| By Ben Anderson | Friday, October 31st 2014, 11:14 GMT |
Jenson Button says focusing on enjoying Formula 1 has helped relieve the pressure he has been feeling because of ongoing uncertainty over his future
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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 Edd Straw and Ben Anderson | Friday, October 31st 2014, 09:56 GMT |
Toro Rosso's 2015 Formula 1 rookie signing Max Verstappen thinks it would be better for him if Jean-Eric Vergne was kept on as his team-mate
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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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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, October 30th 2014, 09:07 GMT |
European Formula 3 champion Esteban Ocon impressed Ferrari during a Formula 1 test at Fiorano on Wednesday, just a week after Lotus said he was exceptional
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, October 30th 2014, 09:19 GMT |
The absence of Caterham and Marussia when Formula 1 regroups at Austin will force the sport to ask whether its financial problems are an isolated blip or a longer-term malaise
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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 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 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 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 | 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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| 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 | 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 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 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 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 Jonathan Noble | Friday, October 24th 2014, 08:25 GMT |
The FIA has ruled out asking Formula 1's top teams to run a third car this season, despite growing doubts about grid numbers at the end of the 2014 campaign
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, October 24th 2014, 11:04 GMT |
The Caterham Formula 1 team is now effectively being run by administrators, after its current management team agreed to step back
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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 | 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 Jonathan Noble | Thursday, October 23rd 2014, 09:29 GMT |
Red Bull boss Christian Horner says Mercedes' Formula 1 title success this year has served to fire up his team to do better in 2015, rather than leaving it depressed
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, October 23rd 2014, 09:56 GMT |
Caterham is now facing a battle to make it to the next Formula 1 race after administrators locked staff out of the team's Leafield factory on Thursday
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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 | Tuesday, October 21st 2014, 15:29 GMT |
McLaren chief Ron Dennis believes customer teams will never be able to win a Formula 1 championship under the current engine regulations
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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 | Monday, October 20th 2014, 10:28 GMT |
Marussia sporting director Graeme Lowdon says his team owes it to Jules Bianchi to do all it can to defend its position in the Formula 1 world championship
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, October 20th 2014, 09:11 GMT |
Nico Hulkenberg will remain with the Force India Formula 1 team for 2015, having rejoined the outfit at the start of this season
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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 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 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 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, 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 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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| 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 | 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, 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 Gerhard Kuntschik and Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, October 15th 2014, 07:40 GMT |
Sebastian Vettel will not be given an early release from his Red Bull Formula 1 contract so he can test for Ferrari in the Abu Dhabi post-season test
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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 Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, October 15th 2014, 07:52 GMT |
The Marussia Formula 1 team has reacted angrily to upsetting claims made against it and Jules Bianchi over the circumstances behind his Japanese Grand Prix crash
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| By Ben Anderson | Tuesday, October 14th 2014, 09:04 GMT |
Fernando Alonso says there is "not a big risk" that he will end up without a drive in Formula 1 next season
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| By Ben Anderson | Tuesday, October 14th 2014, 08:39 GMT |
Felipe Massa has called Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli's decision to take its medium and hard compounds to the Brazilian Grand Prix "dangerous"
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| Tuesday, October 14th 2014, 10:44 GMT |
Formula 3 European champion Esteban Ocon will make his debut at the wheel of a Formula 1 car when he tests a two-year old Lotus later this month
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, October 13th 2014, 10:05 GMT |
Pirelli insists that a different tyre choice for the Russian Grand Prix would not have helped prevent a boring Formula 1 race
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, October 13th 2014, 09:29 GMT |
Four-time Formula 1 world champion Alain Prost says Jules Bianchi's accident at the Japanese Grand Prix left him furious about the way the situation was handled
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| Monday, October 13th 2014, 11:28 GMT |
Newly-crowned GP2 champion Jolyon Palmer believes he will be the series' first title winner since Romain Grosjean to graduate to Formula 1 the following season
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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 Dieter Rencken and Jonathan Noble | Saturday, October 11th 2014, 08:55 GMT |
Mercedes has suggested that it will not support a move to lift Formula 1's engine freeze for next year, amid fears it will raise costs
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| By James Roberts | Saturday, October 11th 2014, 09:07 GMT |
Lewis Hamilton marked himself as favourite for pole position as he set the pace in the final practice session for this weekend's Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix
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| By Jonathan Noble | Saturday, October 11th 2014, 09:14 GMT |
Kevin Magnussen will have a five-place grid penalty at the Russian Grand Prix following a gearbox failure on his Formula 1 car in final practice
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, October 10th 2014, 09:33 GMT |
Sergey Sirotkin says he is ready to graduate to Formula 1 in 2015 after making his practice debut for Sauber at the inaugural Russian Grand Prix
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, October 10th 2014, 09:43 GMT |
Daniel Ricciardo thinks is likely that Red Bull will impose team orders from the Russian Grand Prix in a bid to help his Formula 1 championship challenge
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| By Edd Straw | Friday, October 10th 2014, 11:34 GMT |
Lewis Hamilton topped the opening day of practice for the inaugural Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, October 9th 2014, 07:33 GMT |
Fernando Alonso is on Mercedes' list of candidates for 2016, AUTOSPORT has learned, but only if talks with Formula 1 championship leader Lewis Hamilton over a new contract break down
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, October 9th 2014, 09:38 GMT |
A proposal to free up Formula 1's engine freeze rules faces a crunch vote during a team meeting at Sochi on Friday, as Ferrari dismisses talk it could lead to a ramp up in costs
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| By Ben Anderson | Thursday, October 9th 2014, 10:23 GMT |
Felipe Massa reckons Formula 1 rival Fernando Alonso faces a difficult choice when it comes to deciding what to do next after leaving Ferrari
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| Wednesday, October 8th 2014, 08:51 GMT |
Azerbaijan has unveiled the Baku circuit layout that will host the European Grand Prix in 2016, when Formula 1 will make its debut in the country
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| By Ben Anderson | Wednesday, October 8th 2014, 09:28 GMT |
Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli has revealed the compounds it will bring to the final three grands prix of the 2014 season
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| By Ben Anderson | Wednesday, October 8th 2014, 11:46 GMT |
Kimi Raikkonen suspects "something isn't right" with his Ferrari Formula 1 car, after struggling for speed throughout the Japanese Grand Prix weekend
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| By Edd Straw | Tuesday, October 7th 2014, 07:30 GMT |
Grand Prix Drivers' Association chairman Alex Wurz has warned against jumping to conclusions over Jules Bianchi's accident in Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka
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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 Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, October 7th 2014, 11:38 GMT |
Lotus says only final paperwork issues with Renault are preventing it from confirming its switch to Mercedes-Benz Formula 1 engines for 2015
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| Monday, October 6th 2014, 08:03 GMT |
The Marussia Formula 1 team has asked for patience over updates about Jules Bianchi's condition after his Japanese Grand Prix crash.
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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 Jonathan Noble | Sunday, October 5th 2014, 11:28 GMT |
Jules Bianchi has suffered a severe head injury and is undergoing surgery following his crash in the Japanese Grand Prix, the FIA has confirmed
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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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| 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 Ben Anderson | Saturday, October 4th 2014, 10:27 GMT |
Fernando Alonso says Formula 1 rival Sebastian Vettel's decision to leave Red Bull for a likely move to Ferrari will not have any impact on his own future
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| 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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| Friday, October 3rd 2014, 10:06 GMT |
Friday's press conference for the Japanese Grand Prix, with Ferrari's Pat Fry, Andy Cowell from Mercedes, Renault's Remi Taffin, Paul Monaghan from Red Bull, McLaren's Jonathan Neale and Yasuhisa Arai from Honda
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, October 3rd 2014, 09:20 GMT |
Formula 1's preparations for next week's Russian Grand Prix now face the biggest risk of disruption from Typhoon Phanfone, which is due to strike Suzuka on Sunday
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, October 3rd 2014, 09:30 GMT |
Alex Wurz is to become the new chairman of Formula 1's Grand Prix Drivers' Association
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, October 2nd 2014, 09:43 GMT |
The FIA is keeping a close eye on the progress of Typhoon Phanfone, amid concerns it could affect Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka on Sunday
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, October 2nd 2014, 09:29 GMT |
Fernando Alonso admits a decision on his Formula 1 future rests entirely with Ferrari, after hinting he would accept leaving Maranello if his team thinks it best for its future
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| By Ben Anderson | Thursday, October 2nd 2014, 10:15 GMT |
Monisha Kaltenborn says she had no choice but to drop Simona de Silvestro from any future driving duties with the Sauber Formula 1 team, because of the financial risk involved
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| Wednesday, October 1st 2014, 08:34 GMT |
Honda has revealed the first picture of the engine it will use when it returns to Formula 1 racing in the 2015 season.
The Japanese manufacturer left the sport after shutting down its team after the 2008 season, but will return as McLaren's power unit supplier next year.
On Wednesday, Honda unveiled the first preview of what its powerplant will look like and said it will offer a sneak preview video of it during the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend.
"Working toward Honda's F1 participation starting in the 2015 season, development of the power unit is entering its prime phase at our R&D facility in Sakura (Tochigi, Japan), where we transferred our automobile motor sports development earlier this year," said Yasuhisa Arai, the man in charge of Honda's Formula 1 project.
"In addition to conducting simulations, we have moved onto the next stage where we conduct full-fledged bench tests of the engine while connecting the turbocharger and energy recovery systems.
"In the meantime, our racing operation base in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, has become fully operational.
"At this time, we are unveiling an image of our power unit that is under development.
"The whole team is concentrating on this development, getting ready for the forthcoming start of F1 participation in six months."
McLaren said last month it has not yet ruled out having its first test with the Honda engine in the post-season test in Abu Dhabi next month.
| By Ben Anderson | Wednesday, October 1st 2014, 08:00 GMT |
Simona de Silvestro's Formula 1 career hangs in the balance after negotiations to resolve a contractual dispute between her management and the Sauber team broke down, AUTOSPORT can reveal.
The dispute means de Silvestro will no longer drive for the Hinwil team with which she was hoping to graduate to F1 in 2015, though AUTOSPORT understands she will retain her status as an affiliated driver.
The 25-year-old Swiss racer joined Sauber in February, after spending four years racing in IndyCar in the United States.
She completed two tests in a two-year-old car, at Fiorano and Valencia, with the aim of securing a superlicence.
De Silvestro then planned to work towards securing a race seat with Sauber for 2015, but the 90-day period in which her superlicence could be secured following her testing programme has now expired.
The contractual problems have also scuppered plans for Sauber to give de Silvestro her first taste of contemporary F1 machinery during free practice for next month's US Grand Prix at Austin, but the team says it still hopes to find a way to give the Swiss racer opportunities to drive again in the future.
A team spokesman told AUTOSPORT: "Simona's driving programme is not being continued due to financial reasons on her side.
"Everybody in the team who worked with her during the last six months is very disappointed it came to this point, because they liked working with her.
"We are now looking at other possibilities for Simona to continue working with the team, but that will take time."
| By Ben Anderson | Wednesday, October 1st 2014, 10:21 GMT |
Four-time Formula 1 world champion Alain Prost is convinced that Honda's return to Formula 1 will be a success for the Japanese car manufacturer.
Ahead of Honda's 2015 tie-up with McLaren, Prost believes the manufacturer has done the right thing in renewing links with the team that it enjoyed so much success with in the past.
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"It's not like having a [completely] new team for Honda; I think it's normal they make this kind of agreement with McLaren," Prost told AUTOSPORT.
"That was the team where they can do it.
"It will be quite interesting. Can they be competitive already in the first year? It's difficult to know, but it's going to work, I'm sure."
Prost used Honda power to win the 1989 F1 title during his own time as a McLaren driver.
And he thinks the shared history that the team and car manufacturer have had in the past will help fast track their push to the front of the grid.
"Having this kind of history is always a good thing - you have the credibility and a bit of experience, even if the people aren't the same and it's a new generation," said Prost.
"You know already each other, and especially with this new technology it's not going to be a [different] responsibility between chassis and engine.
"It's going to be all together immediately, [and] the fact they have worked together already [will help].
"Ron [Dennis] knows very well the Japanese mentality, and the team knows the Japanese mentality, which is not easy. That is a big advantage."
Honda endured a difficult end to its last stint in F1, finishing a lowly ninth in the 2008 constructors' championship with its factory team.
It pulled out of the sport altogether at the end of that season as a result of the worldwide financial crisis, with its former team going on to win the 2009 world title under Ross Brawn's control.
