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Next up in testing is a ballistics test, when researchers will find out just how much the screen can take from small, medium and large size debris.

German car giant Volkswagen has announced that Fritz Enzinger will take over the role of head of group motorsport, replacing WolfgangDürheimer. Enzinger will also continue in his role at Porsche where he oversaw the mul...

Lewis Hamilton runs the halo at Spa The late addition of the controversial halo into Formula 1 this year has forced teams to heavily modify their chassis to accommodate the device. Fitted to a number of cars during pract...

Two weeks ahead of the launch of its 2018 contender, Ferrari has fired up the engine that will power it, as well as the Haas and Sauber teams, this season. The 2018 car is to be unveiled on Thursday 22 February, just fou...

Lewis Hamilton's former team McLaren are watching his Mercedes contract situation with interest, even if the four times Formula 1 world champion and the Silver Arrows chief Toto Wolff have said they want to stay together...

Lewis Hamilton’s former team McLaren are watching his Mercedes contract situation with interest, even if the four times Formula 1 world champion and the Silver Arrows chief Toto Wolff have said they want to stay togeth...

Formula 1 will have no female models parading on the starting grid this season but will still be a sport of 'glamour and mystique', according to chairman and chief executive Chase Carey who also admits he liked the old t...

Formula 1 will have no female models parading on the starting grid this season but will still be a sport of “glamour and mystique”, according to chairman and chief executive Chase Carey who also admits he liked the o...

McLaren driver Fernando Alonso can compete for Toyota in every round of the forthcoming World Endurance Championship this season after organisers altered the date of the Japanese event to avoid a United States Grand Prix...

A surprise decision to change the date of the Six Hours of Fuji will allow Fernando Alonso to contest the full 2018 WEC season. Though the decision has not gone down well with many rival teams and drivers, it was announc...

Former world champions Williams have put their faith in the youngest and least experienced driver line-up on the Formula One starting grid, and it could come back and bite them. Canadian Lance Stroll (19) and Russian roo...

Formula One announced a "grid kids" programme on Monday to replace the female models who have previously featured before the start of every grand prix. The sport's owners said in a statement that the new arrangement, in ...

McLaren Formula One driver Fernando Alonso can compete for Toyota in every round of the World Endurance Championship this season after organisers moved the Japanese event to avoid a US Grand Prix clash. They announced at...

Fernando Alonso will take part in all rounds of the World Endurance Championship this year after a race was moved to accommodate him. The two-time F1 world champion is dove-tailing his F1 commitments for McLaren with rac...

IndyCar released footage of Scott Dixon's test yesterday of the series' prototype aerosceen device, a run which took place at Phoenix's one-mile oval. The Chip Ganassi driver and four-time IndyCar champion put in some la...

Sergey Sirotkin's backers say the money they are putting into Williams will all be spent on development to improve the team's Formula 1 car

Every year is big in Formula 1 but some are bigger than others. Just ask the McLaren team, now partnered by Renault, on the eve of the launch of their 2018 car and a season in which the 20-time world champions will have ...

Audi's Daniel Abt has accused teams in Formula E of gaining an unfair advantage on race day by abusing the electric series' 'FanBoost' system. One month before each ePrix, Formula E fans can cast a vote for their favouri...

The World Endurance Championship has changed the date of the 6 Hours of Fuji, moving the race forward to October 14 and paving the way for Toyota's Fernando Alonso to take part in the Japanese round. The initial date cla...

The World Endurance Championship have decided to bring the 6 Hours of Fuji race forward by a week to avoid a clash with the United States Grand Prix for Fernando Alonso. Alonso is not only competing at Le Mans this year,...

Fernando Alonso can add another race to his bloated 2018 race schedule after the World Endurance Championship moved its Fuji round to avoid a clash with the U.S. Grand Prix.

The World Endurance Championship has accepted a request by the Fuji Circuit to move the event to a new date in order to avoid a clash with the United States Grand Prix, allowing Fernando Alonso to contest the race. Two-t...