Pirelli designates tires for first four F1 races
Pirelli Tires Pirelli has announced the first set of tyre nominations for the 2015 Formula One season, as promised on Monday after the conclusion of pre-season testing. Using the P … Read More
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Former Sainsbury’s boss takes role at Manor F1 team
Justin King Former Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King has been appointed interim chairman of the revived Manor Marussia Formula One team with OVO Energy founder Stephen Fitzpatrick as principal investor. … Read More
Mercedes 1-2 F1 parade turning off fans – Horner
Christian Horner with his new squeeze, singer Jeri Halliwell Red Bull boss Christian Horner is concerned Mercedes' power unit advantage over the rest of the field is putting fans off … Read More
Latest F1 news in brief – Wednesday
Was Alonso electrocuted? New cloud forms over Russian GP Force India admits Q2 'difficult' for Melbourne Doctors 'wise' to sideline Alonso – Tambay Brundle questions 'very strange' Alonso saga Former … Read More
German Free-To-Air TV Channel RTL Tightens F1 Broadcasts In ’15 After Falling Ratings
Rest assured that F1 is goingto continue to lose fans nowthat the signature 'enginescream' is gone. The mentalmidgets killed it – thinkingrace fans care about hybridtechnology. They do NOT. The … Read More
Video: KERS knocks F1 mechanic to ground
Is this what happened to Fernando Alonso? A BMW Sauber technician was injured in 2008 with an electric shock given off by the experimental Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) equipped … Read More
Ferrari ‘on par’ with Red Bull – Marchionne
Sergio Marchionne thinks Ferrari can match Red Bull this year (GMM) Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne on Tuesday admitted the Maranello team might have to wait for its next F1 title. … Read More
Alonso to miss Melbourne season opener (3rd Update)
UPDATE #3 This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today. Fernando Alonso will sit out next weekend's Australian grand prix. McLaren announced the news on Tuesday, despite insisting the Spaniard has … Read More
Latest F1 news in brief – Tuesday
Lauda says Mercedes won't dominate in 2015. He should become a comedian. Manager warns media as Schu son makes car debut Other sports 'inspire' Germans more than F1 – Wolff … Read More
Test cameras to fix F1 regulations ‘flaw’ – rumor
Is the hole in the side of Alonso's cowling from a bolt of high voltage electricity that shot out and also struck Alonso? (GMM) F1 looks set to fix what … Read More
Combined F1 times from the two Barcelona tests
Courtesy of Sky Sports, combined times from the two Barcelona pre-season F1 tests. Note the sandbagging Mercedes team was faster than everyone……and they did not dare mount super-softs to reveal … Read More
Wolff: We used just one engine the entire preseason
Wolff sends further chills down the spines of Mercedes' competitors – not only is Mercedes fast, the engine doesn't fail Red Bull only won three races last season, thanks to … Read More
Red Bull team reveals 2015 livery
Red Bull Racing have launched their 2015 Formula One car race livery for the upcoming season as they hope to recapture their titles. Their new 2015 RB11 car has been … Read More
Race promoters wanted helmet change ban – Wolff
(GMM) Toto Wolff has defended the controversial banning of mid-season driver helmet livery changes. After the recent meeting of the F1 Commission, it emerged that the growing trend for multiple … Read More
Renault Sport F1 Barcelona Test 2 Review
Remi Taffin, Director of Operations This week saw Renault Sport F1 conclude its on-track pre-season preparations at the third and final winter test in Barcelona ahead of the upcoming FIA … Read More
Barcelona Day 4: Bottas on top as F1 testing comes to end (Update)
UPDATE We transposed some of today's test time numbers. The corrected table is shown below. 03/01/15 Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas used super-soft tires in the morning and his Williams ended … Read More
Bottas quickest Sunday morning in Barcelona
Valtteri Bottas Williams' Valtteri Bottas led this morning's Formula 1 pre-season testing session at Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. The Finn ran qualifying simulations on the Pirelli super-soft tires and … Read More
Arrivabene willing to ‘provoke’ Ecclestone
Maurizio Arrivabene (GMM) Maurizio Arrivabene is quickly climbing the ladder as arguably one of the most popular team bosses in formula one. A former Philip Morris executive, and bearing a … Read More
Vettel says Ferrari massively better than Red Bull
Sebastian Vettel seems quite happy with the 2015 Ferrari. Sebastian Vettel has described the Ferrari SF15-T as a "massive step" forward compared to the car he drove last year, which … Read More
Latest F1 news in brief – Sunday
The Mercedes is on another planet says Ricciardo. Mercedes to save German GP so they can show off their superiority Mercedes to 'help' save German GP – Wolff Teams warn … Read More
Barcelona Day 3: Mercedes ends up on top despite harder tires
Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton topped the times on the next to last day of F1 testing in Barcelona. Hamilton finished with a soft tire lap faster than Williams and Ferrari … Read More
Barcelona Day 3: Massa uses Mercedes power to lead morning times
Felipe Massa set the pace for Williams in F1 testing Saturday morning in Barcelona, edging out Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen by 0.014s on super-soft Pirellis. Using super-softs his lap of 1m23.262s … Read More
Manor racing to be ready for Melbourne – Booth
John Booth (GMM) Team founder John Booth is confident the former Marussia team will make it to Melbourne. Having fought to secure new investment and convince its creditors to exit … Read More
Sauber happy to be 1.3s off Mercedes
Felipe Nasr Felipe Nasr says Sauber will be happy if it gets to the first race of the season and is 1.3s slower than Mercedes. Nico Rosberg set the pace … Read More
‘Manor Marussia’ on 2015 entry list
(GMM) As predicted earlier, the FIA on Friday published the official 2015 entry list that includes a place on the grid for the revived 'Manor Marussia' team. Although the backmarker's … Read More