Formula One News — April 2016

A grieving James Allison will reportedly contribute to Ferrari's bid to win the Chinese grand prix this weekend.

Stoffel Vandoorne is "on standby" should FIA doctors once again sideline Fernando Alonso in China, McLaren-Honda has confirmed.

Sauber has bucked the rumours by travelling to Shanghai this week for the Chinese grand prix.

Sergio Marchionne looks set to add yet another executive role to his plate.

Former F1 winner John Watson has backed Jacques Villeneuve in slamming the sport's current drivers.

Mick Schumacher's manager has played down any talk the 17-year-old might soon be ready for formula one.

Valtteri Bottas insists he will not alter his racing style, even though he crashed with reigning champion Lewis Hamilton in Bahrain.

Claire Williams has tipped the F1 paddock to host a fascinating driver 'silly season' this year.

Toro Rosso technical chief James Key says there is no longer much 'synergy' between the Faenza based team and the senior Red Bull outfit.

Fernando Alonso is already in Shanghai as he bids to return to F1 action this weekend.

Two former F1 drivers do not think Ferrari is ready to beat Mercedes to the world championship.

Claire Williams thinks F1 has learned from the 'musical chairs' qualifying debacle.

Rio Haryanto's former boss has hit back at suggestions the Indonesian is a straightforward F1 'pay driver'.

It is still not clear if historic Monza will continue to host the endangered Italian grand prix beyond September's 2016 race.

Quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel insists he has no desire to behave like a "hero".

Honda is ready to push ahead with finding more performance from its 2016 power unit.

F1's radical rules changes for 2017 may stumble at the last hurdle, Germany's Auto Motor und Sport reports.

McLaren is "confident" Fernando Alonso will be shown the green light for his return to racing action this weekend in China.

Apr.11 (GMM) The early success of the new F1 team Haas is splitting opinion in the paddock.

F1 veteran Stefan Johansson has blasted today's drivers for their recent open letter.

With the third round of the season now looming, F1 is heaving a collective sigh of relief that the hated 'musical chairs' qualifying is now gone.

Mick Schumacher is pressing the throttle on the next stage in his quest for future F1 glory.

F1 teams have promised to revisit the possibility of spicing up the qualifying hour ahead of the 2017 season.

Ferrari has been cleared of wrongdoing in the wake of reports Sebastian Vettel was shown an illegal 'coded' message on his pit board in Australia.