The British Racing Drivers Club (BRDC) is no longer under pressure to sell Silverstone following a year of profit from the British Grand Prix their president Derick Warwick says. In an interview with Autosport.com Warwick explained the financial issues the club and circuit have had over the last five years: “The last five years have […]
With the start of the 2016 season just around the corner and many new deals signed over the last 12 months I thought it was time, we took a look at what each of the drivers earns. This includes the annual salary as well as the potential bonuses written into their respective contracts. These are […]
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel is confident the team have closed the gap on Mercedes during the off-season but he is not applying any extra pressure on himself or the team to win the first race of the season in Australia. Speaking to La Gazzetta Dello Sport after the wet tyre test at Paul Ricard this week […]
According to various reports, mid-race refuelling will not be making a return to Formula One in the foreseeable future. This comes following meetings between the Strategy Group and Formula One commission in Geneva. It is understood the outcome of the talks was the return of mid-race refuelling would clash with cost cutting measures therefore, it was […]
The FIA will put forward their preferred solution to the cockpit protection issue on Friday at a meeting of technical directors according to Autosport.com There were originally three ideas the FIA were investigating before putting forward any plans. The first known as the AFP-V2, it would involve an updated version of a roll cage on the […]
Former Formula One driver and current Formula E competitor Bruno Senna believes giving Formula One cars more downforce will make the racing even worse. Proposed regulation changes for the 2017 season centre around making the cars up to five seconds a lap faster by increasing the amount of aerodynamic grip. To achieve this, regulations will […]
In an interview with Australia’s Wheels magazine, Mark Webber has said Sebastian Vettel is the best driver currently on the grid and Pastor Maldonado is the worst. Webber was full of praise for current world champion Lewis Hamilton branding him “phenomenal”. “If you’re talking Formula 1, the good boys always find themselves at the front […]
Rio Haryanto could be on the Formula One grid driving for Manor during the 2016 season after the Indonesian government agreed to cover any shortfall in his sponsorship according to PlanetF1. In December the Minister of Youth and Sport Imam Nahrawi released a letter from Manor, in this letter the team had requested the services […]
Sauber team principal Monisha Kaltenborn has a lot of confidence in the 2016 Ferrari power unit the team will be using for the upcoming season. Sauber had a good 2015 season thanks to the huge progress made by Ferrari on their 2015 power unit, scoring 36 points and finishing ninth in the constructors’ championship. This […]
Jenson Button believes the struggles he has suffered throughout his career, particularly early on, have helped him deal with the current problems he has with McLaren. McLaren decided to return to Honda power for the 2015 season but they struggled from day one with reliability and performance issues. This resulted in the team finishing ninth […]
Organisers of the inaugural Baku Formula One Grand Prix have strongly denied suggestions the race is in jeopardy due to the fall in oil prices. A flurry of reports coming out of the Country yesterday suggested the Azerbaijan government could rethink the amount of money they are spending to host the race after oil prices […]
In an interview with AUTOSPORT, Mercedes executive director Toto Wolff has suggested the team could implement a second shift system for their engineers to cope with the mammoth 21 race schedule during the 2016 season. Wolff is concerned the fatigue and jet lag their engineers may suffer could hamper the team’s overall performance with engineers […]