FIA race director Charlie Whiting is satisfied that Sebastian Vettel did not drive dangerously during his Safety Car restart in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix despite a complaint from Lewis Hamilton.Hamilton was running second on the road to Vettel at the start of the race, with the Safety Car having been...

The long straight at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix will be "challenging" for Honda despite progress with its power unit this year, according to its F1 technical director Toyoharu Tanabe.Honda struggled with its energy recovery system (ERS) deployment compared to other power unit manufacturers over the past three seasons, making it...

Toto Wolff insists Mercedes is excited by the "amazing battle" it is locked in with Ferrari and Red Bull for honors this season ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.Mercedes has yet to win a race heading into the fourth round of the new season, marking its longest run without a...

Sport newsPART TWO: DRIVERS – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes), Esteban OCON (Force India), Romain GROSJEAN (Haas)Q: Valtteri, if we can start with you. There’s no doubting the speed of this year’s Mercedes – the four wins are testimony to that – but it has proved tricky to set up. Can you...

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Plans for the inaugural Formula 1 race in Azerbaijan in 2016 are on schedule, according to the man leading the project.The race in capital city Baku, which will run under the European Grand Prix banner, looks likely to get a July date on next year's calendar. A 3.76-mile street circuit,...

Azerbaijan has unveiled the Baku circuit layout that will host the European Grand Prix in 2016, when Formula 1 will make its debut in the country.Baku announced a deal to host a F1 race earlier this year, and the event was officially launched on Tuesday. Hermann Tilke has designed an...

Formula One group CEO Bernie Ecclestone and Azad Rahimov, Azerbaijan's Minister of Youth and Sport, unveiled the layout of the exciting new Hermann Tilke-designed Baku European Grand Prix street circuit at a special press event in Baku, Azerbaijan on Tuesday.The Baku European Grand Prix will take place in 2016 and...

Formula 1 commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone has ruled out an imminent return of the French Grand Prix.Recent reports suggested that the management at Magny-Cours was trying to put together a deal to get the event back on the calendar. But in Monaco, Ecclestone made it clear that France was not...