LONDON (Reuters) – Formula One world champions Mercedes will be absent from a pre-season wet tyre test organised by Pirelli in southern France this month and attended by the sport’s three other engine manufacturers. The Italian tyre manufacturer said on Monday that only Ferrari, Renault-powered Red Bull and Honda’s partners McLaren would take part in […]
With 3 months to go for the 2016 season opener, Australian Grand Prix, we take a look at the top iconic moments in the 2015 F1 season, which were hard to ignore and were widely discussed because they were funny, tragic or dramatic. 1. Alonso’s mysterious crash in Barcelona Before the season opening Australian F1 […]
LONDON (Reuters) – The new U.S.-owned Haas Formula One team looked forward to running their car for the first time in Spain next month after it passed a final mandatory crash test on Friday. The team, who have a European base at Banbury in central England, announced on their Twitter feed that they had passed […]
LONDON (Reuters) – American Tyler Alexander, who helped Bruce McLaren found the McLaren Formula One team in the 1960s and remained a part of it for more than 40 years, died on Thursday at the age of 75. “Tyler Alexander was one of the first pillars of our company,” said McLaren Group head Ron Dennis […]
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone said Germany could return to the grand prix schedule if an agreement was reached with track owners, according to an interview in a German magazine. “I am sitting here with my pen and am prepared to sign a contract if they send me one,” Auto Motor und […]
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) – Renault have completed their takeover of the Lotus Formula One team and paid debts to creditors including the British tax authorities, the London High Court heard on Monday. “We have a completion of the share purchase,” a lawyer for the French car company told the judge, Mr Justice Birss, […]
The 2015 Formula 1 season ended with Lewis Hamilton being crowned the driver's word champion. Here we look at the top 5 drivers of the 2015 Formula 1 season
