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Montoya takes Race of Champions on first try

The 50th anniversary of Dan Gurney's most epic year will be marked by a year-long exhibition of his cars at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Some five decades on, it's hard to imagine just how easy it was f...

Vettel tops Busches in final to win Nations Cup

Sebastian Vettel single-handedly carried Team Germany to the Race of Champions Nations Cup title in Miami. The German was left without a team-mate after Pascal Wehrlein was prevented from racing by doctors after he rolle...

Team Germany are celebrating a record seventh win in the ROC Nations Cup after Sebastian Vettel took a stunning victory all by himself at Miami's Marlins Park. But to do it he had to see off the might of Team USA NASCAR'...

Pascal Wehrlein survived a spectacular barrel role after tagging Felipe Massa's car during their duel at the Race of Champions, forcing the German driver to pull out of the event. Both Wehrlein and his guest passenger cl...

Pascal Wehrlein has withdrawn from Sunday's RoC Nations Cup following his crash on Saturday during the Race of Champions. The crash came moments after the German had lost out to Felipe Massa by 0.0014s, the newly-announc...

Bernie Ecclestone could step down from his position as Formula 1 chief executive as soon as this week, a source close to the 86-year-old says. The move would end Ecclestone's remarkable 40-year reign in the sport. US gia...

©ROC Hopes of victory for Team Germany in the Nations Cup ROC were resting solely on Sebastian Vettel on Sunday, but that didn't keep the F1 driver from blitzing the field. After a lousy first day in Miami in the indivi...

©WRI2 Jenson Button believes a new set of rules may not be enough to overcome Mercedes significant power advantage, thus leaving the German squad still in control. With teams starting from a clean sheet of paper for 201...

. Before his shock retirement announcement, Nico Rosberg was given clearance at Mercedes' factory in Brackley to check out the team's 2017 challenger. And what the reigning world champion saw was mighty impressive to his...

Jolyon Palmer believes his difficult rookie season in Formula 1 with Renault has made him stronger mentally. The 25-year-old scored a sole point for a 10th place finish at Malaysia in 2016, which he considers one of the ...

Formula 1's new owners Liberty Media are set to take on Ferrari by cutting the $100 million bonus received by the sport's most famous team, while smaller teams get a much smaller slice of the billion dollar pie and strug...

Bernie Ecclestone's four decades as Formula 1 supremo, and dictator some might add, is at a cross-roads if not a dead-end as Liberty Media start the process of taking control of the sport they have purchased, with a view...

©WRI2 Following his massive crash yesterday in Miami at the ROC event, Pascal Wehrlein has been ordered to with from today's Nations Cup proceedings. Wehrlein tangled with Felipe Massa at the end of a group round dual b...

Retiring just days after winning his first ever World Championship, Nico Rosberg insisted that he will pursue other ventures now that his career is over. The German explained that life is much more relaxing now that he i...

Retiring just days after winning his first ever World Championship, Nico Rosberg insisted that he will pursue other ventures now that his career is over... The post Rosberg on life after Formula 1 appeared first on Plane...

World Champion Nico Rosberg has revealed further insight into his decision to retire from Formula 1, commenting that there is 'more to life than driving around in circles'. Just days after claiming the 2016 Formula 1 wor...

©WRI2 Seven-time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi says that racing one day in the Le Mans 24 Hours is now on his bucket list. The italian is well acquainted with the world of four wheels, having sampled in the past...

Despite the failure of the Jaguar Land Rover deal due to Porsche's veto over rival manufacturers' use of the track, Silverstone is still eyeing 'other car manufacturers' to come to its rescue. It's no secret that Silvers...

©WRI2 Sauber Team boss Monisha Kaltenborn believes that Marcus Ericsson has the potential to win in Formula 1, if he is offered the right car. Ericsson graduated from GP2 to F1 in 2014, kick-starting his career as a Gra...

Watch Valtteri Bottas get to grips with life as a Mercedes Formula 1 driver on his first day with the team, from signing his new contract to completing a seat fitting. The Finnish driver was announced as Nico Rosberg's r...