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Lewis Hamilton: Car failures cost me World Championship
BBC - 28 Nov 2016 09:00
Lewis Hamilton says he only lost the world championship to team-mate Nico Rosberg because he had more car failures over the season.
Hamilton linked with McLaren return - Monday's gossip
BBC - 28 Nov 2016 09:48
New McLaren boss leaves door open for Lewis Hamilton return, Nico Rosberg admires his team-mate's Abu Dhabi tactics, plus more.
No rush to decide whether to punish Hamilton - Mercedes
BBC - 28 Nov 2016 15:51
Mercedes say there is "no time pressure" to decide whether to punish Lewis Hamilton for disobeying team orders in Abu Dhabi.
Rosberg reflects on intense F1 title triumph
Total F1 - 28 Nov 2016 03:50
Nico Rosberg admitted his relief after claiming a maiden Formula 1 world championship following a 'horribly intense' climax to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix More»
Beating 'one of the best' drivers makes title even more special - Nico Rosberg
Total F1 - 28 Nov 2016 01:50
Nico Rosberg says beating a driver he considers 'one of the best in history' makes his title win even more special. Rosberg and team-mate Lewis Hamilton have known each other since they were children –having raced go-k...
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in Words, Stats and Pictures
Total F1 - 28 Nov 2016 01:50
The Pitpass Supergrid How Teammates Compare in Qualifying Laps Completed - Drivers Laps Completed - Teams Team Reliability All-Time Stats All-Time Stats More»
Wolff describes Hamilton's tactics as anarchy
Total F1 - 28 Nov 2016 01:20
While Mercedes is unwilling to wash its dirty laundry in public, especially at a time it is celebrating a German world champion, it would appear that Lewis Hamilton's tactics in today's race have tested his relationship ...
Force India's Robert Fernley: "It has been a tremendous year for us"
Total F1 - 28 Nov 2016 01:00
Robert Fernley admitted his delight that his Sahara Force India F1 Team clinched fourth place in the Constructors' Championship with another double points finish in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Valtteri Bottas' early retire...
Hamilton defends ‘dirty tricks'; the asterisk talk begins
Total F1 - 28 Nov 2016 00:20
F1 News Race Report: Rosberg is 2016 F1 champion Hamilton takes 61st pole in for Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Hamilton leads both practice sessions in Abu Dhabi Manor Racing for sale What does Nico or Lewis need to do to win the...
Haas' Guenther Steiner: "I think we're pretty happy with today"
Total F1 - 28 Nov 2016 23:30
Guenther Steiner felt his Haas F1 Team enjoyed a competitive end to their rookie season despite ending the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix outside the points in eleventh and twelfth on Sunday. Romain Grosjean finished eleventh, the...
Esteban Gutierrez: "I was proud to be with the team"
Total F1 - 28 Nov 2016 23:20
Esteban Gutierrez completed his final race with the Haas F1 Team with a twelfth place finish at the Yas Marina Circuit, and thanked the team, Team Owner Gene Haas and Team Principal Guenther Steiner for allowing him the ...
Wolff: Malaysia cost Lewis the championship
Total F1 - 28 Nov 2016 23:10
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff admits that Lewis Hamilton's DNF at the Malaysian Grand Prix cost him this year's drivers' championship, but at the same time feels Nico Rosberg deserves the title and does not want his...
Germany has a new F1 champion but grand prix in doubt
Total F1 - 28 Nov 2016 23:00
Germany has a new Formula 1 world champion in Nico Rosberg, after Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, but fans may not see him race on home soil next season. The German Grand Prix, absent in 2015, is set to be struc...
Felipe Massa: 'I want to say thank you to everyone'
Total F1 - 28 Nov 2016 22:20
An emotional Felipe Massa thanked the entire Formula 1 paddock as well as the Williams Martini Racing Team for his time in Formula 1 after ending his career after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. Massa finished ninth ...
Haas has more scope to improve in 2017 than rivals - Grosjean
Total F1 - 28 Nov 2016 21:10
Romain Grosjean says that despite finishing the final race of the season just outside the points, the Haas F1 team has the potential to move up the constructors' championship table in 2017. The Haas driver scored three p...
2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix driver ratings | 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
F1 Fanatic - 28 Nov 2016 20:19
It was a strange race for the front-runners in Abu Dhabi but a more typical affair further back. Here's how the drivers got on in the final race weekend of the year.
Hamilton mulled quitting Mercedes post Spanish GP crash - report
Total F1 - 28 Nov 2016 20:10
Lewis Hamilton was reportedly considering leaving Mercedes after the inquest that followed post the crash that took him and teammate Nico Rosberg out of the Spanish Grand Prix earlier this season. The pair was running 1-...
Wolff: Mercedes deserves credit for letting drivers race
Total F1 - 28 Nov 2016 20:10
XPBImages Toto Wolff thinks Mercedes should be given credit for having let Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton race for the past three years despite the sometimes rocky relationship between the two of them. The 2016 Drivers'...
Ty Dillon to drive for Germain Racing in 2017
Miami Herald - 28 Nov 2016 20:06
Ty Dillon will race full time in NASCAR's top series next year for Germain Racing. Germain Racing announced Monday that Dillon will replace Casey Mears in the No. 13 Chevrolet. …
Rosberg's rivals (and relatives) on his championship win | 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
F1 Fanatic - 28 Nov 2016 19:40
From his team mate to his father and many more besides, here's what current and Formula F1 drivers said about Nico Rosberg's championship success.
Horner mocks Mercedes naivety
Total F1 - 28 Nov 2016 19:40
In the days leading up to the Abu Dhabi race which would decide the outcome of the 2016 championship, Christian Horner was the first to admit that Lewis Hamilton's best chance of securing the title would be to take the l...
Aprilia's MotoGP bike needs 'a diet' for 2017 - Aleix Espargaro
Auto Sport - 28 Nov 2016 19:27
New Aprilia rider Aleix Espargaro reckons its RS-GP still stands to "lose a couple of kilos" as part of its development in MotoGP