Grosjean: Montreal is my favourite circuit on the Xbox

Romain Grosjean has fond memories of Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, having finished second at the 2012 Canadian Grand Prix and is looking forward to another strong showing at the legendary venue on the Ile Notre-Dame. Speaking ahead of the weekend in Montreal, Grosjean said, “I have very good memories from 2012 when I went from seventh […]
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Ricciardo: Kiss it too hard and that’s it!

Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo scored his maiden Formula 1 victory at the 2014 Canadian Grand Prix, etching his name in the sport’s folklore forever and now a year later he returns to the scene of his career defining triumph with great memories and a job to do. For sure the venue of his first win, and […]
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Toro Rosso drivers preview the Canadian GP

Toro Rosso drivers preview the Canadian Grand Prix, Round 7 of the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship, at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on the Ile Notre-Dame in Montreal. Max Verstappen (Car 33): “I’m feeling fine now after the unfortunate end to the Monaco Grand Prix and there are no after affects from the crash. I even […]
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Inside Line: Importance of strategy in modern F1

We often think that it is the Formula 1 driver who wins the Grand Prix, but we seldom see what goes on in the back end of the team. Strategy is arguably one of the most important aspects of a successful Formula 1 campaign. No matter whether you are in the fastest car or the fastest driver […]
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Big F1 teams must make customer case

Formula 1's manufacturer teams have to make a compelling case for independents to believe in their customer car vision, says Force India's Bob Fernley
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Sauber eyes cash boost from upturn

Sauber believes it has a chance to close out a number of new sponsorship deals following its upturn in form at the start of the 2015 Formula 1 season
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Kehm explains handling of Schumacher privacy

Michael Schumacher’s manager Sabine Kehm has defended her handling of the media since the F1 legend’s death defying skiing crash seventeen months ago. Kehm and Schumacher’s wife Corinna have often been criticised for guarding privacy so fiercely since the late December 2013 accident. It means the great German has not been seen publicly, while the […]
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Hamilton’s former GP2 team set to be McLaren-Honda B-team

An early frontrunner to be the twelfth team in 2016 has already emerged after the FIA surprised the F1 world by announcing it is searching for another team to join newcomer Haas F1 Team, perhaps as soon as 2016. Given it is already almost June, Auto Motor und Sport on Friday suggested the only possible way a […]
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WATCH: How did Merc get it wrong?

Ted Kravitz and Johnny Herbert analyse how Lewis Hamilton’s advantage in Monaco fluctuated before making the pit-stop that cost him victory.
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Upgraded Mercedes engine in Canada

Mercedes will bring an upgraded engine to the Canadian Grand Prix, Lotus CEO Matthew Carter has told Sky Sports F1.
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F1 is 'mentally horrible' - Sainz

Toro Rosso driver Carlos Sainz Jr has described the mental challenge of Formula 1 as "horrible" and rejected claims the sport is easier than a decade ago
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British GP '95 percent sold out'

Organisers of the British GP at Silverstone have urged fans thinking of attending to book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
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Lotus addresses Grosjean's FP1 fears

The Lotus Formula 1 team understands Romain Grosjean's concerns over giving up free practice sessions to Jolyon Palmer this year, but it believes it is doing the right thing
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Williams: We won't win in 2015

Williams’ chief technical officer Pat Symonds says the team are not in a position to win races this season.
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Hamilton, Verstappen taking questions

Arguably the two stars of the Monaco GP, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, will take questions in the FIA's press conference in Montreal next week.
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Williams eyes Austria upgrade boost

Williams's 2015 Formula 1 season will take off from the Austrian Grand Prix when a major upgrade arrives, believes head of vehicle performance Rob Smedley
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Button: Canada tougher for McLaren

Jenson Button is already preaching caution ahead of a Canadian Grand Prix he feels could underline the 2015 McLaren-Honda Formula 1 car's weaknesses
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Wolff won't rule out customer cars

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff says he can see them supplying customer cars to bolster the F1 grid and reckons he has already spoken to three smaller teams about such a "contingency plan".
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Haas: Seriousness of drivers’ interest is picking up

Haas F1 Team is now turning its attention to drivers ahead of their debut season in 2016, and may well contract existing Formula 1 drivers whose teams have delivered below expectations. It emerged recently that due to his link to the team’s technology partner Ferrari, Esteban Gutierrez appears in pole position for one seat. But […]
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Wolff: In future we will use logic and common sense

Formula 1 world champions Mercedes has resolved to rely less on data and more on human input in future, following the strategy debacle during the Monaco grand prix. Ever since Lewis Hamilton lost a sure victory in the Principality due to a late extra pitstop, the Silvber Arrows outfit has been feverishly analysing what went wrong. “We […]
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Red Bull open to promoting Verstappen in 2016

Red Bull is open to changing its driver line-up for the 2016 Formula 1 season, according to De Telegraaf following Dutch teenager Max Verstappen’s meteoric debut for the junior outfit Toro Rosso this year, even though his progress hit a bump in Monaco with his heavy crash and subsequent penalties. But until then, Red Bull […]
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Briatore: Ferrari has not closed gap on Mercedes

Flavio Briatore – who had a high profile weekend in the Monaco paddock – insists Ferrari has made no real progress relative to the pace setters in 2015, despite the fact that they are clearly second in the pecking order behind Mercedes. Several times recently, the Italian has defended Fernando Alonso’s decision to leave Maranello […]
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Ecclestone not ruling out Indian GP return

Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone is not ruling out a return to the calendar for the Indian Grand Prix. Last week, a source close to the former promoter Jaypee indicated that the New Delhi race – scrapped for financial and bureaucratic reasons after its third edition in 2013 – appeared unlikely to return any time soon. Indeed, India […]
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Renault not surprised by FIA clampdown

Renault says it is not surprised the FIA is clamping down on supposedly non-performance engine upgrades in Formula 1. As the mid-year month of June approaches, it is believed Honda – for example – has found 50 horse power since Melbourne without spending a single ‘token’. Amid the so-called ‘engine freeze’, the FIA’s token system […]
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Massa: What happened in Monaco will not happen again

Felipe Massa has backed his Williams team to recover immediately from a well below par weekend in Monaco, where the often front runners were nowhere among the leaders. Valtteri Bottas said after the street race that it was the “second year in succession” the British team struggled in Monaco. Technical boss Pat Symonds told Auto Motor […]
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Magnussen: McLaren will take care of my career

Marginalised McLaren driver Kevin Magnussen says he is not losing hope for a rapid return to the Formula 1 grid in the future. After a solid debut for McLaren last year, the 22-year-old Dane was relegated to the reserve role for 2016 as champions Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button spearhead the new Honda-powered era. “Yes I […]
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FIA clears Ferrari of using Haas wind-tunnel

  A recent inspection by Formula 1’s governing body cleared Ferrari of wrongdoing as it pushes ahead with aerodynamic development in 2015. The story was first reported on Tuesday by Italy’s Omnicorse, following rumours emerging from the recent meeting of the Strategy Group. The report claimed Mercedes had complained that Ferrari might be violating the […]
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FIA seek to monitor and show live driver biometrics

Formula 1’s governing body wants to plug the drivers into telemetry, with the FIA set to test the real-time collection of heart, respiratory and temperature biometrics of drivers on track later this year. The ambition is to eventually mandate the collection of ‘human telemetry’, in the name of safety, something already being used and shown to viewers during Indycar races […]
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FIA seeks new Formula 1 team to join the grid

Formula 1’s governing body launched a tender for a potential new team that could join the starting grid as early as next season. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said it had opened a process “to identify a candidate team to participate at a competitive level” from the start of 2016 or 2017 until at least […]
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FIA seeking new F1 team

The FIA has opened the tender process for a new team to join the F1 grid from as early as next season.
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FIA seeks new F1 team for 2016

The FIA has launched a new selection process that could bring a new Formula 1 team onto the grid as early as 2016
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F1 Strategy Group has 'no strategy'

Manor sporting director Graeme Lowdon believes Formula 1's Strategy Group is failing to address fundamental questions in its attempt to overhaul F1
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Perez 'flawless' in Monaco - Mallya

Force India boss Vijay Mallya feels Sergio Perez produced a "flawless" Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix performance to underline the belief shown in the Mexican
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Data v Common Sense

“We have to follow the data, this is how the sport works,” said Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff after a strategic blunder lost Lewis Hamilton the Monaco Grand Prix. On the surface, it seems an odd position to take. But it’s rather more complex than that.
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Data v Common Sense

“We have to follow the data, this is how the sport works,” said Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff after a strategic blunder lost Lewis Hamilton the Monaco Grand Prix. On the surface, it seems an odd position to take. But it’s rather more complex than that.
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Rosberg responds to Ecclestone remarks

Nico Rosberg has told Bernie Ecclestone he does care about Formula 1 in the wake of criticism from the sport's commercial rights holder
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Todt: Alcohol sponsorship won't stop

FIA president Jean Todt has ruled out a ban on the advertising of alcohol in Formula 1, claiming it to be "not possible"
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FIA clamping down hard in 2015

FIA officials are pushing hard for its regulations to be fully respected by Formula 1 teams in 2015. With the governing body having already clamped down in the area of fuel flow, Auto Motor und Sport reports that the FIA is now targeting engine upgrades that are being introduced for supposedly ‘reliability’-based reasons. Amid the current […]
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Ecclestone says tals about Monza future at a standstill

F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says he is open to working with a new race promoter if it saves the embattled Italian Grand Prix, as negotiations with the current group are at a standstill. With the F1 supremo warning that Monza must pay more to stay on the calendar beyond 2016, Italian automobile club chief Angelo Sticchi Damiani […]
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Have Renault already bought Lotus?

A number of international media sources believe Lotus is on the cusp of being sold, if not already in the sold to Renault with only the final legalities set to be ironed out. Just two weeks ago, amid reports the Enstone team was in talks with its former owner Renault, Lotus chief Matthew Carter declared: “My […]
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Hamilton will learn from Monaco saga predicts Hakkinen

Former F1 world champion Mika Hakkinen has tipped Lewis Hamilton to bounce back from the Monaco grand prix. Regarding the basic strategy error that cost the world champion a sure victory on the fabled streets, Hakkinen said: “It was a mistake that nobody can change now.” “There are now certainly a few meek colleagues who […]
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Todat says FIA will not ban alcohol advertising in Fa

FIA president Jean Todt has ruled out banning alcohol sponsorship in Formula 1. During the Monaco grand prix weekend, a European alcohol policy group called Eurocare said the amount of alcohol-related exposure in the sport is “extreme”. “We now urge the involved bodies in F1 to move away from alcohol sponsorship,” the group declared. Williams’ […]
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Formula 1 funding not a priority for new Barcelona mayor

The Spanish grand prix might be losing the backing of the Barcelona local government, as a new mayor takes office in the city. At the Circuit de Catalunya’s latest F1 race earlier this month, it was announced that the Spanish grand prix contract has been extended through 2017, 2018 and 2019. But on Sunday, while […]
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De Villota’s father unhappy with conclusion of crash finding

Maria de Villota’s father has expressed disappointment with the way an investigation into her 2012 testing crash was concluded. Britain’s Health and Safety Executive this week announced that “no enforcement action is being taken” against the former Marussia team regarding de Villota’s horror crash into a truck loading ramp whilst aerodynamic testing at Duxford. Spaniard de […]
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Video: Brundle tests Force India… and crashes!

Former Formula 1 driver and current Sky Sports F1 pundit Martin Brundle got a unique chance to sample current-era machinery as he tested the Force India VJM08 in Silverstone. It wasn’t a day without a few surprises, as Martin soon found out!!
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Inside Line: Formula 1 is cruel

There was a high profile furore immediately after the Monaco Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton was robbed of a victory due to a ‘miscalculation’ by his World Champion team Mercedes – he finished third. A cruel joke on his motivational phrase – ‘drive it like you stole it’! The furore actually emerged on social media, […]
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Magnussen: Vandoorne must get F1 seat

McLaren test driver Kevin Magnussen believes GP2 championship leader Stoffel Vandoorne must be signed to a Formula 1 race seat in the future
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Ricciardo: Wider tyres to help F1 aces

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo says the reintroduction of wider tyres to Formula 1 for 2017 will separate the better drivers from the rest of the field
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Merc: No one will be fired

Toto Wolff says no one will lose their job as a result of Mercedes’ strategy blunder at the Monaco GP and dismissed speculation the virtual safety car caused their miscalculation.
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No brake test by Grosjean - Lotus

Lotus has countered claims by Max Verstappen that he was brake tested by Romain Grosjean during Sunday's Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix
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