| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, October 30th 2014, 21:20 GMT |
Caterham and Marussia have been deemed to be in breach of Formula 1 regulations by not participating in the United States Grand Prix, but will escape penalties for now
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, October 30th 2014, 21:31 GMT |
Formula 1's qualifying format has been altered for the United States Grand Prix because of the absence of Caterham and Marussia
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, October 30th 2014, 22:49 GMT |
Sauber team principal Monisha Kaltenborn has demanded the FIA do whatever it takes to address Formula 1's cost crisis, or risk the sport destroying itself
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| By Jonathan Noble and Craig Scarborough | Wednesday, October 29th 2014, 09:14 GMT |
Closed cockpits returned to the Formula 1 agenda after Jules Bianchi's Japanese Grand Prix accident, but the sport's chiefs admit it is a route fraught with great difficulty
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| By Ben Anderson and Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, October 29th 2014, 13:36 GMT |
Renault has backed Ferrari in suggesting that lifting Formula 1's engine freeze will not lead to a dramatic hiking in costs
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, October 29th 2014, 17:38 GMT |
Formula 1 is still paying the price for the negativity fuelled earlier this year by senior figures within the sport, reckons four-time champion Alain Prost
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| Tuesday, October 28th 2014, 11:00 GMT |
AUTOSPORT's team of Formula 1 journalists on what Caterham and Marussia's troubles mean for F1, the implications of third cars and what can be done
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, October 28th 2014, 09:59 GMT |
As Caterham and Marussia's absence from Austin reopens debate over Formula 1's sustainability, AUTOSPORT reveals the small teams' own breakdown of the cost of grand prix racing
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| By Ben Anderson | Tuesday, October 28th 2014, 15:16 GMT |
Lotus owner Gerard Lopez says his squad had to switch from Renault to Mercedes engines in order to return to the front of Formula 1 in 2015
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, October 27th 2014, 10:14 GMT |
Former Formula 1 world champion Alain Prost believes the crash between Mercedes team-mates at the Belgian Grand Prix was a game-changer in shifting the title dynamics towards Lewis Hamilton
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, October 27th 2014, 10:33 GMT |
Marussia will definitely not compete in this weekend's United States Grand Prix, administrators appointed to oversee the Formula 1 team have confirmed
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| By Scott Mitchell | Monday, October 27th 2014, 20:31 GMT |
McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award winner Matt Parry described his prize McLaren Formula 1 test as a "phenomenal" experience after completing his running at Silverstone on Monday
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, October 24th 2014, 16:26 GMT |
Caterham is now almost certain to miss the United States and Brazilian Grands Prix as its administrators focus on finding a new buyer for the Formula 1 team
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| Saturday, October 25th 2014, 09:22 GMT |
Marussia looks set to join Caterham in missing the United States Grand Prix after Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Saturday neither team would travel to Austin
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| By Ben Anderson | Sunday, October 26th 2014, 12:24 GMT |
Felipe Massa reckons Kimi Raikkonen's struggles compared to Ferrari team-mate Fernando Alonso this season are more psychological than anything to do with the set-up of the Finn's Formula 1 car
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, October 24th 2014, 14:33 GMT |
Daniil Kvyat says he will not alter his approach to Formula 1 when he graduates from Toro Rosso to Red Bull next season
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, October 24th 2014, 16:26 GMT |
Caterham is now almost certain to miss the United States and Brazilian Grands Prix as its administrators focus on finding a new buyer for the Formula 1 team
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| Saturday, October 25th 2014, 09:22 GMT |
Marussia looks set to join Caterham in missing the United States Grand Prix after Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Saturday neither team would travel to Austin
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, October 24th 2014, 14:33 GMT |
Daniil Kvyat says he will not alter his approach to Formula 1 when he graduates from Toro Rosso to Red Bull next season
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, October 24th 2014, 11:23 GMT |
Jenson Button says he would not be scared of being Fernando Alonso's team-mate in Formula 1, should they end up paired at McLaren next year
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, October 24th 2014, 16:26 GMT |
Caterham is now almost certain to miss the United States and Brazilian Grands Prix as its administrators focus on finding a new buyer for the Formula 1 team
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, October 23rd 2014, 14:13 GMT |
Tony Fernandes claims that the Caterham Formula 1 team's new owner is entirely responsible for its current problems
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, October 23rd 2014, 16:09 GMT |
Adderly Fong and Roy Nissany both successfully completed their first Formula 1 tests with Sauber at Valencia this week
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| Thursday, October 23rd 2014, 17:17 GMT |
Lotus said European Formula 3 champion Esteban Ocon performed "exceptionally" as he made his Formula 1 test debut in a 2012 car at Valencia
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| By Ben Anderson | Wednesday, October 22nd 2014, 09:31 GMT |
The Lotus Formula 1 team expects Romain Grosjean will stay with the squad in 2015, although a new deal has not yet been finalised
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| By Jonathan Noble and Matt Beer | Wednesday, October 22nd 2014, 11:24 GMT |
McLaren sporting director Sam Michael is to leave the team at the end of the 2014 Formula 1 season
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, October 22nd 2014, 18:04 GMT |
Caterham's new chiefs have warned they could be forced to turn their back on the Formula 1 team amid mounting frustrations over the actions of former boss Tony Fernandes
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| By Ben Anderson | Monday, October 20th 2014, 11:27 GMT |
The Lotus Formula 1 team will experiment running without the unique twin-tusk nose on the E22 during free practice for the United States Grand Prix
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| By Ben Anderson | Monday, October 20th 2014, 14:57 GMT |
The Ferrari Formula 1 team insists Kimi Raikkonen's form is improving, despite continuing a run of disappointing results at the Russian Grand Prix
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, October 20th 2014, 15:56 GMT |
Former Formula 1 team bosses Ross Brawn and Stefano Domenicali, plus GPDA president Alex Wurz, have joined the FIA Accident Panel that will investigate Jules Bianchi's Japanese Grand Prix crash
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| Sunday, October 19th 2014, 19:41 GMT |
DTM champion Marco Wittmann will test a Toro Rosso Formula 1 car as a reward from BMW for winning the touring car series this year
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, October 17th 2014, 11:12 GMT |
Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli will bring softer tyres to November's Brazilian Grand Prix, following criticism from drivers
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| By Jonathan Noble | Sunday, October 19th 2014, 13:21 GMT |
Formula 1 track designer Hermann Tilke insists the layout of the Sochi circuit was not to blame for the lack of thrills in the Russian Grand Prix
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, October 17th 2014, 10:14 GMT |
Sauber is to hand Chinese driver Adderly Fong and Israeli Roy Nissany tests in a two-year-old Formula 1 car at Valencia next week
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, October 17th 2014, 10:38 GMT |
Daniel Ricciardo says he was not surprised by team-mate Sebastian Vettel's decision to quit the Red Bull Formula 1 team to drive for Ferrari next season
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, October 17th 2014, 11:12 GMT |
Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli will bring softer tyres to November's Brazilian Grand Prix, following criticism from drivers
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, October 17th 2014, 10:14 GMT |
Sauber is to hand Chinese driver Adderly Fong and Israeli Roy Nissany tests in a two-year-old Formula 1 car at Valencia next week
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, October 17th 2014, 10:38 GMT |
Daniel Ricciardo says he was not surprised by team-mate Sebastian Vettel's decision to quit the Red Bull Formula 1 team to drive for Ferrari next season
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, October 17th 2014, 11:12 GMT |
Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli will bring softer tyres to November's Brazilian Grand Prix, following criticism from drivers
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, October 16th 2014, 11:28 GMT |
Leading Formula 1 drivers have asked the FIA to consider a wet tyre rethink as they believe the current Pirelli specification is encouraging them to take risks on intermediates instead
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, October 16th 2014, 09:10 GMT |
Ferrari's new chairman Sergio Marchionne says his Formula 1 team's new chiefs must "kick ass" to get back to the front of the grid
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, October 16th 2014, 14:33 GMT |
Mercedes claims it is being targeted by "multiple tsunamis" from rival teams aimed at cutting short its time at the top of Formula 1
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| Wednesday, October 15th 2014, 11:52 GMT |
Caterham insists there was no truth in Kamui Kobayashi's insinuation that he was ordered to retire a healthy car to save mileage on components during the Russian Grand Prix
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| By Dieter Rencken and Glenn Freeman | Wednesday, October 15th 2014, 12:00 GMT |
The FIA has written to Formula 1 teams asking them to bring forward any information that may be relevant to the investigation into Jules Bianchi's Japanese Grand Prix accident
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| Thursday, October 16th 2014, 05:05 GMT |
Outgoing Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo says Fernando Alonso is definitely leaving the Maranello Formula 1 team, and is doing so because he has "suffered" amid its lack of success
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, October 14th 2014, 13:31 GMT |
Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have been told not to change their approach to racing each other, even though Mercedes has not yet secured the Formula 1 drivers' title
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, October 14th 2014, 15:15 GMT |
Jules Bianchi faces a 'challenging' situation as he remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital in Japan, his Marussia Formula 1 team said on Tuesday
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| By Glenn Freeman | Tuesday, October 14th 2014, 16:38 GMT |
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier says the team can understand if Jenson Button is unhappy with having to face doubts over his Formula 1 future
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| By Jonathan Noble | Saturday, October 11th 2014, 16:36 GMT |
Jenson Button said there was reason to be happy with his fourth place on the grid for the Russian Grand Prix after McLaren's final practice nightmares
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| Saturday, October 11th 2014, 15:51 GMT |
Russian Grand Prix qualifying press conference with Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg and Valtteri Bottas
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| By Ben Anderson | Saturday, October 11th 2014, 16:53 GMT |
The Williams Formula 1 team does not believe Valtteri Bottas could have beaten Lewis Hamilton to pole for the inaugural Russian Grand Prix
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, October 8th 2014, 13:33 GMT |
Russian Grand Prix bosses want next year's Formula 1 event to be a night race, AUTOSPORT has learned
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| By Ben Anderson | Wednesday, October 8th 2014, 14:43 GMT |
The Williams Formula 1 team will focus on working out why Jenson Button's McLaren was so quick in the wet, after finishing behind him in the Japanese Grand Prix
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, October 8th 2014, 15:36 GMT |
Formula 1 should not feel compelled to implement dramatic changes to safety protocols until full details of Jules Bianchi's accident are known, says Russian Grand Prix consultant Richard Cregan
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| By Edd Straw | Monday, October 6th 2014, 09:21 GMT |
Andrea de Cesaris had a reputation for crashes that unfairly clouded judgements of his ability as a Formula 1 driver.
The Italian, who was killed in a motorcycle accident on Sunday, has to be ranked among the quickest drivers never to have won a grand prix.
ARCHIVE INTERVIEW: De Cesaris on his F1 career
After a successful karting career, de Cesaris leaped to prominence in car racing by finishing second to Chico Serra in the 1979 British Formula 3 Championship.
He stepped up to Formula 2 with Ron Dennis's Project 4 squad in 1980, taking pole position at Hockenheim and winning at Misano on his way to fifth overall.
These performances, combined with backing from Alfa Romeo sponsor Marlboro, a staunch supporter of de Cesaris's career through Philip Morris Italy, led to him contesting the final two grands prix of 1980 for the Italian team.
Appropriately enough for a driver who finished only 65 times in his 208 F1 starts, de Cesaris retired from the first with an engine failure after just eight laps on his debut in Canada and then crashed out early at Watkins Glen.
The following season, he raced in F1 full time with Marlboro-sponsored McLaren, now run by Dennis.
De Cesaris's first full season was a disaster. He scored just one point, for sixth place at Imola, and struggled in qualifying compared to team-mate John Watson during a campaign punctuated by offs. As James Hunt put it: "he seemed quite incapable of not crashing."
The following year de Cesaris returned to Alfa Romeo. He had a far stronger season, consistently qualifying in the top 10 and becoming F1's then-youngest pole position starter at Long Beach.
He led the first 14 laps under increasing pressure from the McLaren of Niki Lauda. But de Cesaris's temper got the better of him, shaking his fist at March driver Raul Boesel while lapping him, delaying a gearshift and allowing Lauda to get past. He later crashed out.
Again, de Cesaris finished only occasionally in 1982, often down to car problems, and might have won the chaotic Monaco GP rather than finishing third had he not run out of fuel. A sixth place in Canada was the only other points finish.
It was a similar story in 1983, de Cesaris finishing rarely but taking seconds in Germany and South Africa on his way to a career-best eighth in the standings.
After Marlboro parted company with Alfa Romeo, a two-year stint with Ligier followed for the Italian. He picked up a few minor points finishes but was sacked before the end of 1985 because of mistakes. The axe fell a race after his famous end-over-end shunt in Austria.
He became a journeyman and moves to Minardi and Brabham followed, with third place for the latter at Spa the highlight, before a switch to the minnow Rial team in 1988. A stunning drive at Detroit netted fourth.
He then spent two years with Scuderia Italia, taking a shock podium in the 1989 Canadian GP.
When Eddie Jordan signed him for his new team in 1991, de Cesaris was seen as a busted flush and technical director Gary Anderson was worried. But he was quickly won over.
"When Eddie told me he was signing Andrea, I thought he was mad," said Anderson. "But I was completely wrong. We needed an experienced driver and Andrea became an integral part of the team thanks to his knowledge, experience, speed and enthusiasm.
"With the responsibility of leading the team, he matured and was a huge part of Jordan's success in 1991."
De Cesaris scored points four times that year and came close to winning the Belgian GP. He was pressuring leader Ayrton Senna in the closing stages before retiring with an engine problem.
Two years at a Tyrrell team in decline followed, with four points finishes in 1992.
That seemed to be it for de Cesaris in F1. But then Eddie Irvine was banned in 1994 and after running Aguri Suzuki for one race, Jordan called up de Cesaris, who finished fourth in Monaco.
After nine outings later that season for Sauber, de Cesaris's F1 career was over and he turned his attention to a combination of business interests and windsurfing.
But he did make a racing return in the Grand Prix Masters series for F1 veterans in 2005/6, contesting all three events with a best finish of fourth.
| By Dieter Rencken and Glenn Freeman | Monday, October 6th 2014, 09:51 GMT |
Ex-Formula 1 driver Jacques Villeneuve has called for F1 to change its safety car protocol following the accident that left Jules Bianchi with severe head injuries in Japan
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| By Ben Anderson | Monday, October 6th 2014, 15:12 GMT |
Williams performance chief Rob Smedley says it would be technically straightforward to introduce closed cockpits into Formula 1, should the sport decide to in the wake of Jules Bianchi's accident
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| By Ben Anderson | Sunday, October 5th 2014, 11:39 GMT |
Formula 1 drivers reckon conditions in the closing stages of the Japanese Grand Prix were not particularly bad, and that Jules Bianchi was simply unlucky to have a serious crash
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| By Ben Anderson | Sunday, October 5th 2014, 11:57 GMT |
Sauber Formula 1 driver Adrian Sutil has suggested worsening visibility may have contributed to Jules Bianchi's accident in the Japanese Grand Prix
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| Sunday, October 5th 2014, 19:04 GMT |
Long-time Formula 1 driver Andrea de Cesaris has died in a motorcycle accident in Italy at the age of 55.
Italian press reports said de Cesaris was killed instantly in the crash in Rome.
De Cesaris was an F1 regular from 1980 to 1994, getting his first full season with McLaren in '81 after two guest appearances for Alfa Romeo alongside his European Formula 2 season a year earlier.
Although he did not win any grands prix, and never shook off a reputation for crashing earned in a tough rookie campaign, de Cesaris ultimately entered 214 F1 races and often got his invariably midfield machinery higher than it deserved.
He returned to Alfa for the 1982 and '83 seasons, which included his sole F1 pole at the '82 Long Beach race and a long spell in the lead of the '83 Belgian Grand Prix - which was the revised Spa's F1 debut.
Stints with Ligier, Minardi, Brabham, Rial and Scuderia Italia followed, before de Cesaris played a major role in Jordan's impressive F1 debut season in 1991, when he again had a shot at a Spa victory.
After two seasons with Tyrrell, de Cesaris's F1 career appeared to be over at the end of 1993.
But he would be back again for much of 1994, first standing in for the banned Eddie Irvine at Jordan, and then taking the Sauber drive after Karl Wendlinger's horrific Monaco crash.
He finally retired at the end of 1994 with five podium finishes to his name and having been classified in the world championship top 10 three times - eighth with Alfa in 1982 and then ninth with Jordan in '91 and again for Tyrrell the following year.
ANDREA DE CESARIS'S F1 CAREER
Grands prix: 214 (208 started)
Podium finishes: 5
Best result: 2nd (Germany and South Africa 1983)
Poles: 1 (Long Beach 1982)
Fastest laps: 1 (Belgium 1983)
Total points: 59
Teams:
1980: Alfa Romeo (two races)
1981: McLaren
1982-83: Alfa Romeo
1984-85: Ligier
1986: Minardi
1987: Brabham
1988: Rial
1989-90: Scuderia Italia
1991: Jordan
1992-93: Tyrrell
1994: Jordan and Sauber (part-seasons)
| By Jonathan Noble | Saturday, October 4th 2014, 10:43 GMT |
McLaren chief Ron Dennis has rejected suggestions that his Formula 1 team has already signed Fernando Alonso, even though talks with the Spaniard are at an advanced stage
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| Saturday, October 4th 2014, 10:28 GMT |
AUTOSPORT's team of Formula 1 journalists give their take on the big stories in the driver market, looking at the futures of Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso and Daniil Kvyat
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| By Jonathan Noble | Saturday, October 4th 2014, 14:29 GMT |
McLaren may not run its 2015 Formula 1 car until after the first pre-season test, having revealed plans to run an MP4-29H Honda development car early on
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, October 3rd 2014, 05:39 GMT |
Caterham's new Formula 1 chiefs believe they should have quit its Leafield base as soon as they took over to avoid problems being caused by old team debts
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| By Edd Straw | Friday, October 3rd 2014, 06:35 GMT |
Lewis Hamilton set the pace in a crash-strewn second Formula 1 free practice session ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, October 3rd 2014, 06:57 GMT |
Formula 3 rookie Max Verstappen says he was "not even close to the limit" after making his Formula 1 free practice debut for Toro Rosso at the Japanese Grand Prix
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| Wednesday, October 1st 2014, 19:37 GMT |
The Caterham Formula 1 team says its Leafield factory continues to function as normal despite speculation that goods were seized by authorities on Wednesday.
Caterham is facing an uncertain future since the team was sold to a group of investors advised by Colin Kolles in July.
Speculation was rife on Wednesday that bailiffs had seized goods from the team and that all its staff had been asked to leave the factory.
High Court enforcement officers The Sheriff's Office published a list of goods it claimed belong to Caterham, including parts to be used in this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix and a 2013 test car.
Caterham labelled the rumours as "unfounded and unsubstantiated" and claimed its preparations for the Suzuka race were going ahead as planned.
"There have been unfounded and unsubstantiated rumours concerning actions against 1MRT, the entrant and owner of CaterhamF1," said Caterham in a statement.
"An action was threatened yesterday against a supplier company to 1MRT. This company is not owned by 1MRT and it has no influence over the entry of CaterhamF1 or the entrant.
"Also contrary to uncontrolled rumours, all operations are currently in place at Leafield and the race team is doing its preparation in Japan."
| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, October 2nd 2014, 02:30 GMT |
Will Stevens is set to drive for the Marussia Formula 1 team during the opening practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, October 2nd 2014, 06:57 GMT |
Jules Bianchi says he feels ready to race for the Ferrari Formula 1 team next season if a vacancy opens up at the Maranello outfit
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