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Verstappen impresses Toro Rosso in maiden test

Toro Rosso's 2015 signing Max Verstappen had first proper test in Formula One machinery on Wednesday when he completed almost 400 kilometres in a two-year old car at the Adria International Raceway in Italy. The 16 year-old Dutchman, who will race alongside Daniil Kvyat when he makes his F1 race debut next season, did a mix of short and long runs in the 2012 STR7

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Wolff: no question marks over Rosberg's mental strength

Nico Rosberg has the right mentality to recover from the mistakes which cost him a chance of victory in last Sunday's Formula 1 Grand Premio d'Italia 2014, according to Mercedes-Benz's head of motorsport Toto Wolff. Rosberg twice out-braked himself while leading, with his second error handing a race-winning advantage to team mate and title rival Lewis Hamilton

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Pirelli reveal tyre choices for Suzuka and Sochi

Formula One tyre suppliers Pirelli have confirmed the tyre compounds that they will take to Japan and Russia. The Italian company will bring the two hardest compounds in their range to Suzuka - the orange-marked hard and white-marked medium - in order to cope with the high speeds, fast corners and abrasiveness of the Japanese circuit

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Singapore preview quotes - Sauber on the Marina Bay Street Circuit

Singapore was a happy hunting ground for Sauber last year, with Esteban Gutierrez breaking into Q3 for the first time in his F1 career and Nico Hulkenberg coming home ninth in the race. While the team are yet to claim a top-ten finish this season, a new upgrade package means they are optimistic of regrouping next weekend in the 2014 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix

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FIA confirms 20-race calendar for 2015

Formula One racing's governing body, the FIA, has published the calendar for the 2015 world championship following a meeting of its World Motor Sport Council in Beijing on Thursday. It features 20 rounds, including the return of Mexico in November. The Mexican race will take place at the same venue which staged the country's last Grand Prix in 1992 - Mexico City's Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez

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FIA to limit radio transmissions on car performance

Formula One racing's governing body, the FIA, has informed the teams that they must refrain from making pit-to-car radio transmissions relating to the performance of the car or driver. The move follows recent media scrutiny about the amount of information being given to drivers by their race engineers, particularly in terms of how they can gain lap time

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Prodromou commences role as McLaren chief engineer

McLaren believe new chief engineer Peter Prodromou will help drive the team to future success, after confirming his return on Monday. Prodromou previously worked for McLaren between 1991 and 2006 before leaving to join Red Bull, where he was a key member of Adrian Newey's technical team

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Moments in time - the Singapore Grand Prix

In our series exploring the history of Grands Prix through selected iconic images, we turn our attention to one of the youngest and most unique on the calendar: Singapore. This look back through the archives takes in the first race at Marina Bay, the infamous 'crashgate' affair, brilliant wins for Hamilton, Alonso and Vettel, a spot of impromptu firefighting, and more

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Mercedes unveil Wehrlein as reserve driver

Mercedes have appointed DTM star Pascal Wehrlein as their Formula One reserve driver. Wehrlein, 19, became the youngest driver to win in the German touring car series on Sunday with a breakthrough victory at the Lausitzring. The German has already worked for the Mercedes F1 team this season, completing more than 30 days in their simulator

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FIA clarifies radio transmission restrictions

Formula One racing's governing body, the FIA, has provided the teams with a detailed list of the types of pit-to-car radio messages that will and won't be allowed from this weekend's 2014 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix onwards. It follows last week's directive which advised that any radio transmissions including information related to the performance of the car or driver

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FIA press conference schedule - Singapore

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, who finished on the Singapore podium with Lotus last year, will be among the six drivers taking part in the official FIA press conference at the Marina Bay circuit on Thursday. The line-ups in full...

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Ferrari beginning to shift focus to 2015

Ferrari have started to transition their focus onto next year's car and plan to track test components over the remaining six races of the season, according to engineering director Pat Fry. The Scuderia have suffered a disappointing campaign this year, scoring just two podiums

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Johnnie Walker^® becomes the Official Whisky Of Formula 1^®

Johnnie Walker, the world's leading Scotch Whisky, today announced a new partnership with the Formula One group that will enhance the brand's global positioning and significantly expand the platform for its highly successful responsible drinking initiative, Join the Pact. The announcement of the new multi-year arrangement, which also sees Johnnie Walker become the Official Whisky of Formula 1

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Singapore preview - spotlight on Mercedes as Red Bull threaten

Theoretically, Singapore's Marina Bay Street Circuit will offer Red Bull the opportunity to take the fight to Mercedes. But that won't be the only source of pressure for the Silver Arrows: whatever happens, we can expect Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton to continue their intense battle for the 2014 drivers' crown

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FIA Thursday press conference - Singapore

Drivers – Marcus Ericsson (Caterham), Pastor Maldonado (Lotus), Sergio Perez (Force India), Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) Adrian Sutil (Sauber), Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso) Q: First of all, a question to all of you about the ban on large amounts of radio traffic between the team and the driver. What's your reaction to this?

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FIA revises radio ban to driver performance only

Formula One racing's governing body, the FIA, has revised its planned restrictions on pit-to-car radio and pit board messages ahead of this weekend's 2014 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix. Messages concerning a driver's own performance will not be allowed, but the expected ban on those relating to car performance will now be postponed until 2015 to give teams more time to prepare

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FP1 - Alonso puts Ferrari on top in Singapore

Fernando Alonso edged out Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg to go fastest for Ferrari as less than two-tenths of a second covered the top three drivers in first practice in Singapore on Friday evening. Sebastian Vettel beat Red Bull team mate Daniel Ricciardo to fourth, with Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne, Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and the McLaren of Jenson Button rounding out the top eight

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FP2 - Hamilton shades Alonso and Ricciardo in Singapore

Lewis Hamilton moved Mercedes to the top of the timesheets on Friday night at Marina Bay, edging Ferrari's Fernando Alonso by little more than a tenth of a second. Alonso's team mate Kimi Raikkonen showed strongly with fourth, fractions of a second behind Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo. Lotus's Pastor Maldonado, meanwhile, brought out the red flags when he crashed at Turn 10

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Friday practice - selected team and driver quotes

A philosophical Sebastian Vettel on why he is upbeat despite missing almost all of FP2; Jean-Eric Vergne on encouraging early signs for Toro Rosso; and Lewis Hamilton on the balance issues that affected him even as he went fastest in FP2. The drivers and senior team personnel report back after the opening day at Singapore

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FIA Friday press conference - Singapore

Team Representatives - Franz Tost (Toro Rosso), Vijay Mallya (Force India), Manfredi Ravetto (Caterham), Monisha Kaltenborn (Sauber), Eric Boullier (McLaren), Claire Williams (Williams) Q: If I could I begin with a question to all of you? Obviously there have been changes today to the team radio ban

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