McLaren is pleased to announce two new appointments, each a key step towards achieving the Group's aggressive growth ambitions. Jonathan Neale, acting Chief Executive Offic...
Valtteri Bottas thinks Williams is on track to have a better season in 2016. The Finn reportedly almost signed last year to switch to Ferrari for 2016, but he will instead stay ...
Pierre Gasly is hoping to break into formula one with Toro Rosso next year. The 19-year-old is the new cream of Red Bull's famous driver development programme, but Toro Ross...
Long-time podium champagne sponsor Mumm is leaving F1. Owner Pernod Ricard is believed to pay EUR 5 million per year for the privilege of being sprayed on the podiums of the wor...
Renault officials have flown to Caracas amid speculation Pastor Maldonado could lose his race seat for 2016. Reports emerged on Wednesday that former McLaren reserve Kevin Magnu...
Bernie Ecclestone thinks Mercedes is set for a third consecutive year of dominating formula one in 2016. Asked by Canadian radio TSN if the German team, having monopolised the t...
Once again as a new F1 season looms, there is legal trouble ahead for the Swiss team Sauber. Last year it was the high-profile dispute with Giedo van der Garde, and Swiss report...
Felipe Massa has admitted there is no guarantee his F1 career will continue after the forthcoming 2016 season. The Brazilian veteran's Williams contract ends this year, and ...
By: Bas Naafs Quite a few of the most amazing stories from the Formula One paddock are not worth writing long stories about, simply because they are more enjoyable when told as...
Renault has not denied speculation Pastor Maldonado could be ousted before the 2016 season opener. Britain's Telegraph newspaper reported earlier that amid apparent problems...
F1 teams will test in the days after two European grands prix in 2016, as reported by F1Today.net earlier. Germany's Auto Motor und Sport said there will be four days of in...
Sauber has appointed a replacement for departing long-time senior engineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara. Last week, we reported that Dall'Ara has resigned from the Swiss team afte...
Pascal Wehrlein says he is still waiting to know if he will make his formula one debut in 2016. Up and down the grid, the only official race seat vacancies still up for grabs fo...
Mercedes has no thoughts whatsoever about reassessing its commitment to formula one. The German carmaker left McLaren to become its own works team at the start of the decade, an...
Kevin Magnussen is reportedly in talks with Renault about replacing Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado in 2016. Having taken over Lotus, there has been speculation the French carmaker ...
In Italy and across the world, anticipation about Ferrari's new car for 2016 and a potential championship bid is building. A five-day countdown at the Maranello team's w...
McLaren's abysmal season was actually "good" for the team, boss Eric Boullier says. Following the hype of Honda's return to F1 last year and the reunion of the...
Haas is targeting points finishes in its debut season, driver Esteban Gutierrez has confirmed. While F1's newest teams like HRT, Caterham and Manor struggled more for mere s...
Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche says he is perfectly happy with Mercedes' F1 driver duo. Team boss Toto Wolff warned recently that if the bitterness of the rivalry between Lewis ...
F1's manufacturers look set to agree to reduce the price of their engines, even if they want to press ahead with the current 'power unit' formula beyond 2017. After ...
Sergio Marchionne has reiterated Ferrari's winning target for 2016. Although it has emerged that development of the Maranello team's 2016 car was delayed last year, pres...
Giedo van der Garde is putting the Sauber scandal of 2015 behind him as he returns to racing this season. The Dutchman's bid to race in formula one last year famously ended ...
Toto Wolff says he can understand the criticisms being made by F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone. When asked by the Tiroler Tageszeitung newspaper if he enjoyed Christmas, the Merced...
F1's plan to radically speed up the cars for 2017 has been watered down. That is the claim on Monday of the authoritative German magazine Auto Motor und Sport. It said that ...
A company co-owned by David Coulthard will produce the new free-to-air coverage of formula one in Britain this year. Whisper Films is co-owned by the former McLaren and Red Bull...
F1 would be improved if the drivers were given more freedom to speak their minds, according to pundit Marc Surer. With the sport acknowledging the need for more noise, power and...
Pirelli organizes a wet tyre test to be held at Paul Ricard circuit, on January 25 and 26. The two-day test will be focussing just on wet tyres (no intermediates). Different we...
Romain Grosjean says he feels more European than French or Swiss. Although identifying in F1 as a Frenchman, the 29-year-old was actually born in Geneva and still lives in Switz...
Upgrade work on the Hungarian grand prix venue near Budapest is to take place. It emerged last month that some minor construction tweaks at the twisty Hungaroring circuit are be...
Toto Wolff has leapt up the rankings in an annual list of the richest people in Switzerland. Every year, it is the F1 supremo and billionaire Bernie Ecclestone who tops the spor...
Renault's Lotus takeover is continuing to race ahead, even though an official name change for the Enstone team is yet to be announced. But the big Lotus team sign on the mai...
Lewis Hamilton has tipped another year of strong form from himself and the Mercedes team. While Ferrari made progress in 2015 and is now targeting a full championship tilt this ...
Max Verstappen has marked the end of his New Year holiday by predicting a big power boost for Toro Rosso this year. "I'm back in Monaco to train," the 18-year-old ...
A new contract to secure the future of the historic Italian grand prix at Monza is now "close" to being signed. That was the claim late on Friday of Angelo Sticchi Dam...
Haas, F1's new Ferrari-linked American team, is on track to make its testing debut in February. The team, based in North Carolina and also the old Marussia facility in Banbu...
Niki Lauda has returned to the world of aviation, according to reports in the Austrian press on Friday. Die Presse newspaper said it is the fourth airline foray for the F1 legen...
Ferrari is not confirming reports about its intended launch plans for the 2016-specification car. Citing Italian sources, the Finnish newspaper Ilta Sanomat said this week that ...
Valtteri Bottas insists he is not intoxicated with the thought of joining Ferrari. Last year, the Finn was reportedly close to being signed by the fabled Maranello marque to rep...
The Swiss F1 team Sauber is losing a long-time senior engineer, media reports reveal. Speed Week (Germany) and Omnicorse (Italy) claim Giampaolo Dall'Ara, who came into F1 w...
Ron Dennis (McLaren chairman and CEO) has paid tribute to Tyler Alexander, one of McLaren’s founding fathers, who sadly passed away on 7th January 2016, at the age of 75: ...
World champion Lewis Hamilton expressed interest in buying a wild custom car from Ken Block, the famous American rally and stunt driver. One of the most fascinating cars in 48-y...
Ferrari is planning an online launch for its 2016 car, it emerged on Thursday. Citing Italian sources, the Finnish newspaper Ilta Sanomat said the as-yet unnamed machine will be...
Nico Rosberg is still in the game when it comes to winning world championships. That is the view of former two-time title winner Mika Hakkinen, who insisted the German driver ca...
The Nurburgring is not ruling out returning to the F1 calendar in 2017. The circuit's financial and ownership troubles were the reason for the absence from the calendar of a...
F1 should have two priorities in order to improve the sport. That is the view of Mika Hakkinen, as the former double world champion was asked about moves to make changes and re-...
Mario Illien thinks Renault may begin to show clear progress with its F1 engine early in 2016. The Swiss, and his company Ilmor, have been drafted in after the French carmaker s...
Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne is expecting a close fight with Mercedes in 2016. Earlier this week, the Italian-Canadian boldly targeted nothing less than world championshi...
Mick Schumacher, the 16-year-old son of F1 legend Michael, looks set to sign a deal with a Ferrari-linked Italian junior team. Amid great fanfare, Mick made his single-seater de...
Sebastian Vettel has urged caution as Ferrari heads into the 2016 season as a potential title candidate. President Sergio Marchionne this week issued a bold target of nothing le...
Carlos Sainz has urged his bosses at Toro Rosso to let him and teammate Max Verstappen race more freely in 2016. Last year, as the young duo made their impressive F1 debuts, tea...
Adrian Newey has admitted he is worried planned rule changes in formula one are not going far enough. Reportedly frustrated at the restrictive chassis rules and the overly engin...
Niki Lauda is not as outspoken and brash behind the scenes, according to Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg. The Munich newspaper TZ asked German Rosberg if it bothers him that Lauda,...
Williams is pleased to announce that it has signed a renewed partnership agreement with Wihuri, one of Finland's most respected business enterprises, for the 2016 Formula On...
Maurizio Arrivabene says it his job to deliver on the ambitious goal set by Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne for 2016. Ferrari made its debut on the Milan stock exchange on M...
Signing Romain Grosjean is helping to attract staff to F1's new American outfit Haas, boss Gunther Steiner says. Founded by Nascar team co-owner and machine tool magnate and...
Red Bull looks to be moving on in formula one without a title sponsor. Last month, following the marketing split from Renault and the rebranding of Red Bull's engines for 20...
Maurizio Arrivabene has suggested Kimi Raikkonen needs to move closer to the pace of his Ferrari teammate in 2016. Ferrari toyed with the idea of replacing the 36-year-old Finn ...
Jos Verstappen has called time on his motor racing career in order to focus on his son Max. The former F1 driver, who was once teammate to the great Michael Schumacher in the 90...
Alfa Romeo would need to ally with a team in order to enter formula one, Ferrari and Fiat Chrysler president Sergio Marchionne said on Monday. Recently, Marchionne suggested tha...
F1 is speeding out of a brief Christmas sojourn into a "critical" period for the future, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says. One of the hottest topics of 2015 w...
Kimi Raikkonen has admitted he is a fan of F1's older circuits, amid the new era of ultra-modern tracks penned mainly by Hermann Tilke. In recent years, many of the sport...
Cepsa, a major sponsor of the Toro Rosso team, could announce its departure from formula one "in the coming days". That is the claim of the Marca daily sports newspape...
The City of Montreal has acknowledged that time is tight to deliver the promised new pit and paddock complex for the Canadian grand prix. The race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneu...
Sebastian Vettel has been tipped to take out the 2016 title for Ferrari. Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton were dominant in 2014 and 2015, but Ferrari improved markedly this year. Wh...
Drivers and managers are in danger of giving up the F1 dream, former grand prix star Stefan Johansson has warned. The Swede raced in the 80s for Ferrari and McLaren, but today h...
Mercedes is considering unleashing the rivalry between teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, in a bid to spice up formula one. For the past two years amid the German marque...
Lewis Hamilton says he has no intention of easing back the intensity of his off-track lifestyle. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper asked Hamilton, the reigning triple...
Kevin Magnussen has revealed the deep shock of discovering at the eleventh hour that his F1 career was stalling after just one year. In 2014, the Dane's fledgling career was...
Toto Wolff has tipped Red Bull to commence a process of rebuilding as the brand races back to the front in formula one. The energy drink company's premier F1 outfit dominate...
Michael Schumacher's former manager has revealed he has been unable to visit the stricken F1 legend in the wake of his 2013 skiing crash. As the two-year anniversary of the ...
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