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D'Ambrosio to replace Grosjean at Italian GP

D'Ambrosio to replace Grosjean at Italian GP

Rediff.com4 Sep 2012

Belgian driver Jerome d'Ambrosio will race for Lotus in the Italian Formula One Grand Prix at Monza this weekend in place of the suspended Romain Grosjean, the team said on Tuesday.

Former F1 test driver De Villota found dead

Former F1 test driver De Villota found dead

Rediff.com11 Oct 2013

Spanish Formula One test driver Maria de Villota, one of the few women to come near to competing at the top of the sport, has been found dead in a hotel in the southern Spanish city of Seville, a police spokeswoman said on Friday.

Caterham confirms it will race in Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix

Caterham confirms it will race in Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix

Rediff.com14 Nov 2014

The Caterham Formula One team will race in next week's Abu Dhabi season-ender despite still falling short of a targeted 2.35 million pounds ($3.7 million) to get them there, an administrator said.

F1 driver Jules Bianchi dies nine months after crash

F1 driver Jules Bianchi dies nine months after crash

Rediff.com18 Jul 2015

French Formula One driver Jules Bianchi has died of critical head injuries.

Find out why F1 needs to cut costs...

Find out why F1 needs to cut costs...

Rediff.com31 Oct 2014

The financial troubles that have forced the Marussia and Caterham Formula One teams into administration emphasise the need for cost-cutting measures, the sport's governing body said on Thursday.

Will Lewis Hamilton make it perfect 10 in Texas?

Will Lewis Hamilton make it perfect 10 in Texas?

Rediff.com30 Oct 2014

Lewis Hamilton will be aiming for a big win in Texas this weekend, even if the Formula One starting grid is the smallest he has ever known it with the absence of backmarker teams Marussia and Caterham.

F1: How the teams fared at US Grand Prix

F1: How the teams fared at US Grand Prix

Rediff.com3 Nov 2014

Team by team analysis of Sunday's US Formula One Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas.

F1 drivers to honour De Villota at Suzuka

F1 drivers to honour De Villota at Suzuka

Rediff.com12 Oct 2013

Formula One drivers will hold a minute's silence at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday and dedicate the winner's podium to the late Marussia test driver Maria De Villota, they said on Saturday.

Sahara is by no means financially weak and Force India will race on: Mallya

Sahara is by no means financially weak and Force India will race on: Mallya

Rediff.com10 Nov 2014

Force India co-owner Vijay Mallya has rejected speculation about his Formula One team's finances, saying they will be racing for years to come.

NASCAR's Danica Patrick to move to F1 in 2016?

NASCAR's Danica Patrick to move to F1 in 2016?

Rediff.com14 May 2015

Formula One has not had a woman driver start a race in nearly 40 years and Danica Patrick, who nearly tested for Honda in 2008, has been through the rumour mill many times already.

F1 teams play down talk of U.S. GP boycott

F1 teams play down talk of U.S. GP boycott

Rediff.com1 Nov 2014

Formula One's struggling teams played down talk of a possible boycott of Sunday's U.S. Grand Prix on Friday as argument over division of the sport's revenues grew more heated on Friday.

Force India boss Mallya on how F1 can solve revenue crisis

Force India boss Mallya on how F1 can solve revenue crisis

Rediff.com7 Nov 2014

The deepening of the Formula One financial crisis prompted Force India boss Vijay Mallya to say that the sport's owners must fix the revenue sharing model among teams for the survival of smaller outfits like his.

Hamilton quickest in practice on Russian F1 debut

Hamilton quickest in practice on Russian F1 debut

Rediff.com10 Oct 2014

Mercedes are expected to wrap up the constructors' championship on Sunday with three races to spare, having won 12 of the 15 so far with eight one-two finishes.

Cash crunch forces Mallya's F1 team to skip pre-season test?

Cash crunch forces Mallya's F1 team to skip pre-season test?

Rediff.com29 Jan 2015

Force India finished sixth in 2014 but spent much of last season calling for cost cuts.

'F1 will always be dangerous'

'F1 will always be dangerous'

Rediff.com20 Jul 2015

Formula One is as safe as it has ever been but danger will always be part of the sport.

Hamilton wins as Mercedes take constructors' title

Hamilton wins as Mercedes take constructors' title

Rediff.com12 Oct 2014

Lewis Hamilton won the inaugural Russian Formula One Grand Prix and extended his championship lead on Sunday in a Mercedes one-two that clinched the team's first constructors' title.

US F1 Grand Prix: Second practice cancelled

US F1 Grand Prix: Second practice cancelled

Rediff.com24 Oct 2015

Thunder, lightning and torrential rain washed out second practice at the U.S. Formula One Grand Prix on Friday after Nico Rosberg went fastest for Mercedes in a largely meaningless morning session.

China GP: Hamilton takes pole hat-trick

China GP: Hamilton takes pole hat-trick

Rediff.com11 Apr 2015

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton stormed to his third successive pole position of the season, and third in a row in China, after edging team-mate Nico Rosberg in a front-row lockout for Mercedes on Saturday.

Hamilton on pole for Mercedes in Australia

Hamilton on pole for Mercedes in Australia

Rediff.com14 Mar 2015

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Saturday ahead of Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg as the Silver Arrows continued to underline their dominance.

Massa considered quitting F1 following Bianchi's accident

Massa considered quitting F1 following Bianchi's accident

Rediff.com11 Oct 2014

Williams driver Felipe Massa has revealed that he considered quitting Formula One after Marussia driver Jules Bianchi's 160 miles-per-hour horror accident during the Japanese Grand Prix.

Mallya's Force India F1 team seeks advance on 2016 payments

Mallya's Force India F1 team seeks advance on 2016 payments

Rediff.com29 Oct 2015

British-based Force India, who have Mexican Sergio Perez and Germany's Nico Hulkenberg confirmed as drivers for 2016 and use Mercedes engines, contract out much of their chassis work to keep costs down.

Susie Wolff makes full F1 test debut with Williams

Susie Wolff makes full F1 test debut with Williams

Rediff.com20 Jul 2013

Susie Wolff made her full test debut with former champions Williams on Friday, the biggest step by a woman driver in Formula One for more than 20 years, with race regulars paying her compliments.

F1 not interested in young fans, says Ecclestone

F1 not interested in young fans, says Ecclestone

Rediff.com14 Nov 2014

Formula One would rather cater for rich over-70s than chase a younger generation that cannot afford luxury watches and is more interested in social media, according to commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

F1 Pitlane Tales: McLaren ready to debut new Honda engine

F1 Pitlane Tales: McLaren ready to debut new Honda engine

Rediff.com14 Nov 2014

Honda's new V6 turbo hybrid Formula One engine will make its track debut at Silverstone on Friday in the back of a McLaren development car.

F1 chief Ecclestone rules out being reined in

F1 chief Ecclestone rules out being reined in

Rediff.com12 Dec 2014

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has dismissed talk of a new chairman trying to 'rein him in' and says he plans to continue running the company as if he owned it.

Gutierrez completes Sauber 2014 line-up

Gutierrez completes Sauber 2014 line-up

Rediff.com21 Dec 2013

Mexican Esteban Gutierrez will race with Swiss-based Sauber for a second season next year with Russian teenager Sergey Sirotkin signed as test driver, the Formula One team announced on Saturday.

F1 Pitlane Tales: Caterham makes 230 staff redundant

F1 Pitlane Tales: Caterham makes 230 staff redundant

Rediff.com17 Nov 2014

The Caterham Formula One team have made 230 staff redundant while still planning to race in next weekend's Abu Dhabi season-ender, an administrator said on Sunday.

Mercedes' Rosberg wins season-opening Australian GP

Mercedes' Rosberg wins season-opening Australian GP

Rediff.com16 Mar 2014

Nico Rosberg drew first blood for Mercedes in the new Formula One season with a dominant Australian Grand Prix victory on Sunday after pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton and world champion Sebastian Vettel retired with reliability problems.

Hamilton wins season-opening Australian GP

Hamilton wins season-opening Australian GP

Rediff.com15 Mar 2015

Lewis Hamilton's world championship defence got off to a flying start on Sunday with a crushing victory for Mercedes in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix as Formula One rivals succumbed to a farcical rash of reliability problems.

Hamilton crashes as F1 starts new turbo era

Hamilton crashes as F1 starts new turbo era

Rediff.com28 Jan 2014

Lewis Hamilton walked away from a heavy crash after putting in the first laps of Formula One's new turbo era in testing with Mercedes on Tuesday.

Belgian F1 Grand Prix: Rosberg beats teammate Hamilton to pole

Belgian F1 Grand Prix: Rosberg beats teammate Hamilton to pole

Rediff.com23 Aug 2014

Formula One leader Nico Rosberg swept to pole position at the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday with Mercedes team mate and title rival Lewis Hamilton alongside on the front row after a wet qualifying session.

Hamilton wins crash-marred Japan race

Hamilton wins crash-marred Japan race

Rediff.com5 Oct 2014

Britain's Lewis Hamilton won a wet and sombre Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday to extend his Formula One lead over Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg to 10 points with four races remaining.

Mercedes dominant at Australia F1 Grand Prix practice

Mercedes dominant at Australia F1 Grand Prix practice

Rediff.com13 Mar 2015

Mercedes opened their Formula One season by dominating practice at the Australian Grand Prix on Friday, with Nico Rosberg edging his world champion team mate Lewis Hamilton in both sessions at Albert Park.

Drivers seek respite on track as Russia makes F1 debut

Drivers seek respite on track as Russia makes F1 debut

Rediff.com10 Oct 2014

However intense the pain felt by Formula One after Jules Bianchi's horrific accident in Japan, and the shock is deep indeed, Friday's inaugural Russian Grand Prix practice offers some respite.

Will the new F1 season spring up any surprises?

Will the new F1 season spring up any surprises?

Rediff.com11 Mar 2016

Three rookies are set to make their race debuts and Azarbaijan will make it's Formula One debut even as Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg pose to challenge odds on favourite Lewis Hamilton.

Korean GP: Hamilton turns up pace in practice; Kimi rams into tyre wall

Korean GP: Hamilton turns up pace in practice; Kimi rams into tyre wall

Rediff.com4 Oct 2013

Lewis Hamilton kept championship leader Sebastian Vettel off the top of the timesheets in both Friday practice sessions for the Korean Formula One Grand Prix while Kimi Raikkonen slammed his Lotus into a tyre wall.

10 sportsmen called to the Elysian fields early

10 sportsmen called to the Elysian fields early

Rediff.com18 Nov 2015

Rediff.com lists 10 athletes who died way before time.

Ferrari's hot and spicy revenge in Hungary

Ferrari's hot and spicy revenge in Hungary

Rediff.com27 Jul 2015

Mercedes had won eight of the nine previous races and their non-executive chairman Niki Lauda had stirred things up when he blamed Ferrari rather than his team's dominance for making the sport seem boring.

Lewis Hamilton takes third F1 title after U.S. thriller

Lewis Hamilton takes third F1 title after U.S. thriller

Rediff.com26 Oct 2015

Lewis Hamilton joined the elite group of triple Formula One world champions on Sunday after winning a thrilling U.S. Grand Prix that kept the crowd on tenterhooks right to the very end.

F1: Hamilton fastest, Verstappen shines in wet Monaco

F1: Hamilton fastest, Verstappen shines in wet Monaco

Rediff.com21 May 2015

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton was fastest but teenage rookie Max Verstappen stood out with an eye-catching practice performance on a rainy Thursday at the Monaco Grand Prix.