Formula 1's Latest Rumours, Talk: Ferrari's Engine, Nico Rosberg Contract, More

Only three races of the 2016 Formula One season have been completed, but it seems Ferrari are already beginning to panic. After witnessing Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen run into each other at the beginning of the recent Chinese Grand Prix, Ferrari chairman Sergio Marchionne told Sky Sports' James Galloway how the "clock is on" for the team to return to winning ways. Despite challenging Mercedes in Australia, Bahrain and China, Ferrari are without a victory since September 2015, and Vettel is already some distance...

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Nico Rosberg feels engine age will hamper Abu Dhabi victory hopes

Nico Rosberg feels his chances of victory in Abu Dhabi will be hampered by using an older engine than Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton.The German set the pace in Practice Two at the Yas Marina Circuit, outpacing Hamilton by around two tenths of a second.However, Rosberg's worry stems from being forced to take his fourth and final penalty-free engine of the season earlier than Hamilton after his upgraded unit suffered unreliability problems at...

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Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix: Nico Rosberg wins, Daniel Ricciardo finishes fourth

Sebastian Vettel raged against the Mercedes-Benz machine but came up short at the finish of an action-packed Australian Grand Prix. The four-time world champion ended where he started for Ferrari, in third, but only after a massive crash involving Fernando Alonso and Esteban Gutierrez destroyed his plan to use super-soft Pirelli tyres to pressure the silver arrows into an error. He did everything he could after a jack-rabbit start that put him...

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Mercedes deny favouring Nico Rosberg over Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes have rejected accusations they are favouring Nico Rosberg over team-mate Lewis Hamilton this season. In an open letter to fans posted on their website, the team address "the haters, the naysayers and the conspirators" following criticism on social media. Mercedes also say it was a "miracle" Hamilton's car finished Sunday's Russian Grand Prix as the engine had zero water pressure for the last 16 laps. They admit they have not met their own "expectations on reliability" in 2016. The letter...

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Lewis Hamilton & Nico Rosberg crash as Max Verstappen wins in Spain

Red Bull's Max Verstappen became the youngest winner in F1 history as Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg crashed out of the Spanish GP.Hamilton and Rosberg came together on lap one as the world champion tried to pass his team-mate, leaving Red Bull and Ferrari to dispute the race.Verstappen, 18, held off Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen after team-mate Daniel Ricciardo took a three-stop strategy.He made his two-stop strategy work to seal a thrilling...

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