Formula One News

F1 Williams sells minority stake to Austrian group

AP - Saturday, November 21

Frank Williams says he is not preparing to relinquish control of the Williams Formula One team despite selling a minority stake on Friday. More »

  • Ecclestone sets Silverstone a December deadline

    Reuters - Saturday, November 21

    LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has set Silverstone a December deadline to keep next year's British Grand Prix on the calendar.

  • Williams F1 team sells stake to Austrian investor

    Reuters - Saturday, November 21

    LONDON (Reuters) - Founders Frank Williams and Patrick Head have sold a minority interest in their Williams Formula One team to an investment company led by Austrian Toto Wolff, the former champions said in a statement Friday.

  • I'm moving out of my comfort zone, says Button

    Reuters - Friday, November 20

    LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One world champion Jenson Button explained the motivation for his move to McLaren on Thursday, saying he wanted to move out of his comfort zone to take on Lewis Hamilton in the same cars.

  • Raikkonen open to Mercedes offers, says manager

    Reuters - Friday, November 20

    LONDON (Reuters) - Kimi Raikkonen's plans for a one year sabbatical from Formula One lasted less than 24 hours before his manager suggested that he might be open to offers from Brawn's new owners Mercedes.

  • World champion Jenson Button (pictured in October) has signed to drive alongside Lewis Hamilton for McLaren next year.

    Button signs up for McLaren F1 dream team

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    World champion Jenson Button will drive for McLaren alongside Lewis Hamilton in an all-British Formula One dream team next year.

  • F1 champ Button joins McLaren, teams with Hamilton

    AP - Thursday, November 19

    Formula One champion Jenson Button has signed a multiyear deal with McLaren to form an all-British lineup with Lewis Hamilton.

  • Outgoing Ferrari star Kimi Raikkonen, seen here in October 2009, will take next season off from Formula One as he could not get a deal with McLaren, his manager Steve Robertson was quoted as saying in the Finnish media.

    Raikkonen to take break from F1: manager

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    Outgoing Ferrari star Kimi Raikkonen will take next season off from Formula One as he could not get a deal with McLaren, his manager Steve Robertson was quoted as saying in the Finnish media.

  • Ross Brawn advised Wednesday newly-crowned Formula One world champion Jenson Button to stick with his Brawn team instead of jumping to McLaren next season

    Brawn says wants F1 champ Button to stay

    AFP - Wednesday, November 18

    Ross Brawn advised Wednesday newly-crowned Formula One world champion Jenson Button to stick with his Brawn team instead of jumping to McLaren next season.

  • Glock agrees to 2-year deal to drive for Manor GP

    AP - Wednesday, November 18

    Timo Glock will drive for the new Manor GP team next season in Formula One.

  • Mercedes buy Brawn, Button set for McLaren

    AFP - Tuesday, November 17

    Mercedes on Monday bought out Formula One world champions Brawn GP in a move which is likely to see Jenson Button join McLaren next season.

  • Daimler, Abu Dhabi to buy Formula 1 team Brawn GP

    AP - Tuesday, November 17

    The Abu Dhabi investment fund with the biggest stake in automaker Daimler says it is teaming with the Mercedes-Benz manufacturer to buy a controlling stake in Formula 1 championship team Brawn GP.

  • Alonso makes first public Ferrari appearance

    Reuters - Monday, November 16

    LONDON (Reuters) - Twice Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso made his first public appearance with his new Ferrari team at an event in Valencia, Spain on Sunday.

  • Briatore says secret talks led to F1 ban

    Reuters - Saturday, November 14

    LONDON (Reuters) - Former Renault team boss Flavio Briatore accused Formula One's governing body on Friday of secret negotiations before a "sham hearing" at which he was banned for life from the sport.

  • Former F1's Briatore seeks 1 mln euros in damages

    AFP - Thursday, November 12

    Disgraced former Renault team head Flavio Briatore is seeking one million euros in compensation from Formula One's governing body over the crash-gate scandal, according to a report.

  • Italian Bortolotti to test for Toro Rosso

    Reuters - Thursday, November 12

    LONDON (Reuters) - Italian teen-ager Mirko Bortolotti will test with the Red Bull-owned Toro Rosso Formula One team in Spain next month after impressive performances in this year's F2 feeder series.

  • Renault to decide Formula 1 future by end of year

    Reuters - Friday, November 6

    PARIS (Reuters) - French carmaker Renault will decide by the end of the year whether to stay in Formula One after a race-fixing scandal that has badly damaged the team's reputation.

  • Renault mulls quitting Formula One: reports

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    Renault have held an emergency board meeting in Paris to discuss pulling out of Formula One, on the same day as Toyota announced it was also quitting the sport, according to reports.

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