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As teams mull a return of active suspension to F1, let's look back at Colin Chapman's last great innovation, the Lotus 88 which appeared briefly in 1981. As a means of keeping the car's ride height level despite the cons...

©WRI2 Former Red Bull driver David Coulthard believes that there is no clear stand-out at Red Bull Racing among its drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen. Given his exceptional precocity and potential to develop, ...

With "significantly faster" cars out on track, Sebastian Vettel believes this year's Formula 1 racing will be "more fun" for the drivers. The post Vettel: More challenging, more fun appeared first on PlanetF1.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. was confident NASCAR took the right step Friday when it beefed up its concussion protocol by adding a consistent screening rule at all venues. "Good to see …

Alex Bowman will race 75 laps in the car that belongs to NASCAR's most popular driver, hang up the firesuit and head home. When will he return? Bowman has no …

Claire Williams is sure the deal to allow Valtteri Bottas to leave to join the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team in 2017 were in the best interests of her Williams Martini Racing squad. Bottas was allowed to make th...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. took another step toward making last year a "distant memory." NASCAR's most popular driver made his official return to racing Saturday by taking part in the first …

Lewis Hamilton wants Mercedes to stop his team mates from being able to study his data because "they can just copy you".

©FormulaE Renault e.dams' Sebastian Buemi won the Buenos Aires ePrix today, clinching his third consecutive Formula E win of the season and consolidating his championship lead in the full-electric series. Poleman Lucas ...

Ross Brawn has stated that the complexity of Formula 1 prevents Liberty Media from making any quick changes, with solutions expected to take some time to have any effect. Brawn is no stranger to the paddock, and was rece...

©WRI2 Renault tech boss Bob Bell believes the manufacturer's power unit is inching closer to Mercedes, although it could take another year to bridge the gap. After a dismal 2015 campaign marked by horrendous performance...

Claire Williams is optimistic that Williams Martini Racing can return to the level of achievement demonstrated during the 2014 and 2015 season. But the deputy team principal is fully aware that a repeat of last year's pe...

©Instagram As he steps into the daring world of Grand Prix racing, Williams rookie Lance Stroll faces a fair amount of tests and challenges. An unfamiliar working environment and powerful and physically demanding new ca...

©WRI2 Sergio Marchionne learned a valuable lesson in 2016, a season in which Ferrarii's results fell spectacularly short of its expectations. Not only did the Prancing Horse fail to keep up on its form and results from ...

©WRI2 In accepting Valtteri Bottas' move to Mercedes, Williams admits it honored a pledge made to the Finn in 2015 when it blocked his transfer to Ferrari. While other considerations were obviously taken into account, n...

XPBImages Following the introduction of its brand new set of wider tyres for this year's season, Pirelli announced it had also created back-up compounds more similar to 2016's tyre regulation. The Italian manufacturer, o...

Valtteri Bottas has been getting used to life at Mercedes. Can you come up with the best caption for this picture?

Claire Williams has admitted that her team owed it to Valtteri Bottas to allow him to take Mercedes drive having previously blocked his move to Ferrari. Though Bottas was strongly linked with Ferrari in 2015 as the Itali...

©WRI2 Lewis Hamilton says the day he quits Formula 1, he won't be sticking around the sport like most other drivers have done in the past. In a interview streamed by UBS Formula 1, the three-time world champion, who was...

Lewis Hamilton says he is interested to see how far his new Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas will go to win in Formula 1 and how quickly he will adapt to handle the pressure of being in a race winning team. Bottas repl...

XPBImages The 2017 season can't start soon enough for Carlos Sainz, with the junior bull getting a bit bored in his pen and raring to kick off a new year of Grand Prix racing. Like his distinguished colleagues, the Toro ...

Renault was "there or thereabouts" with Ferrari regarding engine power last year, according to chief technical officer Bob Bell. The French manufacturer was a clear third in the engine pecking order behind Mercedes and F...