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  Nico Rosberg secures 2016 F1 World Championship

  28 November 2016 / 15 comments

  Nico Rosberg has joined a very exclusive club yesterday by securing his first-ever Formula 1 World Championship, 34 years after his father, Keke Rosberg won the title in 1982, and beating out Lewis Hamilton. Going […]

   

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  Malaysia to stop hosting Formula 1 after 2018 – report

  21 November 2016 / 60 comments

  It has been confirmed that after 17 consecutive years since 1999, the 2018 Malaysia Grand Prix will be the last, according to the Malay Mail. Tourism and culture minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said that […]

   

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  McLaren losing Mobil sponsorship to Red Bull?

  31 October 2016 / 5 comments

  ExxonMobil is said to be jumping ship from McLaren to Red Bull in Formula One, having worked with the former for 21 years and celebrated four world titles and 78 race wins together, according to […]

   

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  Sepang won’t renew F1, to focus on MotoGP instead?

  25 October 2016 / 61 comments

  Malaysia has been a part of the F1 calendar since 1999, but ticket sales to the races have been on the decline since 2014, according to local report. Formula 1’s fate in Malaysia is now […]

   

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  Mercedes AMG Petronas wins 2016 F1 Constructors’ World Championship; record third consecutive title

  10 October 2016 / 15 comments

  Mercedes AMG Petronas secured its third straight constructors’ championship during Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix, and to celebrate the team’s dominating success in the 2016 season, Petronas employees gathered for a photograph session at KLCC this […]

   

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  MotoGP champ Jorge Lorenzo tests for Mercedes-AMG Formula 1 team, sets “really competitive” times

  10 October 2016 / 5 comments

  Motorcycle racing champions making the transition from two wheels to four is not new. The most famous, and successful, example of which is John Surtees, who won the 500 cc World Championship four times in […]

   

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  F1 Malaysian GP grid girls uniform by Nurita Harith

  26 September 2016 / 34 comments

  The Petronas Formula 1 Malaysian Grand Prix will be happening this weekend, and the title sponsor unveiled this year’s grid girl attire on Saturday. Designed by Nurita Harith, there will be two outfit for the […]

   

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  Apple reportedly in talks to buy over Formula 1

  19 July 2016 / 20 comments

  Apple has previously been rumoured to be developing an autonomous electric vehicle, codenamed Project Titan. While the autonomous EV project has been an open secret – albeit still a closely guarded one – Apple’s concerted […]

   

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  Malaysian drivers Nabil Jeffri and Akash Neil Nandy to race in 2016 GP2 and GP3 championships

  3 May 2016 / 3 comments

  Following the inking of an agreement between Sepang International Circuit (SIC) and Formula One Management (FOM) to have a Formula 1 race at Sepang for the next three years, SIC announced that Nabil Jeffri, 22, […]

   

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  Aston Martin becomes Red Bull F1 innovation partner, to build AM-RB 001 hypercar with Adrian Newey

  17 March 2016 / 3 comments

  Looks like Aston Martin is indeed returning to the Formula One grid this year, albeit under rather different circumstances. The British sports car manufacturer has announced a so-called “innovation partnership” with the Red Bull Racing […]

   

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  Lewis Hamilton says MotoGP is more exciting than F1

  11 March 2016 / 3 comments

  Lewis Hamilton, three-time Formula One (F1) world champion, has gone on record to say that he thinks MotoGP – the premier motorcycle championship class – is more exciting than F1, and has expressed hopes of […]

   

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  VIDEO: Mercedes-AMG Petronas’ Formula 1 ERS system is capable of powering up 10,000 light bulbs

  8 March 2016 / 1 comment

  Formula 1 is constantly evolving with new regulations being introduced nearly every season. Therefore, it is imperative that teams are able to adapt and ensure that their cars have the best combinations of power and […]

   

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  Audi dismisses Formula 1 topic, prefers Le Mans, DTM

  4 March 2016 / 0 comments

  Once more, Audi has extinguished rumours of the brand’s entry into Formula 1. Stefan Knirsh, new technical head at Audi, dismissed such a possibility. According to Autocar UK, he said that it was “absolutely not […]

   

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  Petronas to remain in Formula 1 with Mercedes – CEO

  1 March 2016 / 13 comments

  Despite recording 53% lower pre-tax profits in its 2015 financial year against the same period in 2014, Petronas will continue its role as title sponsor and key technical partner of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 […]

   

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  F1 to adopt ‘live knockout’ qualifying format for 2016

  24 February 2016 / 8 comments

  In a surprising twist, Formula 1 team bosses have voted unanimously in favour of a new qualifying format for the upcoming 2016 World Championship. In a bid to spice up the racing, the new format […]

   

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