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In the round-up: Hamilton won't influence choice of Rosberg's replacement • Ecclestone suggests Alonso could join Mercedes

Nico Rosberg's retirement announcement on Friday came as a complete surprise even to the man who knows most of Formula One's best-kept secrets, commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone. More»

– The retiring Nico Rosberg has been officially crowned as the 2016 Formula 1 World Champion during the FIA's annual Prize-Giving Gala at the Hofburg Palace in Austria's capital Vienna.Rosberg clinched the title during...

Leading F1 names line up for Rosberg's seat The big-name candidates are lining up, just hours after new world champion Nico Rosberg shocked the sporting world with the announcement of his retirement. 'Not a lot surprises...

©F1i/Chris Medland FIA president Jean Todt says he admires Mercedes' dominance in Formula One's latest turbo era, as his own success at Ferrari in the early 2000s makes him aware of the efforts needed to sustain that le...

Nico Rosberg's shock retirement will be a blessing for at least one driver as someone new is going to be racing for the championship-winning Mercedes team next season. With three championship doubles on the trot a Merced...

The longer Dale Earnhardt Jr. couldn't drive because of the debilitating effects of a concussion, the more uptight he became. The stress slowed his brain's healing process, leading to more …

Having shocked the world of motorsport by announcing his retirement on Friday, Nico Rosberg has revealed he didn't know if he 'had the balls' to go through with it. Five days after winning his first Drivers' Championship...

Lewis Hamilton says "it was not a surprise" that world champion and Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg announced his retirement from Formula 1 with immediate effect.

Nico Rosberg is the 2016 Formula 1 World Champion! He was crowned at Yas Marina Circuit after an enthralling duel, as his Mercedes teammate and title rival Lewis Hamilton pulled out all the stops to destabilise Rosberg, ...

GT stars Laurens Vanthoor and Dirk Werner have swapped manufacturers to join Porsche for next season

Porsche has added former Audi driver Andre Lotterer and 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours winners Nick Tandy and Earl Bamber to its '17 World Endurance Championship LMP1 line-up

World champion and ex-Formula One driver Nico Rosberg joined his team mate and Mercedes to celebrate at the team's traditional end-of-season event.

F1 News Lauda: ‘Half the grid has called, can't stop answering my phone' F1 world champ Rosberg's shock retirement announcement Return of the French GP? It's about time! FIA getting serious about consistency, new rules...

Unsurprisingly, barely had Nico Rosberg uttered the words about his retirement than the calls began. While our amended 'Who Goes Where' was tongue in cheek there can be few drivers who wouldn't crawl over burning coals f...

The TCR International Series will not race on the support bill of Formula 1's Monaco Grand Prix next year despite announcing it as a round of its 2017 calendar, Autosport has learned

The winners of this year's FIA Championships have been honoured in a glittering 2016 FIA Prize Giving ceremony at the stunning Hofburg Palace in Vienna. Naturally, the highlight of the annual gala show was the presentati...

XPBImages Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has weighed in on the name of Lewis Hamilton's future team-mate following Nico Rosberg's surprise retirement from Formula One. The 2016 world champion broke the news on Fri...

XPBImages Former Ferrari star and grand prix winner Jean Alesi counts himself "among those very surprised" by Nico Rosberg's decision to leave Formula One after winning the 2016 title. The German stunned his team and the...

The 2005 BMW Motorsport party, which took place on this date in Seefeld, Austria, was hit with heavy snow. That did not deter BMW-powered Williams F1 driver Mark Webber from taking a Formel BMW car out for a spin More»

XPBImages Niki Lauda claims that nearly "half the grid have offered themselves" to replace Nico Rosberg at Mercedes in 2017, following the 2016 world champion's unexpected decision to withdraw from the sport. Since Rosbe...

– World Champion Nico Rosberg says he would have stayed in Formula 1 for another season had he not beaten Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to this year's crown.Rosberg stunned the sport on Friday by announcing his imm...