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Nicholas Latifi joins Renault Sport

Canadian race driver Nicholas Latifi, 20, has joined Renault Sport Formula One Team as a Test Driver with a long-term development programme. Latifi, who will also race in the GP2 Series in 2016 with DAMS,...

Haas Signs Santino Ferrucci as Development Driver

Haas F1 Team has signed 17-year-old Santino Ferrucci as its development driver. The American from Woodbury, Connecticut, will be embedded with Haas F1 Team at every opportunity, attending races and tests throughout the year...

Manor Racing signs Alexander Rossi as official reseve driver

American will be the first driver to perform simultaneous IndyCar & F1 roles   Alexander Rossi is back in the Manor Racing fold as Official Reserve Driver. Although he’ll be racing in the 2016 IndyCar Series,...

FIA approved the new F1 quali format

The World Motor Sport Council approved the new qualification format, the principles of which were unanimously accepted by the F1 Commission. The new system should be introduced for the first round of the 2016...

Ferrari on top as pre-season testing finishes

Sebastian Vettel ensured Ferrari top spot as Formula One's second and final pre-season test of 2016 came to its conclusion at Barcelona. The German's morning benchmark of 1m 22.852s - set on the red-marked supersoft tyres -...

Raikkonen fastest on the penultimate day of testing

Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest time seen so far in Formula One pre-season testing on Thursday, as the teams completed their penultimate day’s running at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. Raikkonen clocked his...

Bottas fastest as Haas run into trouble on day 2

Valtteri Bottas headed the timesheets for Williams on the second day of the final Formula One pre-season test at Barcelona - while newcomers Haas struck trouble and completed just one installation lap. Bottas hit the...

Mercedes the fastest in Barcelona

Formula 1 has back to the work today with Mercedes on top. They set more than 160 laps and set an incredible lap with soft tyres. Bottas finished second with ultra soft compound, as...

FIA confirms qualifying system modification

F1 teams and FIA found an accord last Tuesday at Geneva to radically change the qualifying system. Formula One is about to know a drastic change in the qualifying sessions system which will more be...

Vettel fastest as Hamilton clocks up mileage on day one

The top two teams in last year’s constructors’ championship, Mercedes and Ferrari, looked in fine form as F1 testing got underway at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain on Monday. Sebastian Vettel set the day’s...

Red Bull launches new RB12

Red Bull has presented this morning their new car for the 2016 Formula 1 season, the RB12, after showing their new colors last Wednesday in London.   Red Bull has fought really hard to be this...

Wehrlein unveils his Formula 1 number

The German driver unveils the number he will race with for his maiden Formula One season with Manor Racing. He unsurprisingly chose 94, as he was already using this one in DTM since 2013. Previously, Wehrlein...

Vandoorne finds his way at Super Formula

The reigning champion of GP2 Series, Stoffel Vandoorne leave the European competition to join the prestigious Japanese Super Formula for this 2016 season. The Belgian driver signed an agreement with Dandelion Racing to join the...

Ocon in F1 on Fridays and in DTM too

The brand new Renault Sport F1 Team third driver, Esteban Ocon, will combine his F1 schedule with DTM participation. Esteban Ocon signed an accord with Renault Sport Formula One Team to be their third driver....

Exclusive: Pascal Wehrlein signed with Manor

Enough with the rumors! FormulaRapida.net can say that Pascal Wehrlein has signed an accord with Formula 1 team Manor to make his debuts in 2016. FORMULARAPIDA.NET can say that Pascal Wehrlein has signed an accord...

Renault presents his new F1 colors

Renault Sport Racing will encompass all Renault’s motorsport activities, including Renault Sport Formula One Team, Renault e.dams, Formula Renault 2.0, Renault Sport R.S.01 Trophy, plus further customer racing and rallying programmes. Renault Sport Racing...

Maldonado confirms Lotus departure

Pastor Maldonado has revealed that he has left the Lotus team ahead of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship.  The Venezuelan had been due to continue with the team, but will now be absent...

Mazepin development driver for Force India

The young Russian driver, Nikita Mazepin, makes his first step into Formula 1 becoming Sahara Force India’s development driver. At only 16 year-old, businessman Dmitry Mazepin’s son Nikita will make his debuts in Formula One...

Williams will show its car at Barcelona

The formation from Grove joins Haas and Mclaren revealing their launching dates of their cars. The British team announced Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas will reveal their new weapon in the pit lane of the...

First pictures of new Renault leaked

Like last year with Williams, F1 Racing’s exclusive pictures of the new Renault have been leaked on the internet. The livery is similar to the last Renault F1 car in 2010 with a predominance...

Sauber’s 2016 will not take part of first tests

Sauber justifies its delays by the change of calendar which happened in late 2015 which changed the dates of Barcelona’s tests. Therefore, the Swiss team will have to run a C34 adapted to 2016...

McLaren annonces 2016 launch date

British team announces on Twitter the date of the MP4-31 launch. It will take place on February 21st before pre-season testing in Barcelona. Car launch will be broadcasted live on the internet so fans can...

Haas passes FIA crash test

New comer in Formula One, Haas F1 Team, has passed the FIA crash test ahead of winter testing happening next month. The announcement has been made on Twitter on Haas F1’s official account. “Passed FIA...

Monza close to secure its future.

According to the President of Automobile Club d’Italia, Angelo Damiani, the Autodromo nazionale di Monza is about to secure a new Formula One deal. In recent years, Monza has been under threat because of the...

Pirelli organize a wet tyre test in Paul Ricard

Pirelli organizes a wet tyre test to be held at Paul Ricard circuit, on January 25 and 26. The two-day test will be focussing just on wet tyres (no intermediates). Different wet prototypes will be...

Ferrari work on 2016 delayed

The work on the new car started later than expected according to Scuderia’s President Sergio Marchionne’s words to The F1 Hub website. The main reason of this delay comes from the need to keep on...

Red Bull presents its new logo for 2016

Red Bull had to change its logo after Infinity’s departure as a main sponsor.   Red Bull revealed its new logo for the 2016 season by its official Twitter account. Infiniti does not appear anymore on...

Magnussen still has F1 in mind

After a first season in Formula 1 in 2014 with McLaren, Kevin Magnussen was found without a seat for this 2015 season. Regardless of this, the Danish driver thinks his Formula 1 career is...

Alonso is certain McLaren can go two seconds faster

The Spanish driver thinks 2016 will be completely different for McLaren.   The target is to reduce the two-second gap with the rest of the field. Staying optimistic, Fernando Alonso is certain “it will be relatively...

Ferrari joins Italian Stock Exchange

“Ferrari: A new milestone, a new start”, these were the words Sergio Marchionne inscribed in the guest book of the Italian Stock Exchange during the Ferrari Listing Ceremony on the MTA.  Raffaele Jerusalmi, CEO...