Motorsport News
Ferrari deny contract with Mercedes engineer
Total F1 - 10 Dec 2015 04:00
Ferrari has moved to distance itself from Mercedes F1 engineer Benjamin Hoyle by confirming that he will not be joining the team in the future. Hoyle is at the centre of legal action from Mercedes High Performance Powert...
F1 teams to decide 2016 AGP tyre selections
Total F1 - 10 Dec 2015 01:30
Formula 1 teams have been given a deadline of next Thursday to decide which tyre compounds to run at the 2016 season opening Australian Grand Prix. The deadline has arose following the announcement of new tyre regulation...
Hamilton collects title trophy
Total F1 - 10 Dec 2015 00:10
Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes have officially been crowned F1 world champions for the second successive year at the FIA's end-of-season gala in Paris. Six weeks after clinching the 2015 title at the US GP, Hamilton collect...
A very lucky escape
Total F1 - 10 Dec 2015 21:10
It's hard to imagine more uncomfortable position for John Love than his 1971 South African Grand Prix encounter with the barriers after running wide in his Surtees. The Rhodesia-born racer did cheat death at Kyalami on t...
Renault finally confirms Lotus takeover
Total F1 - 10 Dec 2015 21:10
– Renault has finally confirmed its purchase of the Lotus Formula 1 team, after lengthy negotiations, meaning it will return to the sport as a fully-fledged works outfit from the 2016 season.Renault signed a letter of ...
Sainz Jr. enjoys 'healthy' Verstappen fight
Total F1 - 10 Dec 2015 21:10
– Toro Rosso driver Carlos Sainz Jr. says he enjoyed a "healthy fight" with team-mate Max Verstappen during their respective rookie campaigns in 2015, one which made both drivers stronger.Sainz Jr. edged the qualifying...
Will Palmer wins McLaren Formula 1 test
Total F1 - 10 Dec 2015 21:10
– Will Palmer will receive a Formula 1 test outing with McLaren after claiming the prestigious McLaren Autosport BRDC award during a ceremony in London on Sunday night.Palmer, the son of ex-Formula 1 driver Jonathan an...
Alonso samples Honda's MotoGP bike
Total F1 - 10 Dec 2015 21:10
– Fernando Alonso was given the opportunity to test a range of racing machines during the Honda Thanks Day event last weekend, including the Japanese firm's MotoGP bike.Alonso represented McLaren-Honda's Formula 1 effo...
Bottas wants Williams wins in 2016
Total F1 - 10 Dec 2015 21:10
– Valtteri Bottas is eager for Williams to take a step forward and challenge for race wins in 2016, after the team placed third in the standings for the second successive season.Williams impressed with nine podium fini...
Ecclestone doesn't believe Mercedes' driver threat
Total F1 - 10 Dec 2015 20:40
Bernie Ecclestone believes Toto Wolff's comments about sidelining either Lewis Hamilton or Nico Rosberg if the pair fail to get on harmoniously in 2016, is nothing more than an empty threat. The Mercedes motorsport boss...
Ecclestone: Mercedes-Ferrari juggernaut could destroy F1
Total F1 - 10 Dec 2015 20:40
XPB Images Formula One commercial chief Bernie Ecclestone warns that Mercedes and Ferrrari's stronghold on the sport, both on and off track, could potentially end up destroying it altogether. Ecclestone's remarks come...
Ferrari and Mercedes are destroying Formula One, says Bernie Ecclestone
Telegraph - 10 Dec 2015 20:26
Pair have too much influence and they are blocking change in order to look after their own interests, says Ecclestone
Rahal gets another season of backing from Steak 'n Shake
Miami Herald - 10 Dec 2015 19:52
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing said Thursday that Steak 'n Shake is back for a second season of sponsorship for Graham Rahal. …
F1: Stevens not thinking of Manor back-up
Auto Sport - 10 Dec 2015 19:27
Will Stevens has admitted he has not even thought about a Plan B, should his aim to remain on the Formula 1 grid with Manor next season fall through
FE: Trulli team to exit Formula E
Auto Sport - 10 Dec 2015 19:00
The beleaguered Trulli Formula E team will not continue in the championship, which is poised to confirm its withdrawal before next weekend's Punta del Este ePrix
Rosberg insists Hamilton went 'too far' in Austin
Total F1 - 10 Dec 2015 18:50
XPB Images Nico Rosberg repeats that Lewis Hamilton went "one step too far" at the start of the United States Grand Prix, and dismisses the subsequent cap incident as simply games. Having lined up on pole position at ...
Ecclestone: Ferrari is challenging mandate move
Total F1 - 10 Dec 2015 18:30
Bernie Ecclestone says Ferrari has written a letter to the FIA complaining that it doesn't have the right to hand down a mandate that could give the F1 supremo and the governing body pivotal power in decision-making proc...
BTCC: WSR first RWD team to test full '16 kit
Auto Sport - 10 Dec 2015 18:21
WSR has become the first British Touring Car Championship team to run a rear-wheel-drive car with the fully updated technical kit for the 2016 season
SHOW: New historic racing display for show
Auto Sport - 10 Dec 2015 18:05
Machinery from Formula 1, Group C and Can-Am sportscar racing and grand prix motorcycles will form a new historic feature at next month's Autosport International show
Sainz Jr. enjoys 'healthy fight' with Verstappen
Total F1 - 10 Dec 2015 18:00
– Toro Rosso driver Carlos Sainz Jr. says he enjoyed a "healthy fight" with team-mate Max Verstappen during their respective rookie campaigns in 2015, one which made both drivers stronger.Sainz Jr. edged the qualifying...
Mercedes tops list of 2016 entry F1 fees
Total F1 - 10 Dec 2015 17:50
XPB Images Double Formula One world champions Mercedes had to pay the biggest 2016 entry fee - $4,870,510 - in the wake of its all-conquering 2015 campaign. Following amendments brought by the 2013 sporting regulation...
Ecclestone: Mercedes and Ferrari could destroy F1
Total F1 - 10 Dec 2015 17:50
Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says Mercedes and Ferrari's current domination of F1 on track and in the rules process risks 'destroying' the sport. With tensions between Ecclestone and F1's manufacturers having ramp...