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Flavio Briatore, a close friend and business partner of Bernie Ecclestone, believes the supremo’s exit from Formula 1 last week was conducted in a harsh and inelegant style. The flamboyant Italian and former F1 team manger, who was banned indefinitely from the sport by the FIA following the infamous ‘crashgate’ episode which took place at […]

Williams will test a special front wing which focuses on the 2017 regulations for the second time at this weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix. The team ran an experimental front wing on Friday in Austin, which is designed with next year’s new aerodynamic and tyre regulations in mind. Chief technical officer Pat Symonds confirmed the wing would […]

Formula One Group’s new chairman Chase Carey is confident he can take the sport to “another level”, while also saying the series “can not be a dicatorship”. John Malone’s Liberty Media recently agreed to purchase F1 from CVC Capital Partners in a multi-billon deal. Although Bernie Ecclestone has been asked to continue in his role […]

Pirelli is keen to carry out pre-season testing at a warm weather venue such as in Bahrain to gain better data on its new tyres in 2017. The 2017 regulations will see increased downforce levels as well as wider tyres in order to provide faster cars, with Pirelli already having started its tyre testing program […]

Williams F1 development driver Alex Lynn will make his FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) debut during next month’s 6 Hours of Fuji with Manor. The Briton will drive the #45 LMP2-entered Oreca 05 alongside former F1 racer Shinji Nakano and fellow countryman Tor Graves. Currently competing in his sophomore GP2 Series campaign with DAMS, Lynn has already […]

Sebastian Vettel has apologised for making contact with Nico Rosberg in the first corner of the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, which spun the Mercedes around causing Rosberg to drop all the way back to the rear. Vettel had initially put the matter down as a racing incident, while also pointing the finger at Max […]

The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) has put forward a series of rule changes for the 2017 Formula One season, which includes the closing of the loophole in the power unit regulations that allows drivers to get big engine penalties at a same event all the while securing extra engine parts. Current 1.6-litre V6 turbocharged […]

McLaren’s Fernando Alonso and Williams’ Felipe Massa had very different views of their clash at the Circuit of the Americas in the last few laps of the 2016 United States Grand Prix on Sunday. Alonso barged past Massa at turn 16 with four laps remaining in the race, and the two cars bumped wheels on […]

Future retiree Felipe Massa says that Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso were his toughest team mates over the course of his 250-Grand Prix career. Massa started made his F1 debut in 2002 with Sauber before joining Ferrari in 2006 and then Williams in 2014. “Alonso always treated me well, we never had problems,” Massa said. […]

Terry Halbardier, who – as a 23-year old seaman in 1967 – thwarted Israeli attempts to sink the USS Liberty, died on Aug. 11 in Visalia, California. It took the U.S. government 42 years after the attack to recognize Halbardier’s heroism by awarding him the Silver Star, a delay explained by Washington’s determination to downplay […]