Australian grand prix organisers say they will accept an earlier-than-planned race date on the 2016 F1 calendar. Although tickets for a race in early April next year are alr...
Keeping the wheels on the ground - why F1 must not use Michelin tyres. When F1 and Michelin are mentioned together a few things come to mind, most notably the 2005 Unit...
As each day passes, Red Bull's threat to pull out of formula one is appearing more and more real. "At the moment we have no engine (for 2016)," boss Christian Horn...
As the struggling McLaren-Honda union hit a new low at Suzuka, Yasuhisa Arai suggests the one-way blame game needs to stop. In front of the Japanese carmaker's highest-ranki...
As Nico Rosberg's title hopes shrank even further in Japan, tension with his teammate and runaway championship leader Lewis Hamilton only increased. Being only the second-be...
There were plenty of shattered pieces to pick up after McLaren-Honda's struggling collaboration continued to fall apart in Japan. Even Mercedes' Niki Lauda was drawn int...
Team boss Maurizio Arrivabene has played down Ferrari's chances of winning the world championship. After winning in Singapore amid Mercedes' sudden slump, Sebastian Vett...
Bernie Ecclestone has re-shaped F1's 2016 calendar, it emerged on Monday. It was already known that, with the summer break controversially shrunk for next year as Azerbaijan...
A dark cloud has moved above the future of the British grand prix. A report in the Telegraph newspaper quotes Silverstone's managing director Patrick Allen as saying funding...
The most successful racer in British Touring Car Championship history Jason Plato has become the latest driver to join the line-up for the 2015 Race Of Champions at London's...
Pierre Gasly is the new reserve driver at Red Bull. Late last year, the energy drink company re-appointed for 2015 its regular reserve Sebastien Buemi, but the Swiss also has du...
Sebastian Vettel is "better in some ways" even than F1's most successful driver of all time. That is the claim of Ferrari team boss Maurizio Arrivabene, who contra...
Renault has issued out this statement: "Renault Group and Gravity Motorsports S.a.r.l., an affiliate of Genii Capital SA, are pleased to announce the signature of a Letter ...
Rumours that Bernie Ecclestone ordered a 'TV blackout' of a team have resurfaced after the Japanese grand prix. The first time rumours of this nature began to swirl was ...
Ron Dennis on Sunday moved to end all the speculation about the future of McLaren's driver lineup. With the struggling team and Jenson Button reportedly arguing over money, ...
Lewis Hamilton won the japanese grand prix at Suzuka, Japan. The briton started from second place at the grid, and forced team mate and pole sitter Rosberg out wide in the first...
As the uncertainty about Red Bull's future in F1 races on, Gerhard Berger suggests the team could be back in the running for Mercedes power. It is believed the Daimler board...
Nico Rosberg grabbed pole position this morning during the qualifying of the Japanese Grand Prix. Daniil Kvyat was the highlight of the session however, with a heavy crash at tu...
After two Renault-drivers on Friday, it was Nico Rosberg who was quickest during the third free practice session at Suzuka. The German drove a 1:33,995, and was three tenths qui...
McLaren on Friday declared that it wants to keep Jenson Button on board for 2016. Actually, the world's media assembled at Suzuka on Thursday expecting the 2009 world champi...
Kimi Raikkonen says he would play a team role in order to help friend and Ferrari teammate Sebastian Vettel win the world championship. Happy now at Williams, former Ferrari dri...
If Fernando Alonso cannot return to having a winning car, he will seek it outside of formula one. That is the stark warning issued by Flavio Briatore, who signed up the Spaniard...
In the wake of Max Verstappen's defiant refusal to obey team orders in Singapore, teammate Carlos Sainz has hinted he remains unhappy with Toro Rosso. In Singapore, the teen...
Valtteri Bottas has conceded it will be "really difficult" to win next year's world championship with Williams. Earlier, until the great Italian team re-signed Kim...
Haas, the new American team for 2016, has scheduled a driver announcement for next week. The Ferrari-linked outfit has invited journalists to its Kannapolis headquarters next Tu...
Mercedes says it would welcome Audi to formula one. As Red Bull desperately seeks an alternative after splitting with Renault, rumours suggest the Volkswagen Group is now eyeing...
Red Bull Racing driver Daniil Kvyat has posted the best time in the second free practice for the Japanese Grand Prix. The Russian ended in front of both Mercedes drivers in what...
Daniil Kvyat on Thursday insisted he is not worried about the future -- not his own, nor that of his Red Bull team. At present, Red Bull is without an engine deal for 2016 and t...
The first free practice for the Japanese Grand Prix has seen very little action because of the rainy conditions. Only twelve drivers set a lap time, with Carlos Sainz ending on ...
Pirelli on Thursday moved to dismiss a conspiracy theory about Mercedes' mysterious loss of performance last week in Singapore. The world champions' sudden slump had ton...
British Media Autosport reports that next year we will see a major shake-up in the Tyre Specification, which will give the teams greater liberty and open up different kinds of s...
Lotus' financial woes were laid literally bare at Suzuka on Thursday. Crates of equipment were laying wet in the paddock, the hospitality unit was completely empty as the st...
The late Jules Bianchi's father has urged the world not to lose hope about the recovery of F1 legend Michael Schumacher. Updates about the condition of the great seven time ...
Infiniti Red Bull Racing is pleased to announce a partnership agreement with AeroSlim, for this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix. As an official race partner, AeroSlim will see...
Mercedes sounded a little wiser on Thursday about its mysterious performance slump of Singapore. Although just a few days of head-scratching and analysis have passed since argua...
One year on, as F1 returns to the scene of the first ultimately-fatal crash since Ayrton Senna's in 1994, Jules Bianchi's father admitted he will not be watching the Jap...
McLaren is holding so-called 'crisis talks' ahead of struggling Honda's home grand prix in Japan. This week, team boss Eric Boullier has been at Sakura, the Japanese...
Ahead of the Japanese grand prix, Niki Lauda has admitted to some concern about Mercedes' mysterious performance slump just days ago in Singapore. Theories - some wild - abo...
F1 teams are reportedly still arguing over whether Pirelli's new 'ultra soft' compound for the 2016 season will be tested in Abu Dhabi after the November season fina...
As the rest of the paddock prepared for the Japanese grand prix, Lotus was locked out of its hospitality unit at Suzuka. That was the claim of the French publication L'Equip...
Suzuka hosts the Grand Prix of Japan this weekend. As a preview a video of a lap onboard with Fernando Alonso around that track. ...
A big talking point heading into the Japanese grand prix is whether Red Bull will be able to secure a new engine deal. It is now known that the energy drink stable, also includi...
Sergio Perez will remain in Sahara Force India colours next year with the 25-year-old Mexican confirmed for the 2016 season. Since joining the team in 2014, Perez has continued ...
Martin Winterkorn announced today that he resigns from his position as the CEO of Volkswagen AG. This is a response to the recent discovery of how the automotive concern has fid...
In the valley of the Massif Central, in between the remains of volcanic activity, rising above the green delta of the Auvergne, the two cities of Clermont and Montferrand lay pe...
Silence has been surrounding the recovery of former Formula 1 driver Michael Schumacher, but the Daily Express has broken that silence. A source close to the Schumacher family c...
Mika Hakkinen says Mercedes' performance problem of Singapore is perhaps not as unique as it seemed. The otherwise-dominant team's sudden slump on the floodlit streets w...
F1's return to Suzuka will be particularly poignant for Adrian Sutil. Last year in fading light and on a damp track, talented Frenchman Jules Bianchi slid off the challengin...
Alain Prost has played down reports he is set to return to F1 as a team owner. The paddock grapevine has suggested that as Renault looks to acquire Lotus, the deal will involve ...
Lewis Hamilton was giving mixed messages this week in the wake of Mercedes' mysterious Singapore slump. The otherwise-dominant German squad was suddenly slower not only than...
Mika Hakkinen says he is increasingly impressed with F1's teenage sensation Max Verstappen. The young Dutchman was back in the headlines after the Singapore grand prix, not ...
After Mercedes' mysterious performance slump of Singapore, boss Toto Wolff is no longer ruling out team orders. Earlier, Wolff said he would continue to allow the silver-cla...
Red Bull is stepping up its F1 quit threat by putting pressure on the sport's authorities, and potential supplier Ferrari. At present, the energy drink camp is in the throes...
The McLaren team is currently having a disastrous season. They are only able to manage to keep Manor behind in the championship. In the past the Woking team has won m...
Sergio Perez is set to be unveiled as the second Lotus driver for 2016, Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport is reporting on Tuesday. Even though the Renault buyout is said to be...
Red Bull did not push hard for a supply of Mercedes engines, the German team's chairman and F1 legend Niki Lauda says. Obviously splitting with Renault, the energy drink-own...
Even with a takeover by the French carmaker Renault now imminent, Romain Grosjean appears destined for the Lotus exit. It is believed the Frenchman, despite earlier gushing abou...
Alain Prost has hinted he knows that Romain Grosjean is departing Lotus. As Renault ambassador, the F1 legend is tipped to take a leading role and perhaps also a shareholding on...
Cesare Fiorio, the former Ferrari team boss, says that if he was still running the Maranello marque, he would supply engines to Red Bull. As it is splitting with Renault, the fo...
Audi has denied reports it has decided to enter formula one in 2018. Citing sources close to the Ingolstadt board, Germany's Auto Bild said on Monday that the VW brand Audi ...
Jenson Button has admitted he has made a decision about his future in formula one. Multiple British newspapers on Monday claimed F1's veteran of 16 consecutive seasons is pr...
13 races and 4 victories into Sebastian Vettel's first year in red, the passionate, fickle and partisan Italian press could not be happier. "When you consider that he e...
Alain Prost, a Renault ambassador, has confirmed reports the French carmaker is splitting with its long-time F1 partner Red Bull. Although it was already an open secret, Red Bul...
Although immediately dismissing it, Toto Wolff admits even he contemplated a conspiracy theory amid Mercedes' mysteriously-bad Singapore grand prix. Wild rumours that Pirell...
Ferrari Chairman Sergio Marchionne has singled out Sebastian Vettel's winning drive around Singapore as a mark for more to come. "Sebastian Vettel drove like a re...
Audi's Ingolstadt board has given the green light to formula one, the German publication Audi Bild claimed exclusively on Monday. Actually, the latest rumours about the Volk...
Max Verstappen may be about to leap into contention for a meteoric promotion to Red Bull Racing. Hot on the heels of his sensational debut as a 17-year-old and recent rumours li...
All eyes are on Mercedes as the team otherwise dominant in the 'power unit' era suffered a mysterious loss of form in Singapore. One might be forgiven for thinking Ferna...
Boss Franz Tost says he wants a quick decision to be taken about Toro Rosso's engine supplier for 2016. Although Red Bull chiefs have insisted the senior team can afford a l...
Mercedes is now all but confirming that it will begin to supply engines to the British backmarker Manor from 2016. As well as running its works team, the German marque already s...
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