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Mick Schumacher won’t force the issue when it comes to his path to Formula 1, with the young German taking it one step at a time. Teenage chargers Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll headed straight to Grand Prix racing after a year in the FIA European F3 Championship. But the son of seven-time world champion […]

McLaren racing director Eric Boullier says that anything is possible when it comes to the future of the team’s partnership with Honda. Since the Woking-based outfit and the Japanese manufacturer renewed their successful partnership from the 1980s three years ago, performance has been massively disappointing. Honda’s power unit has not only under-performed, its reliability has […]

Haas F1 Team has extended the duties of young American hopeful Santino Ferruci as its resident development driver for 2017. The 18-year-old from Woodbury, Connecticut, will assume his Haas duties while also competing in his first full season of GP3 as a member of the DAMS outfit. Ferruci tested for Haas during a two-day in-season […]

Sam Bird was the master of Formula E’s double header in New York, winning Sunday’s race with a commanding performance in Brooklyn. The DS Virgin Racing driver put in a flawless performance to lead home the Mahindra combo of Nick Heidfeld and Felix Rosenqvist. Poleman Bird wasn’t the fastest man off the line however, leaving […]

Honda F1 boss Yusuke Hasegawa says the Japanese manufacturer is finally making progress with its power unit, and will be stronger in 2018. The jury is still out as to whether McLaren and Honda will continue their partnership next season, but current signs appear to point to an inevitable split. On the back of McLaren-Honda […]

Any controversy is good for the exposure of Formula 1 , says McLaren-Honda’s Stoffel Vandoorne after last Sunday’s incident between Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. Speaking in his regular post-GP column for Motorsport.com, the Belgian refrained from judging the perpetrators involved in the dispute but insisted that a bitter rivalry between two leading drivers is […]

Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey says the sport will have other options available for hosting the British GP in the future if a deal cannot be reached in the coming years with Silverstone. Last week, the BRDC triggered a break clause in its contract with The Formula One Group, effectively releasing itself from its British […]

Modern-day slavery remains ubiquitous across the world, with an estimated 35.8 million people trapped under forced servitude or ownership of some kind, according to a report released Monday by the Australian anti-slavery NGO Walk Free Foundation. The estimate marks a significant increase since the organization’s 2013 report’s count of 29.8 million. “We believe that the […]

Team owner Gene Haas believes his team is better off steering clear of  a ‘pay driver’ model , at least for now. The Haas F1 Team featured Esteban Gutierrez in its line-up during its maiden F1 season as the Mexican enjoyed lavish sponsorship from his backers. Haas chose not to retain Gutierrez however, and hired […]