The sponsorship and income situation in formula one has left Sauber fighting for survival. The Swiss team has at least caught up with late wage payments to its 300 staff at Hinw...
Juan Pablo Montoya says the current Mercedes era is no different to any other team's dominance throughout recent F1 history. The former Williams and McLaren driver kicked of...
Any doubt that the controversial 'musical chairs' qualifying format will make its bow in Melbourne have been swept aside. Even though the format - which will see cars el...
Former F1 driver Robert Doornbos says he is not expecting Renault to shine in 2016. One of the problems, the former Minardi and Red Bull driver said, is Jolyon Palmer, who Doorn...
Williams Martini Racing is pleased to announce Paul di Resta as its official Reserve Driver for the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship season. Di Resta made his Formula One...
Pascal Wehrlein has defended the credentials of his 2016 teammate. While the strongly Mercedes-backed and reigning DTM champion Wehrlein is highly rated, there has been scant pr...
Dietrich Mateschitz's thoughts about quitting formula one are apparently still alive. Last year, amid the arguments with Renault and dissatisfaction about the direction of t...
Mercedes will ease the rules of engagement between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg for their 2016 battle. Team boss Toto Wolff ended last season with a warning that more bad fee...
The year 2015 in the Formula 1 was dominated by Mercedes. The battle for the world title was a fight between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, with Lewis Hamilton as winner. Also...
In a sport where teams are measured against each other with unrelenting exactness every race weekend, ensuring that the 100,000 or more parts that make up an F1 car are built pr...
McLaren-Honda is delighted to announce a multi-year extension of its prestigious and long-standing partnership with Johnnie Walker. Diageo's world-famous scotch whisky brand...
Nico Hulkenberg has set his sights on finally reaching the podium in 2016. Remarkably, although one of the most highly-rated midfield drivers in F1, the 28-year-old has never fi...
Niki Lauda has defended F1's controversial new qualifying format on the basis that the alternative floated by Bernie Ecclestone was "absurd". After some back and f...
Just as the US grand prix ended its uncertainty, doubts have now emerged about whether this year's Brazil race will take place in November. Brazilian reports say F1 supremo ...
Carlos Sainz's famous father has joined his son in putting the brakes on claims Toro Rosso could be ready to race to the podium in 2016. It was the Red Bull-owned junior tea...
Time is running short for F1 to introduce better cockpit protection for 2017. The FIA is pushing to put the controversial 'halo' on the cars next year, with Ferrari sign...
Pascal Wehrlein is confident Manor is the right place for his F1 debut. The reigning DTM champion is stepping up with the strong backing of Mercedes, but some believe defending ...
Murray Walker, the iconic voice of formula one, has added his disapproval to the latest criticisms of his beloved sport. Now 92, and having retired as Britain's lead comment...
Haas F1 Team has signed 17-year-old Santino Ferrucci as its development driver. The American will be embedded with Haas F1 Team at every opportunity, attending races and tests t...
F1 veterans have revealed they disagree with reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton's stance about the 'halo' cockpit cage slated for 2017. Some of the Mercedes driv...
Doubts Vijay Mallya might have to miss next weekend's season opener in Australia appear over, but the Force India chief's troubles in India are far from over. As over a ...
Mercedes' utter dominance of formula one in the 'power unit' era could finally be over. That is the view of former driver turned pundit Marc Surer, even though many ...
Sauber has now paid the two thirds of its 300-strong workforce in Switzerland who were waiting for their overdue February wages. "The financial situation for Sauber is tens...
While Charlie Whiting was at Watkins Glen (US), FIA inspectors were also in Italy. Whiting, the F1 race director, visited the iconic Watkins Glen circuit in New York and declare...
F1 remains on track to speed up significantly in the future, according to Niki Lauda. It has been suggested that, despite touted plans to make the cars considerably faster, the ...
Toto Wolff has severed his last ties to the Williams team. The Austrian entered F1 in 2009 when he bought into the British team and became a director. He left in 2013 when he bo...
US grand prix organisers brushed aside any doubts about the 2016 race by revealing Taylor Swift, one of the world's top pop acts, will perform at the October event. It ends ...
Nico Rosberg says he is determined to make 2016 "my year", after two consecutive championship defeats to his teammate Lewis Hamilton. The Mercedes driver said the lowe...
Honda is running behind schedule so far in 2016, McLaren team boss Eric Boullier revealed on Wednesday. After the disaster of 2015, Boullier seems happy with the management chan...
Alexander Rossi is back in the Manor Racing fold as Official Reserve Driver. Although he'll be racing in the 2016 IndyCar Series, he will also be making history as the first...
McLaren-Honda today announces a new multi-year partnership with Japanese automotive company Calsonic Kansei. Calsonic Kansei is a leading global manufacturer of automotive...
A trio of former F1 drivers have considered whether world champion Lewis Hamilton's increasing global celebrity will hurt his bid for a fourth title in 2016. Some, like curr...
Sauber will race in Melbourne next weekend, notwithstanding the financial cloud that hangs over the struggling Swiss team. Boss and co-owner Monisha Kaltenborn confirmed earlier...
A surprising proposal by Mercedes could help solve the issue of Mercedes' seemingly endless domination in the new 'power unit' era. As many predicted a third consecu...
Eric Boullier says he does not want McLaren-Honda to set any firm targets for 2016. But Fernando Alonso, the team's Spanish race driver, clearly does not agree, as he set a ...
It may be the teams, and not the drivers, who are in charge of the extra freedom on tyre selection in 2016. On Tuesday, Pirelli revealed the choices made for each driver's c...
The US grand prix in Austin looks to be back on track. Although now a popular stop on the annual calendar, the race's October date was given mere provisional status due to a...
Fernando Alonso on Tuesday said the podium is too high a target for McLaren-Honda early in 2016. But as he spoke in Baku as an ambassador for the inaugural grand prix in Azerbai...
McLaren is pleased to announce the renewal and continuation of its long-standing partnership with the JVC Kenwood Corporation (Kenwood). Kenwood became McLaren's official su...
Bernie Ecclestone will come under scrutiny on Tuesday as a report is tabled at a meeting of F1's board. The report has been authored by Jean-Marc Huet, a board member and fo...
Renault is tipped to make considerable progress with its power unit in 2016, as the works team prepares to unveil its new race livery. After the Lotus buyout, the Enstone team h...
F1 rookie Rio Haryanto might struggle even to qualify for races this year. That is the claim of former grand prix driver Robert Doornbos, who knows the back of the grid well aft...
Pastor Maldonado could keep his motor racing career alive in America's top open wheeler series. The Portuguese-language Diario Motorsport reports that the controversial Vene...
David Coulthard says he sympathises with drivers who are openly questioning the latest changes within formula one. While most drivers are either publicly or privately calling fo...
Carlos Sainz says he knows 2016 could be a make-or-break season for him in F1. On the surface, Toro Rosso is fielding arguably its best-ever lineup in the form of Spaniard Sainz...
The further clampdown on pit-to-driver radio communications in 2016 will spice up the action. That is the view of a couple of 2016 drivers, after Mercedes chief Toto Wolff this ...
Force India boss and co-owner Vijay Mallya may be unable to attend grands prix in 2016. Seventeen banks that are owed money by the Indian businessman relating to his collapsed a...
Jolyon Palmer has dismissed claims he might take too "cautious" an approach to his job of being a formula one driver. Last year, the British rookie was Lotus' rese...
Bernie Ecclestone is taking flak amid F1's tumultuous beginning to another world championship season. World champion Sebastian Vettel, a traditional ally of the F1 supremo, ...
Carlos Sainz has questioned his boss's target of a podium finish on merit in 2016. The Red Bull junior team's chief Franz Tost declared recently: "Realistically, I ...
Sauber is entering yet another F1 season under a financial cloud. A year ago, it was the Giedo van der Garde saga that almost derailed the struggling Swiss team. Now, the Swiss ...
Fernando Alonso is still refusing to rule out a future move to Mercedes. Although fully committed to the remaining two seasons of his McLaren-Honda contract, the Spaniard began ...
Alain Prost has warned that the qualifying saga of recent days could drag on even longer. While the World Motor Sport Council rubber-stamped the controversial new 'musical c...
Felipe Massa has confirmed that Williams is hoping to get a new nose and front wing up and running as soon as possible. With the British camp's current short nose strongly r...
Sebastian Vettel says he is yet to give a personal name to his 2016 car, which will carry the hopes of the entire Ferrari team and much of the wider F1 world. "No, not yet,...
Ferrari will travel to Australia in good spirits for the first Grand Prix of 2016. Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time on the final day of testing, a 1:22.852 on the supersoft...
One big question heading into the new F1 season is whether Lewis Hamilton has his 'mojo' back. After dominating his teammate last year and wrapping up the title with thr...
The earlier-touted 'cheap engines' solution might soon be back on the table. That is the claim of Germany's Auto Motor und Sport, revealing that reforms agreed by th...
Manor Racing experienced a bad morning on the last day of testing before the season starts. Mechanical issues have been troubling the team and Rio Haryanto has only done one sin...
Williams looks set to unveil a new nose for its 2016 car within the first two or three races of 2016. The Grove team was a pioneer of the short-nose concept that is now widespre...
Fernando Alonso says he is not sure where he will line up on the Melbourne grid. McLaren insists it has improved since its diabolical 2015, while Jenson Button described the lat...
Two young drivers with famous fathers will charge towards a future career on the F1 grid with strong support in their wake. The most high-profile is Mick Schumacher, the 16-year...
World champion drivers on Thursday slammed the current direction of formula one. Ferrari surprised the F1 world at the Barcelona test when Kimi Raikkonen emerged from the pits w...
Jean Todt has urged Bernie Ecclestone to stop criticising formula one. F1 supremo Ecclestone has rung in another new season with a familiar round of criticism, after last year c...
Things are finally looking up at McLaren. While some analysts believe the Honda power unit is still easily the least powerful in the field, it seems the Japanese carmaker may fi...
On the day of the debut of the protective 'halo' it was Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen who set the fastest time in Barcelona. The 2007 world champion put in a 1:22.765 on...
Jean Todt says he is still friends with Michael Schumacher, even in the wake of the seven time world champion's serious head injuries. Little is known about the highly-confi...
Vijay Mallya on Thursday rejected calls for his arrest. Amid the ongoing fallout from the collapse of his airline Kingfisher, the State Bank of India on Wednesday had also asked...
The 'will it, won't it' saga of the ever-changing qualifying format for 2016 continued in Barcelona on Wednesday. The F1 Commission recently agreed a tweaked 'mu...
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