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Marko: Ferrari’s €50,000 penalty for fuel offence a joke

Straight-talking Helmut Marko has slammed the €50,000 penalty handed out by the FIA stewards to Ferrari, for the fuel infringement saga during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as "a joke". The Red Bull-Honda of... Read More...

Yas Marina Test Day 2: Driver & Team Reports

Teams report from day two of the Pirelli tyre test at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Full report here>>> Mercedes George Russell was behind the wheel of the Mercedes-AMG F1 W10 E... Read More...

Jos Verstappen: It wasn’t a calculation error by Ferrari

After trying to diffuse his son's suggestions that Ferrari were cheating, Jos Verstappen has now added fuel to the embers by revealing he does not think the Italian team made a "calculation error" with the ... Read More...

Ocon: My main focus was to get back up to speed

Formula 1 returnee Esteban Ocon started work as a Renault driver in Abu Dhabi post-season testing on Tuesday, after a year as a reserve for champions Mercedes, and said it was good to be back behind the whe... Read More...

Are Williams crazy? Are you a racing team or a business?

A Formula 1 commentator has slammed Williams' plans for the post-grand prix Abu Dhabi test this week while berating the team for banning straight-talking Jacques Villeneuve from their paddock compound. T... Read More...

Sainz: Nothing was actually seen on the TV

Not for the first time, Carlos Sainz has called out Formula 1 for yet again ignoring his impressive performance under floodlights during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Several times this year, the McLaren dri... Read More...

Villeneuve: DRS failure in Abu Dhabi was great

The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix demonstrated that Formula 1 can survive, even thrive, without controversial DRS which has become de rigour in the modern era of the sport. That is the view of 1997 F1 World Champ... Read More...

Ocon: I was too tall for Russell’s car

Renault's 2020 driver Esteban Ocon, who was called up to substitute for an out of sorts George Russell, revealed he could not race in Abu Dhabi last weekend because he was too tall for the Williams. When... Read More...

The Day After: One Final Reminder

Dominating the race from start to finish, Lewis Hamilton was for one more time at his impervious best in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. And just like that, the 2019 F1 season – and therefore, the decade as a whole... Read More...

Binotto: We need to find out why there was a difference

Ferrari F1 boss Mattia Binotto claims his team did not purposefully breach a fuel rule at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix which resulted in a fine for the Reds. Charles Leclerc's podium remained under a cloud u... Read More...

Kubica: Sometimes it was hard to call it Formula 1

Robert Kubica insists he does not regret returning to Formula 1 in 2019 with a permanent arm injury and trying to do the business with the worst team, by far, in the top flight. However, the 34-year-old ... Read More...

Masi: The simple part is a data server crashed

Sebastian Vettel has taken a stab at the sport's owners in the wake of a DRS software failure during the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix season finale which was explained away as a server crash by Formula 1 Race ... Read More...

Sainz Senior: Carlos took a very big step this year

The 2019 season was a "very big step" forward for Carlos Sainz according to his father, the rallying legend with the same name, who told EFE news agency that the McLaren driver might even be Formula 1 Wo... Read More...

Hamilton: What happens behind closed doors is always private

Six times Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton did not deny meeting Ferrari chairman John Elkann when asked on Sunday about speculation linking the Mercedes driver with a move to the Italian team in 2021... Read More...

Hulkenberg voted driver of the Day in his final F1 race

Formula 1 fans gave Nico Hulkenberg a 'Driver of the Day' send-off as the Renault driver bowed out with a 12th-place finish in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. By the 32-year-old's own a... Read More...

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Top Three Press Conference

Full transcript from the top three press conference after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Round 21 of the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship, at Yas Marina Circuit in the United Arab Emirates - the final race of t... Read More...

Ferrari fined for fuel breach but Leclerc keeps third place

Ferrari will have to fork out €50,000 after it was found that Charles Leckerc's car was under-fueled for qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The amount of fuel the car was carrying was checked befor... Read More...

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Champ Hamilton ends season in style

Lewis Hamilton dominated the 2019 Formula 1 season finale Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with a dominant victory under the lights of the luxury Yas Marina Circuit to crown his sixth title-winning year in fine style. ... Read More...