Carlos Sainz will be the first to try out the 2016 car for Scuderia Toro Rosso. The Spaniard will open the test season for the Italian team on February the 22nd. A Toro Rosso pr...
A former F1 driver's career has taken a stimulating twist. In 2005 and 2006, Dutchman Robert Doornbos appeared in grands prix for Minardi and Red Bull. But CNET, a technolog...
Jock Clear has finally started work at Ferrari, after serving a full year of so-called 'gardening leave'. In late 2014, Mercedes announced that Lewis Hamilton's high...
Honda has dismissed speculation it has found more than a whopping 200 horse power over the winter break. Earlier, the Spanish sports daily AS claimed McLaren's works engine ...
Before starting work at McLaren, new team chief executive Jost Capito has named Fernando Alonso as the "best driver in formula one". Currently heading the motor racing...
F1 drivers have agreed that the sport should implement better cockpit protection for 2017. Alex Wurz, president of the safety-oriented Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA)...
Reigning quadruple Indycar champion Scott Dixon has admitted that even his success in the US is not a ticket to formula one. As the 35-year-old New Zealander prepares for the Da...
Mark Webber, the always plain-speaking former F1 driver, has named his 'best and worst' on today's F1 grid. When it comes to the best, the popular Australian and now...
Mercedes is targeting a track debut for its championship-defending W07 car in the days before the opening winter test in Barcelona. That is the claim of the Spanish sports daily...
Ferrari's 2016 car, codenamed 667, appears on course to make its track debut as scheduled at the first Barcelona test. Omnicorse, a specialist Italian media source, said the...
Roger Penske, a famous name in US motor racing, has ruled out entering formula one. Joining the grid this year is Haas, whose founder Gene Haas - also a Nascar team c-owner - ad...
Manor Racing is pleased to announce that Pat Fry has joined the team to provide engineering consultancy as it gets its 2016 challenge underway. During that time, the team will b...
Honda has aced the winter off-season following the Japanese carmaker's woeful return to F1 last year. That is the claim of Manuel Franco, the correspondent for the Spanish s...
Monza is eyeing a tweak to its fabled circuit layout. Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that, as the Autodromo Nazionale looks ahead to a future on motorcycle racing c...
Sauber can still have a good 2016 even though the debut of the new car is delayed. That is the view of Swedish driver Marcus Ericsson, who nonetheless admitted that not getting ...
F1 appears to have succeeded in turning up the volume for 2016. With many fans, race promoters and other stakeholders disappointed with the milder tones of the new 'power un...
Monza race organisers and Bernie Ecclestone are still negotiating over the fee for a new Italian grand prix contract. Recently, it appeared the risk the historic race could fall...
Decision-time regarding Pascal Wehrlein's F1 future is now imminent. The new DTM champion's employer, Mercedes, has been in talks with Manor about a race place for the 2...
Stoffel Vandoorne on Friday said there is no guarantee he will step into a F1 race cockpit for 2017. The Belgian was dominant in GP2 last year and is strongly backed by McLaren,...
With the engine supply crisis of last year finally over, Red Bull is not ruling out staying in F1 even beyond 2020. Christian Horner, the energy drink team's boss, told F1 R...
Jost Capito, McLaren's new team CEO, has not confirmed speculation he will start work at the Honda-powered team in April or May. "There is no date," he said at the...
Two former F1 drivers have lamented the current state of the sport. 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve and F1 veteran Gerhard Berger think changes at the very heart of formu...
An Argentinean minister has confirmed the government's desire to see formula one return to the South American country. F1 has not raced at the then-ageing venue in Buenos Ai...
Renault concluded last year that returning to winning ways in collaboration with Red Bull would not be possible. That is the admission of Cyril Abiteboul, the French marque'...
Pirelli secretly altered the construction of its F1 tyres in preparation for 2016. That is the claim of the British magazine F1 Racing, reporting that the addition of the 'u...
Organisers of the inaugural grand prix in Azerbaijan have hit back at reports that the June race is in doubt. Reports have suggested that due to the tumbling price of oil, local...
The F1 world will get its first look at Red Bull's 2016 livery next month. Although the team's new car will not be seen until the following week when Barcelona testing s...
Amid swirling rumours, the promoter of F1's newest race said Azerbaijan cannot wait for its inaugural grand prix. Reports on Thursday suggested some authorities in the count...
Toro Rosso and Ferrari have played down media reports that are doing the rounds on Thursday. A report in Italy suggested that although Toro Rosso will use Ferrari's 2015-spe...
Roberto Merhi is not giving up on formula one. El Confidencial, a Spanish newspaper, says the 24-year-old has been busily preparing for 2016, even though he lost his full-time M...
Williams' Rob Smedley has played down suggestions the Grove team might be contemplating a shock switch from F1's field-leading Mercedes power. The speculation first surf...
Robert Kubica's rally career could end after the forthcoming season opener in Monte Carlo. Now 31, the talented Pole's F1 career was tragically halted just prior to the ...
Fernando Alonso's manager says he is confident McLaren-Honda will prepare a better car for the Spaniard to race in 2016. Having wooed Alonso from Ferrari, the Anglo-Japanese...
Azerbaijan's inaugural grand prix should be in doubt, according to an economist. The first F1 race on the historic streets of Baku is scheduled for June, but Azerbaijan'...
The new sponsor of a GP2 team is tipped to eventually enter formula one. The Spanish newspaper El Confidencial said a deal between the GP2 outfit Campos and Jagonya Ayam - KFC...
More details about Dietrich Mateschitz's latest acquisition have emerged. Last September, we reported that the Red Bull mogul and billionaire, already the owner of the F1 ci...
The media has been summoned to Paris for February 3, as Renault presses the throttle on its plans for 2016. In a teaser video released on Wednesday, the carmaker declared: "...
Massimo Rivola, a long-time member of Ferrari's travelling F1 team, has confirmed he will have a different role in the future. Mid-season last year, the sporting director wa...
Red Bull is facing the possibility of a EUR 30,000 fine after Max Verstappen's spectacular blast up and down the famous Kitzbuhel ski slopes last week. A crowd of 3,500 gath...
Sebastian Vettel will keep his pre-season preparations in a high gear next week. While his rivals still have their engines silent, the German returned to action on Tuesday with ...
The F1 Commission on Tuesday approved a plan by the sport's engine manufacturers to impose a cap on the price of supplying to customer teams. Reports prior to the Geneva mee...
Organisers of the Russian grand prix look to have secured a title sponsor for the third edition of the Sochi race this year. Sportbox, a Russian-language media source, claims o...
Raffaele Marciello has split with Ferrari and will also no longer work with the Ferrari-powered F1 team Sauber. With the death of Jules Bianchi, the 21-year-old Italian became t...
Manor has dropped the word 'Marussia' from its official name in formula one. Although the backmarker outfit was widely known as 'Manor' last year, complex F1 reg...
Luca di Montezemolo thinks he deserves more credit for the contribution he made to Ferrari. Now 68, the Italian's Ferrari career dates all the way back to 1973, when he beca...
Controversy Corner - Benetton For the first article in the F1 controversies section see here: http://www.f1today.net/en/news/205001/at-this-race The 1994 season is one that goe...
Ferrari burst into testing action on Tuesday, the Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport reported. That is despite the fact that official testing action does not begin unt...
Sauber has played down news that its 2016 car, the C35, will miss the opening test of the winter test period. The Swiss team confirmed on Monday that it will only take last year...
McLaren staff worked throughout the Christmas break in order to keep its Honda-powered 2016 car on schedule. Sauber, a smaller Swiss outfit, has admitted that it will not take a...
Christian Horner claims he encouraged Mercedes to sign Lewis Hamilton when the now triple world champion was on the market back in 2012. Horner told the British magazine F1 Raci...
Force India has confirmed reports that a touted deal with the British luxury carmaker Aston Martin has fallen through for now. Talks with the Silverstone based team about a nami...
Rob Smedley has promised Williams' drivers a vastly evolved car for the 2016 season. The British team has finished the past two seasons in a solid third place, but last year...
Plans to dramatically shake up the engine regulations appear to now be off the table, following a key meeting in Geneva on Monday. F1's engine manufacturers had been handed ...
With five weeks until the first official winter test, F1 teams' plans are starting to take shape. Williams said at the weekend that it will roll out its new Mercedes-powered...
Sauber has confirmed reports on Monday that it will not take its 2016 car to the first test of the official winter pre-season next month. Germany's Auto Motor und Sport said...
Renault looks set to field a yellow and black livery in 2016 as the French carmaker takes over and rebrands the team formerly known as Lotus. Leaked photos of the latest edition...
The Williams team has revealed its strong opposition to Jean Todt's idea that formula one should consider reintroducing in-race refuelling. The FIA president said a few days...
Jean Todt has moved to distance F1's governing body from the sort of scandals that have gripped the world of football. Fifa (world football) and Uefa (European football) pre...
Sergey Sirotkin has revealed he will now turn his attention to the possibility of a Friday role in formula one for this year. The 20-year-old, who leapt to F1 prominence in 2013...
Damon Hill has sided with Bernie Ecclestone amid a renewed debate about whether women are able to go head-to-head with men in formula one. F1 supremo Ecclestone caused a stir la...
Williams' 2016 car will be ready to run on the opening day of pre-season testing next month. "There will be no glamorous unveiling," chief engineer Rob Smedley sai...
McLaren has revealed the launch date for their 2016 challenger. The MP4-31 will be shown on February the 21st. That is the day before pre-season testing starts at Barcelona circ...
Former McLaren doctor Aki Hintsa says he has made some progress since being diagnosed with cancer mid last year. The well-known 57-year-old Finn, who stepped away from F1 at the...
Jean Todt says he is confident F1 is moving towards a solution on the thorny topic of engines. The manufacturers had been given a deadline of January 15 - Friday - to come up wi...
A source at PDVSA, the Venezuelan state oil company, has played down speculation about Pastor Maldonado's immediate future. Reports have suggested that amid a corruption sca...
Pirelli wants F1's top drivers to test its tyres later this year. Two in-season tests after the Spanish and British grands prix have already been scheduled, but the official...
Max Verstappen is a world champion of the future, according to former Toro Rosso co-owner Gerhard Berger. The F1 legend was on hand late this week as Verstappen, the Faenza base...
Nico Hulkenberg says he is content for now at Force India. The German's teammate, Mexican Sergio Perez, makes no secret of his desire for a seat further up the grid, after t...
The volume of F1 will be turned up this year, Williams technical boss Pat Symonds says. He said on Friday that, simply through "normal development" of the power units ...
Renault would be wiser to direct the bulk of its effort into Red Bull. That is the view of Dr Helmut Marko, just as the French carmaker turns a sharp corner with the direction o...
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