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Ecclestone rules out broadcasting F1 on internet
Bernie Ecclestone has ruled out the broadcasting of grands prix on the internet. The F1 chief executive, however, has acknowledged that despite his disparagement of things like ...
15 Dec 2014 12:47 -
Ferrari is not sick, only a bit tired - Todt
Jean Todt has urged Ferrari to resist making revolutionary changes after faltering at the start of the new V6 era. Before becoming FIA president, Frenchman Todt presided over Fe...
15 Dec 2014 12:12 -
Lauda not sure what is going to happen in engine row
Even Niki Lauda admits he is not sure what is the future of F1's engine regulations. Bernie Ecclestone revealed last week that he intends to propose during Thursday's Strategy G...
15 Dec 2014 11:30 -
'No sense' to start all over again in F1 - Kubica
Robert Kubica has suggested he is close to abandoning the idea of ever returning to formula one. Amid the Polish driver's burgeoning F1 career in early 2011, he almost severed h...
15 Dec 2014 10:52 -
Korea would clash with WEC race for Hulkenberg
Korea has become a potential spanner in the works for Nico Hulkenberg. It was announced recently that the German driver, whilst racing full-time for Force India in 2015, will al...
15 Dec 2014 10:04 -
Max Verstappen 'too young' for F1 - Todt
Jean Todt says Max Verstappen is 'too young' for formula one. At the most recent meeting of the World Motor Sport Council, the FIA agreed to impose a new minimum of 18 years as ...
15 Dec 2014 09:27 -
Magnussen's career only on 'pause' - Dennis
Ron Dennis has likened Kevin Magnussen to champions Fernando Alonso and Mika Hakkinen, insisting the deposed rookie Dane's career is only on 'pause'. McLaren gave 22-year-old Ma...
15 Dec 2014 08:43 -
Alonso and Dennis have unfinished business together
For both Fernando Alonso and Ron Dennis, a successful F1 marriage is "unfinished business". When they split seven years ago, most insiders found the idea of a reunion at any poi...
12 Dec 2014 12:11 -
Ecclestone unfazed by intentions of new F1 chief
Bernie Ecclestone on Thursday sounded unfazed following reports a new F1 chief intends to 'rein in' the long-time F1 supremo. The reports have said likely new F1 chairman Peter ...
12 Dec 2014 11:42 -
'Handshake deal' Bahrain makes race in Qatar unlikely
Bernie Ecclestone has admitted Korea is unlikely to make its return to the F1 world championship next year. That is despite the country being listed provisionally as one of 21 r...
12 Dec 2014 10:33 -
Dennis admits choosing against Magnussen 'painful'
Mere hours ago, his F1 career appeared over, but Jenson Button is now half of what Ron Dennis is hailing as "easily the best lineup" in F1 today. But as ever in formula one, the...
12 Dec 2014 09:29 -
Ecclestone to propose V8 or V10 comeback for 2016
Bernie Ecclestone refuses to give up his crusade against F1's current engine formula. Meeting with a select group of reporters on Thursday including Forbes' business journalist ...
12 Dec 2014 08:47 -
Caterham continues to fight for F1 survival
Despite the passing of a deadline, beleaguered F1 backmarker Caterham's fight for survival continues. Having sat out Austin and Brazil, a controversial crowdfunding scheme and p...
11 Dec 2014 12:42 -
Ferrari sends Pat Fry and Tombazis 'on vacation'
Pat Fry is the next major Ferrari name set to depart. Amid a tumultuous time for the fabled Maranello marque, 2014 has already seen a host of major names including Stefano Domen...
11 Dec 2014 12:03 -
Official: McLaren presents Alonso and Button as lineup
McLaren has finally announced its lineup for next season. Fernando Alonso has been signed as the big star and he will be joined bij Jenson Button for 2015. McLaren delayed its d...
11 Dec 2014 11:31 -
Sporting succes is always 'short-lived' - Rosberg
Nico Rosberg insists he has already bounced back from the disappointment of not winning the 2014 world championship. As his Mercedes team utterly dominated this season, the Germ...
11 Dec 2014 11:25 -
Verstappen has no problem with age controversy
F1's youngest ever driver Max Verstappen is expecting controversy about his age and experience to continue for now. At just over 17 years of age, the young Dutchman raised eyebr...
11 Dec 2014 10:38 -
Frentzen recovering from a serious knee operation
Once a race winner and title contender, Heinz-Harald Frentzen today drives a hearse and is recovering from knee surgery. Driving a Jordan, the German was a standout of the 1999 ...
11 Dec 2014 09:40 -
Button selected to be Alonso's teammate in 2015
British newspapers say Jenson Button has been selected to be fellow champion Fernando Alonso's Honda-powered McLaren teammate in 2015. Contrary to earlier speculation that after...
11 Dec 2014 08:21 -
McLaren invites media to 'important' event on Thursday
The long wait for news about McLaren's 2015 driver lineup finally appears to be over. The British team has invited select members of the press to an "important and exclusive med...
10 Dec 2014 15:02 -
Newey vows to stay 'in the loop' at Red Bull Racing
Red Bull is playing down the likely effect of Adrian Newey's diminished involvement. Although the sport's best paid and most highly rated engineer is staying with Red Bull at Mi...
10 Dec 2014 14:30 -
F1 needs to cut costs to attract new teams - Todt
Jean Todt has revealed his ambition to welcome "or or more" new teams to formula one. Although Caterham returned in Abu Dhabi, the collapse of the least competitive backmarkers ...
10 Dec 2014 13:42 -
No major difficulties with switch to F1 - Verstappen
Max Verstappen says working with a modern formula one team is easy. Since the 17-year-old was controversially signed by Toro Rosso for 2015, the sport's governing FIA has moved ...
10 Dec 2014 12:45 -
'McLaren hold-up related to Alonso's contract'
As the McLaren wait rolls on, the British team is continuing to take criticism for leaving Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen in the lurch. "What is happening at McLaren is unwor...
10 Dec 2014 12:05 -
Nasr optimistic about competitive Sauber for 2015
Felipe Nasr has played down suggestions he is kicking off his F1 career with an ailing team. A constant and respected presence on the grid for over twenty years, Hinwil based Sa...
10 Dec 2014 11:14 -
Palmer frustrated GP2 title is not enough for F1 seat
Jolyon Palmer has expressed frustration that his new GP2 title has not proved an instant ticket to formula one. The son of former F1 driver Jonathan, 23-year-old Briton Palmer i...
10 Dec 2014 10:27 -
Incoming new F1 chairman to 'rein in' Ecclestone
A source has reinforced reports Bernie Ecclestone could be 'reined in' by the incoming new F1 chairman. Last week, the Financial Times (FT) reported that F1 supremo Ecclestone's...
10 Dec 2014 09:51 -
Ferrari, Renault see 'loophole' in engine rules
Mercedes' F1 engine rivals are targeting a 'loophole' in the regulations, according to media reports. Speed Week claims the 2015 season could kick off next March amid a dispute,...
10 Dec 2014 08:41 -
Button resorts to jokes to deal with strange situation
Jenson Button has resorted to jokes as McLaren's farcical delay in announcing its 2015 driver lineup drags on. "I have a new Japanese phone number," said the 2009 world champion...
09 Dec 2014 12:08 -
Ecclestone a little bit disappointed in Vettel, Alonso
Bernie Ecclestone has credited Mercedes' team management for preventing a "lousy" world championship in 2014. Considering the German team's utter dominance this year, the F1 'su...
09 Dec 2014 11:27 -
Mercedes 'surprised' by level of dominance
Mercedes was "surprised" when it realised the level of its dominance at the start of the radical new V6 era in 2014. With the season now over, the German team's rivals are left ...
09 Dec 2014 10:46 -
Furbatto set to return to McLaren for 2015
Another Italian is headed for McLaren, the Ferrari media insider Leo Turrini reports. Earlier, it became clear that Fernando Alonso will take his race engineer at Ferrari, Andre...
09 Dec 2014 09:37 -
Mercedes preparing Wehrlein for next step into F1
Pascal Wehrlein could be a regular name on the F1 race circuits in the near future. In September, Mercedes signed the now 20-year-old German to be the dominant F1 team's new res...
09 Dec 2014 08:25 -
Vettel and Raikkonen among richest Swiss residents
Sebastian Vettel has been named among the 300 richest residents of Switzerland. The German has now officially lost his status as reigning world champion, but the Swiss publicati...
08 Dec 2014 16:17 -
McLaren takes time to consider 'what is good'
McLaren has denied its 2015 driver lineup is delayed due to a behind-the-scenes "problem". The British team is taking heavy criticism for leaving 2009 world champion Jenson Butt...
08 Dec 2014 15:25 -
Caterham, Marussia 'gave nothing' to F1 - Trulli
F1 will not miss the collapsing backmarker teams Caterham and Marussia. That is the claim of former grand prix driver Jarno Trulli, whose own career started in the mid 90s right...
08 Dec 2014 14:21 -
Grosjean not hiding his desire to move to top team
Romain Grosjean admits he might still be looking to move away from Lotus after 2015. Amid Lotus' horror 2014 season, the Frenchman openly eyed a move for next year, but he has n...
08 Dec 2014 13:43 -
Lowe vows to take care of Mercedes reliability
Paddy Lowe has vowed to improve Mercedes' reliability record. While the German team utterly dominated in 2014, two teams were actually better in the area of technical reliabilit...
08 Dec 2014 12:47 -
Jules' condition is still stable - father Bianchi
Jules Bianchi's father says the injured F1 driver remains in a "stable" condition, more than two months after his Suzuka crash. Frenchman Bianchi, 25, has been unconscious and i...
08 Dec 2014 12:04 -
Bob Bell to start working for Ferrari in March
Mercedes' former technical chief Bob Bell looks set to start work at Ferrari in March. That is the claim of Italy's authoritative La Gazzetta dello Sport, referring to the Ulste...
08 Dec 2014 11:32 -
Marko expects F1 trophies to be lost forever
Helmut Marko has admitted the chances are high that Red Bull's stolen F1 trophies will be lost forever. The team confirmed at the weekend that a ram-raid on its Milton-Keynes fa...
08 Dec 2014 10:56 -
Domenicali replaces Berger as single-seater boss
Stefano Domenicali has returned to the world of open-wheel racing. After being ousted as Ferrari team boss, the Italian re-emerged recently at Audi, although the VW-owned brand ...
08 Dec 2014 10:15 -
Kobayashi to test 'Super Formula' this week
Kamui Kobayashi looks set to keep his motor racing career alive outside of formula one. After a year off the grid in 2013, the popular 28-year-old returned this year with Caterh...
08 Dec 2014 09:13 -
Massa aiming to fight for championship in 2015
Felipe Massa has targeted the 2015 drivers' title. Initially disappointed to have been ousted by Ferrari, the Brazilian appeared rejuvenated in 2014 after switching to Williams....
08 Dec 2014 08:40 -
Thieves steal 60 Red Bull Racing trophies
More than 60 trophies won by Red Bull were stolen from the F1 team's factory late on Friday night. Team boss Christian Horner confirmed that a vehicle broke through the front en...
06 Dec 2014 17:21 -
McLaren driver decision 'next week at the earliest'
Yet another week will draw to a close with no news forthcoming about McLaren's 2015 driver lineup. After Thursday's board meeting at Woking, expectations had risen again on Frid...
05 Dec 2014 16:07 -
Duke of Kent visits Mercedes factory in Brixworth
Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains was proud to welcome HRH The Duke of Kent to its state-of-the-art technology centre in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, on the morning of W...
05 Dec 2014 14:58 -
Customer Haas keeping sharp eye on Ferrari changes
Gene Haas, F1's newest team owner, has admitted to keeping a sharp eye on the turmoil at Maranello. This year, after securing a place on the 2016 grid, Nascar co-owner Haas agre...
05 Dec 2014 13:35 -
Korea scheduled to sneak in extra engine for 2015
The story of Korea's surprise return to the F1 calendar for 2015 has taken another bizarre twist. Insiders were stunned on Wednesday when the FIA published a 2015 schedule featu...
05 Dec 2014 12:49 -
Domenicali conducting study into F1 entry for VW
Reports Audi is contemplating a future in formula one are once again gathering steam. The rumours were refuelled recently when ousted Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali resurf...
05 Dec 2014 12:13 -
GPDA president Wurz backs Bianchi report
The F1 drivers' union GPDA has welcomed the outcome of the investigation into Jules Bianchi's Suzuka crash. At Wednesday's meeting of the World Motor Sport Council, a ten-man pa...
05 Dec 2014 11:45 -
F1 world still waiting for announcement from McLaren
The F1 world is now eyeing yet another date for the delayed announcement of McLaren's 2015 driver lineup. The British team's board met at Woking on Thursday to reportedly discus...
05 Dec 2014 10:50 -
Robby Gordon to compete in Race of Champions
American motor sport superstar Robby Gordon will compete at the 2014 Race Of Champions, to be held at Bushy Park Barbados on December 13-14. But Gordon’s not travelling to Bar...
05 Dec 2014 10:17 -
Newey called off switch to 'political' Ferrari
Adrian Newey agreed a sensational move to Ferrari earlier this year, it has emerged. In June, Red Bull announced that its technical chief - easily the most famous and arguably t...
05 Dec 2014 08:49 -
2014 busy year for new McLaren boss Boullier
Eric Boullier has admitted his first year as McLaren team boss has been a busy one. Formerly at Lotus, the Frenchman was installed to run the Woking team and also prepare it for...
04 Dec 2014 16:43 -
New F1 chairman to 'marginalise' Ecclestone's role
Reports indicate Bernie Ecclestone's reign over formula one is once again under threat. This year, the sport's long-standing 'supremo' survived the Gerhard Gribkowsky corruption...
04 Dec 2014 15:56 -
F1 in danger of losing German broadcaster RTL
F1 could be set to lose one of its major free-to-air broadcasters in a key market, according to Germany's Sport Bild. Last week, RTL blamed "incomprehensible rules" and "counter...
04 Dec 2014 15:05 -
2015 Korea race could be on the streets of Seoul
Organisers of the former Korean grand prix have been caught off guard by the country's surprise return to the 2015 calendar. The unpopular and remote Yeongam race was held four ...
04 Dec 2014 14:32 -
Denmark's Lego rules out McLaren sponsor deal
Kevin Magnussen's hopes of retaining his McLaren seat may have taken a hit on Thursday. Reports indicate the British team's board is meeting on Thursday to decide the identity o...
04 Dec 2014 13:44 -
Chief designer Tombazis set to depart Ferrari
The next high-profile departure at Ferrari will be chief designer Nikolas Tombazis. That is the claim of the well-informed Ferrari specialist and media insider Leo Turrini. As F...
04 Dec 2014 12:45 -
Force India confirms use of Toyota wind tunnel for 2015
Sahara Force India is pleased to announce that it will use the wind tunnel facilities of Toyota Motorsport GmbH in Cologne, Germany, as the nominated site for all aerodynamic te...
04 Dec 2014 12:11 -
Spa clash was very difficult for Rosberg - Wolff
The Belgian grand prix in August was the turning point of Nico Rosberg's ill-fated 2014 championship campaign. There, at Spa-Francorchamps, the German famously collided with eve...
04 Dec 2014 12:04 -
There was no problem with Ricciardo - Vettel
Sebastian Vettel says he never lost respect for Daniel Ricciardo throughout the 2014 season. As it turned out, this year was the German's last campaign with Red Bull, where he e...
04 Dec 2014 10:29 -
Bianchi 'did not slow sufficiently' under yellow in Japan
Former F1 driver Patrick Tambay has hit out at the FIA for so squarely blaming Jules Bianchi for his life-threatening Suzuka crash. At Wednesday's meeting of the World Motor Spo...
04 Dec 2014 09:47 -
FIA clamps down on requirements for super licence
Max Verstappen could be the first and last 17-year-old to ever start a grand prix. That is because, following the inexperienced Dutchman's controversial signing by Toro Rosso fo...
04 Dec 2014 09:10 -
Korea added to 21-race F1 calendar for 2015
F1 has added another race to the 2015 schedule, creating the prospect of an unprecedented trek to 21 grand prix destinations next year. The extra race is South Korea, whose unpo...
04 Dec 2014 08:28 -
Jolyon Palmer joins line-up for Race of Champions
Newly-crowned GP2 Series Champion Jolyon Palmer has joined the driver line-up for the 2014 Race Of Champions, to be held at Bushy Park Barbados on December 13-14. Palmer has...
03 Dec 2014 16:06 -
Two races per weekend in the DTM in 2015
When it comes to the 2015 season, the DTM fans may look forward to even more race action: the DTM calendar comprises nine race weekends, with two races to be contested per weeke...
03 Dec 2014 15:18 -
Kvyat relaxed as he steps into Vettel's shoes at Red Bull
Daniil Kvyat insists he is relaxed as he steps into quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel's shoes at Red Bull. Now just 20 years old, the Russian made the meteoric leap from...
03 Dec 2014 14:26 -
Rossi, Chilton looking to opportunities outside F1
F1 test driver Alexander Rossi is looking to switch to America's premier open wheeler series Indycar for 2015. Although Californian, the 23-year-old has risen through the Europe...
03 Dec 2014 13:33
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