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Red Bull promised "absolute engine parity" - Horner
Total F1 - 30 Dec 2016 11:10
Red Bull boss Christian Horner says his team has been guaranteed "absolute parity" from Renault for the future as the French manufacturer continues to supply engines to the team. Following a rough patch in their relation...
Gutierrez wants more credit for pre-F1 results
Total F1 - 30 Dec 2016 00:50
Esteban Gutierrez believes Formula 1 fans have short memories as his pre-Formula 1 achievements have largely been forgotten due to his results at the highest level of single seater racing. The Mexican was ousted from his...
Too early to promote Wehrlein to Mercedes seat – Tost
Total F1 - 30 Dec 2016 00:10
Franz Tost believes it would be too early for the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team to promote Pascal Wehrlein to the race seat, believing that drivers need at least three years of experience in the sport before tak...
Daniel Ricciardo confident he would beat Lewis Hamilton in the same car
Total F1 - 30 Dec 2016 20:10
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo says he is confident he would beat three-time world champion Lewis Hamilton if he found himself paired with the Briton in the same machinery. Ricciardo is currently up against the highly-rated...
Top Stories of 2016, #2: Liberty Media takes command of F1
Total F1 - 30 Dec 2016 19:10
Our second biggest story of the 2016 motorsport season is that of US company Liberty Media purchasing a controlling interest in Formula 1, ending years of speculation about the sport's future ownership. At the start of S...
Team took wrong development direction - Williams
Total F1 - 30 Dec 2016 18:40
XPBImages Williams took the wrong development direction with its car over the past two seasons, according to deputy team principal Claire Williams. New power unit regulations saw Williams finish third in the constructors...
Sainz Jr. 'proud' of development in 2016
Total F1 - 30 Dec 2016 18:30
– Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz Jr. believes he can be "proud" of his second season in the sport, and feels he developed into a "completely different driver" over the course of the campaign.Sainz Jr. finished 15th overall ...
Remembering Mike Spence
Total F1 - 30 Dec 2016 18:20
©CahierArchive We recently featured Jim Clark's victory at South Africa in December 1963, and one of the men who drove with him for Lotus was born on this day. Mike Spence - seen here racing for Lotus at Monaco in 1967 ...
Is that a hint, Felipe?
Total F1 - 30 Dec 2016 18:10
©FelipeMassa/Instagram Felipe Massa has been linked with a move back to Williams despite retiring at the end of the 2016 F1 season, with the Brazilian having been approached to replace Valtteri Bottas if his former team...
Red Bull's promise of engine parity
Total F1 - 30 Dec 2016 17:50
F1 News Red Bull's promise of engine parity Ranking the 2016 F1 drivers…Bottas 18th? Ricciardo, Sainz through Verstappen lens And ‘we would have won races' too if it hadn't been for meddling…Honda Red Bull take jab...
Horner: Red Bull assured of engine parity
Total F1 - 30 Dec 2016 16:10
Red Bull boss says Renault has 'guaranteed' total engine parity with works team. Despite the fact that neither of the Red Bull owned teams appears to be prepared to be seen sporting the Renault name in public, the French...
Bottas says 2017 F1 cars feel a lot faster
Total F1 - 30 Dec 2016 16:10
Valtteri Bottas says that Formula 1's 2017 cars feel a "lot faster" in the corners, following his initial experience in the Williams simulator. The Finn, who is favourite to land the Mercedes seat vacated by Nico Rosberg...
Alonso: No fear of Hamilton repeat with Vandoorne
Total F1 - 30 Dec 2016 16:00
XPBImages Fernando Alonso insists he does not fear a repeat of his turbulent season alongside Lewis Hamilton when Stoffel Vandoorne joins McLaren next year. When Alonso first joined McLaren in 2007 he was paired with roo...
Horner sees future in F1 for Gasly
Total F1 - 30 Dec 2016 15:10
Despite being overlooked for a race seat in 2017, Red Bull boss Christian Horner has no doubt that Pierre Gasly will be in Formula 1. Gasly was vocal about his frustrations about not being given a race seat with Toro Ros...
Horner sees future in F1 for Gasly
Planet F1 - 30 Dec 2016 15:02
Despite being overlooked for a race seat in 2017, Red Bull boss Christian Horner has no doubt that Pierre Gasly will be in Formula 1... The post Horner sees future in F1 for Gasly appeared first on PlanetF1.
Ryan: Manor proved it belongs in F1 in 2016
Total F1 - 30 Dec 2016 15:00
XPBImages Manor racing director Dave Ryan says the team proved it belongs in Formula One during the 2016 season. Having gone into administration under its previous guise of Marussia at the end of 2014, Manor was saved ah...
Andretti wants to see Vettel win Ferrari title
Total F1 - 30 Dec 2016 14:10
XPBImages 1978 Formula One World Champion Mario Andretti wants to see Sebastian Vettel be successful with Ferrari. Vettel won four consecutive championships with Red Bull from 2010-13 but saw that run end with the introd...
Answers: GPUpdate's Christmas challenge
Total F1 - 30 Dec 2016 14:10
– In the build up to Christmas, GPUpdate.net put together a special festive challenge, asking readers to name the driver and circuit in 20 photographs. Itching to know how you fared? Here are the answers and details......
Your favourite F1 drivers and teams of 2016 | 2016 F1 season review
F1 Fanatic - 30 Dec 2016 13:51
As the second-most popular driver among F1 Fanatic readers bows out, where do the rest rank in your affections? And what about outgoing champion Nico Rosberg?
Sauber's Marcus Ericsson credits mental change for Formula 1 gains
Auto Sport - 30 Dec 2016 13:39
Marcus Ericsson says a combination of experience and changes to his mental approach have made him a stronger Formula 1 driver
F1 'very much' part of Gasly's future - Horner
Total F1 - 30 Dec 2016 13:30
XPBImages Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says Pierre Gasly can definitely have a future in F1 despite being overlooked for a 2017 race seat. Toro Rosso has traditionally been the proving ground for new young Re...
Gasly deserves F1 promotion, says Prema boss
Total F1 - 30 Dec 2016 13:10
Prema Powerteam boss Rene Rosin reckons GP2 champion Pierre Gasly has done enough to warrant a step up to Formula 1 despite being overlooked by Toro Rosso for 2017. Gasly, who is part of the Red Bull driver programme, ov...