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Mercedes has finally confirmed Valtteri Bottas will partner three-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton for the 2017 F1 season. In what is currently the worst kept secret in F1, the Finn replaces the retiring and reigning world champion Nico Rosberg, who announced his retirement from the sport back in December. More to follow
Williams has confirmed Felipe Massa has re-signed for the team for the 2017 season. The Brazilian has signed a one-year deal with the British team in a remarkable turn of events where he had announced his retirement from the sport at the Italian Grand Prix back in September. With Valtteri Bottas joining reigning champions Mercedes, […]
Sauber F1 Team has confirmed former Manor driver Pascal Wehrlein will drive for the team in 2017. As expected, the German will partner Marcus Ericsson at Sauber for the upcoming Formula One season. This news rules out Wehrlein as a candidate to be Lewis Hamilton’s teammate at Mercedes with Williams’ Valtteri Bottas expected to be […]
A clearer indication that Valtteri Bottas will be replacing Nico Rosberg at Mercedes are reports saying Felipe Massa has broken an initial agreement with an unnamed Formula E team to return to Williams. According to Spanish publication Marca, the Brazilian driver had a deal in place to race in Formula E after he had retired from Formula […]
British team Carlin has announced they will be withdrawing from the GP2 Series to focus on other projects. Carlin endured a difficult final year in the series, finishing a lowly 10th in the teams’ championship, ahead of just Arden International. A lack of success in the last two seasons makes the decision for Carlin an easy one after […]
Nico Rosberg continued his strong form into the month of September, storming to victories at both the Italian and Singapore Grands Prix. After taking his engine penalty in the previous race in Belgium, Lewis Hamilton could fully attack with no impending grid penalties. The Brit stormed to pole in Monza by half a second ahead of […]
The month of July was dominated by reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton, winning all four races in Austria, Britain, Hungary and Germany. Hamilton went into the fifth month of the season 24 points behind teammate Nico Rosberg who had dominated the final race in June which took place in Baku, Azerbaijan. Hamilton stormed to his second pole at […]
The next part of our ‘How F1 2016 happened’ series, we take a look at the month of May. May kicked off with a trip to the Sochi Autodrom in Russia. Nico Rosberg stormed to pole position ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas, who was an impressive third for Williams. Lewis Hamilton, who had […]
With 2016 F1 world champion Nico Rosberg announcing his shock departure from Formula One, people are quickly asking who will replace the German for 2017? With many high-profile names locked down with their respective teams for next season, we take a look at who could partner Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes for 2017. Give us your […]
As part of Read Motorsport’s extensive end of season coverage, over the next nine days, we will be reviewing each month of the 2016 Formula One season. Starting with March, we take a look back at the goings on of pre-season of the month before and the season opener at Albert Park in Melbourne. Mercedes, Ferrari, Williams, Red Bull, […]
Felipe Nasr is hopeful of remaining with Sauber for a third consecutive season despite the loss of his main sponsor, Banco do Brasil. The 24-year-old’s lack of sponsorship is making it difficult to negotiate with Sauber. Read Motorsport understands Nasr and Esteban Gutierrez will move to Manor with Pascal Wehrlein moving to Sauber to partner Marcus […]
After finishing ninth in his final Formula One outing, Felipe Massa says he was ‘proud’ to be fighting till the very end. The Brazilian finished the race under the lights of Abu Dhabi within a second of Force India’s Sergio Perez and a second ahead of former Ferrari teammate Fernando Alonso. “Well, I’m really proud […]