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Hamilton on pole for season finale in Abu Dhabi

Lewis Hamilton will start tomorrow's decisive race on pole at the Yas Marina Circuit. Nico Rosberg was 2nd ahead of Daniel Ricciardo, who will start the race on supersoft tyres. Hamilton set an extraordinary time...

Vettel on top of FP3 before qualifying

Sebastian Vettel led the 3rd free practice session ahead of Max Verstappen and Kimi Räikkönen. The Mercedes didn't show their full potential with some power issues for Hamilton and by setting their times earlier...

Hamilton in front, Rosberg just 0.079s behind

Lewis Hamilton again led the way in Friday evening’s second practice for the 2016 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, though his and Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg’s best times were all...

Ericsson to stay at Sauber for 2017

Sauber have extended their contract with Marcus Ericsson through to 2017, leaving just three seats on the grid still open for next season. The deal means Ericsson will spend a third straight year with the...

Lewis Hamilton wins epic Brazilian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won an epic Brazilian Grand Prix, interrupted twice by rain ahead of Nico Rosberg and Max Verstappen. The rain came onto the circuit before the race started and Romain Grosjean crashed his car...

Hamilton on pole for Brazilian GP

Lewis Hamilton got the pole position for the Brazilian GP. Nico Rosberg was 2nd and Kimi Räikkönen completed the top 3. Button, Magnussen, Wehrlein, Ocon, Ericsson and Nasr were knocked out in Q1. Lewis...

Rosberg leads FP3 at Interlagos

Nico Rosberg has led the session before qualifying in the GP where a win could give him his first World Championship. His teammate and rival, Lewis Hamilton, was 2nd ahead of Vettel. Track conditions changed...

Magnussen & Grosjean to race for Haas in 2017

Haas F1 Team, the first American Formula One team in 30 years, has signed Kevin Magnussen to drive alongside veteran pilot Romain Grosjean beginning with the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship. Magnussen, the 24-year-old...

Hamilton kept the momentum in FP2

 Lewis Hamilton kept the lead in FP2 ahead of Nico Rosberg and Valtteri Bottas in São Paulo. Kevin Magnussen, who had not raced in the morning and had let his seat to Sergey Sirotkin, was...

Renault retains Jolyon Palmer for 2017

Renault Sport Formula One Team is proud to announce that it will retain Jolyon Palmer for the 2017 season. Jolyon will join the recently-announced Nico Hülkenberg to complete the team’s 2017 race driver line-up. Twenty-five...

Hamilton sets the pace at Interlagos

Lewis Hamilton ended in the lead of the first free-practice session at Interlagos ahead of Max Verstappen and Nico Rosberg. Charles Leclerc ran with Haas F1 Team during the first free practice session, so did...

Silly season : last news before Brazilian GP

The Brazilian GP seems to be the occasions for many drivers to clear things out about their 2017 season. Indeed, Esteban Ocon, Jolyon Palmer and Esteban Gutierrez all made announcements prior to the event. As...

Leclerc gets two FP1 outings remaining

With already three FP1 sessions, Charles Leclerc will head out in the two FP1 sessions remaining this season in Esteban Gutierrez’ car. As Haas F1 Team development driver, Charles Leclerc was announced to run in...

Williams announce Bottas and Stroll for 2017

WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING is pleased to confirm Valtteri Bottas will race with the team for a fifth consecutive season, with Lance Stroll making his Formula One debut alongside him for the 2017 FIA Formula...

Exclusive: Ocon to join Force India for 2017

It’s not Nasr, it’s not Palmer, it’s not Wehrlein but the Frenchman Esteban Ocon will be behind the wheel of the Force India for the 2017 season, as FormulaRapida.net can reveal. After many rumours state,...

Hamilton wins in Mexico with Verstappen-Vettel drama

Lewis Hamilton won the Mexican GP ahead of Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel. Verstappen was kicked out of the podium after getting a 5s penalty because of a dramatic incident with Vettel. Hamilton kept the...

Hamilton dominates Mexican qualifying session

Lewis Hamilton dominated the qualifying session in Mexico city and took pole position ahead of Nico Rosberg and Max Verstappen. Jolyon Palmer didn’t take part of qualifying because of a broken chassis back in FP3. Q1:...

Verstappen leads FP3

Max Verstappen, thanks to a clear lap, was the fastest of the last free-practice session in Mexico ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Daniel Ricciardo. Romain Grosjean, after braking problems on Friday, was the first to...

Vettel, fastest in FP2

Sebastian Vettel was the fastest in FP2 of the Mexican Grand Prix ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. Pascal Wehrlein and Romain Grosjean were the first to head out on track for the second...

Hamilton in the lead, Rosberg seventh

Lewis Hamilton started the Mexican Grand Prix the best way possible by dominating the FP1 session while Nico Rosberg was only seventh. Both Ferrari stood behind the Mercedes. Kevin Magnussen was the first to head...

Hamilton claims 50th victory

Lewis Hamilton takes his first win after summer break at Austin ahead of Nico Rosberg and Daniel Ricciardo. Lewis Hamilton started from pole position ahead of Nico Rosberg and Daniel Ricciardo, the Australian being the...

Hamilton on pole in America

Lewis Hamilton will start from pole position for the Grand Prix of America ahead of Nico Rosberg and Daniel Ricciardo for the US Grand Prix. Q1 : After a very few laps covered in free-practice, Pascal...

Verstappen fastest with super-softs

Max Verstappen ended the free-practice session of the US Grand Prix in the lead ahead of Daniel Ricciardo and Kimi Raikkonen, Mercedes haven’t run any lap with super-soft tyres. Esteban Gutierrez was the first one...

Sainz and Kvyat confirmed at Toro Rosso in 2017

The news broke just before the the third free-practice session of the US Grand Prix: Toro Rosso retains Carlos Sainz Jr and Daniil Kvyat for the 2017 season. If Carlos Sainz’ future was almost assured...

Rosberg fights back in FP2

Nico Rosberg set the fastest time of the second free-practice session of the American Grand Prix ahead of Daniel Ricciardo and Lewis Hamilton. The session started with a quarrel between Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso,...

Hamilton in the lead in the US

Lewis Hamilton led the first free-practice session of the Grand Prix of the USA, three tenths ahead of his teammate Nico Rosberg and two seconds away from Max Verstappen. The weather was incomparable to last...

Nico Hülkenberg joins Renault Sport Formula One Team

Renault Sport Formula One Team is proud to announce that Nico Hülkenberg will join the team for 2017 as part of a multi-year deal.   Twenty-nine year-old Nico has raced in 111 Formula 1 Grands Prix...

Rosberg wins in Japan, 3rd World Championship for Mercedes

Nico Rosberg dominated the Japanese GP for the first time after two years losing against Hamilton in this same track. Max Verstappen brought his Red Bull to a fantastic P2 and Lewis Hamilton completed the...

Wehrlein receives a 5 place-penalty-grid

The German driver received a penalty of 5 positions for the Japanese Grand Prix after gearbox change. This morning the FIA made official the sanction for Pascal Wehrlein to replace the gearbox. So the German...

Rosberg beats Hamilton for pole in Japan

For the third year in a row, Nico Rosberg got pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix. His Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton was 2nd ahead of Kimi Räikkönen. The Ferraris were the fastest ones in...