Vandoorne F1 debut puts pressure on Button

Jenson Button expects Stoffel Vandoorne to be a quick learner when the Belgian makes his Formula One race debut for McLaren in Bahrain this weekend after Fernando Alonso was ruled out on medical grounds. But the British veteran, who used to share a manager with Vandoorne, will also be doing all he can to be […]
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FORMULA 1™ to embrace Social Media on own terms

In a leaked memo from a FOM™ insider, GrandPrix247.com has gained access to a soon to be announced FORMULA ONE™ social media initiative which is likely to have widespread impact on how die-hard F1 FANS™ engage with THE SPORT™ in the future. In response to mass fan protest over their tyrannical methods of blog take […]
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Alonso's McLaren ups and downs

It's fair to say Fernando Alonso hasn't had it all his own way since rejoining McLaren in late 2014 - with the rib injury ruling him out of this weekend's Bahrain GP the latest blow.
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Lewis untroubled by Nico run

Lewis Hamilton remains unperturbed by Nico Rosberg's winning run and says he has a "real positive feel" about his own start to 2016.
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Vettel: They ask for chocolate ice cream and we sell them vanilla

Formula 1  bosses would get it wrong even if they were selling ice cream and everybody wanted one flavour, Sebastian Vettel said on Thursday as the sport’s qualifying format drew further criticism. The Ferrari driver told reporters at the Bahrain Grand Prix he was “as disappointed as probably anyone I know” the new system was not […]
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Hamilton: We can’t just stand still and let F1 go in the wrong direction

Triple Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton has made an impassioned plea to the powers that be to engage with drivers to make the sport great again. Hamilton spoke to media in the Bahrain paddock, in the wake of an open letter sent by his peers in the GPDA lamenting the state of the sport at the […]
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Formula 1 drivers stunned by qualifying format change u-turn

Leading Formula 1 drivers have expressed surprise that qualifying remains unaltered for this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix
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Alonso: I had a collapsed lung and fractured ribs

Fernando Alonso could not wait to get back into his McLaren and on track for the Bahrain Grand Prix, almost two weeks after his death defying accident during the Australian Grand Prix. On Wednesday in a team press release Alonso said, “Firstly, I’m very pleased to be heading to Bahrain after the crash in Australia. […]
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Jenson Button hopes McLaren F1 rookie Stoffel Vandoorne learns quickly

Jenson Button believes Stoffel Vandoorne can learn quickly as he steps up to make his Formula 1 race debut for McLaren as a late replacement for Fernando Alonso in Bahrain
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Drivers keen to be on F1 Commission

Formula 1 drivers may be angling for a spot on the sport’s decision-making body. Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA) chief Alex Wurz has been coy when asked what the next step – like race boycotts – might be after the revelation of the highly-critical open letter about F1’s governance. The active drivers in the FIA press […]
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Gutierrez says chassis cracked by crane after crash

Haas Formula One driver Esteban Gutierrez will use the team’s spare car at this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix after the one he crashed in Australia was damaged further by a recovery crane removing it from the track. “There was a bit of damage on the rear, to the floor. But I think the chassis was […]
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Bahrain Grand Prix: Drivers’ Press Conference

Full transcript from the FIA hosted drivers press conference ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend, Round 2 of the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship, featuring: Pascal Wehrlein (Manor), Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso), Romain Grosjean (Haas), Felipe Massa (Williams), Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) and Fernando Alonso (McLaren). Fernando, we have to start with you: three times […]
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Rosberg: I can be like Leicester!

Nico Rosberg reckons he can be F1's version of Premier League outsiders-turned-favourites Leicester City.
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'F1 can't be proud of qualy'

Sebastian Vettel says F1's decision to continue with the new qualifying format is something the sport "cannot be proud of".
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Lewis Hamilton's impassioned plea for Formula 1 change

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton spoke out about the state of F1 over the Australian Grand Prix weekend, before the Grand Prix Drivers' Association released its own statement on behalf of the entire grid
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Carlos Sainz Jr says there is nothing to clarify with Max Verstappen

Carlos Sainz Jr says there was "nothing to clarify" with Toro Rosso Formula 1 team-mate Max Verstappen after their tense finish to the Australian Grand Prix
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Grosjean: More to come from Haas

Romain Grosjean feels there is even more to come from Haas following their points-scoring debut in Australia.
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Drivers: We want to be involved

Nico Rosberg and Fernando Alonso led a passionate plea to the Formula 1 decision-makers during Thursday's drivers' press conference - claiming they love the sport and just want to be more involved in the future.
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Red Bull F1 team trials mock-up of its cockpit safety system

Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat both believe Red Bull's Formula 1 cockpit protection system to be a better design than the halo after recently trialling a mock-up
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Drivers: We want to be involved

Nico Rosberg and Fernando Alonso led a passionate plea to the Formula 1 decision-makers during Thursday's drivers' press conference - claiming they love the sport and just want to be more involved in the future.
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Lung and rib injuries cause of Fernando Alonso missing Bahrain GP

Fernando Alonso has revealed his Australian Grand Prix Formula 1 crash left him with broken ribs, a pneumothorax and the risk of further lung damage
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Esteban Gutierrez's Haas F1 chassis damaged by crane after crash

Esteban Gutierrez will change chassis for this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix after the one used in Australia was damaged by a crane removing the Haas following his crash with Fernando Alonso
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Vandoorne can match Button in Bahrain F1 debut, Magnussen believes

Former McLaren driver Kevin Magnussen believes Stoffel Vandoorne can match Jenson Button on his Formula 1 debut replacing Fernando Alonso for the Bahrain Grand Prix
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Vandoorne to make F1 debut in Bahrain

What is Fernando Alonso’s misfortune has turned into a big opportunity for McLaren reserve Stoffel Vandoorne who will substitute for the Spaniard at the Bahrain Grand Prix this weekend. With Alonso failing a FIA medical test in the aftermath of his death defying accident at the Australian Grand Prix two weeks ago, McLaren are forced to […]
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Alonso fails medical check and will not race in Bahrain

McLaren’s Fernando Alonso failed a medical and was ruled out of the Bahrain Grand Prix on Thursday with the after-effects of a huge crash in Australia, paving the way for Belgian reserve Stoffel Vandoorne to make his Formula One debut. The governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement that it had been decided […]
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Bahrain GP build-up LIVE!

All the latest updates from Thursday's media day in Bahrain as McLaren's Fernando Alonso is ruled out of the race weekend.
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Alonso declared unfit to race

Fernando Alonso has been declared unfit to drive at the Bahrain GP by FIA doctors following his crash at the season-opening Australian GP.
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Fernando Alonso to miss Bahrain Grand Prix after Australia crash

Fernando Alonso has been ruled out of this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix after his huge crash in the 2016 Formula 1 season-opener in Australia
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Rosberg: Very important to start the season with a win

Australian Grand Prix winner Nico Rosberg has admitted that opening his 2016 Formula 1 world championship campaign with a win was very important. The German has been beaten to the last two titles consecutively by his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, but kicked off a run of winning form late last year that continued into Melbourne. […]
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Verstappen: Ready to rumble!

Toro Rosso teenager Max Verstappen says he has moved on after losing his cool during the Australian Grand Prix. The 18-year-old, who made expletive-filled radio calls to the Toro Rosso pitwall in Melbourne, was furious about a bungled pitstop and being stuck behind teammate Carlos Sainz. “I have never seen Max as angry as he was […]
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Wurz: GPDA will suggest Formula 1 changes if powerbrokers listen

The Grand Prix Drivers' Association says it will put forward suggestions to help fix Formula 1's problems if it believes those in power are prepared to listen
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Ferrari may have tyre advantage for Bahrain

Mercedes might have made a tactical blunder in its preparation for this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix, according to former F1 driver turned German-language pundit Marc Surer, after Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel almost beat the silver cars two weeks ago in Australia. Now, Mercedes themselves are expecting another tough battle at the Bahrain Grand Prix. “Ferrari were a real threat […]
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Four F1 teams rejected qualifying tweaks

McLaren and Red Bull were not the only teams that objected to the tweaking of the highly-unpopular ‘musical chairs’ qualifying system for the Bahrain Grand Prix and beyond. We reported on Wednesday that because those two teams rejected the FIA’s proposal to tweak only the ‘Q3’ segment after the farcical debut in Melbourne, the sport […]
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Raikkonen engine survived Melbourne fire

Kimi Raikkonen’s Ferrari power unit has survived his fiery exit from the Australian Grand Prix. The Finn retired in the pitlane as a marshal shot fire extinguisher fluid into his flaming airbox, but Italy’s Autosprint said Ferrari was always confident the actual engine would survive. “If we had seen on the telemetry that it was […]
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Todt responds confidentially to GPDA letter

FIA president Jean Todt has responded to the Formula 1 drivers’ public complaint about the sport’s current governance, albeit out of the media glare. Just after the 2016 season opener, the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA) revealed an open letter to F1 “stakeholders” expressing formal concern about recent decisions made on the sporting, technical and business […]
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F1 teams already shifting focus towards 2017

Formula 1 teams will now begin to turn their focus towards designing a car for the all-new technical regulations of 2017. While April 30 is the actual deadline for the new rules, it is now essentially clear that F1 will speed up substantially next year with a blueprint for wider cars and tyres. “Before too long […]
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Adrian Newey 'stimulated' by Aston road freedom compared to F1

Red Bull's Adrian Newey says designing a supercar as part of the Formula 1 team's tie-up with Aston Martin will provide "a fresh stimulation"
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Merhi not ruling out F1 return in the future

Former F1 drive Roberto Merhi will complete the revival of the former Manor team in the World Endurance Championship (WEC) this year. With founders John Booth and Graeme Lowdon having left the F1 team that still bears the Manor name at the end of last year, 2015 driver Will Stevens was signed up to join […]
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Sports official adamant grand prix at Monza will be saved

An Italian sports official is confident Monza will secure its place on the Formula 1 calendar for 2017 and beyond. Negotiations between Bernie Ecclestone and race organisers are ongoing and reportedly troubled, but Oreste Perri, president of Lombardy’s Olympic committee, is upbeat. “Just now I spoke with my delegate of Monza and he told me […]
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Vettel believes he can beat Mercedes says Webber

The big question ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend, Round 2 of the Formula 1 world championship, is is Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari can seriously challenge Mercedes who are on an eight race winning streak. Mark Webber, who was Vettel’s teammate at Red Bull for a number of years, was asked if the German […]
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Will Ferrari beat Mercedes in the Bahrain Grand Prix?

Big question heading to the Bahrain Grand Prix, Round 2 of the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship, is if Ferrari can seriously challenge Mercedes at the desert venue, last year Kimi Raikkonen ran them close while in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago the Reds looked good for an upset win…
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Webber: Qualifying should be about phenomenal laps

Nine times grand prix winner Mark Webber is somewhat mystified by the fact that Formula 1 will stick to the much lamented musical chairs qualifying format which made it’s debut at the season opening Australian Grand Prix and turned out to be a flop. The Australian who is part of Channel 4 panel of F1 […]
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F1 Report: Bahrain GP preview

Catch up with all the latest news in F1 ahead of the Bahrain GP as the F1 Report previews the second round of the 2016 season.
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Bahrain GP talking points

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Bahrain Grand Prix: Ferrari vs Mercedes takes centre stage

Formula 1 champions Mercedes can rack up their eighth successive victory on Sunday but even if they do, a winning streak must end for either Lewis Hamilton or Nico Rosberg in Bahrain with Ferrari lurking and ready to prance. Rosberg is chasing his fifth win in a row after starting the season triumphantly in Australia to […]
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Bahrain Grand Prix Facts & Statistics

The 2004 Grand Prix of Bahrain marked the first ever round of the FIA Formula One World Championship to be held in the Middle East and the official culmination of a multi-million dollar project started back in September 2002 when the Kingdom of Bahrain signed a long-term deal to host the event. Located at Sakhir, […]
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Mehri gets LMP2 drive with Manor

Manor LMP2 team announced that former F1 driver Roberto Mehri will be joining the team alongside Will Stevens, Tor Graves, James Jakes, Matt Rao and Richard Bradley. Merhi, who joins his former Manor Marussia teammate Stevens in the squad, will take with him a wealth of experience and speed having competed in Formula 3, DTM […]
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Johnny Herbert's Tips

F1 pundit Johnny Herbert is backing Lewis Hamilton to record a third consecutive Bahrain Grand Prix win this weekend.
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Manor preview the Bahrain Grand Prix

We’re at a windswept Bahrain International Circuit where the palm trees are taking quite a beating ahead of Round 2 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship. In our Bahrain Grand Prix preview we find out what Pascal Wehrlein and Rio Haryanto took away from their Grand Prix debut in Melbourne and what lies ahead […]
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Renault targeting qualifying gains on its return to Formula 1

Renault racing director Frederic Vasseur feels the team needs to improve its qualifying pace to score points regularly on its full-time return to Formula 1
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