Rosberg will have “easy” weekend, insists Hamilton after being handed five-place grid penalty at Chinese Grand Prix April 14, 2016 Britain's Lewis Hamilton has piled the pressure on Mercedes team-mate and championship rival Nico Rosberg after being slapped with a five-place grid penalty at Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix. Hamilton, who trails Rosberg by 17 points in the drivers’ championship, was handed the sanction after changing his gearbox following damage sustained in Bahrain earlier this month. [...]
McLaren’s Alonso remains doubtful for Chinese Grand Prix as Spaniard awaits medical green light April 12, 2016 Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso admits he remains unsure whether he will be given the all-clear to make his comeback and compete at this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix. McLaren driver Alonso was ruled out of the Bahrain race earlier this month after fracturing ribs during a horror crash at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in [...]
Bahrain Grand Prix: Nico Rosberg capitalises on Lewis Hamilton tangle to land fifth win in a row April 3, 2016 Britain's Lewis Hamilton sought solace in damage limitation after watching Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg win the Bahrain Grand Prix to continue his immaculate start to the season. Rosberg took advantage of a decisive start in which he surged to the front as Hamilton tangled with the Williams of Valtteri Bottas, damaged his bodywork and slipped [...]
Bahrain Grand Prix: Fernando Alonso admits collapsed lung and fractured ribs could keep him out of multiple races March 31, 2016 Double world champion Fernando Alonso admits he could be forced to miss further races after being ruled out of Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix with injuries suffered in his spectacular Melbourne crash. Alonso sustained fractured ribs and a partially collapsed lung in the 200mph smash that ended his Australian Grand Prix two weeks ago, the McLaren [...]
Sky Sports strikes five year deal to become the ‘exclusive’ home of Formula 1 March 23, 2016 Sky Sports has agreed a new broadcast deal with Formula One Management to become the exclusive home of Formula 1 in the UK and Ireland from 2019 to 2024. It has also picked up the free-to-air rights for the F1 British Grand Prix from Channel 4, and will show the races on one of its [...]
F1 Team Budgets: Ferrari have more money to work with than anyone else but Mercedes get best bang for their buck March 17, 2016 Mercedes are aiming to get the best bang for their buck for a second year running as the 2016 Formula One season revs into gear in Melbourne this weekend. Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg dominated on the circuit last season as Mercedes won the constructors' championship by almost 300 points from a budget of €467.4m, the [...]
Aston Martin returns to F1 and will work with Red Bull on hypercar project AM-RB 001 March 17, 2016 Aston Martin will return to Formula 1 for the first time in over half a century, after announcing a partnership with Red Bull racing. The luxury sports car manufacturer will work with Red Bull on a hypercar project currently codenamed "Project AM-RB 001". And as part of the deal, the Aston Martin name will appear [...]
BBC axes Formula 1 broadcasting and new deal for Channel 4 to air next season with no adverts during live races revealed December 21, 2015 The BBC has axed Formula 1 from its TV line-up to save much needed cash as part of widespread cuts across the corporation, with Channel 4 picking up the broadcast rights instead. The BBC said it would "reluctantly" end its TV contract three years early in order to make the savings. BBC Sport must make £35m of budget [...]
World champion Lewis Hamilton left confused as rival Nico Rosberg nets third straight victory in season-ending grand prix in Abu Dhabi November 29, 2015 World champion Lewis Hamilton was left bemused by the in-race strategy devised by Mercedes after team-mate Nico Rosberg secured his third successive victory at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix yesterday. Hamilton stopped a lap later than race-leader Nico Rosberg at the first pit-stop, but 10 laps after his rival for the second, emerging from [...]
World champion Lewis Hamilton fails to surpass Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg as German wins Mexico Grand Prix 2015 November 1, 2015 World champion Lewis Hamilton insisted that he was powerless to prevent an aggressive Nico Rosberg converting pole position into victory as Formula One returned to Mexico for the first time in 23 years. Rosberg recovered from the error which handed his team-mate and rival the drivers’ championship seven days previously in Austin, controlling the race [...]