Sebastian Vettel says he has arrived at Ferrari with the passion the most fabled name in formula one deserves. "Many things have changed" at the Maranello team, the former Red B...
For F1's top teams, 2015 is a case of putting the troublesome first year of the new turbo V6 era in the past and setting sights on closing the big gap to Mercedes. It is bad new...
A fascinating picture is beginning to emerge from winter testing, as multiple teams threaten to step up and challenge Mercedes. Until now, Ferrari has appeared surprisingly as t...
Ferrari's new boss is not changing his targets for the 2015 season, despite a strong showing in winter testing for the fabled team. Before the SF15-T emerged with consistently c...
The preparations for the new season will kick in a higher gear this week. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will play host for the second test of 2015. Kimi Raikkonen hands...
Ferrari looks to have beaten McLaren-Honda to the reborn Manor team's door. Earlier, we reported that with the former Marussia team now exiting administration, McLaren could pla...
Mercedes' race lineup is back on song in Barcelona. As the second test of the winter began on Thursday, Lewis Hamilton did ten laps before retiring unwell with a high temperatur...
The new ban on helmet livery changes was actually a compromise measure, it emerged on Friday. So far, news that drivers will be limited to just a single helmet livery per season...
Danica Patrick has played down suggestions she might be in pole position to enter formula one next year. She already drives in Nascar for Stewart-Haas, the team co-owned by F1's...
"Huge egos" have ensured the status quo in formula one when it comes to cost-cutting and income distribution. That is the claim of Federico Gastaldi, the deputy chief at Lotus. ...
Daniel Ricciardo has admitted Red Bull has some catching up to do in the few short weeks before Melbourne. "We are not where we would like to be," the team's new number 1 driver...
How much progress has dominant 2014 title winner Mercedes made over the winter? The perfect man to ask on Thursday was Pascal Wehrlein. A DTM driver, the 20-year-old German bega...
After a miserable 2014 season, Lotus appears back on track this year. Pastor Maldonado's chart-topping time in the new Mercedes-powered E23 on Thursday would have been good enou...
Nico Rosberg is the next F1 driver on pole position to become a father. Other new dads in the paddock are Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen, while the Lotus duo of R...
Dietrich Mateschitz has denied reports he might be looking to sell his F1 team Red Bull to Audi. On Thursday, stories emerged in the German press suggesting that the Red Bull mo...
Sebastian Vettel has denied he is a "carbon-copy" of fellow German and F1 legend Michael Schumacher. Earlier this week, new Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene hailed the arrival a...
Nearly three months after the chequered flag waved in Abu Dhabi, it was a pair of rookies who had pulses racing on Thursday. The press room at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya b...
The preparations for the new season will kick in a higher gear this week. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will play host for the second test of 2015. On the second day so...
While Barcelona echoed to the sound of turbo V6 engines on Thursday, behind-the-scenes developments were also making noise. Force India finally began its winter programme at the...
McLaren-Honda's troubled pre-season continued on Thursday as the second winter test at Barcelona began. At lunch on day one at the Circuit de Catalunya, Jenson Button's work at ...
Both of Mercedes' race drivers are out of action at present. World champion Lewis Hamilton kicked off the team's four-day test at Barcelona early on Thursday, but had to retire ...
Rumours are once again doing the rounds that the Volkswagen Group is eyeing a place on the F1 grid. But according to Germany's respected Auto Motor und Sport, this time the spec...
A crucial month lies ahead for the new McLaren-Honda collaboration. That is the obvious view from the outside, after the innovative MP4-30 struggled for pace and laps not only a...
Bahrain has admitted it is in "talks" amid reports neighbouring Qatar is about to join the F1 calendar. Earlier, F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone said that despite the oil-rich Arab...
Max Verstappen thinks all the stories about his age will soon be old. The Dutchman's impending debut at the tender age of 17 has been so controversial that the FIA has even chan...
Sergey Sirotkin has admitted he is in talks with Force India. When the Silverstone based team sat out the recent Jerez test, we reported that it was because money promised by th...
Sebastian Vettel must beat friend and new Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen in 2015. That is the claim of former F1 driver David Coulthard, who fears the quadruple world champion ...
Valtteri Bottas has lamented the end of winter testing in the island Kingdom of Bahrain. Previously, F1 teams made the pre-season trip to the Middle East to avoid Europe's cold ...
Gerhard Gribkowsky has handed over more than a quarter of the $44 million alleged 'bribe' he was paid by F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone. Last year, Ecclestone ended his criminal c...
Ron Dennis has defended his opposition to centralised cost-cutting in formula one. After Tuesday's meeting of the F1 Commission in Geneva, the German magazine Auto Motor und Spo...
Lotus is hitting back in the wake of reports it might be counted among F1's most struggling teams. Owner Gerard Lopez led the charge vocally late last year when fellow midfielde...
Manor's administrators are expected to issue a statement on Thursday confirming that the former Marussia team is back on the road to the 2015 grid. It was announced recently tha...
The preparations for the new season will kick in a higher gear this week. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will play host for the second test of 2015. On the opening day t...
Mid-season helmet livery changes have been banned, according to reports on Wednesday. The respected German publication Auto Motor und Sport and the international news agency Reu...
Three world champions will bring F1 track action back into life on Thursday. Reigning title winner Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and 2009 world champion Jenson Button...
Sahara Force India is pleased to announce that Pascal Wehrlein will drive for the team at the upcoming testing session in Barcelona, Spain beginning on 19 February. The 20-year-...
A rules revolution in formula one will have to wait, after the decision-making F1 Commission met in Geneva on Tuesday. As the body - comprising the teams, the FIA, Bernie Eccles...
Adrian Sutil could keep his top motor racing career alive in 2015 with a Le Mans seat. Late last year, the German veteran hinted he might take legal action against Sauber, as de...
A study commissioned by the FIA reportedly shows that costs in formula one could be halved without hurting the 'show'. With Caterham and Marussia ailing and even better-funded m...
Just as the F1 Commission meets in Geneva, Ferrari has outlined its vision of the sport's future. Earlier in February, the powerful Strategy Group met to discuss plans to spice ...
The true 2015 pecking order will still not become clear at this week's Barcelona test. That is the view of new Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene, after the Italian team surprisin...
On-track struggles in formula one have hurt fabled Ferrari's brand power, according to a study by asset valuation company Brand Finance. Last year, Ferrari retained its post as ...
A big unknown ahead of the 2015 season is how F1's manufacturers will manage the new engine 'unfreeze'. Earlier, Mercedes, Ferrari, Renault and newcomer Honda were bound to free...
Former Minardi driver Patrick Friesacher has joined the ranks who argue F1 took a sharp wrong turn. The Austrian, now 34, drove for the Faenza based backmarker in 2005, qualifyi...
Daniel Ricciardo, the only non-Mercedes driver to win races last year, has admitted he might have a new rival in 2015. After the 2014 season, in which the Australian finished th...
Manor, formerly known as Marussia, is plotting its course for a 2015 return. Earlier, the backmarker appeared doomed, as administrators auctioned equipment and the 2016 entrant ...
Ferrari's management situation led to the departure of number 1 driver Fernando Alonso. That is the view of Adrian Campos, a former F1 driver who in 2010 founded the team that b...
F1 will round another corner to the future on Tuesday. Writing for Brazil's Globo, respected correspondent Livio Oricchio reports that the topic of a dramatic change of regulati...
McLaren-Honda may still be struggling to make progress. Exactly one month before Melbourne, the new British-Japanese works collaboration hit the track early in Barcelona, the sc...
Nearly 14 months after his late 2013 skiing accident, little new is known about the great Michael Schumacher's medical progress. The 46-year-old is reportedly cared for by a pri...
Gerard Lopez has hit out at F1's "archaic management". Refuting rumours he is looking for new investors to replace the Lotus boss, F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone earlier this mont...
Lotus is not expecting a return to the top step of the podium in 2015. In 2012 and 2013, when the returning Kimi Raikkonen was at the wheel of the black and gold car, the Finn m...
Going extreme with the new MP4-30 is a "calculated risk", McLaren supremo Ron Dennis has revealed. Although it has struggled to run amid early troubles with new works engine par...
Felipe Nasr has defended his move into formula one this year despite not matching the success of others in the sport's feeder category. The Brazilian will make his debut next mo...
Carlos Sainz jr insists he is happy to be in the shade of his high-profile Toro Rosso teammate. Spaniard Sainz, whose father and namesake is the world rally legend, is making hi...
It is clear there is little love lost between Lotus and its former engine supplier. The Enstone team, fourth overall in 2012 and 2013, slumped to an horror eighth in the constru...
Force India is reportedly now hard at work on preparing its new car. Earlier, it was rumoured that due to financial and supplier troubles, the Silverstone based team had not eve...
Pascal Wehrlein looks set to make his formula one test debut next week -- in a Force India. After skipping Jerez amid rumours of unpaid bills and supplier trouble, the Silver...
Signs of life emerged from Force India on Friday. The Silverstone based team sat out the opening test of the winter at Jerez amid rumours of financial problems and crippling deb...
Red Bull will begin to step on the throttle at the forthcoming Barcelona test. That is the news of the energy drink marque's Dr Helmut Marko, apparently responding to reports th...
Dominant 2014 champion Mercedes thinks its rivals can catch up. Germany's authoritative Auto Motor und Sport on Thursday estimated the marque's advantage last year at as much as...
Renault has confirmed reports it did not hit full throttle at the recent Jerez test. Works team Red Bull evidently had a difficult start to the winter season, struggling for pac...
A big change to the regulations could convince Adrian Newey to return to full throttle in formula one. That is the claim of Red Bull team boss Christian Horner, who insists Newe...
Jenson Button insists he is happy to be paired with Fernando Alonso. Both sides of the new McLaren-Honda garage have won world championships, but Spaniard Alonso is regarded not...
McLaren-Honda is beginning to play down its chances of bursting off the grid at the very start of the 2015 season. After its almost two decades with Mercedes power, the British ...
Williams is not taking seriously reports star driver Valtteri Bottas is looking to replace Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen next year. The seat occupied by fellow Finn Raikkonen, who st...
Christian Horner has played down reports Red Bull is entering a second consecutive season amid early troubles. Although ultimately the championship runner-up, the formerly title...
A "calmer" environment may have contributed to the return to form of former Ferrari driver Felipe Massa. In 2008, the Brazilian went wheel-to-wheel with Lewis Hamilton for the w...
Talks to renew Malaysia's F1 contract are still ongoing. Last month, Sepang circuit boss Razlan Razali travelled to London to discuss the expiring deal with F1 supremo Bernie Ec...
Williams on Wednesday said it would welcome Marussia back to the F1 grid -- even if the struggling backmarker has to field a 2014 car. Marussia, now called Manor, is bidding to ...
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