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Bottas puts Williams on top on final day of pre-season testing

Valtteri Bottas signed off the 2015 pre-season in style by going fastest for Williams on the final day of testing at Barcelona on Sunday. The Finn hit the front early and was never deposed, as...

Marussia included on official 2015 FIA entry list

Marussia have moved another step closer to returning to Formula One racing after governing body the FIA approved their entry for the 2015 season. The team issued a statement earlier this week confirming their intention to...

Rosberg in front on Day 6 in Barcelona

Mercedes finally hit the front in 2015 pre-season testing on Friday, as Nico Rosberg set an imperious new benchmark on day two in Barcelona. Elsewhere there was encouragement for McLaren, as Jenson Button completed more...

Massa fastest for Williams as McLaren toil on day one

Felipe Massa laid down an impressive marker for Williams on the opening day of the final pre-season test of 2015 in Spain, as McLaren were once again restricted by technical problems. Massa hit the front...

Jordá announced as Lotus Development Driver for 2015

Carmen Jordá today joined Lotus F1 Team as a Development Driver for the 2015 season. Carmen will attend Grands Prix and Formula 1 tests throughout 2015 for Lotus F1 Team as well as undergoing...

Magnussen to replace Alonso for final testing days (all line-ups)

All teams have announced their lineups for the last four days of pre-season test that’ll be held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, starting tomorrow, before the inaugural Grand Prix of Australia. Line-ups: Thursday 26 Friday 27 Saturday 28 Sunday...

Stevens secures Manor race seat

Will Stevens has agreed a 2015 Formula 1 race deal with the returning Manor team, which expects to be ready to compete in the Australian Grand Prix. The former Marussia team came out of administration...

Alonso leaves the Hospital yet

Following the Fernando Alonso testing accident at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya last Sunday, McLaren-Honda confirm that Fernando Alonso has now left hospital. He has returned to his family’s home in Spain for further rest and recuperation. As...

Grosjean fastest of the week in Barcelona

Romain Grosjean went fastest for Lotus as Fernando Alonso crashed and was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure on the final day of the second pre-season test at Barcelona. Grosjean leapt to the top...

Alonso moved to the hospital after an accident in Barcelona

The Spanish driver, Fernando Alonso has been transported to the Hospital General de Catalunya in Sant Cugat del Vallès to take medical checks after an accident during the day 4 of testing in Bacrelona-Catalunya...

Maldonado puts Lotus back on top in Barcelona

Pastor Maldonado topped the timesheets for the second time in three days as Lotus continued their encouraging pre-season testing form in Barcelona on Saturday. The Venezuelan driver, quickest on the opening day of the test...

Maldonado quickest for Lotus on first day of second test

Lotus’s Pastor Maldonado took advantage of a late soft tyre run to top an incident-filled first day of testing at Barcelona on Thursday. Maldonado, who stopped twice with sensor issues in the morning, clocked a...

Entry list complete for Montmeló tests

With all teams announcing their drivers, we will know who are going to drive on Barcelona-Catalunya circuit asphalt.   McLaren have been using Circuit de Catalunya track this week to work in engine development, using one...

Red Bull announces his lineup for Catalonia

Red Bull Racing-Renault announced when they drivers will run during the next four days of Formula 1 test  in the circuit of Barcelona-Catalonia. The Austrian brand has announced that Daniel Ricciardo will drive the RB11 during the first...

Ferrari announces lineup to Barcelona

The Scuderia Ferrari will present the next test in Barcelona with Kimi Räikkönen rolling the first two days and Sebastian Vettel last two days. Ferrari has joined McLaren and Sauber announced the lineups for drivers...

McLaren confirms his line-up for Barcelona

The McLaren-Honda team has confirmed who and when will drive the MP4-30 McLaren-Honda car in the second four-days of testing of the 2015 Formula 1 pre-season. Jenson Button will run two days during the week, on...

Saxo Bank extends Lotus F1 Team partnership

Saxo Bank, the online multi-asset trading and investment specialist, today announces that it is extending its partnership with Lotus F1 Team. As part of the partnership package, Saxo Bank’s logo will be placed on the...

Manor F1 Team outlines process involved in getting to the 2015 Grid

Following the initiation of the CVA process by Marussia F1 Team administrators FRP Advisory earlier this week, and the confidence this step brings to the process of saving Marussia, the team is now pleased...

Raikkonen keeps Ferrari at the top

Kimi Raikkonen was the fastest on the last day of the first Formula 1 testings that have been held in Jerez de la Frontera. Hamilton, in second place, has been who has done more...

Jenson Button honours late father with new helmet design

The McLaren-Honda driver revealed on Monday new details of his helmet design. The most noticeable feature is a Papa Smurf figure in honour of his late father, John Button. A driver's helmet design is always...

Force India to miss Barcelona test

Force India's new Formula 1 car is now unlikely to run until the final Barcelona test later this month. The Silverstone-based team has already missed this week's running at Jerez, having originally only planned...

Felipe Nasr first in the third day of tests

Felipe Nasr surprised on the third day of testing at Jerez, setting the fastest time, followed very close by the Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen, with Nico Rosberg in third position, scoring good times and doing 151...

Vettel leads the second day of tests

Ferrari and Vettel have returned to be in front of the classification of the second day of testing at the Jerez circuit. The German has been very fast in a single lap, and has...

Vettel tops the first testing in Jerez

Sebastian Vettel finished the day at the top of the timesheets on the first day of testing at the Jerez circuit. Behind the Ferrari have been the Sauber of Marcus Ericsson and the Mercedes...

McLaren to change its colours at season start

Subtly – with a tweet in quest form – McLaren announced today the intention of changing its colours. Fans request with emotion the white and red livery from Honda times, which may come back...

Stella to be Alonso’s engineer

After Andrea Stella move to Woking based team, McLaren confirmed that when contract he had with Ferrari allows it, he will join the team to be Alonso’s engineer, as he was for the past...

The RB11 revealed

After an intensely busy off-season, Infiniti Red Bull’s Racing’s 2015 Formula One car, the RB11, has hit the track and begun testing at the Circuito de Jerez in Spain ahead of the new season.   Featuring...

Williams launch the FW37 in Jerez

The new Williams Mercedes FW37 was unveiled today ahead of the first pre-season test in Jerez, Spain. The F1 grid will once again be adorned with the red and blue stripes that have grown...

Mercedes AMG gets back with the W06 Hybrid

The MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team today unveiled its 2015 Formula One World Championship challenger, the F1 W06 Hybrid, ahead of the first day of pre-season testing at the Circuito de Jerez in...

Toro Rosso welcomes STR10

The STR10 was revealed today at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit in southern Spain. As the car's codename implies, 2015 will be Scuderia Toro Rosso's tenth year in Formula 1 and CEPSA, who...