Bottas: Williams can do better in '16

Williams can do "an awful lot better" in the 2016 Formula 1 season after finishing third in this year's constructors' championship, according to Valtteri Bottas.
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Sky F1's 2016 wish list

The start of a new year always ushers in a period of fresh optimism and excitement and, although it may still be over two months away, that certainly applies to the 2016 F1 season.
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Surtees awarded CBE in honours list

John Surtees, the only person to win world championship titles on both four and two wheels, has been awarded a CBE in Britain's New Year's Honours list
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Driver of the Year: Sebastian Vettel

It was a tough call to determine the recipient of this accolade as Lewis Hamilton ticked all the boxes with a fantastic season – ten race wins, title decided with three rounds to go and a thorough trouncing of teammate Nico Rosberg when it mattered. And then there was also young Max Vertappen… With Hamilton, […]
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Rookie of the Year: Max Verstappen

It was absolutely no contest in deciding this award as Max Verstappen stormed onto the Formula 1 scene, silencing many naysayers, establishing his name at the pinnacle fo the sport – and it is one we are going to hear for many years to come. Much was made about the Dutch teenager who was groomed […]
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Car of the Year: Mercedes W06

No Formula 1 world champion has won the title with a bad car, but many have won with great cars and some times (unfairly) drivers do not get the full credit for their accomplishments because the car they had at their disposal was so immense – the Mercedes W06 is one of those. Would Alonso, […]
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Villain of the Year: Bernie Ecclestone

As long as Bernie Ecclestone continues to be at the helm of Formula 1 he is likely to scoop this award every year as the old man has long past his sell buy date, but continues to hang in there apparently intent on destroying everything he built. His comments apparently designed solely for capturing headlines […]
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Disappointment of the Year: McLaren-Honda

This was a no-brainer as McLaren and their renewed partnership with Honda was a disaster from the moment they hit testing early in the year. Honda, who were mega in their F1 heyday, returned to the pinnacle of the sport totally unprepared and stumbled from one race to another totally lost at sea and devoid […]
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Race of the Year: Hungarian Grand Prix

The Hungarian Grand Prix marked the first Formula 1 race after the passing of Jules Bianchi on 17 July 2015, and perhaps as a tribute the F1 gods delivered a remarkable race at Hungaroring. At the start the two Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen took first and second respectively stealing the positions from […]
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Overtake of the Year: Hamilton on Rosberg in Austin

Our readers voted Max Verstappen’s overtake on Felipe Nasr at Spa-Francorchamps as the overtake of the year, but our team thought differently and Lewis Hamilton’s move on teammate Nico Rosberg into turn one on the opening lap of the United States Grand Prix gets the top spot nod. Granted that Verstappen move was ballsy, as […]
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Track of the Year: Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez

Let’s get this straight: Spa-Francorchamps would typically win every Track of the Year award and our readers made that point quite clear in the poll, but we went the emotional route and Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez gets the award this time around. Sure the 2015 Mexican Grand Prix was in the end a boring race, there was […]
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Surprise of the Year: Vettel wins for Ferrari

At the end of 2014 Sebastian Vettel surprised all by departing Red Bull and move to Ferrari, in the wake of a season in which he was bettered by teammate Daniel Ricciardo. Vettel took flak for a below par season by those who attributed his four back-to-back titles as a fluke and a result of […]
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GrandPrix247 F1 Team of the Year: Mercedes

Despite Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda and notwithstanding some high profile gaffes during the course of the season, Mercedes get this award unanimously. It came down to a question of the team who made the least mistakes and delivered on track irrespective of their drivers and management. Ferrari dropped the ball on several occasions, Red Bull […]
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Will Vettel be F1 world champion in 2016?

Sebastian Vettel is being tipped to win the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship title for Ferrari, but the odds are on the reigning world champion to do the business again next season. Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton were dominant in 2014 and 2015, but Ferrari improved markedly this year which has prompted speculation that Vettel will be a […]
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Coulthard tips Wurz for a top job in motorsport

Alex Wurz has been tipped for a prominent management role in motor sport for the future. Although recently announcing his retirement from actual racing, the former Benetton and Williams driver will shortly return to the cockpit in Daytona. “They (Chip Ganassi) called me on the day I announced I was retiring,” the 41-year-old told Racer. […]
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Button hopes Honda will copy Ferrari

Jenson Button feels Ferrari's progress last winter is evidence as to what Honda can achieve before the start of the 2016 Formula 1 season
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Ferrari: Red Bull supply "dangerous"

Ferrari did not supply Red Bull with its Formula 1 engine for 2016 because it would have been "dangerous" to the Scuderia's competitiveness, says its president Sergio Marchionne
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Wolff wary of rule changes to reel in Mercedes dominance

Formula 1 should be careful about tinkering and making knee-jerk rule changes to stop Mercedes’ dominance of tyhe sport. That is the view of Toto Wolff, Mercedes’ team boss, even though he has freely admitted that the silver team’s perpetual winning is supposedly bad for the sport. Christian Horner, Wolff’s counterpart at Red Bull, worries […]
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Montezemolo: I relive the Schumi drama with great sadness

It was with sadness this week that two of Michael Schumacher’s former colleagues marked the two-year anniversary of the great German’s skiing crash. “I relive the drama with great sadness,” admitted former Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, under whose reign Schumacher won a record five consecutive world championships wearing red. “I am close to Corinna, […]
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Ted's Notebook: New Tyre rules

Confused by F1's new tyre rules for 2016? In a Notebook Special, Ted Kravitz hijacks the Midweek Report studio to explain what's changed and the likely impact on race strategies - with the help of some post-it notes and play-doh!
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Palmer is ready for F1 - Maldonado

Jolyon Palmer is ready to make the step up to a Formula 1 race seat after spending a year as Lotus's reserve driver, according to his new team-mate Pastor Maldonado
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Hamilton: I feel wonderful about my life

At the end of another triumphant year, triple Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton says he has no intention of easing back the intensity of his headline grabbing off-track lifestyle which he says is important to him. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper asked Hamilton, the reigning triple world champion, about his supposed rock star life, “I […]
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Lawyer says Schumacher has the right to his privacy

Michael Schumacher’s media lawyer has defended the right of the great German’s family to fiercely defend his privacy and the news blackout surrounding the Formula 1 legend. Tuesday is the two-year anniversary of Schumacher’s tragic skiing fall in the French Alps, in which he was left with apparently severe brain damage. To date, however, the […]
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Johansson expects McLaren to make big leap in 2016

Former F1 driver Stefan Johansson has tipped his former team McLaren and their engine partners Honda to make a big leap in 2016. And the 59-year-old Swede, who raced for the British team in 1987 just before its first and ultra-successful Honda era began, is not alone in thinking McLaren-Honda is now capable of putting […]
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Gutierrez: To race for Ferrari it’s what I want to achieve

Formula 1 returnee Esteban Gutierrez has admitted he would like his new Haas seat for 2016 to boost his chances of racing for Ferrari in the future. At the end of 2014, the Mexican stepped out of his Sauber race seat and into the reserve role at Ferrari. Gutierrez, 24, admitted he made the move […]
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Why are young drivers disillusioned about the F1 dream?

Drivers and managers are in danger of giving up the Formula 1 dream, former grand prix star Stefan Johansson has warned. The Swede raced in the eighties for Ferrari and McLaren, but today he is involved in the management of his impressive countryman Felix Rosenqvist. The 24-year-old is the new European F3 champion, and this year […]
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Race against time to build new pits for Canadian GP

  The City of Montreal has acknowledged that time is tight to deliver the promised new pit and paddock complex ahead of the 2016 Canadian grand prix. The race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is promoted privately by a company called Octane, but a new ten-year contract signed with F1 last year required the City to […]
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How is Schumi two years on?

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Horner: Mercedes dominance hurting F1

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes Mercedes' current dominance of Formula 1 is driving fans away, and he says his own team's success was never as damaging
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How is Schumi two years on?

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2015 in review LIVE!

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Lauda wasn't a fan of me - Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton believes Mercedes non-executive chairmain Niki Lauda was not a fan of his during the early part of the Briton's Formula 1 career
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Wolff: Maybe we unleash Lewis and Nico completely

Mercedes is seriously considering unleashing the rivalry between teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, in a bid to spice up Formula 1. For the past two years amid the German marque’s total dominance, the Silver arrows drivers have duelled for the title effectively alone. But boss Toto Wolff warned before Christmas that he would have to consider […]
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Verstappen wants 100 points and podium in 2016

Toro Rosso teenager Max Verstappen has confirmed reports he is determined to aim high in 2016, his second season in Formula 1. This year, the Dutchman had one of the most memorable rookie seasons in the history of the sport, wowing with his overtakes and amassing an impressive tally of 49 points. But he wants […]
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2015 in review with SSNHQ

Thierry Henry heads a great line up as Sky Sports News HQ looks back at an unforgettable year for British sport on Tuesday.
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Magnussen: McLaren told me I had a seat for 2015

Kevin Magnussen has revealed the deep shock of discovering at the eleventh hour – a year ago – that his Formula 1 career was stalling after just one season with McLaren. In 2014, the Dane’s fledgling career was racing towards the end of its debut year with promising early form and – according to him […]
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Wolff: Never make the mistake of writing off Red Bull

Mercedes motorsport chief Toto Wolff has tipped Red Bull to commence a process of rebuilding as the brand races back to the front in Formula 1. The energy drink company’s premier F1 outfit dominated the sport with every title between 2010 and 2013, faltering only when engine supplier Renault struggled at the commencement of the new […]
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Gutierrez predicts closer battle in F1 next season

Esteban Gutierrez believes Formula 1 fans are set for a more exciting season in 2016. This year, the fight at the front was monopolised by the utter dominance of Mercedes, as Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg shared 16 of the 19 wins between them. But Mercedes team chairman Niki Lauda told La Gazzetta dello Sport that […]
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Jos Verstappen turns down Le Mans return to be with Max

Jos Verstappen will not race at Le Mans next year as he prefers instead to focus on supporting the Formula 1 career of his teenage son Max. Since his last grand prix in 2003, Jos has contested the fabled 24 hour endurance race a couple of times and was reportedly considering a return for 2016. […]
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Sirotkin admits more than one offer for F1 role

Sergey Sirotkin has played down speculation he is definitely set to return to prominence in Formula 1 next year, but admits he may have a test role lined up. When still a teenager, the Russian leapt into the headlines in 2013 when he was part of a proposed buyout deal at Sauber. The deal never happened, […]
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Renault bought back Lotus for one pound

French carmaker Renault bought back its former works team Lotus for a single British pound. That is the finding of F1 business journalist Christian Sylt, who wrote in the Telegraph that company documents show only 1 pound actually changed hands as Renault bought a 90 per cent stake in the Enstone based team. In the […]
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Ferrari could promote itself without F1

Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne says the Italian manufacturer could easily find other ways to promote itself if it decided to leave Formula 1 in the future
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Lauda: Ferrari are a rival to Mercedes who we must always defeat

Niki Lauda has denied Bernie Ecclestone’s claim about a strategic alliance between top Formula 1 teams Mercedes and Ferrari. Amid an intensifying political war between the sport’s authorities on the one hand and the leading teams on the other, F1 supremo Ecclestone told Auto Motor und Sport recently that there is “an agreement between Mercedes […]
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Weber: Corinna prevents me from having any contact with Michael.

Michael Schumacher’s former manager has revealed he has been unable to visit the stricken Formula 1 legend in the wake of his 2013 skiing crash. As the two-year anniversary of the German great’s tragic fall in France now looms, Willi Weber wrote on his Facebook page that Schumacher’s wife Corinna has not allowed him to […]
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Rossi hints at 2016 Manor deal to be revealed soon

The 24-year-old Californian Alexander Rossi says his plans for the 2016 Formula 1 season will be revealed soon. Rossi began his 2015 campaign in GP2, but made his break into Formula 1 towards the end of the season with the backmarker Manor. It is expected Rossi will stay at the team next year, but also in […]
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Rookies 'strongest part' of Toro Rosso

Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost says Formula 1 rookies Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz Jr were the "strongest part" of his team in 2015
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F1's 2017 rule changes tougher than '09

Williams technical chief Pat Symonds believes the challenge posed by the revamped 2017 regulations is more difficult than Formula 1 teams encountered in 2009
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Perez: Force India can be in top four

Force India can build on its strong finish to the Formula 1 season and challenge Red Bull and Williams for a top-four place in 2016, according to Sergio Perez.
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Red Bull well-placed for 2017 engine

Red Bull is in a good position to secure a competitive engine for the 2017 Formula 1 season, according to team principal Christian Horner.
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Ferrari to evaluate Gutierrez - Haas

Ferrari will be running the rule over Haas driver Esteban Gutierrez during 2016 ahead of a potential future drive, Formula 1's newest team boss feels
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