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Bernie Ecclestone's mother-in-law kidnapped - reports
Total F1 - 26 Jul 2016 05:40
A Brazilian magazine has reported that Bernie Ecclestone's mother-in-law has been kidnapped in Sao Paulo, with a ransom of 120 million Brazilian Reals. According to local magazine Veja, 67-year-old Aparecida Schunck was ...
'Rules too complicated for the fans', say team bosses
Total F1 - 26 Jul 2016 12:20
XPB Images The necessity to revamp and simplify Formula 1's sporting rules appears to now be on the agenda of the sport's teams. Incidents and decisions related to radio message restrictions, yellow flags or track lim...
Kidnappers seek ransom from Ecclestone
Total F1 - 26 Jul 2016 09:40
Brazilian magazine Veja has reported that Aparecida Schunck, mother of Ecclestone's third wife Fabiana Flosi, was kidnapped on Friday in the neighbourhood of Interlagos, Sao Paulo. The kidnappers are believed to have dem...
Formula 1 team bosses call for rules review
Total F1 - 26 Jul 2016 06:30
Red Bull boss Christian Horner feels the sport is being over-regulated Formula 1 team bosses have urged the sport to rethink its current regulations which were once again under the spotlight at the Hungarian Grand Prix. ...
Another dawn, another load of clap trap
Total F1 - 26 Jul 2016 23:50
Let's face it, if Stoffel Vandoorne didn't exist, someone would have to invent him. No sooner has the youngster been linked with Manor, where Rio Haryanto appears to have run out of funding, than the 2015 GP2 champion is...
Vettel is looking forward to his first home race with Ferrari
Total F1 - 26 Jul 2016 22:20
Sebastian Vettel can't wait to get out for his first lap in Germany with a Ferrari F1 car. The German likes Hockenheim which he considers as a track where setting up the car is quite tricky due to the corners with differ...
Formula One or Formula E for Lynn in 2017?
Total F1 - 26 Jul 2016 22:10
Alex Lynn recently said that 2016 would be his final season in junior single-seater racing, which begs the question as to where he will be racing next season. The Briton current races for DAMS in GP2; a team that has str...
Hasegawa: Reliability has to be improved
Total F1 - 26 Jul 2016 21:10
Honda's chief Yusuke Hasegawa admitted that improving reliability of the power unit enjoys now a priority after a couple of troubled race weekends. The Japanese is delighted with the improvements made over the last weeks...
Opinion: Can F1 drivers be trusted to behave responsibly with danger?
Total F1 - 26 Jul 2016 21:10
Nico Rosberg kept his pole position in Hungary despite outcry from his teammate, peers and fans alike over a yellow flag. Can we rely on F1's stars to act responsibly in dangerous scenarios, asks Charles Bradley? Can we ...
Dale Coyne Racing gives Indy Lights graduate Enerson IndyCar debut
Auto Sport - 26 Jul 2016 20:50
Indy Lights race winner RC Enerson will make his IndyCar debut with Dale Coyne Racing at Mid-Ohio this weekend after testing for the team last week
Pirelli announces Brazil, Abu Dhabi tyre compound nominations
Total F1 - 26 Jul 2016 20:50
Formula 1’s tyre supplier Pirelli has confirmed the nominated compounds for the final two races of the 2016 season in Brazil and Abu Dhabi. Pirelli will take the hard, medium and soft tyre compounds to the twisty Inter...
Scoring points is the target - Steiner
Total F1 - 26 Jul 2016 20:50
Haas F1 Team travels to Germany with the aim of scoring some points ahead of the long summer break in August. Its team principal Günther Steiner intends to "end up on a bit of a high" before the silence breaks out. The ...
Pirelli announce tyres for Sao Paulo and Abu Dhabi
Total F1 - 26 Jul 2016 19:50
Pirelli announces compound choices and mandatory sets for the Brazilian and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix, Round 20 and Round 21 of the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship. Brazilian Grand Prix Pirelli will bring the following thr...
Mercedes unofficially break pit stop record | 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix
F1 Fanatic - 26 Jul 2016 18:42
Data from Mercedes shows Nico Rosberg's pit stop time during Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix was well inside the previous record time.
Horner reveals Renault's power gap to Mercedes
Total F1 - 26 Jul 2016 18:40
XPB Images Christian Horner has revealed that Red Bull's engine partner Renault is still around 47bhp down on power compared to Mercedes, and he is confident the deficit can be cut over the second half of the season. ...
Jeff Gordon 'embarrassing' on restarts in NASCAR return at Indy
Auto Sport - 26 Jul 2016 18:39
Four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon admits he got his "butt kicked" on restarts in the Brickyard 400, his first race back to deputise for Dale Earnhardt Jr
F1 2016 Hungarian GP Fastest Laps and Pit Stop
Total F1 - 26 Jul 2016 18:20
F1 2016 Hungarian GP Fastest Laps and Pit Stop The Iceman delights the fans. Staged just outside Budapest, the 2016 FORMULA 1 MAGYAR NAGYDÍJ is traditionally a home race of sorts for Finnish world champion Kimi Räikkö...
Five talking points from the Hungarian Grand Prix
Total F1 - 26 Jul 2016 18:20
After a welcome rest of two weeks following back-to-back races in Austria and Great Britain, the Formula 1 circus roared back into life around the iconic Hungaroring for the 31st running of the Hungarian Grand Prix. Nico...
A teddy bear watches television....
Total F1 - 26 Jul 2016 18:20
...the title says it all, doesn't it? This is the sort of things one could behold when walking around the Hungaroring last weekend. Who says F1 can not capture a new fan base? Unless this was a tribute to 1967 world cham...
Slack attitude will get us beaten - Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff
Auto Sport - 26 Jul 2016 18:17
Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff feels his team "will be beaten" if it starts to believe this year's Formula 1 world championship is already over and switches focus to 2017
Raikkonen not giving up on Mercedes challenge
Total F1 - 26 Jul 2016 18:10
XPB Images Kimi Raikkonen insists Ferrari "will not give up" challenging Mercedes nor switch its focus to Red Bull despite the Scuderia entering this weekend's German Grand Prix 154 points behind the former and only o...
Ecclestone's mother-in-law kidnapped in Brazil
Total F1 - 26 Jul 2016 18:00
The mother-in-law of Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has been kidnapped for ransom in her home city of Sao Paulo, Brazilian media reported on Tuesday. Aparecida Schunck Flosi Palmeira, 67, was seized Friday night in I...