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Formula 1 cannot just rely on a budget cap to sufficiently bring down costs in the championship, reckons FIA president Jean Todt. Although a defined limit on team spending is being pursued by F1's owners as a key change ...

Giancarlo Fisichella is celebrating his 45th birthday today. Hopefully he will have a large class of fizzy on hand to help him mark the occasion! The energetic Italian started 229 Grand Prix races during a career that sp...

Carlos Sainz took advantage of teammate Stephane Peterhansel's crash to win a second successive stage of the Dakar Rally and take the overall lead on Saturday. Peterhansel, the defending champion, …

A journalist has defended his claim that Williams has definitely decided to sign Sergey Sirotkin instead of Robert Kubica for 2018. Among those reporting the news about Russian Sirotkin's... More»

Swiss driver Nico Müller put in the fastest lap of the day as Formula E staged its first rookie test. The 25-year-old DTM driver was almost a full second faster than anyone else. He completed 52 laps and set a time of 1...

McLaren executive director Zak Brown has once again denied reports that Fernando Alonso threatened to leave the team if it didn't dump Honda. Alonso had been very vocal in his complaints about the Japanese manufacturer's...

Paul di Resta feels his age may have worked against him in the race for a Williams Formula 1 seat in 2018 as Sergey Sirotkin's confirmation at the team looks imminent. Di Resta, 31, raced in F1 between 2010 and 2013 befo...

As preparations for the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship ramp up the team launch dates are beginning to trickle through ahead of the start of winter testing in Barcelona which begins on the 26th February. Keep up to dat...

Niki Lauda looks to be on the verge of relaunching his career in the aviation business. The former Formula 1 world champion originally set up Lauda Air in 1979 after retiring from the sport. He sold that business to Aust...

Indianapolis 500 winner and multiple Champ Car champion Gil de Ferran says Haas's belief that there are currently no American drivers who could step up to Formula 1 is unfair

Valtteri Bottas says he is working hard to be a better driver in 2018. After his first season at Mercedes, and having secured another one-year deal for 2018, the Finn is currently training hard in... More»

Felix Rosenqvist was thrilled to win his second ABB FIA Formula E race in a row this weekend, saying he no longer felt like a rookie in the series. Rosenqvist started the Marrakesh ePrix from third place, passing Sam Bir...

Chase Carey has given Copenhagen the thumbs-up as a potential grand prix venue of the future. The Danish capital is vying to secure a place on the 2020 grid with a city street circuit. 'We are... More»

Robert Kubica might not have completely lost out in his shot at joining Williams for the 2018 Formula 1 world championship with the British team rumoured to be offering him a test driver role. The former F1 Grand Prix wi...

Sauber principal Frédéric Vasseur has dismissed suggestions that the team is now just a junior Ferrari squad. Sauber announced a multi-year technical and commercial partnership with Alfa Romeo in November. Alfa is one ...

Fernando Alonso has been full of praise for McLaren executive director Zak Brown this week. "He's a very unique boss. He has this wider vision of motorsport, he's a commercial genius," the two-time world champion said. "...

A glance at the official Formula One season review video's box gives the impression much has changed for the 2017 edition. But it hasn't - and that's the problem.

Formula One cars will be up to 1.5 seconds faster in the 2018 Formula 1 season with more aggressive tyres and radical car development over the winter break, F1's tyre supplier Pirelli has revealed. The 2017 F1 season saw...

© Instagram.com / eboullier Wherever motorsport finds itself in the world, you can be sure that you will never be left wanting for familiar faces in the paddock. Yesterday saw the Marrakesh ePrix, the third race of the ...

Jenson Button's main racing schedule this year will be centered as expected around a Japanese Super GT programme with Honda. The 2009 world champion will race for Team Kunimitsu alongside Super GT winner and 2013 Super F...

Pirelli boss Mario Isola does not believe there will be a return of teams being able to choose from various tyre manufacturers in Formula 1. Pirelli have been the sole tyre supplier since 2011 and this current run is the...

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