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How Formula 1 swerved a pre-season flop
Total F1 - 22 Jan 2018 16:50
Car unveilings and the build-up to the opening round can be more exciting than many grands prix, so it's crucial that Formula 1 gets 'launch season' right. Had teams not intervened, it could have gone very wrong. With Ab...
Renault eyeing engine-driver deals come 2020
Total F1 - 22 Jan 2018 07:20
Days after announcing their new crop of young drivers, Renault have revealed their racers could form part of engine deals from 2020 as thy look to find a World Champion. Last week Renault named the seven drivers who will...
Norris downplays Hamilton comparison
Total F1 - 22 Jan 2018 12:40
Lando Norris insists he's not bothered by comparisons to Lewis Hamilton as he tends not to focus on what others have to say. This season Norris will race in Formula 2 along with his duties as McLaren's official reserve d...
No American 'Ready For F1' says Steiner; De Ferran Argues Differently
Total F1 - 22 Jan 2018 22:50
Guenther Steiner reckons that whilst the Haas F1 Team would love to bring an American into the team, there isn't one at the current time good enough or ready enough for Formula 1. Alexander Rossi was the last American to...
Danica Patrick to drive Daytona 500 for Premium Motorsports
Miami Herald - 22 Jan 2018 22:39
Danica Patrick is teaming with Premium Motorsports for next month's Daytona 500, the final race of her NASCAR career. The one-race deal will put Patrick in the seat of the …
Liberty Media tuck into Formula 1 debts
Total F1 - 22 Jan 2018 22:10
Liberty Media announced today that it intends to launch a process to refinance the $3,302 million first lien term loan of certain subsidiaries of Delta Topco Limited, the Liberty subsidiary which holds all of its interes...
Liberty Media tuck into Formula 1 debts
GRAND PRIX 247 - 22 Jan 2018 22:01
Liberty Media announced today that it intends to launch a process to refinance the $3,302 million first lien term loan of certain subsidiaries of Delta Topco Limited, the Liberty subsidiary which holds all of its interes...
Sainz to drive Monte Carlo Rally course car
Total F1 - 22 Jan 2018 22:00
Renault Sport Formula One Team driver Carlos Sainz will follow in the footsteps of his double World Rally Championship-winning father when he takes on the final stage of the 2018 Rallye Monte-Carlo. The 23-year-old Spani...
Sainz to drive Monte Carlo Rally course car
GRAND PRIX 247 - 22 Jan 2018 21:54
Renault Sport Formula One Team driver Carlos Sainz will follow in the footsteps of his double World Rally Championship-winning father when he takes on the final stage of the 2018 Rallye Monte-Carlo. The 23-year-old Spani...
Giovinazzi Set For Second Year on Sidelines as F1 Drive Fails to Materialise
Total F1 - 22 Jan 2018 21:10
Antonio Giovinazzi is facing a second consecutive season without a race programme in 2018, with the Scuderia Ferrari test driver ever increasingly likely to focus again on his work with the Maranello-based team. The Ital...
Magnussen Has Confidence in Haas: 'The team is going in the right direction'
Total F1 - 22 Jan 2018 20:10
Kevin Magnussen believes his Haas F1 Team has the potential to be as good as the Sahara Force India F1 Team, especially after the results the team has achieved in their first two seasons in Formula 1. Force India has pun...
Carlos Sainz Jr. to drive course car on Rallye Monte Carlo power stage
Total F1 - 22 Jan 2018 20:00
Renault Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz Jr. is to make his non-competitive rallying debut in Monte Carlo this weekend. Sainz Jr. is to pilot one of the organiser’s Renault Megane R.S course cars through the 13.58km La Ca...
Sainz to drive Monte Carlo Rally stage
Total F1 - 22 Jan 2018 19:50
Renault driver Carlos Sainz will follow in the footsteps of his double WRC-winning father when he takes on the final stage of the 2018 Rallye Monte-Carlo. The 23-year-old will make his Monte Carlo debut when he drives th...
McLaren sets up Business Advisory Board
Total F1 - 22 Jan 2018 19:30
The McLaren Technology Group has announced the creation of a Business Advisory Group comprising 12 prominent global business leaders which shall help the company "shape its future". Working closely with McLaren's existin...
Yachts, Billionaires and Gambling - The Formula 1 Lifestyle Unpacked
GRAND PRIX 247 - 22 Jan 2018 19:22
From the outside looking in, these guys have it all: fame, fortune, and anything they could wish for, all available at the drop of a hat. And it's fair to say that some take advantage of the perks of the F1 lifestyle far...
Sainz set for WRC debut at Rallye Monte-Carlo
Total F1 - 22 Jan 2018 19:00
Carlos Sainz Jr will make his World Rally Championship debut as the course car driver for the Power Stage of the 2018 season-opening Rallye Monte-Carlo this weekend. Sainz Jr, son of two-time WRC champion and recent Daka...
Sainz Jnr gets Monte Carlo rally debut!
Total F1 - 22 Jan 2018 18:20
Renault's Carlos Sainz Jnr will follow in the footsteps of his famous father when he takes on the final stage of the 2018 Monte Carlo Rally. The 23-year-old F1 driver will make his Monte-Carlo debut when he drives the 13...
Sainz to drive at Monte Carlo rally
ESPN - 22 Jan 2018 18:19
Renault's Carlos Sainz will follow in the famous footsteps of his father this weekend when he makes his rallying debut at the Monte Carlo Rally.
Future technical changes to focus on three specific areas
Total F1 - 22 Jan 2018 18:00
As Liberty Media seeks to improve the show, the man charged with spearheading the technical revolution is Ross Brawn, and since being appointed Formula One Management's technical boss he has been assembling a team of eng...
Formula 1 is 'unfinished business for Manor - Lowdon
Total F1 - 22 Jan 2018 18:00
If a budget-cap is introduced into F1, then Manor could jump back into the fray says team boss Graeme Lowdon. Lowdon departed Manor F1's failing operation at the end of 2015, along with colleague John Booth, a year befor...
More demo events to be expected from F1 - Bratches
Total F1 - 22 Jan 2018 17:50
Formula 1 commercial boss Sean Bratches says the sport will promote itself this year to fans with a schedule of F1 Live events in major cities. Days before last year's British Grand Prix, F1 descended on central London w...
F1's new key areas of focus for future rule changes
ESPN - 22 Jan 2018 16:41
The research group working to improve Formula One's on-track spectacle has honed in on the three areas which must be prioritised in future rule changes-- aerodynamics, engine and suspension.