| By Pablo Elizalde | Tuesday, December 30th 2014, 16:30 GMT |
Jules Bianchi's neurological state remains unchanged, but the Formula 1 driver has begun rehabilitation therapy, according to the latest update from his family
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| By Edd Straw and Pablo Elizalde | Tuesday, December 30th 2014, 14:43 GMT |
Formula 3 European champion Esteban Ocon will be a Formula 1 star in the future, according to Lotus's trackside operations director Alan Permane
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| Wednesday, December 31st 2014, 09:27 GMT |
Ferrari protege Raffaele Marciello will be Sauber's test and reserve driver for the 2015 Formula 1 season
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| By Ben Anderson | Monday, December 29th 2014, 10:51 GMT |
Daniil Kvyat says he is not scared of going up against Daniel Ricciardo at Red Bull next season, despite the Australian's superb 2014 Formula 1 campaign.
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| By Ben Anderson and Pablo Elizalde | Monday, December 29th 2014, 16:09 GMT |
Max Verstappen is convinced he has enough experience to make the jump to Formula 1 with the Toro Rosso team next season.
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| By Ben Anderson and Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, December 30th 2014, 10:28 GMT |
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier reckons the close battle between McLaren and Force India in the 2014 constructors' championship acted as a "wake-up call" for his Formula 1 team
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| By Jonathan Noble and Pablo Elizalde | Saturday, December 27th 2014, 10:11 GMT |
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier insists it is in the best interest of Formula 1 to allow Mercedes' rivals to catch up in the engine department
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| By Ben Anderson and Alex Kalinauckas | Saturday, December 27th 2014, 16:40 GMT |
Williams Formula 1 team chief technical officer Pat Symonds admits Felipe Massa's speed in 2014 exceeded expectations
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| By Jonathan Noble | Sunday, December 28th 2014, 10:36 GMT |
Ferrari stands to benefit from a ruthless streak that Sebastian Vettel has in pushing for what he wants, reckons his former Formula 1 team-mate Daniel Ricciardo.
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| By Jonathan Noble and Edd Straw | Friday, December 26th 2014, 16:44 GMT |
Monisha Kaltenborn has admitted that her Sauber squad cannot only blame Ferrari engines for its poor 2014 Formula 1 season
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, December 26th 2014, 09:56 GMT |
Red Bull boss Christian Horner reckons four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel will be a better driver for the struggles he has endured in 2014
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| By Jonathan Noble and Pablo Elizalde | Saturday, December 27th 2014, 10:11 GMT |
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier insists it is in the best interest of Formula 1 to allow Mercedes' rivals to catch up in the engine department
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| By Ben Anderson and Matt Beer | Thursday, December 25th 2014, 11:45 GMT |
The Williams Formula 1 team still needs to sharpen its organisation because it has implemented so many changes it feels "like a new team" compared to Ferrari, reckons Felipe Massa
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, December 25th 2014, 17:43 GMT |
Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff insists that he never felt comfortable about the advantage his team had over its Formula 1 rivals until the closing stages of 2014
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, December 26th 2014, 09:56 GMT |
Red Bull boss Christian Horner reckons four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel will be a better driver for the struggles he has endured in 2014
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| Wednesday, December 24th 2014, 11:11 GMT |
Former Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has hit back at "gratuitous and unfounded accusations" about his management of the company and its Formula 1 team
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| By Edd Straw and Pablo Elizalde | Wednesday, December 24th 2014, 14:48 GMT |
Romain Grosjean reckons engine supplier Renault "messed up" during the 2014 Formula 1 season, but he expects the French company to improve next year
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| By Ben Anderson and Matt Beer | Thursday, December 25th 2014, 11:45 GMT |
The Williams Formula 1 team still needs to sharpen its organisation because it has implemented so many changes it feels "like a new team" compared to Ferrari, reckons Felipe Massa
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| By Ben Anderson | Wednesday, December 24th 2014, 10:28 GMT |
Daniil Kvyat reckons his performances for Toro Rosso as a Formula 1 rookie in 2014 prove that drivers can cut it at the top level from a young age
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| By Ben Anderson | Tuesday, December 23rd 2014, 16:30 GMT |
World Endurance Champion Sebastien Buemi will remain the Red Bull Formula 1 team's reserve driver in 2015
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| Wednesday, December 24th 2014, 11:11 GMT |
Former Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has hit back at "gratuitous and unfounded accusations" about his management of the company and its Formula 1 team
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| By Anthony Rowlinson | Tuesday, December 23rd 2014, 10:18 GMT |
A "revolution" in the way Formula 1 presents itself to fans is required if the sport is to survive and prosper, according to new Ferrari chairman Sergio Marchionne
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| By Anthony Rowlinson | Monday, December 22nd 2014, 15:17 GMT |
Ferrari's new bosses say there will be no quick fixes for the Formula 1 team, as it bids to recover from a dire 2014 season
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| By Edd Straw and Matt Beer | Tuesday, December 23rd 2014, 10:45 GMT |
Pastor Maldonado dealt with Lotus's tough 2014 Formula 1 season better than Romain Grosjean and does not deserve his "awfully bad" image, reckons the team's trackside operations director Alan Permane
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| By Ben Anderson and Matt Beer | Sunday, December 21st 2014, 11:31 GMT |
Financial demands that some Formula 1 teams are asking from drivers are "out of control", claims ousted Sauber racer Adrian Sutil.
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| By Ben Anderson and Matt Beer | Sunday, December 21st 2014, 10:09 GMT |
Fernando Alonso needed a change of scene in Formula 1 as neither he nor Ferrari were getting the best out of each other, reckons former team-mate Felipe Massa.
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| By Ben Anderson and Jonathan Noble | Monday, December 22nd 2014, 10:35 GMT |
Eric Boullier says the re-capture of Peter Prodromou from Red Bull is the "final part of the puzzle" as McLaren bids to get back to winning ways in Formula 1
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| By Ben Anderson and Alex Kalinauckas | Saturday, December 20th 2014, 15:57 GMT |
Sergio Perez believes new Toro Rosso Formula 1 recruit Max Verstappen must trust his talent and not worry about media perceptions of his youth.
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| By Ben Anderson and Matt Beer | Sunday, December 21st 2014, 10:09 GMT |
Fernando Alonso needed a change of scene in Formula 1 as neither he nor Ferrari were getting the best out of each other, reckons former team-mate Felipe Massa.
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| By Ben Anderson and Matt Beer | Sunday, December 21st 2014, 11:31 GMT |
Financial demands that some Formula 1 teams are asking from drivers are "out of control", claims ousted Sauber racer Adrian Sutil.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, December 19th 2014, 14:51 GMT |
Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff believes the day of Formula 1 teams having a single boss are now over
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| Friday, December 19th 2014, 16:47 GMT |
Jean-Eric Vergne will join Ferrari's Formula 1 test roster for 2015, with the ex-Toro Rosso racer focusing on simulator work for the Italian team
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| By Ben Anderson | Saturday, December 20th 2014, 11:35 GMT |
Daniel Ricciardo says he is ready to lead the Red Bull Formula 1 team next year following Sebastian Vettel's departure to Ferrari.
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| By Ben Anderson | Thursday, December 18th 2014, 16:21 GMT |
Red Bull boss Christian Horner reckons his team's achievements in finishing a distant runner-up to Mercedes in 2014 arguably eclipse its run of four consecutive Formula 1 world titles
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| By Ben Anderson | Thursday, December 18th 2014, 16:45 GMT |
Bernie Ecclestone has regained his position on the board of Formula 1's management group, while ex-Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has also been handed a renewed position
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| By Ben Anderson and Matt Beer | Friday, December 19th 2014, 11:26 GMT |
Ron Dennis says he will not be content with the revived McLaren-Honda partnership simply winning grands prix and instead wants to dominate Formula 1 as the team did in 1988
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| By Ben Anderson | Wednesday, December 17th 2014, 16:06 GMT |
Former Bridgestone Formula 1 tyre chief Hirohide Hamashima will leave Ferrari at the end of 2014, as the Scuderia continues a major restructure in the wake of a disappointing season
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| By Edd Straw and Ben Anderson | Wednesday, December 17th 2014, 16:39 GMT |
Romain Grosjean says Lotus has learned from the mistakes it made during a terrible 2014 Formula 1 season
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| By Jonathan Noble and Ben Anderson | Thursday, December 18th 2014, 09:58 GMT |
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier says resolving Formula 1's cost crisis will be tough because fixing one area can have knock-on effects, as teams begin a crunch meeting
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| Tuesday, December 16th 2014, 18:57 GMT |
Ferrari engineering director Pat Fry and chief designer Nikolas Tombazis will leave the Formula 1 team amid a restructure of the outfit
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| By Ben Anderson | Tuesday, December 16th 2014, 17:09 GMT |
New Toro Rosso team manager Graham Watson will take on an expanded role within the Formula 1 team following the departure of sporting director Steve Nielsen to rival squad Williams
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| Tuesday, December 16th 2014, 19:19 GMT |
The Red Bull Formula 1 team has recovered some of the trophies stolen from its factory earlier this month
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| By Ben Anderson | Monday, December 15th 2014, 15:13 GMT |
Esteban Gutierrez will become test and reserve driver for the Ferrari Formula 1 team next season, after losing his seat at Sauber
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, December 15th 2014, 11:35 GMT |
Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg were banned from speaking to their Mercedes Formula 1 team in the immediate fall out of their Belgian Grand Prix crash, this week's AUTOSPORT reports
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| By Ben Anderson | Tuesday, December 16th 2014, 10:04 GMT |
Ex-Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso believes his former team will perform strongly in Formula 1 next season, despite struggling badly in 2014
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| Sunday, December 14th 2014, 22:35 GMT |
Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton added another accolade to his 2014 season by winning the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award on Sunday
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| Monday, December 15th 2014, 09:11 GMT |
The Williams team has appointed Formula 1 stalwart Steve Nielsen as its sporting manager
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, December 15th 2014, 11:35 GMT |
Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg were banned from speaking to their Mercedes Formula 1 team in the immediate fall out of their Belgian Grand Prix crash, this week's AUTOSPORT reveals
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| Saturday, December 13th 2014, 18:33 GMT |
Ferrari chairman Sergio Marchionne urged his Formula 1 personnel not to "fear change" as he emphasised his faith in new team boss Maurizio Arrivabene at the squad's Christmas event
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| By Jonathan Noble | Saturday, December 13th 2014, 13:37 GMT |
Mercedes says turmoil at its rivals has left it less worried about being able to defend its Formula 1 world championship success in the 2015 season
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| By Ben Anderson | Sunday, December 14th 2014, 11:11 GMT |
Kimi Raikkonen says he expected to endure a difficult 2014 Formula 1 season after rejoining Ferrari from Lotus
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, December 12th 2014, 16:44 GMT |
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier reckons his Formula 1 team will face a challenge in managing new signing Fernando Alonso's expectations
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| Friday, December 12th 2014, 14:14 GMT |
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier says his Formula 1 team has implemented a recovery plan to fix the issues it suffered with its new Honda engine in post-season testing
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| Friday, December 12th 2014, 20:58 GMT |
McLaren has become the first Formula 1 team to announce that its 2015 car has passed all the FIA's mandatory crash tests
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| By Ben Anderson | Thursday, December 11th 2014, 14:37 GMT |
Jenson Button says it was worth the wait to re-sign for McLaren for the 2015 Formula 1 season
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| By Ben Anderson and Matt Beer | Thursday, December 11th 2014, 14:42 GMT |
McLaren boss Ron Dennis says he feels no need to apologise for the delay in deciding between Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen as Fernando Alonso's 2015 Formula 1 team-mate
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| By Ben Anderson and Glenn Freeman | Thursday, December 11th 2014, 15:12 GMT |
Fernando Alonso says that he has returned to McLaren to finish the job he started in 2007, having described that year as the lowest point of his Formula 1 career
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| By Ben Anderson | Wednesday, December 10th 2014, 16:30 GMT |
Fernando Alonso believes that his five years with Ferrari were the best of his Formula 1 career, despite failing to add to his collection of two world titles
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| By Ben Anderson | Wednesday, December 10th 2014, 12:05 GMT |
Newly promoted Red Bull Formula 1 driver Daniil Kvyat says he does not really care about the low number of points he scored during his rookie season with Toro Rosso
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| By Ben Anderson | Thursday, December 11th 2014, 10:30 GMT |
McLaren will retain Jenson Button alongside Fernando Alonso for the 2015 Formula 1 season
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, December 10th 2014, 09:47 GMT |
Nico Hulkenberg is adamant that he has not missed the boat in landing a drive with a top Formula 1 team
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| Tuesday, December 9th 2014, 12:47 GMT |
Jenson Button appeared on stage to make a presentation at the AUTOSPORT Awards, but beforehand he was asked about the latest on his Formula 1 future.
After sharing some light-hearted conversation with presenter Steve Rider, Button admitted that it was a "strange situation" to be waiting for a verdict on McLaren's driver line-up for 2015.
As the video above shows, he also sparked a raucous reaction from the audience when asking if anyone in the room wanted to see him in Formula 1 next year.
| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, December 9th 2014, 16:20 GMT |
Red Bull fears that it will not be able to close the gap to Mercedes in 2015 - and is worried its Formula 1 rival could be even further ahead
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| By Ben Anderson | Monday, December 8th 2014, 14:13 GMT |
Jenson Button says the McLaren Formula 1 team's ongoing indecision over its 2015 driver line-up is "strange"
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, December 9th 2014, 10:09 GMT |
The FIA is facing a challenge over Formula 1's engine freeze, as some teams believe there is a loophole in the 2015 regulations that could hand them extra development time
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| By Ben Anderson | Tuesday, December 9th 2014, 11:53 GMT |
Double Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton says August's controversial Belgian Grand Prix was the key turning point in his title-winning season
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| Sunday, December 7th 2014, 10:21 GMT |
Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton will find out on Sunday night if he has capped his year with more success at the AUTOSPORT Awards
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, December 8th 2014, 09:40 GMT |
Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says he is disappointed in Sebastian Vettel for the way he behaved during his difficult 2014 campaign
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, December 8th 2014, 10:27 GMT |
Lewis Hamilton says the next target in his Formula 1 career is to emulate the achievements of his hero Ayrton Senna
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| Saturday, December 6th 2014, 11:57 GMT |
Over 60 trophies were stolen from the Red Bull Formula 1 team's factory on Friday night, Thames Valley police has confirmed
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| By Ben Anderson | Saturday, December 6th 2014, 12:43 GMT |
Fernando Alonso says the decision to split with Ferrari and join Formula 1 rival McLaren next season was "very difficult"
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| Sunday, December 7th 2014, 10:21 GMT |
Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton will find out on Sunday night if he has capped his year with more success at the AUTOSPORT Awards
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, December 5th 2014, 11:10 GMT |
Jean-Eric Vergne says he is "not bitter" about Red Bull's decision to drop him from the Toro Rosso Formula 1 team in favour of Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz Jr
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, December 5th 2014, 15:42 GMT |
Williams chiefs insist that the team must keep its focus on doing better in Formula 1 next year, despite successfully beating Ferrari to third place in the constructors' championship
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| Saturday, December 6th 2014, 11:57 GMT |
Over 60 trophies were stolen from the Red Bull Formula 1 team's factory on Friday night, Thames Valley police has confirmed
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, December 5th 2014, 10:19 GMT |
Formula 1's big teams will not be asked to run a third car by the FIA next season, even if Marussia and Caterham fail to return
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, December 5th 2014, 10:27 GMT |
Formula 1 teams are unlikely to get a fifth engine in 2015 unless the Korean Grand Prix stays on the calendar for the start of the season, the FIA suggests
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, December 5th 2014, 11:10 GMT |
Jean-Eric Vergne says he is "not bitter" about Red Bull's decision to drop him from the Toro Rosso Formula 1 team in favour of Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz Jr
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| By Ben Anderson | Wednesday, December 3rd 2014, 17:36 GMT |
The FIA has suggested the brake-by-wire system on Jules Bianchi's Marussia Formula 1 car may have hastened his Japanese Grand Prix crash by preventing him from cutting the engine
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| Thursday, December 4th 2014, 10:13 GMT |
The Force India Formula 1 team will use Toyota's windtunnel facilities for all its aerodynamic testing during the 2015 season and beyond
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, December 4th 2014, 10:31 GMT |
Jenson Button's Formula 1 future will be decided later on Thursday, with a McLaren board meeting set to rubberstamp the team's 2015 driver line-up
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, December 2nd 2014, 14:41 GMT |
Sebastian Vettel bid farewell to Red Bull on Tuesday - but will have to wait for his leaving present of a Formula 1 car until he has left Ferrari
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, December 2nd 2014, 11:57 GMT |
Formula 1 teams and the FIA have given the green light for the introduction of the virtual safety car (VSC) in 2015, following successful late-season tests
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, December 3rd 2014, 08:09 GMT |
Under shadow of costs row, Wednesday's FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting should officially ditch double points, receive the Jules Bianchi crash report and tweak the 2015 Formula 1 calendar
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, December 2nd 2014, 10:14 GMT |
Lewis Hamilton says tensions between himself and Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg have gone now that their battle for the Formula 1 world championship is over
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, December 2nd 2014, 10:51 GMT |
Formula 1 teams have been called to a summit meeting on December 18 in a bid for a breakthrough in the sport's costs crisis, AUTOSPORT has learned
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, December 2nd 2014, 11:57 GMT |
Formula 1 teams and the FIA have given the green light for the introduction of the virtual safety car (VSC) in 2015, following successful late-season tests
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| Sunday, November 30th 2014, 16:34 GMT |
DTM champion Marco Wittmann's BMW-arranged Formula 1 test will take place in a 2012 Toro Rosso at former San Marino Grand Prix venue Imola on Thursday.
BMW offered the test to Wittmann as a reward for his dominant performance in this year's DTM.
The 25-year-old German was a single-seater racer until the end of 2011, when he switched to what began as a test role with BMW after finishing second to Roberto Merhi in European Formula 3.
AUTOSPORT's top 10 DTM drivers of 2014
BMW announced at the DTM finale last month that it had arranged the run for Wittmann via its sponsor Red Bull, and has now firmed up the date and location, as well as the use of a 2012 car - the most modern permitted under F1's testing restrictions.
The Toro Rosso run will follow a variety of other post-title celebrations for Wittmann, including various awards in Germany and a recent outing in several 1980s BMW DTM cars.
"It has obviously been an extremely busy time for me since the end of the DTM season," he said.
"I have hardly spent a single day at home. However, I am still really enjoying myself.
"After all, the reason for me having all these appointments is the fact that I was crowned the DTM champion."
| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, December 1st 2014, 11:37 GMT |
Fernando Alonso and McLaren will not make the same mistakes that led to an acrimonious split last time they were together in Formula 1, reckons his former team-mate Lewis Hamilton.
Alonso's switch to McLaren - and the identity of his team-mate - is set to be confirmed in the next few days, with the Woking-based team having delayed an original plan to reveal its line-up before the final race of the season.
AUTOSPORT understands that the final decision on Alonso's team-mate will be taken at a board meeting on December 4, although it is not clear when an official announcement will be made.
Although Alonso's last spell at McLaren in 2007 ended prematurely after a year when he spectacularly fell out with then team boss Ron Dennis, the team is confident their relationship can operate better this time.
Hamilton, whose equal status at McLaren seven years ago fuelled the clashes between Alonso and Dennis, firmly believes the situation will be different.
Asked at Mercedes' end of season Stars & Cars event how he believed Alonso would get on with Dennis this time around, Hamilton said: "It is an interesting decision with the team, but I wish him all the best.
"It will be a new experience for them.
"Fernando has grown a huge amount over the years, both as a driver and maturity wise as well.
"And, having the experience previously with Ron, he will definitely have a much better handle on it and won't be in a tricky situation like last time."
McLaren has been trying to lure Alonso for several seasons now, and its overtures proved successful this year with the promise of a step up in form from new manufacturer partner Honda.
The Spaniard's decision to join McLaren has left the team with the difficult choice between Kevin Magnussen and Jenson Button for the second seat.
While Button has the experience and outperformed Magnussen this season, Magnussen's long-term potential has kept him firmly in contention for the seat.
| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, December 1st 2014, 11:50 GMT |
Kimi Raikkonen is set for a change of race engineer at the Ferrari Formula 1 team next year, with former Marussia chief engineer David Greenwood likely to get the role.
Greenwood has already been recruited by Ferrari following the recent collapse of Marussia.
He made his first appearance with his new Maranello team at last week's Abu Dhabi test, although his exact role for 2015 is still being specified.
AUTOSPORT understands, however, that Greenwood is likely to replace Antonio Spagnolo as Raikkonen's race engineer. Spagnolo is set for a factory role.
Raikkonen is known to get on well with British engineers, and amid his difficult 2014 campaign, Ferrari called upon David Llloyd mid-season to try to help improve communication between the Finnish driver and his engineers.
It has already been confirmed that new Ferrari signing Sebastian Vettel will be engineered by Riccardo Adami, who previously worked with the German at Toro Rosso.
STELLA SWITCHING TO MCLAREN
Former Ferrari race engineer Andrea Stella, who worked with Fernando Alonso, is switching to McLaren with the Spanish driver.
Although Stella will work in a race engineering role initially, it is understood that the long-term plan is for him to take on a wider role within the Woking-based team.
