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William Martini Racing has unveiled its 2017 Formula One car – ahead of other manufacturers and its official debut on February 25. The new FW40 – a name chosen to mark the team’s 40th anniversary and as such, skipping the FW39 desgination – will continue to be powered by Mercedes …

It’s been 45 days since Nico Rosberg dropped the bombshell of his immediate retirement from Formula One. And it left the team with a conundrum: how to best fill the vacant seat alongside three-time champion Lewis Hamilton in order to defend the Constructors’ Championship? Following six weeks of detailed evaluation, …

The 2016 Formula One season starts on the 22nd of February and many teams are undergoing pre-season testing. The Ferrari Scuderia team have released a small teaser video of their 2016 engine starting for the first time. 2016 brings similar restrictions to that imposed back in 2014; engines must not …

Infiniti has announced it will be the technical partner of the new Renault Sport Formula One team starting in the 2016 season. Leveraging its expertise in performance hybrids, Infiniti will contribute engineering resources to the Renault Energy F1 Power Unit’s Energy Recovery System (ERS), which incorporates two motor generator units, …

Melbourne will continue to be the host city for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix until at least 2023 in a new deal finalised last week. Victorian premier Daniel Andrews posted a video on his Facebook page on Saturday, officially announcing that the Grand Prix was to stay in the Victorian capital …

It’s a sad day with the announcement that Jules Bianchi has passed away nine months after crashing into a recovery vehicle at last year’s Japanese Grand Prix. The Frenchman, who was in a coma ever since the tragic accident, was 25. Jules family issued a statement last night confirming his …

Social media is about to invade Formula One. Yes, you’ll soon be able to see live tweets from F1 drivers from where the action is – on the race track! Red Bull Racing has revealed that they will be testing a new steering wheel for their car that incorporates Twitter …

The MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team today entered the new era of Formula One with a composed victory for Nico Rosberg from P3 on the grid at the Australian Grand Prix. Nico claimed first place off the line and led every lap of the race to win by 24 …

This year, the FIA Formula One World Championship is set for a raft of radical technical changes. From 2014, the most technical motor racing championship in the world will ditch the 2.4-litre V8 engines and their Kinetic Energy Recovery System for an entirely new design. The cars will be powered …

Michael Schumacher has decided to retire from Formula One after the 2012 season, again. The seven-time world champion came out of ‘retirement’ in 2010 and joined the Mercedes F1 team, whom he has been ever since. However, following recent announcement that Lewis Hamilton will defect from McLaren to Mercedes for …