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The F1 News is the blog for news, results and opinion on all things Formula 1. We cover every Formula One race as well as qualifying and practice, and deliver the very latest updates on teams, drivers and more all year round.

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Teams' 2016 tyre choices 'interesting' - Hembery

Teams’ 2016 tyre choices ‘interesting’ – Hembery

Paul Hembery on Thursday said he is expecting formula one to enjoy an exciting start to the 2016 season. For this year, the tyre rules have been tweaked so that drivers can select from a range of three compounds brought by Pirelli to each grand prix. For the first four races, the Italian marque is bringing the medium, soft and super soft, and Pirelli chief Hembery said he thinks the situation…

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Mercedes will dominate 2016 - Ecclestone

Mercedes will dominate 2016 – Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone thinks Mercedes is set for a third consecutive year of dominating formula one in 2016. Asked by Canadian radio TSN if the German team, having monopolised the titles in the new ‘power unit’ era, can be challenged this year, the F1 supremo said: “I wish I could say yes but I can’t. “I think the bottom line is they are a very good team, the engine is certainly better than anyone…

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Massa not ready to retire after 2016

Massa not ready to retire after 2016

Felipe Massa has admitted there is no guarantee his F1 career will continue after the forthcoming 2016 season. The Brazilian veteran’s Williams contract ends this year, and while he has been competitive alongside the highly-rated Valtteri Bottas, Massa admitted that racing beyond 2016 is not certain. “I’ll definitely be looking to stay in formula one next season,” the 34-year-old is quoted by the…

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Ferrari will provide 1sec per lap boost - Verstappen

Ferrari will provide 1sec per lap boost – Verstappen

Max Verstappen has marked the end of his New Year holiday by predicting a big power boost for Toro Rosso this year. “I’m back in Monaco to train,” the 18-year-old told his website verstappen.nl, “and next week I’m off to Austria for more training.” While Toro Rosso’s big brother Red Bull is staying with Renault power units for 2016, the junior outfit has secured a supply of 2015-spec Ferrari V6s.…

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Daimler CEO happy with Mercedes drivers lineup

Daimler CEO happy with Mercedes drivers lineup

Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche says he is perfectly happy with Mercedes’ F1 driver duo. Team boss Toto Wolff warned recently that if the bitterness of the rivalry between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg spills into the team spirit, he would consider making a change. But Zetsche told Auto Express that the Briton and German are in fact “the perfect couple”. Even Hamilton’s extravagant off-track…

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Ferrari wants to win season opener in 2016

Ferrari wants to win season opener in 2016

Sergio Marchionne has reiterated Ferrari’s winning target for 2016. Although it has emerged that development of the Maranello team’s 2016 car was delayed last year, president Marchionne said recently that immediate wins and the title are the only goals for the forthcoming championship campaign. It could be because of Ferrari’s recent separation from Fiat Chrysler, and an arguably shaky start to…

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Merry Christmas!

The F1 News wishes you all a Merry Christmas!

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No German GP in 2017 - Ecclestone

No German GP in 2017 – Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone is not confident about the future of the German GP. Just a decade ago, the country was still in the grip of Michael Schumacher fever, which had revolutionised the popularity of F1 in Germany. But even though Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg and Mercedes proudly wave the flag today, spectator numbers and television ratings are badly down and Germany did not even host a grand prix…

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Arrivabene believes McLaren will be more competitive in 2016

Arrivabene believes McLaren will be more competitive in 2016

Ferrari team boss Maurizio Arrivabene has tipped McLaren-Honda to take a clear step forward for 2016. As the iconic partnership reunited this year, McLaren-Honda endured a nightmare campaign and finished the championship ahead only of backmarker Manor. Team supremo Ron Dennis says those in the Woking factory will be working hard this winter. “Put it this way: if you visit the McLaren Technology…

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Jock Clear ready to start working with Ferrari

Jock Clear ready to start working with Ferrari

Benjamin Hoyle, an engineer at the centre of a new espionage saga in F1, will never be joining Ferrari. That is the claim of Ferrari team boss Maurizio Arrivabene, a week after it emerged that Mercedes is suing Hoyle for copying confidential data about the German marque’s championship-winning F1 ‘power unit’. Bloomberg news agency had said Hoyle was preparing to move to Ferrari within weeks,…

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Assessing the F1 teams in 2015

Assessing the F1 teams in 2015

Well, as we look back on another Formula One season, we’ll look back on another year dominated by Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton. While there were a number of fascinating, not to mention incredibly sad, storylines to come out of this season, the real takeaway from the 2015 campaign was Mercedes proving beyond doubt that they are the dominant force in F1, something that doesn’t look to be changing…

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Ricciardo is keeping his options open for 2017

Ricciardo is keeping his options open for 2017

Daniel Ricciardo says he doesn’t want to turn his mind to his expiring Red Bull contract quite yet. The Australian admits he became frustrated at times this year, as the energy drink stable’s premier team struggled for a second consecutive year. “The frustration built up more than I would have liked,” Ricciardo told Australia’s Fox Sports on a visit home to Perth. “Nine times out of ten I kept a…

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Williams to run Jaguar's Formula E team

Williams to run Jaguar’s Formula E team

F1 team Williams will run a new Formula E outfit for Jaguar Land Rover, the Indian-owned British carmaker. Williams “will be responsible for the operational running of the Jaguar Formula E race team”, the Oxfordshire based team announced on Tuesday. “We are delighted that they have chosen Williams Advanced Engineering as their technical partner in this new and high profile chapter in Jaguar’s…

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Marchionne urges Ecclestone to fix F1 engine problem

Marchionne urges Ecclestone to fix F1 engine problem

Sergio Marchionne pulled no punches when asked about an apparent ‘war’ with Bernie Ecclestone and the FIA. Recently, the F1 supremo as well as Jean Todt questioned Ferrari’s historic ‘veto’. And the latest exchange is that the Marchionne-led Ferrari is now challenging a “mandate” given to the FIA president and Ecclestone to fix aspects of the sport. “Jean Todt and Bernie Ecclestone have no right…

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Who's the favorite for 2016?

Who’s the favorite for 2016?

2015 was almost a dull season in Formula 1, not because the racing action was any less than spectacular, but because the winner was essentially a forgone conclusion from day one. Lewis Hamilton had something of a stranglehold on the sport heading into the year, and with Sebastian Vettel in the first year of his career with Ferrari, there wasn’t much expectation of a legitimate challenge. But…

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Canada searching for future F1 stars The proud sporting nation of Canada has been a mere spectator in the world of Formula One for almost a decade.

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Ferrari is challenging Ecclestone's mandate

Ferrari is challenging Ecclestone’s mandate

Ferrari is challenging the new “mandate” given by the FIA to Bernie Ecclestone and Jean Todt to address problems within formula one. In late October, F1’s governing body announced that while wanting to set a price limit for engines and gearboxes, Ferrari exercised its unique and historic “right of veto”. “In the interest of the championship, the FIA has decided not to legally challenge…

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