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Toro Rosso to launch 2016 F1 car on February 22
Total F1 - 5 Feb 2016 15:50
Toro Rosso to launch 2016 F1 car on February 22 The Faenza based team recently confirms that, 2016 machine STR11 has passed the crash tests. Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz Jr. will continue to field for 2016. The launch...
Mercedes: Red Bull never formally asked for engines
Total F1 - 5 Feb 2016 10:50
Mercedes president Dieter Zetsche says Red Bull Racing never made a formal approach for engines during its messy spat with supplier Renault last season. Any chance of an engine deal being struck between Red Bull and Merc...
Inside Line F1 Podcast: F1 plans to go social
Total F1 - 5 Feb 2016 09:00
Kunal Shah and Mithila Mehta in their latest episode of the Inside Line F1 Podcast discusses on Formula 1 embracing social media. After years of ignoring social media and its power, it seems that F1 might just embrace it...
Renault race seat 'even better' than McLaren - Magnussen's father
Total F1 - 5 Feb 2016 06:50
Kevin Magnussen, right, and his father, the former Formula One driver Jan Magnussen. Credit Thomas Lekfeldt/European Pressphoto Agency Kevin Magnussen's father thinks the new Renault adventure has even more potential tha...
Kobayashi joins Toyota LMP1 driver line-up
Total F1 - 5 Feb 2016 00:10
Former Formula One driver Kamui Kobayashi replaces the retiring Alexander Wurz at the Toyota LMP1 team and will compete in this year's World Endurance Championship. Kobayashi has been promoted from his duty as test and r...
FE: FE close to securing new Berlin venue
Auto Sport - 5 Feb 2016 23:25
Formula E is close to replacing its round at the Berlin Tempelhof airport with an event on the German city's streets
OTHER: Ligiers dominate 2016 ELMS grid
Auto Sport - 5 Feb 2016 23:08
The French Ligier marque will make up more than half the 2016 European Le Mans Series field
Le Mans, WEC and ELMS 2016.
Total F1 - 5 Feb 2016 22:10
F1 News Exclusive: Q&A with Pirelli Motorsport's Paul Hembery No more high-deg tires; let the drivers attack Di Montezemolo: Schumacher news ‘is not good' No more tokens; let the engine development war begin Jorda stay...
Renault could challenge for title as early as 2017, says Petrov
Total F1 - 5 Feb 2016 21:50
Renault's former F1 driver Vitaly Petrov reckons that the manufacturer's works team, which returns to the category this year, could be in a position to fight for the championship by 2017. Petrov, 31, made his debut in Fo...
Jean-Eric Vergne's Ferrari role set to change for 2016
Total F1 - 5 Feb 2016 21:10
Jean-Eric Vergne has revealed that his role with Scuderia Ferrari will change for the 2016 Formula 1 season. Vergne joined Ferrari as a test and development driver for 2015 after spending three years racing in F1 with To...
Renault pays tribute to axed Maldonado
Total F1 - 5 Feb 2016 21:10
– Renault has paid tribute to Pastor Maldonado, thanking him for "two years of loyal service", after the Venezuelan lost his seat with the team ahead of the 2016 season.Maldonado joined Lotus from Williams for 2014 and...
FE: Heidfeld to make 'impossible' return
Auto Sport - 5 Feb 2016 20:58
Nick Heidfeld will make his Formula E race return in Buenos Aires after evaluating his injured wrist in the event's Friday shakedown.
F1's Zoom Charity Auction takes place Friday night in London
Total F1 - 5 Feb 2016 20:20
Formula 1's famous Zoom Charity Auction, in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, takes place on Friday evening. The auction gathers together famous faces from the world of Formula 1, many of whom have submitte...
Vasseur: McLaren would not let Vandoorne go
Total F1 - 5 Feb 2016 19:10
© WRI2 Newly-appointed Renault racing director Frédéric Vasseur reveals that the French constructor could not hire Stoffel Vandoorne to replace Pastor Maldonado due to McLaren's reluctance to let the Belgian ace go. V...
WEC: WEC grid 'full' despite fewer entries
Auto Sport - 5 Feb 2016 19:01
The entry list for the 2016 World Endurance Championship is at capacity despite a reduction on last year's figure, according to series boss Gerard Neveu
Mercedes: "No stopping" our engine gains for 2016
Total F1 - 5 Feb 2016 18:50
Mercedes has hinted that it is on course to deliver good gains with its benchmark 900bhp+ Formula 1 engine in 2016, with the company insisting there is no 'stopping' its scope for improvement. The German car manufacturer...
Vasseur in for the long haul at Renault
Total F1 - 5 Feb 2016 18:20
Former world champions Renault know it will take them years to get back on top in Formula One after returning with their own team this season, according to racing director Frederic Vasseur. The 46-year-old Frenchman told...
Renault realistic over 2016 prospects
Total F1 - 5 Feb 2016 18:10
– Renault has vowed to stay realistic over its chances for the upcoming season, with the French manufacturer aware that it will take time to return to the front of the Formula 1 grid.Renault will again compete as a wor...
Happy Birthday Hector Rebaque!
Total F1 - 5 Feb 2016 18:00
Turning 60 on this date is Hector Rebaque, who had remained Mexico's 'latest' F1 driver for three decades before Sergio Perez and Esteban Gutierrez picked up the baton in recent years. More »
Booth, Lowdon spearhead Manor WEC programme
Total F1 - 5 Feb 2016 17:50
XPB Images Manor will enter this year's World Endurance Championship competing in the LMP2 category, with former F1 bosses John Booth and Graeme Lowdon also fielding their 2016 challenger at the iconic Le Mans 24 Hour...
Manor to contest full WEC season
Total F1 - 5 Feb 2016 17:40
Twenty-six years after entering its first season of competition, Manor will embark on its first season in the FIA World Endurance Championship which will include the Le Mans 24 hour race. Manor Motorsport has established...
Manor to join WEC grid in LMP2
Total F1 - 5 Feb 2016 17:30
Graeme Lowdon and John Booth will put the Manor name on the World Endurance Championship grid after confirming their entry into the LMP2 category. The former heads of the Manor Formula One team stepped down from their re...