the great British team are far from being healed. Over the winter, as the 2008 world champion...

21 Jun 2013 08:35
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Rivals watch on as 'test-gate' arguments rage at hearing
Red Bull's Christian Horner made a surprise appearance in Paris on Thursday as the 'test-gate' hearing began. But also at the FIA's Place de la Concorde headquarters were repres...

20 Jun 2013 16:41
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Le Mans would embrace Mark Webber - McNish
Former F1 driver Allan McNish thinks the world of Le Mans would welcome Mark Webber with open arms in 2014. With his Red Bull deal expiring, and the world champions weighing up ...

20 Jun 2013 15:47
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DTM: DTM to race at the Red Bull Ring up until 2016
Good news for the DTM enthusiasts in Austria: the most popular international touring-car series will race at Spielberg's Red Bull Ring up to and including 2016. Some three weeks...

20 Jun 2013 14:32
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Maldonado not feeling threatened by rising rookie Bottas
Pastor Maldonado insists he does not feel threatened by the rising form of his rookie teammate Valtteri Bottas. Young Finn Bottas grabbed the headlines in Montreal recently when...

20 Jun 2013 13:23
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Hulkenberg hints Sauber move not 'right decision'
Nico Hulkenberg has admitted for the first time that moving from Force India to Sauber over the winter may not have been the "right decision". Until now, the 25-year-old German ...

20 Jun 2013 12:15
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Economy and new style of racing hurting F1 ticket sales
Jenson Button thinks the economy and an 'after you' style of racing in 2013 has hurt ticket sales ahead of the British grand prix. Writing in the Independent this week, F1 busin...

20 Jun 2013 11:49
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India committed to fulfilling Grand Prix contract
The promoter of the Indian grand prix on Wednesday slammed rumours the race may fall off the calendar after 2013. Reports early this week said existing F1 events in Korea and In...

20 Jun 2013 10:38
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F1 holds breath for Mercedes test-gate hearing
The F1 world is holding its collective breath ahead of the 'test-gate' hearing in Paris on Thursday. Predictably, rumours are swirling. Germany's Auto Motor und Sport claims Mer...

20 Jun 2013 09:21
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Lotus' new co-owners won't 'sit idly in the background'
Lotus' new team co-owner has lurched into formula one with bravado, claiming the Enstone based team will be "number 1 in twelve months". Former 100 per cent team owner Genii Cap...

20 Jun 2013 08:51
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Lauda didn't know about secret tyre test Mercedes - report
Niki Lauda only knew about Mercedes' secret tyre test at Barcelona in May once "the wheels were turning". That is the claim on Wednesday of the respected Auto Motor und Sport co...

19 Jun 2013 16:52
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Ellinas has succesful debut at the wheel of a F1 car
Tio Ellinas, a member of the Marussia F1 Teams Young Driver Programme and current GP3 Series leader, had a successful debut at the wheel of a F1 car today when he completed an...

19 Jun 2013 15:43
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Ferrari and Lotus top overtaking statistics so far
With the first seven rounds of the season completed, this year's championship is beginning to take shape. The raft of data acquired from the opening race in Melbourne to the las...

19 Jun 2013 14:35
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Red Bull Racing move for Raikkonen 'very likely' - source
The F1 driver market is waiting for Kimi Raikkonen's next move, according to Oskari Saari, a commentator for Finnish television MTV3. "Red Bull's Helmut Marko said in Canada tha...

19 Jun 2013 13:25
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Caterham reserves judgement on Van der Garde and Pic
Caterham boss Cyril Abiteboul has backed the team's all-new driver lineup, amid suggestions Heikki Kovalainen should be drafted back in. For the first time since its 2010 debut,...

19 Jun 2013 12:08
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Photo hints towards form of traction control in Red Bull RB9
A photo has emerged that some believe is evidence Red Bull is using illegal 'traction control' aboard its championship-leading RB9 car. "Bumps or traction control?" a report by ...

19 Jun 2013 11:32
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F1 difficult for women from a physical point of view Dennis
Ron Dennis has played down expectations there could be a female driver on the formula one grid in the near future. Williams test driver Susie Wolff is pushing for a super licens...

19 Jun 2013 10:16
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Mercedes confirms absence Lauda and Wolff at FIA hearing
Mercedes has confirmed that new team co-owners and chiefs Niki Lauda and Toto Wolff will not be in Paris on Thursday. We reported on Monday that team boss Ross Brawn will be the...

19 Jun 2013 08:50
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Genii Capital sells minority stake in Lotus to Infinity Racing
Lotus F1 Team has new part-owners as of today, with Infinity Racing Partners Limited (Infinity Racing) acquiring a 35% minority stake in the team. Infinity Racing joins Genii Ca...

18 Jun 2013 16:40
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Walker diagnosed with cancer, Horner receives OBE
Legendary F1 commentator Murray Walker has revealed he is set to undergo treatment for cancer. 'The voice of formula one', who hung up his microphone more than a decade ago, tol...

18 Jun 2013 10:31
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Grands Prix in India and Korea in doubt for 2014
Melbourne has all but confirmed news it has lost its status as the opening race on the formula one calendar. It emerged recently that F1's hugely controversial Bahrain grand pri...

18 Jun 2013 09:15
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Teams should save money on motor homes - Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone has hit back at claims costs are too high in formula one, insisting the teams waste too much money. It has been reported that with the exception of 'big four' ...

17 Jun 2013 16:02
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Button backs Hamilton to end performance dip
Jenson Button has backed former teammate Lewis Hamilton to bounce back strongly after finding his feet at Mercedes. Since 2010, the pair were teammates at McLaren, where Hamilto...

17 Jun 2013 14:42
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Patient Sutil and Hulkenberg push on in F1 midfield
They may not be at the front of the field, but two German drivers are not throwing their hands in despair as they battle in F1's midfield. Adrian Sutil only returned to the grid...

17 Jun 2013 13:53
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Pirelli to assess 'mood changes' for F1 after tyre-gate

It is possible F1 will have to embark on an eleventh-hour search for a new official tyre supplier for 2014. Pirelli is expressing increasing frustration with its situation in fo...

17 Jun 2013 12:49
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