10 years ago With Nico Rosberg retiring from the race and Ferrari finishing so high up the field, it was uncertain whether the World Constructors’ Championship would be awarded to Mercedes this weekend in Russia. A post-race penalty for Kimi Räikkönen has changed things. It’s now official: with four rounds remaining in the season, Mercedes is the World
10 years ago This weekend of racing was rather messy, with most of the free practice sessions being a wash. Teams went into qualifying having only completed part of the third free practice session in the dry conditions. At the end of the weekend Lewis Hamilton was able to wrap up the victory with Sebastian Vettel and Sergio
10 years ago With a little less than two months remaining in the Formula One season, teams are at the Sochi Olympic Park in Russia, host of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, for round fifteen of the World Championship. The first Russian Grand Prix for Formula One was held last season and won by Mercedes, however, there were
10 years ago Tiago Monteiro raced in Formula One during the 2005 and 2006 seasons for Jordan and Midland. These days, he spends his time behind the wheel of a World Tour Car Championship car. Despite his rather busy schedule, Tiago was in contact with Racing Clothesline and agreed to answer some questions for us. You had your
10 years ago The FIA released a new version of the provisional 2016 Formula One season calendar. Formula One now finds themselves competing with the World Endurance Championship for viewers, as they schedule a race on the same weekend as one of the biggest motor racing events in the world. You heard right. The debut of the European
10 years ago The Manor F1 Team will be dumping the Ferrari power unit at the end of the season and making the switch to Mercedes. This supply agreement has been rumored, but was confirmed earlier today. This new deal comes at the end of the team’s current Ferrari contract. The agreement also states that the team will
10 years ago Following Mercedes’ decision not to supply engines to the Red Bull team, fresh threats of quitting the sport have been released from the Austrian racing team. According to team management, both Red Bull and Toro Rosso will withdraw from Formula One unless they can reach a deal with Ferrari to purchase engines. Red Bull has
10 years ago The newly formed Haas F1 Team made an official driver announcement earlier today. The American team broadcasted the announcement live on YouTube where they announced one of their two drivers from the 2016 season. There have been several different drivers reportedly in the talks with the team. Names like Vergne, Rossi, Gutiérrez, Grosjean and Alonso
10 years ago It would appear that although a potential deal between Renault and Lotus is taking an eternity to come, things are at least heading in the right direction. Earlier today, Renault and Gravity Motorsports have signed a letter of intent, stating that they are planning to purchase a controlling stake in the Lotus F1 Team. Renault
10 years ago Following his outburst over the team radio at the Japanese Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso said that he wishes the team radio communications were “private chats” rather than publicly broadcasted messages. This opinion was posted as part of a three part Tweet by the McLaren racing legend. This collection of Tweets was about things that may
