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Vito Ippolito explains: Race Direction and the FIM Stewards
Moto GP - 17 Apr 2018 18:01
The President of the FIM talks about an important part of the arbitration process and the changes since 2016
Max Verstappen: Wait until your father hears about this!
Total F1 - 17 Apr 2018 04:30
Photo by: For some of you, the phrase, 'just wait until your father hears about this', may ring a bell or two. The old saying that cropped up when you'd done something really silly and you were in trouble when dad got h...
Chinese GP a ‘life lesson' for Verstappen
Total F1 - 17 Apr 2018 02:10
Max Verstappen Max Verstappen believes the Chinese Grand Prix was a ‘life lesson' after contact and penalties left him fifth in the final standings. Verstappen climbed to third on the opening lap before running off the...
NASCAR's Rickey Stenhouse Jr inks deals with 3 sponsors
Miami Herald - 17 Apr 2018 23:57
Roush Fenway Racing has reached contract extensions with three of Ricky Stenhouse Jr.'s primary sponsors through 2021. Fastenal will remain the anchor sponsor and has been with the team since …
Wolff: No point fixing something that's not broken
GRAND PRIX 247 - 17 Apr 2018 23:53
Mercedes chief Toto Wolff has likened Formula 1 to football where there are good games and bad games, pointing to the Chinese Grand Prix which was a race of two halves, the latter half exploding into an action-packed spe...
Brendon Hartley: 'In the end, it was a long afternoon'
Total F1 - 17 Apr 2018 23:40
Brendon Hartley called Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda‘s disastrous Chinese Grand Prix 'a long afternoon'. The New Zealander was barrelled into by his team-mate Pierre Gasly on lap 30 at the Turn 14 hairpin, before retiring ...
Sauber's Frederic Vasseur: "The race had two different sides for us"
Total F1 - 17 Apr 2018 23:30
Frederic Vasseur saw his two drivers, Marcus Ericsson and Charles Leclerc, have very different races at the Shanghai International Circuit on Sunday, with the duo having differing fortunes with their tyres. The team prin...
Charles Leclerc: 'It was not an ideal race'
Total F1 - 17 Apr 2018 23:10
Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team rookie Charles Leclerc bemoaned a testing race in China last weekend, but vowed that both he and Sauber will return strongly at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Leclerc spun at Turn 2 moments before R...
Gasly Baffled By Dramatic Drop in Performance after Difficult Weekend in China
Total F1 - 17 Apr 2018 23:00
Pierre Gasly admitted his difficult weekend at the Shanghai International Circuit started on Saturday morning as his Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda team struggled to find the kind of pace needed to be a points contender. The ...
F1 aims for flat-out racing in 2019
Total F1 - 17 Apr 2018 22:10
Formula One drivers will be allowed more fuel next season to race at full speed from start to finish rather than having to worry about keeping enough in the tank to get to the chequered flag. The governing FIA said the r...
FIA tweak rules for 2019 and reveal 2021 PU proposal
Total F1 - 17 Apr 2018 22:10
The FIA have announced Formula 1 rule tweaks for 2019 which include an increase in fuel allowance while setting a May-enddeadline to rubber-stamp the engine rules for 2021 and beyond. Drivers will be allowed more fuel ne...
FIA tweak rules for 2019 and reveal 2021 PU proposal
GRAND PRIX 247 - 17 Apr 2018 22:02
The FIA have announced Formula 1 rule tweaks for 2019 which include an increase in fuel allowance while setting a May-end deadline to rubber-stamp the engine rules for 2021 and beyond. Drivers will be allowed more fuel ...
Haas' Guenther Steiner: "The safety car destroyed our race"
Total F1 - 17 Apr 2018 21:50
Guenther Steiner was adamant the safety car ruined a potentially good result for the Haas F1 Team in Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix, with Kevin Magnussen ultimately scoring only one point in tenth as Romain Grosjean trailed...
F1 raises fuel limit for 2019 to allow 'full power at all times'
Total F1 - 17 Apr 2018 21:50
Formula 1's Strategy Group and the F1 Commission have agreed on a series of revisions of the sport's technical regulations for 2019. The most notable change for next season is an increase in race fuel allowance from 2015...
'Ballsy Strategy' Compromised by Safety Car Arrival - Grosjean
Total F1 - 17 Apr 2018 21:30
Romain Grosjean admitted the safety car intervention meant it was always going to be difficult to make the planned one-stop strategy work to score points in Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix, with the Frenchman ultimately bein...
FIA confirms 2019 F1 technical tweaks, 2021 engine changes
Total F1 - 17 Apr 2018 21:00
Formula 1's technical regulations for 2019 have been handed its first tweak after a meeting between the F1 Strategy Group as well as the F1 Commission at the FIA headquarters in Paris, while the 2021 rules begin to take ...
Ferrari most aggressive with Azerbaijan GP tyre choice
Auto Sport - 17 Apr 2018 20:54
Ferrari has made the most aggressive tyre choice for Formula 1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix with an ultrasoft selection matched only by the Saubers and McLaren's Stoffel Vandoorne
No fuel flow limit, higher revs: F1 plans spectacular 2021 engines | 2021 F1 season
F1 Fanatic - 17 Apr 2018 20:40
Restrictions on F1 engine performance including rev and fuel flow limits will be relaxed under further proposals for changes to the formula from 2021.
F1 bosses give themselves until end of May to agree on new engine rules
BBC - 17 Apr 2018 20:38
Formula 1 bosses give themselves just over six weeks to agree on new engine rules for the 2021 season.
F1 agrees to raise fuel allowance for 2019 season
Total F1 - 17 Apr 2018 20:31
The FIA has confirmed rule tweaks for next year’s technical regulations, following Tuesday’s meeting of the Strategy Group in Paris. Formula 1’s Strategy Group met with the championship’s CEO Chase Carey and FIA ...
McLaren's true 2018 car to debut at Spanish GP
Total F1 - 17 Apr 2018 20:31
McLaren has admitted its current 2018 car is in fact an evolution of last year's MCL32 and the team won't debut its actual 2018 car until the Spanish Grand Prix in May. The British outfit made a late switch from Honda to...
Ferrari warns of things to come in FP3
Total F1 - 17 Apr 2018 20:30
Ferrari has sent out a clear warning signal to its drivers by stretching a lead in the final practice session ahead of qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel ended up fastest and Raikkonen second, but bo...