Marcus Ericsson backers pay $18M per year so he can run dead last
If you can raise $18M per year you too can buy a back of the grid F1 ride. This is the open wheel racing cancer at its worst. Caterham F1 … Read More
Category: Formula 1
Formula One sues various USA firms to protect their trademark
Formula One World Championship Limited and Formula One Licensing BV filed suit in New Jersey seeking triple damages against 13 defendants. File Date: Thursday, September 18, 2014 Plaintiff: Formula One … Read More
Ferrari fans salute Montezemolo
Fans display a Ferrari heart flag to say goodbye to Luce Montezemolo Hundreds of Ferrari fans paid homage to Luca di Montezemolo on Saturday at Maranello, transforming a planned outing … Read More
Are today’s F1 drivers pansies?
The 1987 Lotus at the hands of Ayrton Senna. Are today's F1 cars too easy to drive making way for pansies? Alain Prost has backed a study by F1's powers-that-be … Read More
Magnussen admits F1 future is ‘make-or-break’
Kevin Magnussen Kevin Magnussen admits his rookie season with McLaren was always likely to be "make-or-break" for his F1 career. McLaren has yet to confirm its driver line-up for 2015, … Read More
Preparing for a new F1 circuit
How much information do you get when a new circuit comes onto the calendar?We do have access to a lot of data from the circuit before we go there, this … Read More
Big changes for 2015 Lotus F1 car
With Renault engines the 2014 Lotus has been a dog. Next year they get Mercedes power. Lotus will have significant changes on next year's car compared to the E22 which … Read More
Rosberg Singapore retirement due to “contamination”
Mercedes has revealed that the precise reason for Nico Rosberg’s retirement from the Singapore GP was "contamination". "Forensic analysis has revealed that the steering column electronic circuits were contaminated with … Read More
Kvyat Ready to Race in Front of Home Fans in Sochi
Daniil Kvyat Daniil Kvyat has more reason than most F1 drivers to be happy with his lot right now. An excellent debut season has seen the young Toro Rosso driver … Read More
Latest F1 news in brief – Friday
Vettel eyeing Red Bull comeback if his lemon Renault Power Unit stops going up in smoke and flames Time short for three-car teams in 2015 – McLaren Vettel eyeing Red … Read More
Brabham team could return to Formula 1
Mario Andretti (Lotus) takes the lead at the start of the 1978 Swedish GP with Niki Lauda right behind in the Brabham fan-car The Brabham name will make its racing … Read More
Cosworth eyes F1 return with affordable V6
Will Kevin Kalkhoven take Cosworth back into F1 instead of IndyCar? (GMM) Cosworth could be eyeing a return to formula one, with the support of none other than Bernie Ecclestone. … Read More
Tickets for 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix selling out fast
Yas Marina Circuit Yas Marina Circuit has announced tickets for the 2014 Formula One Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in the most popular categories are selling out, and that … Read More
Marko compares Verstappen to Senna
The pressure is on Max Verstappen after being compared to Ayrton Senna even before turning a single lap in an F1 car. And let's not forget on his F1 debut … Read More
Formula 1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone Says Teams Can Determine Ticket Prices
Mercedes F1 Exec Dir Toto Wolff revealed that F1 teams had "broached the subject of high ticket prices" with F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone during recent meetings, according to Jonathan Noble … Read More
McLaren needs six months to prepare third F1 entry
Eric Boullier McLaren-Mercedes racing director Eric Boullier has suggested a decision on whether to allow three-car teams to compete in F1 2015 is already too late to give the teams' … Read More
Cost issue could end F1 ‘freeze’ relaxation talks
(GMM) Toto Wolff says F1's struggling teams would be the victims if a push to relax the engine development 'freeze' is successful. As Mercedes continues to utterly dominate in the … Read More
Honda plans to charm Alonso at Suzuka (Update)
UPDATE Honda are reportedly willing to fork out 30 million euro to get Fernando Alonso out of his Ferrari contract and lure him to McLaren. McLaren Group CEO Ron Dennis … Read More
Latest F1 news in brief – Wednesday
Lauda says Hamilton worth every penny they pay him Newspaper never said McLaren lost whisky sponsor Caterham, Pirelli deny 2014 tire supply reports Vergne hopes 2015 employer noticed Singapore drive … Read More
Agnelli nephew to be new Ferrari president
Andrea Agnelli next Ferrari President? (GMM) Ferrari could be set for yet another change right at the top of the Maranello marque. The departure of long-time president Luca di Montezemolo … Read More
F1 not returning to India anytime soon
There is often a price to pay when standing up for what's true and Narain Karthikeyan might seem the unlikely villain here. However, the former Formula One driver may be … Read More
Observations from the World of Motorsports
Brian Carroccio A lot has happened in the world of motor racing since the last time I wrote three weeks ago following the Verizon IndyCar Series finale at Auto Club … Read More
McLaren: Plan for future now almost complete
Jenson Button's McLaren McLaren Engineering Director Matt Morris has confirmed the "restructuring" at the team is now almost complete. McLaren have struggled in recent seasons, but since Ron Dennis returned … Read More
Korea eyes F1 return with Seoul night race
(GMM) Korea is casting jealous eyes on the success of Singapore's city night race as it plans to return to the F1 calendar. South Korea's first foray, at the desolate, … Read More
Alonso tells Ferrari he wants to leave (4th Update)
UPDATE #4 Alonso likely to be wearing different colors in 2015 (GMM) Where before there was merely smoke, now there are the first obvious signs of fire. Fernando Alonso's future … Read More