Formula 1’s Latest Rumours and Talk: Renault Launch, Kevin Magnussen and More

The car on show may only have been a 2015-style chassis with a lifeless (albeit interim) livery, but Renault’s return to the Formula One grid felt close enough to touch in Paris on Wednesday. Following its purchase of the Enstone-based Lotus team at the end of 2015, the manufacturer held a team-launch event in the French capital, where it outlined its plans for the new season and beyond. Although... 

Realistic Expectations for Mercedes in 2016 Formula 1 Season

It was soon after Lewis Hamilton‘s victory in the Belgian Grand Prix on August 23 last year when Mercedes’ 2016 season began. His sixth victory of 2015 at Spa-Francorchamps saw Hamilton extend his points lead over team-mate Nico Rosberg to 28 points and establish a 67-point advantage over third-placed Sebastian Vettel, instantly stifling the excitement surrounding the Ferrari driver’s... 

F1’s Latest Rumours, Talk: Kevin Magnussen at Renault, Esteban Gutierrez, More

Renault’s return to Formula One will move a step closer this week when the French manufacturer stages a team-launch event in Paris. As chief executive officer Carlos Ghosn told French publication Le Figaro (h/t Motorsport.com) last December, the occasion will allow Renault to reveal the specific details of their return, including their aspirations, their sponsors and, it seems, their drivers. Signed... 

Kevin Magnussen Replacing Pastor Maldonado Will Change Tone of Renault F1 Return

Whenever a leading car manufacturer arrives on the scene in Formula One, it doesn’t take them long to begin their pursuit of a leading driver.  A marquee signing—a statement of intent—who personifies the ambitions of a company determined to demonstrate they mean business both on and off track. In recent years, two of the biggest organisations to return to F1 have followed that... 

Formula 1’s Latest Rumours and Talk: Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen and More

Formula One’s 2016 schedule began this week as Ferrari, Red Bull Racing and McLaren-Honda helped Pirelli evaluate a range of prototypes in a wet-tyre test at the Paul Ricard circuit. For Sebastian Vettel, who finished the two-day session at the top of the timesheets, the test represented the first step toward what he hopes will be his fifth championship-winning season. Ferrari’s comments... 

Realistic Expectations for Ferrari in 2016 Formula 1 Season

The problem with high expectations is that they have a nasty habit of breeding disappointment. Whenever you set yourself a clear, defined aim in any given task, it is human nature to become obsessed with meeting that goal, even to the extent where the pressure of those expectations can sometimes become all-consuming and ultimately counterproductive, distorting your sense of perspective. Even if you... 

F1’s Latest Rumours and Talk: McLaren-Honda Breakthrough, Jenson Button and More

After finishing ninth in the constructors’ championship in 2015, McLaren-Honda are under pressure to come back fighting in the 2016 Formula One season.  The progress, or lack of it, the team have made over the winter will be the defining story of the two pre-season tests. Will they make an overnight return to competitiveness? Or will their predicament get even worse before it gets better? The... 

Should Formula 1’s 2017 Regulation Changes Be Delayed Until the 2018 Season?

The vast majority of us, it seems, are expecting McLaren-Honda to embark upon something of a resurgence in the 2016 Formula One season. After enduring their worst season in 35 years in 2015, when Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button were restricted to just six points finishes between them and the team tumbled to second-bottom in the constructors’ championship, surely the only way is up. Surely McLaren... 

Formula 1’s Latest Rumours and Talk: Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and More

Since arriving at Mercedes at the beginning of the 2013 season, Lewis Hamilton has cemented his status as a legend of Formula One. In the last two seasons alone, he has claimed 18 pole positions, 21 grand prix victories and, of course, world championships in 2014 and 2015. He is the only British driver in history to win consecutive titles and will enter 2016 as the third-most successful driver of all... 

Realistic Expectations for McLaren-Honda in 2016 Formula 1 Season

If McLaren-Honda didn’t laugh, they would have cried buckets as the 2015 season came to a close. What else, after all, could they do, having recorded just six points finishes, failed to make a single appearance in Q3 and finished second-bottom in the constructors’ championship? This was not only their third winless season in succession, but their worst in 35 years, as one of the most... 

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