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Surtees awarded CBE in New Year's Honours List
Total F1 - 1 Jan 2016 00:30
1964 Formula 1 World Champion John Surtees has been awarded a CBE in the New Year's Honours List, adding to his previous MBE and OBE accolades. The legendary eighty-one-year-old is the only person to win World Championsh...
Magnetti Marelli explain F1 engine sound tweaks for 2016
Total F1 - 1 Jan 2016 23:40
On the back of the introduction of regulation tweaks to improve the noise of Formula One's modern hybrid V6 engines, Magnetti Marelli's sporting chief explains the reasoning behind it. The modifications were written into...
Christian Horner: Mateschitz had become 'disillusioned with F1'
Total F1 - 1 Jan 2016 22:40
Christian Horner has revealed how close Dietrich Mateschitz was to withdrawing his two teams from Formula 1 before committing to remaining in the sport. Red Bull Racing boss Horner revealed how team owner Mateschitz had ...
Merhi out to extend 'Professional' career in single-seaters
Total F1 - 1 Jan 2016 21:30
2015 Manor F1 Team driver Roberto Merhi is seeking to extend his single-seater career in 2016 but is hoping to be paid to race. The Spaniard raced for free in 2015 in an uncompetitive car, finishing a seasons best twelft...
Renault return would be welcomed by Grosjean
Total F1 - 1 Jan 2016 21:10
Romain Grosjean admits it would be hard to reject a return to the Enstone-based Renault works team in the future, despite only recently signing for the new-for-2106 Haas F1 Team. The Frenchman had spent his entire Formul...
Racing on New Years Day
Total F1 - 1 Jan 2016 20:20
©CahierArchive While the F1 season now traditionally starts in March, back in 1968 the Kyalami circuit in South Africa was hosting the season-opening South African Grand Prix on January 1! There was no hangover for Pedr...
Grosjean admits possibility of a future return to Renault
Total F1 - 1 Jan 2016 20:10
Haas-bound Frenchman Romain Grosjean has expressed an interest in returning to the Enstone-based Renault squad once the team have a championship winning car. The 29 year old is an experienced racer competing in a total o...
Earning the hangover
Total F1 - 1 Jan 2016 19:40
©RomainGrosjean/Twitter Romain Grosjean posted this picture of himself and wife Marion on New Years Eve, and this morning followed it up with the message: "Hangover or ready to share your good resolutions for 2016 guys?...
Toto Wolff fears Ferrari backlash in 2016
Total F1 - 1 Jan 2016 18:50
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says that he and his team are constantly ‘sceptical' about their own performance and are fearful of Ferrari's improvement over this winter. Mercedes, while comfortable winners of both titles in...
Smith pushing aggressive Sauber approach - Nasr
Total F1 - 1 Jan 2016 18:40
XPB Images Felipe Nasr says new technical director Mark Smith is the driving force behind Sauber's aggressive approach for 2016. Smith joined Sauber in July of last year as the team added a technical director followin...
‘No Limits' Zanardi film available from February 1st
Total F1 - 1 Jan 2016 18:30
The ‘No Limits' documentary about former Formula One driver Alex Zanardi will be available to view on demand from February 1st. The film, which tells the story of Alex Zanardi becoming the first handicapped driver to c...
Barcelona slashes funding for Spanish GP
Total F1 - 1 Jan 2016 18:30
Barcelona's city council has slashed funding for the Spanish grand prix. Local reports including by the El Confidencial and Diario Sport newspapers say the council's contribution towards... More »
F1: Grosjean hopes to return to Renault
Auto Sport - 1 Jan 2016 18:25
Romain Grosjean says he would like to eventually return to Enstone and race for the now rebranded Renault Formula 1 team again
I want 26 cars on the grid – Mansell
Total F1 - 1 Jan 2016 17:30
The 1992 F1 World Champion, Nigel Mansell urges Formula 1 to expand its grid sizes to '26 cars', following the 2015 season where only 20 cars were seen on the grid. The major increase in costs of operating a Formula 1 te...
Grosjean wants French Grand Prix return
Total F1 - 1 Jan 2016 17:30
XPB Images Romain Grosjean wants the French Grand Prix to return to the F1 calendar but does not mind the sport targeting new regions. This year's calendar is set to see a record 21 races take place after the return o...
F1 bosses 'don't know what they're trying to solve' - Hamilton
Total F1 - 1 Jan 2016 16:00
XPB Images Lewis Hamilton says the planned new regulations for 2017 highlight a lack of understanding from F1's bosses. Regulations are being drawn up to make F1 cars faster and more aggressive-looking from next year,...
WRC: Meeke expects 2017 WRC title shot
Auto Sport - 1 Jan 2016 15:38
Kris Meeke thinks his 2016 mix of rallying and testing with Citroen will make him a realistic World Rally Championship title contender in 2017/18
F1's double diffuser affair a Mosley 'lesson' for McLaren and Ferrari
Total F1 - 1 Jan 2016 15:20
Adrian Newey claims that the 2009 double diffuser affair in Formula 1 was more about FIA president Max Mosley trying to teach Ferrari and McLaren a lesson than about clever thinking from Brawn GP. The championship winnin...
Minardi: Power unit costs are 'crazy'
Total F1 - 1 Jan 2016 15:10
– Giancarlo Minardi, who ran his own squad in Formula 1 for several years, says that the money which customer teams must pay manufacturers for power units is "crazy."Minardi competed in Formula 1 between 1985 and 2005 ...
Renault want to re-sign Alonso - Minardi
Total F1 - 1 Jan 2016 13:50
XPB Images Renault president Carlos Ghosn is working on brining Fernando Alonso back to the returning constructor, according to Giancarlo Minardi. The former F1 team owner claims Renault is attempting to tempt Alonso ...
Key dates for the 2016 F1 season
Total F1 - 1 Jan 2016 13:10
At the start of a new calendar year, F1i brings you a handy guide to the key dates in the 2016 Formula One season for you to bookmark January 25-26 - Pirelli wet tyre test, Paul Ricard February 22-25 - First pre-season t...
Happy New Year from Pitpass
Total F1 - 1 Jan 2016 12:50
Pitpass would like to wish all its readers a very, very happy and prosperous New Year and a great season of racing in 2016. Following the domination by Mercedes in 2015, we are sure you'll join us in hoping that Ferrari ...