| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, August 29th 2014, 13:32 GMT |
Nico Rosberg has publicly apologised to Lewis Hamilton, his Mercedes team and Formula 1 fans for his part in the collision with his team-mate at the Belgian Grand Prix
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, August 29th 2014, 12:37 GMT |
Former staff of the Caterham Formula 1 team have now issued Tribunal Proceedings against the outfit for what they claim is unlawful dismissal
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, August 29th 2014, 14:02 GMT |
Lewis Hamilton insists that it is still possible for him to continue working with Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Nico Rosberg, despite the fallout from their Belgian Grand Prix crash
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, August 28th 2014, 10:04 GMT |
Jenson Button's future in Formula 1 remains uncertain, with McLaren standing firm it will not open talks with him until it knows what Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso are doing.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, August 28th 2014, 11:12 GMT |
Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes have agreed to put future contract talks on hold until the heat of the world championship battle has died down.
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| By Ben Anderson | Thursday, August 28th 2014, 15:22 GMT |
New Toro Rosso Formula 1 recruit Max Verstappen believes his driving style is most reminiscent of double world champion Fernando Alonso among the current crop of drivers.
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| By Ben Anderson | Tuesday, August 26th 2014, 14:11 GMT |
Kimi Raikkonen believes the Ferrari Formula 1 team is becoming stronger as the 2014 season wears on, after recording his best result of the campaign at the Belgian Grand Prix
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, August 26th 2014, 11:40 GMT |
The FIA is standing firm that there are no grounds for a fresh investigation into the Mercedes' Spa collision, AUTOSPORT understands, despite Lewis Hamilton's account of Nico Rosberg's post-race comments
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| By Jonathan Noble and Ben Anderson | Tuesday, August 26th 2014, 16:20 GMT |
McLaren is weighing up 2015 Formula 1 options for its junior driver Stoffel Vandoorne, but has not ruled out keeping him in GP2 for another season
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| By Ben Anderson | Monday, August 25th 2014, 15:50 GMT |
Williams Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa believes a case could be made for penalising Nico Rosberg for his Belgian Grand Prix collision with Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, August 25th 2014, 16:37 GMT |
Nico Rosberg has denied Lewis Hamilton's claims that he confessed to deliberately not avoiding the collision with his Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate at the Belgian Grand Prix
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| By Edd Straw | Monday, August 25th 2014, 18:52 GMT |
Sebastian Vettel has become the first Formula 1 driver to lap the new Sochi circuit, which will host October's Russian Grand Prix
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| By Jonathan Noble and Matt Beer | Sunday, August 24th 2014, 17:31 GMT |
Mercedes Formula 1 team boss Toto Wolff believes Nico Rosberg's comments about his Belgian Grand Prix collision with Lewis Hamilton have been misconstrued
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| By Ben Anderson | Sunday, August 24th 2014, 17:53 GMT |
Williams driver Felipe Massa says tyre debris from Formula 1 rival Lewis Hamilton's punctured Mercedes was to blame for his disappointing run to 13th in the Belgian Grand Prix
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| By Jonathan Noble | Sunday, August 24th 2014, 18:04 GMT |
Nico Rosberg insists that he was not to blame for his clash with Formula 1 title rival and Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the Belgian Grand Prix
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| By Jonathan Noble | Saturday, August 23rd 2014, 16:44 GMT |
The Mercedes Formula 1 squad has not ruled out imposing future team orders on Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, but is changing communication methods after the Hungarian Grand Prix controversy
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| By Ben Anderson and Pablo Elizalde | Saturday, August 23rd 2014, 15:38 GMT |
Fernando Alonso admits he has been surprised by how strong his Ferrari Formula 1 team has been during the Belgian Grand Prix so far
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| By Ben Anderson | Saturday, August 23rd 2014, 18:34 GMT |
The Williams Formula 1 team has blamed the wet conditions, compromised set-up and braking issues for failing to qualify higher for the Belgian Grand Prix
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, August 22nd 2014, 17:16 GMT |
Alexander Rossi has revealed that he only found out that he was not racing at the Belgian Grand Prix after first Formula 1 practice on Friday.
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| By Edd Straw and Andrew van Leeuwen | Friday, August 22nd 2014, 17:18 GMT |
Andre Lotterer declared himself happy with his first day as a Formula 1 driver, following his solid showing for Caterham through Friday's Belgian Grand Pix practice sessions
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, August 22nd 2014, 17:29 GMT |
Renault says reigning Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel will escape a grid penalty for the Belgian Grand Prix by reverting to the engine he used in Hungary.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, August 21st 2014, 17:27 GMT |
Lewis Hamilton says he is happy with how Mercedes reacted to the team orders row at the Hungarian Grand Prix, but he is not sure Nico Rosberg is as content.
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| By Ben Anderson and Dieter Rencken | Thursday, August 21st 2014, 19:09 GMT |
Max Verstappen will likely make his Formula 1 debut in free practice for November's United States Grand Prix, according to Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost
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| By Ben Anderson | Thursday, August 21st 2014, 19:16 GMT |
Jean-Eric Vergne says he will bounce back from losing his Toro Rosso seat to Formula 3 prodigy Max Verstappen and prove he deserves to continue his career in Formula 1
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, August 18th 2014, 17:43 GMT |
Three-time Le Mans winner Andre Lotterer could make a surprise Formula 1 debut with Caterham at this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix.
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| Monday, August 18th 2014, 19:41 GMT |
Max Verstappen will race in Formula 1 at the age of 17 when he joins the Toro Rosso team next year, the Red Bull-owned squad announced on Monday.
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| By Marcus Simmons | Monday, August 18th 2014, 19:56 GMT |
Analysis: Why Max Verstappen can handle F1
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| By Edd Straw | Friday, August 15th 2014, 14:11 GMT |
Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas have been "instrumental" to the Williams squad's Formula 1 revival, according to deputy team principal Claire Williams.
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, August 15th 2014, 11:28 GMT |
Sergio Perez reckons his former Sauber Formula 1 team- mate Kamui Kobayashi is an "amazing" rival who taught him vital lessons in how to manage tyres.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, August 15th 2014, 16:19 GMT |
Red Bull fears it may have to wait until the Singapore Grand Prix in September until it is in a position to win Formula 1 races again.
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, August 15th 2014, 11:28 GMT |
Sergio Perez reckons his former Sauber Formula 1 team- mate Kamui Kobayashi is an "amazing" rival who taught him vital lessons in how to manage tyres.
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| By Edd Straw | Friday, August 15th 2014, 14:11 GMT |
Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas have been "instrumental" to the Williams squad's Formula 1 revival, according to deputy team principal Claire Williams.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, August 15th 2014, 16:19 GMT |
Red Bull fears it may have to wait until the Singapore Grand Prix in September until it is in a position to win Formula 1 races again.
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| Thursday, August 14th 2014, 13:22 GMT |
Sauber-affiliated former IndyCar racer Simona de Silvestro believes the timing is right for her to make the step into Formula 1 next year
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| By Ben Anderson | Thursday, August 14th 2014, 11:55 GMT |
Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost says Jean-Eric Vergne needs a big result in Formula 1 to validate the progress he has made this season.
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| By Ben Anderson | Thursday, August 14th 2014, 16:01 GMT |
Force India boss Vijay Mallya says he cannot make sense of Formula 1's decision to award double points for the final race of 2014.
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| By Ben Anderson and Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, August 13th 2014, 11:01 GMT |
Kamui Kobayashi believes the Caterham Formula 1 team should not replace him with a paying driver, because that would harm its chances of improving its lowly standing in the constructors' championship.
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| By Ben Anderson | Wednesday, August 13th 2014, 14:05 GMT |
Adrian Sutil says he is not concerned by his lack of results in Formula 1, because performing well behind the wheel is more important.
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| By Edd Straw | Wednesday, August 13th 2014, 15:45 GMT |
Daniel Ricciardo's performance during the first half of the Formula 1 season have exceeded all expectations, according to Red Bull team principal Christian Horner.
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| By Ben Anderson | Tuesday, August 12th 2014, 11:44 GMT |
Daniil Kvyat says he is still not "100 per cent confident" in Formula 1, despite a solid start to his rookie season
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| By Ben Anderson | Tuesday, August 12th 2014, 14:25 GMT |
The Mercedes Formula 1 team reckons the lack of mistakes made by Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg as they've fought each other for the 2014 world championship is "incredible"
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| Tuesday, August 12th 2014, 15:09 GMT |
Formula 3 European championship frontrunner Max Verstappen has joined the Red Bull Junior Team with immediate effect
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| By Ben Anderson | Monday, August 11th 2014, 10:03 GMT |
Sauber boss Monisha Kaltenborn says her Formula 1 team needs to be more courageous if it wants to avoid this season becoming the worst in its history
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| By Edd Straw | Monday, August 11th 2014, 13:27 GMT |
The Red Bull Formula 1 team does not need to appoint a technical director to work under Adrian Newey, according to team principal Christian Horner.
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| By Ben Anderson | Monday, August 11th 2014, 16:06 GMT |
Force India boss Vijay Mallya has hailed Williams driver Valtteri Bottas "the star of the season" in Formula 1
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, August 8th 2014, 11:50 GMT |
Sergio Perez says the level of engineering at Force India is equal to his previous Formula 1 team McLaren
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| By Jonathan Noble and Ben Anderson | Friday, August 8th 2014, 15:50 GMT |
Double grand prix winner Daniel Ricciardo reckons Red Bull stablemate Carlos Sainz Jr would benefit from making his Formula 1 debut with a backmarker team
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| By Ben Anderson | Sunday, August 10th 2014, 21:36 GMT |
Mercedes does not believe engines have become the dominant factor in Formula 1 car performance this season, despite the advantage it has enjoyed over Ferrari and Renault
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, August 8th 2014, 11:50 GMT |
Sergio Perez says the level of engineering at Force India is equal to his previous Formula 1 team McLaren
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, August 8th 2014, 10:02 GMT |
Formula 1 is "shooting itself in the foot" by focusing on its negative aspects and not promoting its virtues to win new fans, according to McLaren racing director Eric Boullier
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| By Jonathan Noble and Ben Anderson | Friday, August 8th 2014, 15:50 GMT |
Double grand prix winner Daniel Ricciardo reckons Red Bull stablemate Carlos Sainz Jr would benefit from making his Formula 1 debut with a backmarker team
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, August 8th 2014, 11:50 GMT |
Sergio Perez says the level of engineering at Force India is equal to his previous Formula 1 team McLaren
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, August 8th 2014, 10:02 GMT |
Formula 1 is "shooting itself in the foot" by focusing on its negative aspects and not promoting its virtues to win new fans, according to McLaren racing director Eric Boullier
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| By Jonathan Noble and Ben Anderson | Friday, August 8th 2014, 15:50 GMT |
Double grand prix winner Daniel Ricciardo reckons Red Bull stablemate Carlos Sainz Jr would benefit from making his Formula 1 debut with a backmarker team
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| By Ben Anderson | Thursday, August 7th 2014, 10:29 GMT |
Paddy Lowe says he has taken the Mercedes Formula 1 team "to the next level" since taking over the technical reins from Ross Brawn
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| By Edd Straw | Thursday, August 7th 2014, 12:29 GMT |
Romain Grosjean has stressed that his "love" for the Lotus Formula 1 team alone won't be enough to keep him at the team next year
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| By Ben Anderson and Jonathan Noble | Thursday, August 7th 2014, 16:13 GMT |
Jenson Button says he has no interest in racing in any other categories outside Formula 1, despite his ongoing contractual stalemate with McLaren
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| By Edd Straw | Friday, August 1st 2014, 16:52 GMT |
Jules Bianchi believes that Marussia must be aggressive in the second half of the Formula 1 season to stay in the top 10 in the constructors' championship
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| Sunday, August 3rd 2014, 07:05 GMT |
Melbourne has secured a new Formula 1 deal that will keep the Australian Grand Prix in the city until at least 2020
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| By Ben Anderson | Sunday, August 3rd 2014, 21:57 GMT |
Kimi Raikkonen still believes he is fast enough to fight at the front in Formula 1, despite struggling to find his form with Ferrari this season
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| By Jonathan Noble and Ben Anderson | Thursday, July 31st 2014, 10:40 GMT |
The Mercedes Formula 1 team says fixing recent reliability problems is its main priority, rather than diffusing the team orders controversy at the recent Hungarian Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton has failed to complete either of the last two qualifying sessions owing to technical issues with his car, and controversy flared during last Sunday's Hungaroring race when Hamilton ignored a request from Mercedes to let team-mate and title rival Nico Rosberg pass him.
The Mercedes drivers were running alternate strategies owing to the fact Hamilton had to start from the pitlane after his car was stopped by fire caused by a fuel leak in the early stages of Q1 on Saturday.
Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff said preventing problems like this and the brake failure Hamilton suffered at the German Grand Prix was the most important priority for his team.
"Reliability is our main concern," he said. "So we have to push flat out and understand why it is happening.
"We are trying to sort and fix problems and when you fix problems you are running behind, you are chasing and can't really catch up.
"We need to calm down, analyse everything properly and come back with more power after the summer break."
GARY ANDERSON: Managing the Mercedes drivers
Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda has backed Hamilton's decision to ignore team orders and Wolff has admitted the team could have handled the situation differently at the time.
Lauda also rubbished suggestions Hamilton's recent run of reliability issues and the team orders controversy meant Mercedes was favouring Rosberg.
"I hate this discussion," he said. "Both guys, from day one, have the same cars, everything is equal.
"Unfortunately the engine that failed was Lewis's. These things should not fail.
"We're going to fix them. We want both to have the same material and race each other the way they want."
RELIABILITY WOES SO FAR
Lewis Hamilton's spectacular failures in qualifying for the German and Hungarian Grands Prix highlighted how important reliability will be in the title fight this year.
Although the issues prompted wild talk of a conspiracy to deliberately favour Rosberg, the reality is that both drivers have suffered car failures during the campaign.
Here is the run down of the issues that both men have faced during 2014:
HAMILTON
Australia: Engine stops in FP1; retires from race with spark plug insulator failure
China: FRIC issue in FP1 limits running
Canada: Retires from race after ERS-K failure and brake failure
Britain: MGU-K problem limits running in FP2
Germany: Brake disc failure in Q1
Hungary: Fuel leak in Q1 causes fire
ROSBERG
China: Telemetry problem in race, finishes second
Spain: ERS problem limits FP1 running
Canada: ERS-K failure in race, finishes second
Austria: ERS problem limits FP1 running
Britain: Retires from race with gearbox problem
For a full analysis of the issues facing Mercedes after Formula 1's summer break, read this week's issue of AUTOSPORT magazine
| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, July 31st 2014, 14:41 GMT |
Ferrari has confirmed a restructuring of its Formula 1 engine department amid its disappointing 2014 campaign.
With the team's new V6 turbo falling short of pacesetter Mercedes, the Italian outfit is aware of the need to make big changes for next season.
Part of that effort has included a new approach to the structure, with long-serving engine chief Luca Marmorini having left the team.
Ferrari has now announced that Mattia Binotto will become the chief operating officer of its power unit department. He will work closely with technical director James Allison.
Lorenzo Sassi, who has worked at Ferrari's engine department since 2006, will be chief designer of the power unit.
| By Ben Anderson | Thursday, July 31st 2014, 14:59 GMT |
The Williams Formula 1 team's downturn in competitiveness in the Hungarian Grand Prix should be taken as a one-off, says the Grove squad's performance chief Rob Smedley.
Williams has generally had the second fastest car on the grid in recent races, but it slipped back behind Ferrari and Red Bull at the Hungaroring and also lost third spot in the constructors' championship to the Italian outfit.
Smedley believes Williams did better than expected on a circuit that did not suit the FW36, and he expects the team will be back to its best once racing resumes at Spa at the end of August.
"Our target is to be second in the championship and that's still achievable," Smedley said.
"I think we had a race that was a little bit anomalous if you look at our results over the last five races.
"We've got two races [Spa and Monza] coming up where we've got to capitalise on the characteristics of the car.
"We think those circuits will suit us. We have to capitalise on that and put ourselves in a good position."
Smedley started work with Williams in April, following a period of gardening leave from his former team Ferrari, and he reckons Williams has now evolved to the point where it can keep pace with bigger outfits in the car development race.
"Development speed and testing methodology has improved and allowed us to keep pace with the others, or even get ahead of them at times," Smedley added.
"At the track, testing and racing, we're making steady progress.
"There are big areas we've looked into and we have a certain evolving structure we're improving all the time.
"Certain things you want on the car have a long lead time and you can't have them at the next race, or even until the next year.
"Some of it with the operations group you can solve in 10 minutes and some of it you need a lot longer.
"It's a constant juggling act."
CULTURAL SHIFT
Valtteri Bottas started third for the Hungarian GP, but he only finished eighth after a slow first pitstop and a questionable call on tyre strategy.
Smedley said the culture of self-improvement instilled in Williams meant it would bounce back from its mistakes for future races.
"I reckon we're 60 per cent of where we need to be in terms of operations, so it's not just when everything goes horribly wrong that I turn around and say we need to sharpen up operations," Smedley said.
"We need to sharpen up operations full-stop.
"The important thing for Williams now, perhaps a slight change of culture, is that we'll go away, try to understand all the things we did, understand what we did well, see what we didn't do so well, and improve.
"Every single race we learn something and we get better.
"Even when we're first and second by a margin we won't stop trying to improve."
