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Baku organisers deny F1 race in doubt
Total F1 - 21 Jan 2016 17:50
– Azerbaijan's inaugural Formula 1 race on the streets of capital city Baku is not under threat, despite the country's current financial problems, organisers have insisted.Azerbaijan is preparing to join the roster in ...
Servus TV to become MotoGP™ broadcaster in Austria from 2016
Moto GP - 21 Jan 2016 11:08
ServusTV has obtained the Austrian broadcasting rights to the MotoGP™ Championship and will telecast all MotoGP races live from March 2016.
Engine cost cuts agreed, V6 power to stay until 2020
Total F1 - 21 Jan 2016 00:40
It is understood that Formula One will continue to run with the current turbocharged V6 engine specification until the 2020 season, with suppliers agreeing to reduce the cost of their engines. A two-day strategy group me...
Red Bull confirms to launch 2016 livery on February 17
Total F1 - 21 Jan 2016 22:30
The F1 world will get its first look at Red Bull's 2016 livery next month. Although the team's new car will not be seen until the following week when Barcelona testing starts, Red Bull... More »
Todt: FIA should encourage equal revenue sharing
Total F1 - 21 Jan 2016 22:20
On the backs of a landmark engine deal to stave off Red Bull's threats of independent engine development and to ensure lower-cost engine supplies for the next half-decade, FIA president Jean Todt spoke out to encourage d...
Baku organisers insist race will go ahead
Total F1 - 21 Jan 2016 22:00
Organisers of the forthcoming Baku European Grand Prix, which is to be held on the streets of the Azerbaijan resort, have refuted media claims that the current slump in oil prices threatens the event. In recent months, d...
Red Bull could be fined for snow demo
Total F1 - 21 Jan 2016 21:40
Red Bull Racing is facing the possibility of a 30,000 fine after Max Verstappen's spectacular blast up and down the famous Kitzbuhel ski slopes last week. The RB7 was lifted by helicopter to ski slope on the Hahnenkamm m...
Red Bull reveal 2016 livery launch date
Total F1 - 21 Jan 2016 21:20
The Red Bull Racing team have revealed the release date for their 2016 livery. Red Bull Racing will unveil their 2016 livery at an event in London on 17th February, but the RB12 won't be revealed until the following week...
Azerbaijan set for twilight debut
Total F1 - 21 Jan 2016 20:30
Sahara Force India The returning European Grand Prix, which will take place in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, is set to be run as a twilight race this summer. Formula 1 will visit the streets of Baku for the first time this...
Red Bull to conduct livery launch
Total F1 - 21 Jan 2016 20:10
Red Bull/Getty Images Red Bull will reveal its 2016 livery during an event in London on February 17, the team has announced. Red Bull confirmed on Thursday that it will conduct a gathering in association with returning s...
Azerbaijan to be twilight race to avoid Le Mans clash
Total F1 - 21 Jan 2016 20:00
The new European Grand Prix, which will be held on the streets of Azerbaijan's capital city, Baku, will start in the evening, making it the latest twilight event to join the Formula 1 calendar. With the FIA confirming ra...
Villeneuve: F1 should be stupid and crazy
Total F1 - 21 Jan 2016 19:40
XPB Images 1997 Formula One world champion Jacques Villeneuve thinks the sport is trying too hard to be what it is not when it should embrace its "stupid" and "crazy" identity. F1 is currently going through a rough pa...
Baku F1 qualifying to clash with Le Mans start
Total F1 - 21 Jan 2016 19:40
Qualifying for the inaugural European Grand Prix in Azerbaijan will clash with the start of the Le Mans 24 Hours. Both events have been scheduled for the weekend of 17-19 June, and while the FIA has been trying to find a...
F1: Kvyat now understands F1 more
Auto Sport - 21 Jan 2016 18:31
Daniil Kvyat feels he has "a much better understanding" of every aspect of Formula 1, after a tough 2015 in which he struggled for consistency
Azerbaijan to be twilight race
Total F1 - 21 Jan 2016 18:30
The inaugural European GP in Azerbaijan will be a twilight race after a 6pm local start time was confirmed for June's Baku event. With the timings for 2016's record 21-race calendar released, Azerbaijan has been listed t...
Baku organisers deny Azerbaijan GP under threat
Total F1 - 21 Jan 2016 18:20
XPB Images Baku City Circuit (BCC) chiefs have brushed off claims that Azerbaijan's inaugural F1 race might be under threat amidst financial turmoil due to the plummeting oil price. The oil-dependent country has suffe...
Rivola leaves Ferrari F1 team for FDA role
Total F1 - 21 Jan 2016 17:50
– Massimo Rivola is stepping down as Sporting Director at Ferrari to lead the team's driver academy.Rivola, who has held the role since 2009, will take over the running of the Ferrari Driver Academy from Luca Baldisser...
Not 24-hours later, cheap engines aren't enough…told you so
Total F1 - 21 Jan 2016 17:40
F1 News Rivola leaves F1 for young driver program Sure, cheap engines but what else did they discuss? F1 engines just got cheaper; what's $12M between friends? Williams optimistic but would a Honda engine be better? Form...
They come and they go...
Total F1 - 21 Jan 2016 17:40
F1 News Rivola leaves F1 for young driver program Sure, cheap engines but what else did they discuss? F1 engines just got cheaper; what's $12M between friends? Williams optimistic but would a Honda engine be better? Form...
F1 has become too perfect - Berger
Total F1 - 21 Jan 2016 17:20
XPB Images Former grand prix winner Gerhard Berger thinks Formula One has become so perfect and clinical that the crucial element of unpredictability has been removed from the sport entirely. The Austrian adds that ne...
WRC: Capito: Emissions row not behind exit
Auto Sport - 21 Jan 2016 17:00
Jost Capito insists his departure from Volkswagen's World Rally Championship programme for the McLaren Formula 1 team has nothing to do with the emissions crisis and any potential fall-out
Force India set to run 2016 car at both tests
Total F1 - 21 Jan 2016 17:00
– Force India is confident that it will avoid a repeat of its rushed 2015 winter preparations, confirming to GPUpdate.net that it is on track to run its 2016 challenger from the start of pre-season testing.Force India ...