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'Too early' to declare Mercedes 2014 favourite - Wolff
Toto Wolff has played down reports Mercedes is the clear 2014 favourite after the first winter test at Jerez last week. "It is too early to know," the German marque's commercial...

04 Feb 2014 08:28
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Massa tips 'clever' Alonso to be fast from the beginning
Felipe Massa has tipped his former Ferrari teammate to dominate Kimi Raikkonen at the great Italian team in 2014. Maranello marque Ferrari replaced the long-serving Brazilian wi...

03 Feb 2014 14:59
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TV viewers drop triggered 'double points' move
The reason for F1's controversial move to a 'double points' finale has emerged, after the sport haemorrhaged 50 million television viewers late in 2013. That is the claim of F1 ...

03 Feb 2014 12:14
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Lauda criticises Ecclestone outburst
Niki Lauda has hit back at Bernie Ecclestone's attack on Mercedes and F1's new, greener and quieter era. In an outburst last week against the sport he heads, F1 chief executi...

03 Feb 2014 09:29
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Melbourne F1 future remains uncertain
There is still no news about the future of Melbourne's Australian grand prix beyond the 2015 race. That is the admission of race chairman Ron Walker, who said the state-spons...

03 Feb 2014 09:26
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Massa: "I would be worried if I was Red Bull"
According to one cruel joke in the Jerez paddock last week, the Red Bull RB10 has a cryptic, phonetic meaning -- 'Red Bull Are Bea-ten'. It follows a disastrous opening test ...

03 Feb 2014 09:24
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FIA delays nose dispute for 2015
The unseemly nose designs up and down the 2014 pitlane have been declared legal by the FIA. We reported last week that a row over the radical noses was shaping up, with one c...

03 Feb 2014 09:10
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Lotus and Marussia pay 2014 entry fees
Lotus and Marussia have ended doubts about their official participation in the 2014 championship. When the governing FIA released the 2014 entry list last month, the two team...

03 Feb 2014 08:47
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Jerez Test - Team Reports: Toro Rosso, Caterham and Marussia
Toro Rosso: A switch to Renault power would appear to have been a good move given their sister teams' success further up the field. However, given the problems that they and the...

01 Feb 2014 19:18
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Jerez Test - Team Reports: Williams, Force India and Sauber
Williams: Perhaps the most surprising team of the week was Williams. With the outfit changing to Mercedes power after two years with Renault, as well as the more eye-pleasing 'a...

01 Feb 2014 19:17
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Jerez Test - Team Reports: Red Bull, McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes
Four days of pre-season testing concluded at Jerez yesterday afternoon, and we have found out, as expected things aren't quite as we imagined them to be. It was widely tipped...

01 Feb 2014 19:15
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Ross Brawn announces retirement
Long-time Formula 1 personality and team prinicpal, Ross Brawn has announced his retirement. The news ends speculation that the 60 year-old would move to McLaren after stepp...

01 Feb 2014 19:09
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Red Bull team owner says Renault are at fault
Team owner Dietrich Mateschitz is keeping his calm, despite a nightmarish opening test of 2014 for the reigning world champions Red Bull. While key Mercedes and Ferrari-powe...

01 Feb 2014 16:23
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Day 4 - Jerez Report: Massa demonstrates Williams pace
The fourth and final day of testing at Jerez got underway this morning with a wet and overcast track, leaving the teams to have a second chance at testing the wet Pirelli tyres....

31 Jan 2014 17:53
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Red Bull Racing calls it a day after just 21 laps
The grey drizzle matched the mood in the Red Bull garage on Friday morning, but Daniel Ricciardo was his ever upbeat self. Asked if the troubled RB10 will be running on the l...

31 Jan 2014 13:53
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Wolff rates Petrov's chances for DTM seat at '60 per cent'
Vitaly Petrov has a good chance of restarting his motor racing career in the German touring car series DTM. That is the claim of Mercedes' Toto Wolff, after former Renault and C...

31 Jan 2014 12:21
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McLaren 'wing rear suspension' difficult to copy
The first technical rows of 2014 are well underway. It had already emerged that the FIA is unhappy with some of the radical nose solutions, with one camp of teams accusing the o...

31 Jan 2014 10:51
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Ecclestone slams Jerez testing as 'a total farce'
F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has slammed the sport's brave new era, saying the Jerez test this week proves the radical 2014 rules have produced "a total farce". "Look at...

31 Jan 2014 08:51
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Follow LIVE the fourth test day of 2014 from Jerez
The fourth day of testing for the 2014 season takes place today. Kamui Kobayashi starts his comeback in Formula 1 today at Caterham, Force India gives Daniel Juncadella a chance...

31 Jan 2014 08:42
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Whole pitlane has 'some sympathy' for Lotus - Symonds
Pat Symonds, a former long-time personality at the Enstone team, says he has "sympathy" for struggling Lotus. The Briton, now in charge of technical matters at Williams after se...

30 Jan 2014 20:02
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Jerez Report - Day 3: Magnussen tops the leaderboard, whilst Red Bull struggle
The third-day at Jerez got underway this morning, with somewhat cooler conditions than the previous two days. It was all change for the drivers line-up today, with Fernando A...

30 Jan 2014 18:38
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Red Bull in trouble with RB10
Reigning constructors champions, Red Bull are in serious trouble at Jerez according a British journalist. The news comes as no surprise after Sebastian Vettel only completed ...

30 Jan 2014 16:50
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Doctors trying to wake Schumacher from his coma - manager
Michael Schumacher's manager has now confirmed reports doctors at the Grenoble hospital are trying to wake the great German from his month-long coma. Earlier, Sabine Kehm dismis...

30 Jan 2014 14:34
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FIA's Whiting says 'different' Lotus nose is legitimate
Lotus' innovative double-pronged nose solution for 2014 has been declared legal by the FIA's Charlie Whiting. The solution is even clearly assymetrical, apparently only to slip ...

30 Jan 2014 14:06
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Renault admits to problems with ERS in new engine
Renault, engine supplier to reigning world champions Red Bull, has admitted it has kicked off F1's radical new V6 era with a significant problem. "Obviously we do (have a proble...

30 Jan 2014 13:03
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McLaren rear suspension raises eyebrows at Jerez
Unseemly nose solutions are attracting all of the obvious attention early in 2014. But, behind the scenes, engineers are far more interested in what is lurking at the rear of Mc...

30 Jan 2014 10:11
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Ecclestone asks teams for 'double points' in three races
Bernie Ecclestone has written a letter to F1's eleven teams, arguing that the controversial new 'double points' rule should be extended to the final three races of the season. T...

30 Jan 2014 08:57
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Follow LIVE the third test day of 2014 from Jerez
The third day of testing for the 2014 season takes place today. Daniel Ricciardo takes over from Sebastian Vettel at Red Bull Racing, Fernando Alonso will sample the Ferrari F14...

30 Jan 2014 08:46
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Jerez Report - Day 2: Button shines for McLaren
Day 2 got underway this morning at 8am, with Pirelli deciding to move the wet-weather test that was scheduled for Friday forward to today due to the overnight rain that had left...

29 Jan 2014 17:58
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Marussia's MR03 arrives in Jerez
According to our team, Marussia's MR03 has just arrived at the Jerez Circuit for pre-season testing. The news comes after the Russian-backed squad announced that they would b...

29 Jan 2014 16:58
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'Far too early' to talk about championship - Wolff
Anticipation is high as Mercedes, tipped as a 2014 championship favourite, prepares to reveal its new silver and black W05. The Brackley based team has been revealing teasers of...

29 Jan 2014 12:23
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McLaren appoints Eric Boullier as racing director
McLaren has confirmed that Eric Boullier wil join them. The former team principal of Lotus is appointed as racing director. He will start his work for McLaren on February 3rdWor...

29 Jan 2014 11:06
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Haas Racing vows to fight for formula one entry
Gene Haas has vowed to fight on for formula one, despite Bernie Ecclestone saying a 2015 team entry for the American foray is "most unlikely". Even despite his fortune, his prov...

29 Jan 2014 10:09
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Vettel destroyed me since we went to Pirellis - Webber
Mark Webber has predicted an early retirement for his former teammate Sebastian Vettel. Throughout German Vettel's four-year championship-winning reign, Australian Webber was hi...

29 Jan 2014 09:16
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Follow LIVE the second test day of 2014 from Jerez
The second day of testing for the 2014 season starts today. The track will be prepared for artificial wet testing, as there is some rain expected already. This will be another i...

29 Jan 2014 08:56
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Renault suffer engine fitting issues
The new Renault Energy-F1 2014 power unit has left their teams in uproar, after it has been ill-fitting on the chassis' of the Renault powered outfits. According to sources i...

29 Jan 2014 00:33
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Financial problems for Lotus and Sauber
According to sources at Jerez, it is emerging that Lotus and Sauber are suffering serious financial setbacks, which could put their future in Formula 1 at risk. The same sour...

28 Jan 2014 23:54
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Jerez Report - Day 1
The first day of the official pre-season at Jerez has finally concluded. It started off with car launches from Force India, Red Bull and Mercedes, with Marussia and Caterham ...

28 Jan 2014 18:17
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Mercedes' day finishes early
German Formula 1 team, Mercedes AMG have had to cut their first day of testing short after Lewis Hamilton crashed the brand new W05. The incident occurred just before 12pm, w...

28 Jan 2014 16:56
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Jerez - 1pm Update!
The news from Jerez so far appears to be a mixed bag, with the likes of Caterham and Marussia having to delay their launches due to technical issues. Force India, Mercedes, Red ...

28 Jan 2014 13:57
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Caterham delay Jerez launch
The Malaysian-owned Caterham Formula 1 team have delayed their launch of the CT03. The car was due to be launched at 8.45am this morning, however they are claiming that they ...

28 Jan 2014 13:34
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First pictures of the first test day in Jerez
Testing has begun this morning in Jerez, but not a lot of action so far. After more than two hours the teams have a total of fourteen laps, combined. The red flag has been out t...

28 Jan 2014 11:41
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Follow LIVE the first test day of 2014 from Jerez
This is it, the long wait is over and Formula 1 awakens from its Winter hibernation. The Circuito de Jerez this week hosts the first test ahead of the 2014 season. The new regul...

28 Jan 2014 08:13
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Marussia to miss first test
Marussia are looking set to delay the launch and miss the first pre-season test at Jerez after a fault with their 2014 car. According to a British source, this was due to a '...

27 Jan 2014 22:02
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Toro Rosso launches STR9 with special nose design
Scuderia Toro Rosso have unveiled their 2014 car, the STR9 at the Jerez circuit ahead of the official pre-season test. The nose is rather unique, but appears to be a far more...

27 Jan 2014 17:55
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Mercedes wish Schumacher well
German Formula 1 team, Mercedes AMG have offered their support for fellow countryman Michael Schumacher, after he was injured during a ski-crash in France. The seven-time Wor...

27 Jan 2014 15:58
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Todt returns to Schumacher's bedside
FIA president and former Ferrari boss Jean Todt has returned to the Grenoble hospital bedside of his friend Michael Schumacher. The seven time world champion has been in a coma ...

27 Jan 2014 12:21
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Sauber in talks with potential new partners
Boss Monisha Kaltenborn dismissed two pressing questions about Sauber's health and future in the simplest possible way. When asked by veteran journalist Roger Benoit if she had ...

27 Jan 2014 10:25
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Grosjean future at Lotus safe despite Boullier exit
Romain Grosjean's Lotus future is safe, despite the departure from the team of boss Eric Boullier. That is the claim of team owner Genii's chief Gerard Lopez, responding to clai...

27 Jan 2014 10:07
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Force India gave Juncadella 'best chance to get in the car'
A role at Williams was also an option for Daniel Juncadella for 2014. Thanks to his backing by the Kazakh capital Astana, the 22-year-old Spaniard will be Force India's reserve ...

27 Jan 2014 09:33
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UBS has decided to stop as F1 sponsor
2014 could be major F1 sponsor UBS' last season in the sport. We reported a year ago that the Swiss global financial services company, having entered F1 in 2010, is now consider...

27 Jan 2014 09:16
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'Whitmarsh could switch to Lotus for 2014'
Deposed McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh could switch to Lotus for 2014, an insider has confirmed. Lotus' former chief, Eric Boullier, is the hot favourite to replace Whitmarsh at ...

27 Jan 2014 08:52
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F1Today.net - First Jerez photos!
F1Today.net are present at the first pre-season Formula 1 test in Jerez. The on-track action will get underway on Tuesday, however the web-team are present to get some behind...

26 Jan 2014 22:35
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Ecclestone to pay to avoid jail?
Bernie Ecclestone could end his legal troubles and avoid up to ten years in a German jail by paying a huge settlement. For the very first time, the F1 chief executive's lawye...

26 Jan 2014 22:08
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Three F1 cars complete shakedown on Friday
Three all-new, V6-powered formula one cars were in action on Friday. One of them can even be heard, after Mercedes released audio of Nico Rosberg speeding past at the wheel o...

26 Jan 2014 22:06
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Sauber launches C33
The Swiss-Sauber team revealed their 2014 car, the C33 online. It features a very similar livery to last year, with a grey base coat and white/red detailing on the sidepods a...

26 Jan 2014 22:04
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Ferrari F14 T unveiled online
Ferrari's F14 T has been revealed online this afternoon. The car does not feature the new 'anteater' style nose, with a more conventional lower nose that is the same width as...

25 Jan 2014 14:33
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Boullier to attend Jerez test with McLaren
Sources have spoken to F1Today.net and revealed that Eric Boullier will attend the Jerez test with the team. The Frenchman has been linked with the role of Team Principal at ...

25 Jan 2014 12:37
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McLaren and Lotus fight over major sponsor Sony
In the context of the death of Jenson Button's father, a new spat between McLaren and Lotus is unlikely to rate high on his list of concerns. As for whether losing his dad ha...

25 Jan 2014 10:23
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Ferrari F14 T picture leaked
A potential image of the Ferrari F14 T has been circulating online, leading to speculation that the Maranello squad will take a different design approach for the season ahead. ...

24 Jan 2014 23:17
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Video: Mercedes W05 shakedown at Silverstone
Mercedes Grand Prix have done a shakedown today with their new 2014 contender. Together with Force India, they drove their new car at Silverstone, prior leaving to Jerez de la F...

24 Jan 2014 20:26
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Audio: Caterham fires up V6 turbo engine
The Caterham team is the first Formula 1 team who have fired up the V6 2.4 litre turbo engine. The Leafield based team is not allowed to show a video but recorded an audio file....

24 Jan 2014 18:15
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Ecclestone sceptical about F1 entry for Haas
Bernie Ecclestone does not think multimillionaire Nascar team owner Gene Haas can afford to enter formula one in 2015. Haas, with an estimated net worth of $740 million, announc...

24 Jan 2014 16:49
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Perez had knee surgery during the winter period
Sergio Perez underwent knee surgery during the winter period, he has revealed. The Mexican admitted that his switch from F1 grandee McLaren to the midfield team Force India was ...

24 Jan 2014 16:23
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Renault says Jerez absence a disadvantage for Lotus
Not testing at Jerez next week is a setback for Lotus. That is the view of the team's engine supplier Renault, despite Lotus saying it will not be disadvantaged by the absence b...

24 Jan 2014 15:44
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Mercedes happy with measures against Ecclestone
Mercedes has welcomed Bernie Ecclestone's departure from the F1 board. The embattled 83-year-old Briton remains chief executive, but his decision-making power has been diminishe...

24 Jan 2014 14:55
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Lotus E22 revealed!
Lotus have unexpectedly revealed their 2014 racer, the E22 online. The car features a unique design, with the nose having a 'U' shaped gap where other teams have simply narr...

24 Jan 2014 13:14
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McLaren MP4-29 unveiled!
McLaren Mercedes have unveiled their 2014 challenger, the MP4-29 to the public. The car features a chrome silver livery, which we believe was adopted due to Ron Dennis re-ass...

24 Jan 2014 13:02
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FIA tones down rhetoric on 'cost cap'
F1's governing body has toned down its rhetoric on cost-cutting, having said in December it wanted to install a highly-controversial "global cost cap". But on Thursday, after...

24 Jan 2014 12:09
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Boullier leaves Lotus, Lopez steps up as team principal

In order to continue strengthening its management structure, to further increase Genii's role in the team and to close the gap between its strategic, commercial and sporting act...

24 Jan 2014 11:09
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