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MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has been named the inaugural Rider of the Year at the Autosport Awards

Teenager Lando Norris has won the British Club Driver of the year at the 2016 Autosport Awards, following a standout year in junior single-seaters

Fernando Alonso got on his bike and Jenson button sampled a Super GT racer at Honda's annual Thanks Day at the Motegi circuit.

The various jokes and Photoshop aside, Mercedes has a serious task on its hands. At a time when all but a couple of the 2016 drivers have secure contracts for 2017, the German team has to find a teammate for Lewis Hamilt...

Quadruple amputee racer Frederic Sausset has received the Pioneering and Innovation Award at the 2016 Autosport Awards

Sebastian Vettel has made it clear he wants to remain at Ferrari in 2017 – and has a contract to do so –despite the temptation to join Mercedes following Nico Rosberg's decision to quit Formula 1 after winning his ma...

Bernie Ecclestone says he doesn't know if Liberty Media has the funding with which to complete its purchase of the F1 business, amid suggestions in some quarters that the company may struggle to fulfill its obligations. ...

World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier was named the best Rally Driver for the fourth-consecutive year, during the Autosport Awards in London

Gordon Shedden has been crowned the top National Racing Driver of 2016 during the Autosport Awards in London, after securing his third British Touring Car Championship title

Sebastian Vettel has pledged his allegiance to Ferrari, despite speculation linking him to replacing the recently-retired Nico Rosberg at Mercedes in 2017. Speaking at the Ferrari World Finals event in Daytona, Vettel sa...

XPBImages Bernie Ecclestone says he cannot guarantee that Liberty Media will succeed in closing its deal to purchase Formula 1 in the coming months. The American media company which committed to buying a controlling stak...

XPBImages Following Nico Rosberg's retirement from F1, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff insists that he will not "interfere" with the German team's rivals as it seeks to replace the 2016 world champion. Speaking to Italy's Gazet...

In the round-up: 'Half the F1 grid' after Rosberg's drive - Lauda • Rosberg retires as the best - Wolff • Hamilton plans 'ten more years'

– McLaren driver Fernando Alonso completed laps on Repsol Honda's RC213V MotoGP bike during the Japanese manufacturer's 'Thanks Day' at Motegi.Alonso, for a second successive year, demonstrated the bike at the annual H...

Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda has criticised Nico Rosberg's decision not to inform his team of his retirement sooner than he did, because it has left Mercedes to look 'stupid' as it desperately searches for ...

Mercedes' Formula 1 title protagonists Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton headline a group of leading motorsport competitors up for accolades in the 2016 Autosport Awards on Sunday evening

– Formula 1 could end "subjectivity" over corner-cutting if circuits are modified to disadvantage drivers who run off track, reckons stewards' Chairman Garry Connelly.Connelly and fellow stewards raised the issue of cu...

Niki Lauda has admitted that he is annoyed by Nico Rosberg's last-minute F1 retirement, as Mercedes now has a very short period of time to find a replacement driver to line up against Lewis Hamilton for Formula One in 20...

Mercedes' non-executive chairman Niki Lauda wants to "give a Christmas present" to a driver after the shock retirement of world champion Nico Rosberg on Friday. Team boss Toto Wolff said the search would start on Monday,...

XPBImages According to Niki Lauda, Lewis Hamilton will receive no punishment from Mercedes for ignoring team orders in last Sunday's title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. In an attempt to wrestle the championship title fr...

Niki Lauda wants to "give a Christmas present" to an F1 driver as Mercedes search for a replacement for retiring world champion Nico Rosberg.

Mercedes' non-executive chairman Niki Lauda admitted he was unhappy with the timing of Nico Rosberg's announcement, saying the retiring champion didn't give his team enough notice to prepare a "Plan B". Rosberg shocked t...