Mercedes are searching for a new driver following Nico Rosberg’s unexpected decision to retire five days after he won his first F1 title. Toto Wolff admitted that the British-based team, who won their third straight constructors’ championship in 2016, were completely surprised by the 31-year-old’s...
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone believes that the now retired Nico Rosberg cannot be counted as one of the greats of the sport. He said he would remember him only as a world champion. However, the 86-year-old revealed that the German's shock retirement was not good for the sport and that both fans and team Mercedes...
Nico Rosberg retired just days after winning the 2016 Drivers’ World Championship – his first – beating Lewis Hamilton by just five points. The pair spent four years as team-mates at Mercedes and won three Constructors’ Championships but the German team now have the unenviable task of replacing the world...
Nico Rosberg has hit back at Niki Lauda after the Mercedes boss accused him of making the team look dumb with his shock retirement. Lauda earlier this week accused Rosberg of leaving Mercedes in the lurch by retiring just days after winning the Formula 1 world championship. "What annoys me the most is that now Nico...
Germnay — Mick Schumacher could now be on the cusp of becoming Mercedes' next official Formula 1 junior driver. With Esteban Ocon stepping up to Force India next year, and Pascal Wehrlein on the cusp of replacing world champion Nico Rosberg at the works team, Kolner Express newspaper suggested 17-year-old Schumacher...
Mercedes are thinking about signing McLaren driver Fernando Alonso to replace Nico Rosberg, team boss Toto Wolff says. A move would reunite Alonso and Lewis Hamilton, who had a stormy partnership at McLaren in 2007. Rosberg, 31, retired five days after winning the Formula 1 world title. "You have to consider...
laudia Gadelha went on the offensive on Saturday while launching into a tirade aimed at former UFC champion Carla Esparza on her Instagram account. The altercation occurred after Esparza said she was selling her Harley-Davidson motorcycle to help ends meet after shoulder surgery kept her out of action for over a year with only...
According to the Italian press, this is the situation of Sebastian Vettel. According to publisher FormulaPassion.it, the German driver of Ferrari could be looking for a way to break his contract with the Italian team that is in force until the end of next season, taking into account a technical clause that has the contract of...
LEWIS HAMILTON has escaped punishment for disobeying team orders during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, according to Mercedes chief Niki Lauda. Lewis Hamilton led the race from the start but slowed in the closing stages in an attempt to force his team-mate and title rival Nico Rosberg back into the chasing pack. He ignored direct...
When the big money McLaren supercars rolled into town this week, they were very keen to put on a show. They courted the media photocalls, parading their wonderfully exotic multi-million dollar cars to interested media. But when the most ostentatious of the fleet, a grey McLaren F1 sports car, with an estimated value of $20m,...
UPDATED: The news blackout on Formula 1 racing champ Michael Schumacher has given rise to questions and speculations regarding his real condition. Media companies report that fans, who have been following the racer's condition and praying for him, are asking for and deserve some updates about his condition. Niki Lauda,...
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff revealed Fernando Alonso could be an option for the team if they are unable to negotiate a new deal with Nico Rosberg. Rosberg is reportedly out of contract at the end of the 2016 Formula One season after having signed a "multi-year" extension in 2014. Wolff said it was a...