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Pascal Wehrlein (GER) Sahara Force India F1 Team.Formula One Testing, Day 1, Thursday 19th February 2015. Barcelona, Spain.

Wehrlein: I have to skip the first winter test

Sauber driver Pascal Wehrlein will miss Formula One's opening pre-season test in Barcelona at the end of February due to a lingering back problem, the German said on Friday. "I have to skip the first win... Read More...

Renault recruit aerodynamics guru from Red Bull

Pete Machin will be joining Renault from Red Bull in July as the Formula One team's head of aerodynamics, Renault announced on Tuesday. Machin worked on wind tunnel development through Renault-powered Re... Read More...

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Rosberg: Valtteri don’t expect an easy ride

Retired Formula One world champion Nico Rosberg has warned his Mercedes replacement Valtteri Bottas not to expect an "easy ride" from team mate Lewis Hamilton. Speaking ahead of the Laureus World Sport A... Read More...

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Pirelli end test a day early due to Vettel crash

Pirelli had to cut short a Formula One wet tyre test at Ferrari's Fiorano track in Italy on Friday after four times world champion Sebastian Vettel crashed into barriers the day before. A Pirelli spokesm... Read More...

Mosley: Americans always think they can do everything better

Former FIA president Max Mosley cautioned against too much rapid change in the sport and asks why the 'Super Bowl' is so special that it needs to be emulated by F1. Liberty have spoken about increasing t... Read More...

New McLaren F1 car name breaks tradition

McLaren's 2017 Formula One car will be a break with the past, and the era of now-departed boss Ron Dennis, the team said on Friday. "2017 is all about change, and our car name is changing too," McLaren s... Read More...

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Kubica to race at Le Mans in LMP1

Ex-Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica will make his Le Mans 24 Hours sportscar debut in June and compete in the full 2017 World Endurance Championship, the Germany-based ByKolles team announced this week. "A... Read More...

Ecclestone: The last thing I want is to see F1 damaged

Former Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has dismissed speculation that he might set up a rival series and said he would never want to undermine the existing championship. In a statement to R... Read More...

Manor collapse is F1 reality check for Liberty Media

Formula One reported total revenue of $1.7 billion in 2015, and gross profit of $557 million, but the money-spinning sport was unable to prevent the Manor team from going to the wall on Friday. Seeing th... Read More...

Ecclestone selling his shares in Formula 1

In what is the death knell to the Bernie Ecclestone era at the helm of Formula 1, the billionaire who was the main player in the sport for the past four decades, is selling his shares. Ecclestone is set ... Read More...

Carey: Our priorities are fans, growth and money

Formula One intends to put fans first in a new era likely to see a big push into the United States while also protecting Europe's historic races, chief executive Chase Carey said on Tuesday. Speaking to ... Read More...

Carey: Bernie could help but I am running the show

Bernie Ecclestone can still play an important role in Formula One's new era despite being ousted as supremo, chief executive Chase Carey insisted, but at the same time made it quite clear that he is the new... Read More...

Big shake-up on the cards for Formula 1’s new era

Bernie Ecclestone's ousting as Formula One supremo will take the sport in a different, digital direction under new American owners Liberty Media but there is much work to be done in the months and years ahe... Read More...

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Brawn: It’s fantastic to be returning

Former Ferrari technical director and world championship-winning team principal Ross Brawn stepped back into the Formula One arena on Monday in the new role of managing director for motorsport. New owner... Read More...

Ecclestone’s exit marks end of an era

Bernie Ecclestone used to joke that retirement would come on the day of his funeral but in the end it was an American businessman in a suit who quietly ushered Formula One's 86-year-old ringmaster towards t... Read More...

Ecclestone: I was deposed. I’ve gone. That’s official

Bernie Ecclestone's 40-year reign as Formula One supremo is over with the glamour sport's new owners Liberty Media replacing him with American Chase Carey, Auto, Motor und Sport magazine reported on Monday.... Read More...

Plenty talk but no action as time running out for Manor

Administrators for the Manor Formula One team say talks with interested parties have intensified but a firm financial commitment has yet to be secured as a deadline looms. Manor need at least half a mill... Read More...

The British Grand Prix; Silverstone, July 18, 1953. Giuseppe Farina passes the pits with his Ferrari 500/F2. He would finish third. (Photo by Klemantaski Collection/Getty Images)

Demise of grand prix at Silverstone off the mark

Silverstone's owners have dismissed as "speculative and wrong" recent media reports suggesting the British Formula One Grand Prix would be dropped after 2019. The British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) said... Read More...

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