Daniel Ricciardo is set to make a shock return to Formula 1 with immediate effect, replacing Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri, RACER understands.De Vries was only given his full debut this year after an impressive one-off appearance for Williams at Monza last season, but has struggled in an uncompetitive car....

Jamie Whincup set the fastest time in Friday's qualifying session for Sunday's Bathurst 1000 in Australia. The seven-time and defending Supercars champion roared around the 3.85-mile track in a time of 2m04.1093s to seal top spot during the 40-minute session.Whincup was surprised with the pace of his Red Bull Holden...

Holden and Walkinshaw Racing's 26-year affiliation in Australian Supercars will come to an end next year, after the manufacturer agreed a deal to continue in the championship with Triple Eight.The announcement of the new partnership, with the manufacturer entry to become the Red Bull Holden Racing Team, will bring Walkinshaw...

Mark Winterbottom believes Prodrive Racing Australia will have to make more progress on low-speed circuits if he is to successfully defend his V8 Supercars title.Winterbottom won his and the Ford squad's first championship last year, in his 12th full-time campaign. It came as PRA introduced its new FG X Falcon,...

Potential Formula 1 newcomers will find it is "practically impossible" to survive without major third-party investment," Sauber boss Monisha Kaltenborn says.The FIA recently opened up a tender process to attract new F1 teams as early as next year, but more realistically for 2017, with a decision due at the end...

The Haas F1 team has learned from the mistakes made by Formula 1's most recent new entrants, according to team principal Gunther Steiner. The planned USF1 project didn't make the grid in 2010, while HRT and Caterham struggled at the back of the field for a few years before closing...

The Haas team's first Formula 1 car must "push the boundaries" and not be conservative, according to chief designer Rob Taylor.The all-new American outfit, owned by Gene Haas, has an engine deal and technical partnership with Ferrari, which means the Scuderia supplies Haas with all "non-listed" parts. Given the knowledge...

Despite the recent record of failure of start-up Formula 1 teams, Gene Haas remains confident that his Charlotte-based team, scheduled to debut in 2016, is better positioned to succeed than bankrupt HRT, Caterham and Marussia."I think their biggest problem was trying to get to the grid so fast," argued Haas...

Red Bull Racing Daniel Ricciardo reckons Red Bull junior Carlos Sainz Jr. would benefit from making his Formula 1 debut with a backmarker team.Sainz has held talks with Caterham since the squad's takeover by a group of Middle Eastern and Swiss investors advised by ex-HRT boss Colin Kolles, though Red...

The FIA has invited prospective new Formula 1 teams to express their interest in joining the category from 2015-'16 until the end of the 2020 season. This is effectively a repeat of the entry process that led to three new teams joining the grid in 2010 after a total of...