Pirelli announces the following compounds for the third and fourth rounds of the 2017 Formula 1 season (Rounds 1 and 2 can be found here).In Bahrain, to be held from April 14-16 on the Sakhir circuit:White mediumYellow softRed supersoftThese are the tires that must be available (at least one of...

Ferrari says there is no indication of damage to Sebastian Vettel's Formula 1 power unit from his crash with Daniil Kvyat in the Russian Grand Prix.Kvyat locked up and hit Vettel's Ferrari under braking for Turn 2 on lap one of last weekend's Sochi race. Both continued but Kvyat hit...

The organizers of the Russian Grand Prix are looking into the prospect of turning the event into Formula 1's next night race.Alexander Saurin, vice-governor of the Krasnodar region where the Sochi circuit is located, along with Russian GP chief executive Sergey Vorobyev have spoken with F1 commercial rights manager Bernie...

Richie Stanaway set the pace in the first GP3 Series practice session at the new Sochi circuit in Russia on Friday evening.Stanaway lapped the Russian GP venue in 1m52.876s, ending the 45-minute session over a fifth of a second clear of Dean Stoneman, who joins the Koiranen GP squad this...

Sergey Sirotkin has had his first taste of a Formula 1 car, demonstrating a 2013 Sauber in Sochi.The 18-year-old will race for the Swiss team in 2014, subject to being granted a Super License by the FIA, and missed free practice ahead of the penultimate round of Formula Renault 3.5...

Russia has missed the deadline to submit its application to the FIA to hold a Formula 1 race in 2014.Although work is ongoing at the Sochi venue, and organizers announced last week that they had penciled in an Oct. 19 date, doubts have been cast on the event amid a...

Organizers of the inaugural Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix say that work on the Sochi circuit is nearing completion, with almost two-thirds of the track already laid out. Pit buildings and team facilities have also been constructed, with work now progressing onto the infrastructure needed to host F1.The track, being...