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Joe Saward: The week ahead and F1's future...
Total F1 - 3 Apr 2018 12:00
Life is never dull as a Formula 1 reporter. The Easter weekend was quiet, apart from Billy Monger’s remarkable podium finish at Oulton Park on Friday. Otherwise it was a peaceful weekend, which was good. I was expectin...
Tony Stewart reaches settlement in wrongful death suit
Miami Herald - 3 Apr 2018 04:36
The family of a race car driver fatally injured when struck by Tony Stewart's sprint car has apparently reached a settlement in its wrongful death lawsuit against the former NASCAR …
Williams and Force India on same level - Stroll | RaceFans Round-up
F1 Fanatic - 3 Apr 2018 01:01
In the round-up: Williams and Force India on same level - Stroll • Mansell calls for smaller teams • Liberty's grid girl decision came from Maffei
Brawn: I am offended when accused of dumbing down F1
Total F1 - 3 Apr 2018 23:00
Ross Brawn has hit out at suggestions that Liberty Media are dumbing down Formula 1 while sticking to his guns that the sport is far too expensive to be sustainable in the long term as it is currently. Speaking in a rece...
Brawn: I am offended when accused of dumbing down F1
GRAND PRIX 247 - 3 Apr 2018 22:52
Ross Brawn has hit out at suggestions that Liberty Media are dumbing down Formula 1 while sticking to his guns that the sport is far too expensive to be sustainable in the long term as it is currently. Speaking in a rece...
Inside Line: Who will buy a Mercedes W09 in 2050?
Total F1 - 3 Apr 2018 22:20
< ► > A couple of weeks ago I got a call from a Credit Suisse representative informing me that I had won the best picture in the 2016 Credit Suisse Photo Award at Grand Prix de Monaco Historique. Obviously, I was pleas...
Inside Line: Who will buy a Mercedes W09 in 2050?
GRAND PRIX 247 - 3 Apr 2018 22:18
A couple of weeks ago I got a call from a Credit Suisse representative informing me that I had won the best picture in the 2016 Credit Suisse Photo Award at Grand Prix de Monaco Historique. Obviously, I was pleased and s...
Brown promised McLaren F1 seat offer to its top juniors
Total F1 - 3 Apr 2018 21:30
McLaren is tangling a tantalising carrot in front of its junior drivers in 2018. According to Dutchman Nick de Vries, McLaren executive Zak Brown has promised that if he or Lando Norris wins the Formula 2 title this year...
Sirotkin denies Kubica 'sabotage' claims
Total F1 - 3 Apr 2018 20:50
Sergey Sirotkin has played down claims Robert Kubica could campaign to derail his formula one career. Recently, 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve warned that as he advances his campaign to return to the grid, Kubica...
Mercedes explains its F1 engine power mode deployment system
Auto Sport - 3 Apr 2018 19:37
Mercedes has explained how its Formula 1 engine's different power modes work after it "proved a particularly hot topic" during the Australian Grand Prix weekend
Video: Nico Hulkenberg's Bahrain Grand Prix guide
Total F1 - 3 Apr 2018 19:30
Renault's Nico Hulkenberg provides a guide to the Bahrain Grand Prix - while holding a 10kg weight and sitting on a balance ball. More»
Bahrain GP: Preview - Pirelli
Total F1 - 3 Apr 2018 19:00
The Bahrain International Circuit introduces the 2018 medium compound to a grand prix weekend, nominated alongside the soft and supersoft, but this medium tyre is already familiar to the teams, as it's the same compound ...
In a nutshell: which tyres for the Bahrain GP?
Total F1 - 3 Apr 2018 19:00
It's Bahrain Grand Prix week and Pirelli's primer tells you all you need to know about the rubber that will be hitting the road next weekend at Sakhir. On a track that puts a car's traction to the task and also challenge...
Mercedes explains its 'party mode' engine performance settings | 2018 F1 season
F1 Fanatic - 3 Apr 2018 18:22
Mercedes has shed new light on how it operates the power modes on its F1 engine following the intrigue surrounding its so-called "party mode" at last week's Australian Grand Prix.
Penske engineer Gavin Ward 'really enjoying' his move from Formula One to IndyCar
Total F1 - 3 Apr 2018 18:10
Verizon IndyCar Series race engineer Gavin Ward has stated that he is 'really enjoying' his move to the series so far. The Canadian, who had worked in Formula One with Red Bull Racing for almost ten years, left the sport...
Williams: Renault turnaround since team's return to F1 'phenomenal'
Auto Sport - 3 Apr 2018 18:05
Renault's progress since its return to Formula 1 as a factory team has been "a remarkable turnaround", according to Williams deputy principal Claire Williams
Magnussen sees F1's overtaking pains as circuit dependent
Total F1 - 3 Apr 2018 18:00
Haas' Kevin Magnussen believes a large part of F1's overtaking issues are linked to specific tracks rather than to car designs. The opening round of the F1 world championship in Melbourne was marked once again by its lac...
Ferrari goes aggressive on China tyre choices
Total F1 - 3 Apr 2018 17:40
Ferrari has opted for a more aggressive tyre selection than chief Formula 1 rival Mercedes for the Chinese Grand Prix later this month, selecting two additional sets of the Ultrasoft compound for the race in Shanghai. F1...
Chinese GP F1 tyre choices - Mercedes more conservative than rivals
Auto Sport - 3 Apr 2018 16:50
Pirelli has unveiled the tyre selections made by Formula 1 teams for the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix, with reigning teams' champion Mercedes favouring a conservative approach
Ferrari stocks up on Pirelli's Ultrasoft tyre for Chinese GP
Total F1 - 3 Apr 2018 16:50
Of the front-running trio, Ferrari has made the most aggressive tyre choice for the upcoming Chinese Grand Prix, which is a back-to-back event with this weekend's Bahrain GP. The Scuderia has opted for eight sets of Pire...
Formula 1 considering Saturday sprint race in format shake-up
Total F1 - 3 Apr 2018 16:40
Liberty Media is reportedly considering the idea of a weekend format shake-up which would include a sprint race on Saturday in order to attract a younger audience to Formula 1. F1 owner Liberty is looking for ways to boo...
Williams' Sirotkin rubbishes Kubica conspiracy theory
Total F1 - 3 Apr 2018 16:40
Sergey Sirotkin has dismissed claims that Robert Kubica could impact the development of Williams' 2018 car for his benefit, and to the detriment of the team's full-time drivers. As the Grove-based outfit's reserve and de...