| By Glenn Freeman | Wednesday, December 31st 2014, 11:37 GMT |
Renault Sport chiefs believe that they have learned lessons from a tough Formula Renault 3.5 season in 2014 where the series was unable to field a full grid of cars
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| Wednesday, December 31st 2014, 09:27 GMT |
Ferrari protege Raffaele Marciello will be Sauber's test and reserve driver for the 2015 Formula 1 season
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| By Ben Anderson | Wednesday, December 31st 2014, 15:11 GMT |
Daniel Ricciardo says he is mentally prepared for when his stunning 2014 Formula 1 form takes an inevitable dip in the future
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| Tuesday, December 30th 2014, 12:19 GMT |
Cal Crutchlow feels his crash at Austin early in 2014 was the main reason he failed to thrive in the Ducati MotoGP team, rather than any lack of affinity with the Desmosedici
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| By Ben Anderson and Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, December 30th 2014, 10:28 GMT |
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier reckons the close battle between McLaren and Force India in the 2014 constructors' championship acted as a "wake-up call" for his Formula 1 team
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| By Edd Straw and Pablo Elizalde | Tuesday, December 30th 2014, 14:43 GMT |
Formula 3 European champion Esteban Ocon will be a Formula 1 star in the future, according to Lotus' trackside operations director Alan Permane
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| By Ben Anderson | Monday, December 29th 2014, 10:51 GMT |
Daniil Kvyat says he is not scared of going up against Daniel Ricciardo at Red Bull next season, despite the Australian's superb 2014 Formula 1 campaign.
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| By Edd Straw and Pablo Elizalde | Sunday, December 28th 2014, 16:07 GMT |
Lotus driver Romain Grosjean says top Formula 1 teams should not forget what he is capable of despite a dismal 2014 season.
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| By Hal Ridge | Monday, December 29th 2014, 11:07 GMT |
Former FIA GT1 World Championship-winning squad JRM Racing will run a pair of Mini RXs in rallycross in 2015.
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| By Ben Anderson and Alex Kalinauckas | Saturday, December 27th 2014, 16:40 GMT |
Williams Formula 1 team chief technical officer Pat Symonds admits Felipe Massa's speed in 2014 exceeded expectations
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| By Jonathan Noble | Sunday, December 28th 2014, 10:36 GMT |
Ferrari stands to benefit from a ruthless streak that Sebastian Vettel has in pushing for what he wants, reckons his former Formula 1 team-mate Daniel Ricciardo.
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| By Ben Anderson | Sunday, December 28th 2014, 12:13 GMT |
Former Formula 1 driver Adrian Sutil is interested in a move to the World Endurance Championship and wants to race in the Le Mans 24 Hours.
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| By Jonathan Noble and Edd Straw | Friday, December 26th 2014, 16:44 GMT |
Monisha Kaltenborn has admitted that her Sauber squad cannot only blame Ferrari engines for its poor 2014 Formula 1 season
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| By Jonathan Noble and Pablo Elizalde | Saturday, December 27th 2014, 10:11 GMT |
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier insists it is in the best interest of Formula 1 to allow Mercedes' rivals to catch up in the engine department
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| By David Evans | Saturday, December 27th 2014, 10:29 GMT |
World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier says he never had any thoughts of leaving the Volkswagen team for 2015
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| By Ben Anderson | Friday, December 26th 2014, 09:56 GMT |
Red Bull boss Christian Horner reckons four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel will be a better driver for the struggles he has endured in 2014
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, December 25th 2014, 17:43 GMT |
Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff insists that he never felt comfortable about the advantage his team had over its Formula 1 rivals until the closing stages of 2014
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| By Andrew van Leeuwen | Friday, December 26th 2014, 12:59 GMT |
Gary Paffett says early confirmation that he will be a Mercedes DTM driver in 2015 will help him turn his fortunes around after a trying 2014 season
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| By Mark Glendenning | Wednesday, December 24th 2014, 16:29 GMT |
Former NASCAR driver Tyler Walker pleaded guilty on Tuesday to multiple charges following a high-speed police chase through multiple states
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| By Glenn Freeman | Thursday, December 25th 2014, 12:48 GMT |
Carlos Sainz Jr's Formula Renault 3.5 team DAMS has admitted that it expected the Spainard's form to suffer when it appeared he had lost his Formula 1 chance this summer
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| By Ben Anderson and Matt Beer | Thursday, December 25th 2014, 11:45 GMT |
The Williams Formula 1 team still needs to sharpen its organisation because it has implemented so many changes it feels "like a new team" compared to Ferrari, reckons Felipe Massa
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| Wednesday, December 24th 2014, 11:11 GMT |
Former Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has hit back at "gratuitous and unfounded accusations" about his management of the company and its Formula 1 team
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| By Peter Mills and Matt Beer | Wednesday, December 24th 2014, 12:19 GMT |
Rob Huff believes Lada ended the 2014 World Touring Car Championship as a genuine frontrunner, despite having been as much as five seconds off the pace at mid-season
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| By Edd Straw and Pablo Elizalde | Wednesday, December 24th 2014, 14:48 GMT |
Romain Grosjean reckons engine supplier Renault "messed up" during the 2014 Formula 1 season, but he expects the French company to improve next year
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| By David Evans | Tuesday, December 23rd 2014, 11:27 GMT |
Craig Breen will combine a European Rally Championship assault with a limited World Rally Championship campaign in 2015, after renewing his factory deal with Peugeot
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| Tuesday, December 23rd 2014, 12:33 GMT |
Dani Pedrosa remains among MotoGP's elite riders despite his lack of championship success, insists his Honda team boss Livio Suppo
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| Tuesday, December 23rd 2014, 14:26 GMT |
Former Red Bull junior Beitske Visser will remain with AVF in Formula Renault 3.5 for 2015, the team has announced
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| By Ben Anderson and Matt Beer | Sunday, December 21st 2014, 10:09 GMT |
Fernando Alonso needed a change of scene in Formula 1 as neither he nor Ferrari were getting the best out of each other, reckons former team-mate Felipe Massa.
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| By Peter Mills and Matt Beer | Sunday, December 21st 2014, 10:58 GMT |
Sebastien Loeb says racecraft and refining set-ups are the main areas he needs to improve for his 2015 World Touring Car Championship campaign.
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| By Ben Anderson and Matt Beer | Sunday, December 21st 2014, 11:31 GMT |
Financial demands that some Formula 1 teams are asking from drivers are "out of control", claims ousted Sauber racer Adrian Sutil.
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| By Ben Anderson | Saturday, December 20th 2014, 11:35 GMT |
Daniel Ricciardo says he is ready to lead the Red Bull Formula 1 team next year following Sebastian Vettel's departure to Ferrari.
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| By David Evans | Saturday, December 20th 2014, 12:04 GMT |
Robert Kubica will remain in the World Rally Championship next season
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| By Ben Anderson | Saturday, December 20th 2014, 15:57 GMT |
Sergio Perez believes new Toro Rosso Formula 1 recruit Max Verstappen must trust his talent and not worry about media perceptions of his youth.
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| Friday, December 19th 2014, 13:15 GMT |
Aurelien Panis, son of Formula 1 race winner Olivier, will graduate to Formula Renault 3.5 with Tech 1 Racing in 2015
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, December 19th 2014, 14:51 GMT |
Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff believes the day of Formula 1 teams having a single boss are now over
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| Friday, December 19th 2014, 15:24 GMT |
Bryan Bouffier will contest the 2015 World Rally Championship opening Monte Carlo Rally in an M-Sport Ford again, after leading this year's event
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| By Ben Anderson and Edd Straw | Thursday, December 18th 2014, 13:06 GMT |
Force India technical director Andrew Green reckons his Formula 1 team should be able to fight with Williams in 2015, thanks to planned improvements to its engine and aerodynamic testing
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| By Gary Watkins | Thursday, December 18th 2014, 15:37 GMT |
Sportscar legend Tom Kristensen will combine his Audi ambassadorial duties with a role overseeing the fitness regimes of its drivers in the wake of his retirement from the cockpit
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| By Gary Watkins | Thursday, December 18th 2014, 14:04 GMT |
New full-time Audi World Endurance Championship driver Oliver Jarvis has revealed that he has achieved the goal he set himself when he joined the German manufacturer for the 2008 season
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| By Ben Anderson | Wednesday, December 17th 2014, 13:26 GMT |
The Mercedes Formula 1 team will not be able to maintain its present level of dominance of the sport for a prolonged period, argues Williams performance chief Rob Smedley
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| By Ben Anderson and Edd Straw | Wednesday, December 17th 2014, 12:01 GMT |
As Ferrari dispenses with Pat Fry and Nicolas Tombazis following its winless 2014 Formula 1 season, AUTOSPORT analyses what's gone wrong at the Scuderia and whether changes will work
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| By David Evans | Wednesday, December 17th 2014, 14:43 GMT |
A timetable for Toyota's return to the World Rally Championship is being drawn up in Japan, according to AUTOSPORT's sources in Tokyo, with a 2017 return likely
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| By Gary Watkins | Tuesday, December 16th 2014, 10:21 GMT |
The Wayne Taylor Racing and Scuderia Corsa teams are working to take up the guaranteed entries for the Le Mans 24 Hours awarded to them by the Tudor United SportsCar Championship
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| By Marcus Simmons | Tuesday, December 16th 2014, 11:41 GMT |
A new Formula 3 car from Russia will aim to break Dallara's domination of the category in 2015
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| By Ben Anderson | Tuesday, December 16th 2014, 12:31 GMT |
New Ferrari reserve driver Esteban Gutierrez says his former team Sauber's lack of competitiveness in Formula 1 this season "caught everyone by surprise"
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, December 15th 2014, 11:35 GMT |
Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg were banned from speaking to their Mercedes Formula 1 team in the immediate fall out of their Belgian Grand Prix crash, this week's AUTOSPORT reports
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| By Ben Anderson | Monday, December 15th 2014, 15:13 GMT |
Esteban Gutierrez will become test and reserve driver for the Ferrari Formula 1 team next season, after losing his seat at Sauber
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| By Gary Watkins | Monday, December 15th 2014, 15:18 GMT |
Newly-renamed constructor Gibson Technology is undertaking a major upgrade of its open-top Zytek Z11SN LMP2 design
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| Sunday, December 14th 2014, 13:58 GMT |
Recent Formula 1 debutant Will Stevens has joined the list of star guests for AUTOSPORT International 2015.
A year after appearing at Europe's biggest motorsport show to talk about his Formula Renault 3.5 title aspirations, Stevens will return to Birmingham's NEC for the public days on January 10-11 fresh from racing for the Caterham F1 team in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
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"It's been an amazing month, getting the opportunity to make my Formula 1 debut with the Caterham F1 team and following that with two days testing the car," said 23-year-old Briton Stevens.
"I learnt a lot, which I'll hopefully be able to use in the future.
"Throughout, I received fantastic support from passionate British fans, many of whom backed the team's crowd-funding efforts to race, so I'm excited about seeing everyone at AUTOSPORT International in January."
Stevens joins an AUTOSPORT International guest list that already includes grand prix winner turned commentator David Coulthard, Le Mans legend and ex-F1 racer Allan McNish, World Rallycross champion Petter Solberg and British Touring Car champions Colin Turkington, Andrew Jordan, Gordon Shedden Jason Plato and Matt Neal.
| Sunday, December 14th 2014, 11:46 GMT |
Porsche has firmed up its participation in the GTE Pro class of the 2015 World Endurance Championship
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| Sunday, December 14th 2014, 12:04 GMT |
MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez rounded off his 2014 season with victory in the Superprestigio dirt track exhibition event in Barcelona on Saturday night
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| By Peter Mills and Matt Beer | Saturday, December 13th 2014, 14:59 GMT |
Ex-Formula 1 racer Gianni Morbidelli doubts he will remain in the World Touring Car Championship for 2015, with the Munnich team looking for a funded driver instead
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| By Jonathan Noble | Saturday, December 13th 2014, 13:37 GMT |
Mercedes says turmoil at its rivals has left it less worried about being able to defend its Formula 1 world championship success in the 2015 season
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| By Charles Bradley | Saturday, December 13th 2014, 15:12 GMT |
Former Toro Rosso Formula 1 racer Jean-Eric Vergne will start his first-ever Formula E race from pole position after setting the quickest time in Punta del Este qualifying
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| Friday, December 12th 2014, 15:09 GMT |
A unique portrait of Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna will appear in Europe for the first time at AUTOSPORT International 2015 next month.
British artist Ian Berry uses layers of denim to create his work, and his portrait of Senna - commissioned by the Ayrton Senna Institute to mark the 20th anniversary of the three-time F1 champion's death this year - was made using jeans donated by members of the Senna family.
The Senna portrait will be displayed as part of the F1 Racing grid during the January 8-11 event at Birmingham's NEC.
"I remember playing a racing game and we all wanted to be Senna. I was only 10 in 1994, but I remember," said Berry.
"In later life I realised that he was an icon that transcended the sport of motor racing and is one of the greatest icons of the 20th century and his legacy lives far into the 21st.
"To be told by the family that [the portrait] captured all his emotions and every part - the nose, mouth, eyes especially, and even down to the hair - it made me very happy."
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Confirmed guests so far include ex-Formula 1 racers David Coulthard and Allan McNish, World Rallycross champion Petter Solberg and a host of British Touring Car champions led by 2014 title-winner Colin Turkington.
| Friday, December 12th 2014, 14:14 GMT |
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier says his Formula 1 team has implemented a recovery plan to fix the issues it suffered with its new Honda engine in post-season testing
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| Friday, December 12th 2014, 12:53 GMT |
Steve Nielsen has left his role as sporting director at the Toro Rosso Formula 1 team
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| By Ben Anderson and Matt Beer | Thursday, December 11th 2014, 14:42 GMT |
McLaren boss Ron Dennis says he feels no need to apologise for the delay in deciding between Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen as Fernando Alonso's 2015 Formula 1 team-mate
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| By Gary Watkins | Thursday, December 11th 2014, 15:52 GMT |
The Strakka Dome LMP2 coupe has resumed development testing after its entry in the World Endurance Championship finale at Interlagos last month was scratched
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| By Ben Anderson and Glenn Freeman | Thursday, December 11th 2014, 15:12 GMT |
Fernando Alonso says that he has returned to McLaren to finish the job he started in 2007, having described that year as the lowest point of his Formula 1 career
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| Wednesday, December 10th 2014, 14:20 GMT |
GP2 has revealed its calendar for 2015, with the same 11 rounds that featured this year returning
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| By Ben Anderson | Wednesday, December 10th 2014, 12:05 GMT |
Newly promoted Red Bull Formula 1 driver Daniil Kvyat says he does not really care about the low number of points he scored during his rookie season with Toro Rosso
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| Wednesday, December 10th 2014, 14:45 GMT |
Kamui Kobayashi topped the first day of Super Formula testing at Okayama on Wednesday, the ex-Formula 1 racer driving for the Toyota-powered Team Le Mans
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| Tuesday, December 9th 2014, 12:47 GMT |
Jenson Button appeared on stage to make a presentation at the AUTOSPORT Awards, but beforehand he was asked about the latest on his Formula 1 future.
After sharing some light-hearted conversation with presenter Steve Rider, Button admitted that it was a "strange situation" to be waiting for a verdict on McLaren's driver line-up for 2015.
As the video above shows, he also sparked a raucous reaction from the audience when asking if anyone in the room wanted to see him in Formula 1 next year.
| By Ben Anderson | Tuesday, December 9th 2014, 11:53 GMT |
Double Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton says August's controversial Belgian Grand Prix was the key turning point in his title-winning season
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| By David Evans | Tuesday, December 9th 2014, 13:41 GMT |
Petter Solberg could make a sensational switch back to the World Rally Championship next season
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| By Ben Anderson | Monday, December 8th 2014, 14:13 GMT |
Jenson Button says the McLaren Formula 1 team's ongoing indecision over its 2015 driver line-up is "strange"
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| Monday, December 8th 2014, 14:30 GMT |
Ex-Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Jean-Eric Vergne will make his Formula E debut in this weekend's round of the series in Uruguay
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| By Gary Watkins | Monday, December 8th 2014, 14:48 GMT |
London's Formula E fixture in Battersea Park has been given final approval by the local council
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| Saturday, December 6th 2014, 10:54 GMT |
Andy Priaulx will head up a BMW factory assault on the European Le Mans Series next season with the Marc/VDS squad
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| Saturday, December 6th 2014, 11:57 GMT |
Over 60 trophies were stolen from the Red Bull Formula 1 team's factory on Friday night, Thames Valley police has confirmed
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| By Ben Anderson | Saturday, December 6th 2014, 12:43 GMT |
Fernando Alonso says the decision to split with Ferrari and join Formula 1 rival McLaren next season was "very difficult"
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| By Gary Watkins | Friday, December 5th 2014, 14:20 GMT |
Sebastien Loeb Racing has signed up as part of a joint-venture to produce a new LMP3 prototype
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| Friday, December 5th 2014, 13:33 GMT |
Formula 1 racer Kamui Kobayashi will test a Japanese Super Formula car at Okayama next week
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, December 5th 2014, 15:42 GMT |
Williams chiefs insist that the team must keep its focus on doing better in Formula 1 next year, despite successfully beating Ferrari to third place in the constructors' championship
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| By Ben Anderson | Thursday, December 4th 2014, 14:15 GMT |
Ex-Toro Rosso driver Jean-Eric Vergne says he cannot understand why Red Bull has decided not to keep him racing in Formula 1 next season
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| By Marcus Simmons | Thursday, December 4th 2014, 14:27 GMT |
Zandvoort and Monza have returned to the Formula 3 European Championship calendar for 2015
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| By David Evans | Thursday, December 4th 2014, 14:02 GMT |
Mads Ostberg will be retained as Kris Meeke's Citroen team-mate for the 2015 World Rally Championship
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| Wednesday, December 3rd 2014, 14:20 GMT |
GP2 champion Jolyon Palmer will contest the 2014 Race of Champions in Barbados
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| By Gary Watkins | Wednesday, December 3rd 2014, 14:48 GMT |
European Le Mans Series regular Greaves Motorsport will expand into the LMP3 category next season
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| By Kevin Turner | Wednesday, December 3rd 2014, 13:27 GMT |
Former British Touring Car Championship racer Jeff Smith will return to the series in 2015 after becoming a shareholder in the title-winning Eurotech team
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, December 2nd 2014, 11:57 GMT |
Formula 1 teams and the FIA have given the green light for the introduction of the virtual safety car (VSC) in 2015, following successful late-season tests
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| By Marcus Simmons | Tuesday, December 2nd 2014, 12:08 GMT |
Pietro Fittipaldi, the grandson of two-time Formula 1 world champion Emerson Fittipaldi, is among a raft of drivers trying out for the Formula 3 European Championship in a Silverstone test
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, December 2nd 2014, 14:41 GMT |
Sebastian Vettel bid farewell to Red Bull on Tuesday - but will have to wait for his leaving present of a Formula 1 car until he has left Ferrari
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| Monday, December 1st 2014, 13:12 GMT |
This year's AUTOSPORT Awards, taking place in London on December 7, will benefit from the support of high-profile partners including Mercedes-Benz.
In the year that the German manufacturer dominated the Formula 1 world championship with Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, Mercedes is also celebrating 120 years of motorsport.
"The AUTOSPORT Awards ceremony is one of the undisputed highlights on the annual motor racing calendar, and appropriately, the Great Room at the Grosvenor House Hotel will be filled with great names, great drivers and great teams," said Mercedes-Benz UK Ltd CEO Gary Savage.
"It is a privilege to be a partner to such a prestigious and popular event, and our sponsorship is a combined effort between Mercedes-Benz's road car business and our Formula 1 colleagues.
"Our ongoing support of the AUTOSPORT Awards is a celebration of motor sport in general.
"It's a terrific event in its own right and one that we always enjoy attending, and at Mercedes-Benz, we are marking 120 years of motor racing this year, meaning the timing could not be any more apposite."
Mercedes-Benz is joined by several other partners for the 2014 AUTOSPORT Awards, with the Bahrain International Circuit, BMW, Castrol, Pirelli, Tata and UBS supporting the event this year.
AUTOSPORT.com will be covering the event live, with text commentary running throughout the evening as well as news reports on all of the award winners as they are announced on stage.
| Monday, December 1st 2014, 13:20 GMT |
Mark Webber says he cannot remember anything of his massive crash in Sunday's Interlagos World Endurance Championship race.
The Porsche driver remains under observation in hospital in Sao Paulo following the accident, though a statement on his website said he would return home to the UK "later this week".
Webber, who described his condition as 'sore and bruised', lost control of his 919 Hybrid at the fast Turn 14 kink that leads onto the Brazilian Grand Prix Formula 1 venue's start/finish start and had a heavy impact with the wall.
"I'm quite sore this morning and am pretty bruised and have got a stinking headache," said Webber.
"I've got no recollection of the accident or how it happened - the team is looking into the details to find out more.
"Thanks to the medical team at the track and here at the hospital who did a great job and are looking after me very well."
The Interlagos WEC race finished behind the safety car after Webber's crash, and ended with a first victory for Porsche as team-mate Neel Jani, Mark Lieb and Romain Dumas brought the #14 car ahead of champion pair Anthony Davidson and Sebastien Buemi.
"On a positive note it's great that the boys in car #14 managed to bring home the victory which is a fantastic way to finish off the season," said Webber.
"I'm already looking forward to getting out there again next year."
| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, December 1st 2014, 15:44 GMT |
Caterham's administrator says the decision to race in the season finale in Abu Dhabi was essential to give it a chance of Formula 1 survival.
While rival Marussia has closed down, with its assets due to be sold off at auction later this month, Caterham is still in talks with potential purchasers.
And although there is no guarantee a deal can be reached, acting team principal Finbarr O'Connell says that the profile boost Caterham got from racing in Abu Dhabi delivered a boost to its hopes of finding a buyer.
"We are talking to a very serious party who, if we had not gone to Abu Dhabi, we would not be talking to," O'Connell told AUTOSPORT.
"It justifies what we have done.
"We were blown over by how successful an idea it was [to race], plus the enthusiasm it got.
"It achieved everything we wanted."
As well as boosting interest from buyers, Caterham's presence in Abu Dhabi has also made other teams more aware of its plight.
In both Abu Dhabi, and in last week's F1 Commission meeting in Geneva, rival teams gave a provisional green light to the prospect of the team running a 2014 car or engine if it would help the team survive.
The prospect of not needing to design a bespoke 2015 car could hand Caterham valuable extra weeks to find a purchaser - with the team initially having laid down a pre-Christmas deadline to secure a buyer.
O'Connell said the support of rival teams had been welcome, as he sensed there was a wider desire to see Caterham survive.
"The support in the paddock is absolutely phenomenal," said O'Connell, with Caterham only racing in Abu Dhabi thanks to support from partners including Red Bull, Renault and Pirelli.
"They have really supported us, and they have a vested interest in us surviving. It's been amazing."
