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23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team (Mercedes)
23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png #44 Lewis Hamilton
23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png #6 Nico Rosberg


23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png Scuderia Ferrari (Ferrari)
23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png #5 Sebastian Vettel
23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png #7 Kimi Räikkönen
 

23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Williams Martini Racing (Mercedes)
22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png #19 Felipe Massa
23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png #77 Valtteri Bottas
 

23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png Red Bull Racing (Renault, TAG-Heuer branded)
23px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png #3 Daniel Ricciardo
23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png #26 Daniil Kvyat (Round 1-4) / 23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png #33 Max Verstappen (Round 5-21)

23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png Sahara Force India F1 Team (Mercedes)
23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png #11 Sergio Pérez
23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png #27 Nico Hülkenberg
 

23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png Renault Sport F1 Team (Renault)
Denmark #20 Kevin Magnussen
23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png #30 Jolyon Palmer
 

23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png Scuderia Toro Rosso (Ferrari 0594/4, 2015 spec)
23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png #33 Max Verstappen (Round 1-4) / 23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png #26 Daniil Kvyat (Round 5-21)
23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png #55 Carlos Sainz, Jr.

16px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png Sauber F1 Team (Ferrari)
23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png #9 Marcus Ericsson
22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png #12 Felipe Nasr
 

23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png McLaren Honda (Honda)
23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png #14 Fernando Alonso (Round 1, 3-21) / Belgium #47 Stoffel Vandoorne (Round 2)
23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png #22 Jenson Button
 

23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Manor Racing MRT (Mercedes)
Indonesia #88 Rio Haryanto (Round 1-12) /  France #31 Esteban Ocon (Round 13-)
Germany #94 Pascal Wehrlein

United States Haas F1 Team (Ferrari)
23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png #8 Romain Grosjean
23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png #21 Esteban Gutiérrez

CALENDAR

22th-25th February 2016
Catalonia Pre-Season Testing 1 - (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona)

1st-4th March 2016
Catalonia Pre-Season Testing 2 - (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona)

20th March 2016
23px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png Round 1 - Australian Grand Prix (Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne)

3rd April 2016
23px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png Round 2 - Bahrain Grand Prix (Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir)

17th April 2016
23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_ Round 3 - Chinese Grand Prix (Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai)

1st May 2016
23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png Round 4 - Russian Grand Prix (Sochi Autodrom, Sochi)

15th May 2016
23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png Round 5 - Spanish Grand Prix (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona)

29th May 2016
19px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png Round 6 - Monaco Grand Prix (Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo)

12th June 2016
23px-Flag_of_Canada.svg.png Round 7 - Canadian Grand Prix (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal)

19th June 2016
Azerbaijan.png Round 8 - Grand Prix of Europe (Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan)

3rd July 2016
23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png Round 9 - Austrian Grand Prix (Red Bull Ring, Spielberg)

10th July 2016
23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Round 10 - British Grand Prix (Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone)

24th July 2016
23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png Round 11 - Hungarian Grand Prix (Hungaroring, Budapest)

31th July 2016
23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png Round 12 - German Grand Prix (Hockenheimring, Hockenheim)

28th August 2016
23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png Round 13 - Belgian Grand Prix (Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot)

4th September 2016
23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png Round 14 - Italian Grand Prix (Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza)

18th September 2016
23px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png Round 15 - Singapore Grand Prix (Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore)

2nd October 2016
23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png Round 16 - Malaysian Grand Prix (Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur)

9th October 2016
23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png Round 17 - Japanese Grand Prix (Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka)

23rd October 2016
23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png Round 18 - United States Grand Prix (Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas)

30th October 2016
23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png Round 19 - Mexican Grand Prix (Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City)

13th November 2016
22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png Round 20 - Brazilian Grand Prix (Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo)

27th November 2016
23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.sv Round 21 - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - (Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi)


General changes:

  • The FIA and Formula One Management will be granted greater power to change the Sporting and Technical Regulations and to make decisions affecting the governance of the sport.

Technical Regulation changes:

  • Cars were required to be designed with a separate wastegate for exhaust gases to pass through in a bid to increase the noise of the cars following criticism since the introduction of the 2014 generation of engines.
  • Tyre supplier Pirelli introduced a fifth tyre compound known as "ultrasoft", with the manufacturer stating that they would only be available on street circuits.
  • Pirelli changed their approach to tyre supply in 2016, bringing three dry compounds to races instead of two. The compounds are made public two weeks before each event. Pirelli assigns two "choice" compounds, and a third set (the softest available regardless of Pirelli's selection) are given to teams reaching Q3. Drivers select their remaining ten tyre sets for the event between the three compounds and must use two dry compounds during the race, provided that at least one set is from the Pirelli "choice" selection.
  • The FIA has opted to increase the number of tokens available for power unit development starting in 2016. While the initial plans would have given manufacturers fifteen tokens for the season, the number was raised to thirty-two, the same number as 2014, in order to allow struggling manufacturers such as Renault and Honda to improve their development. This decision also allows further development on parts that were initially planned to be closed off, including the upper and lower crankcase, valve drive, crankshaft, air-valve system and ancillaries drive.

Sporting Regulation changes:

  • Starting in 2016, the number of pre-season tests were reduced from three to two.
  • The FIA formally increased the maximum events allowed in a season from 20 to 21 to accommodate the calendar's approval.
  • The stewards are given greater powers in enforcing track limits, with drivers required to stay between the white lines marking the edges of the circuit, except in cases of driver error. The change was introduced after an investigation by Pirelli into Sebastian Vettel's high-speed blow-out at the 2015 Belgian Grand Prix that concluded that Vettel's off-track excursions had been a significant factor in the incident.
    • The FIA is also exploring a number of solutions to discourage drivers from abusing track limits and aid in their policing, including GPS tracking, the reprofiling of kerbs, the installation of pressure-sensitive sensors and the use of high-speed cameras.
  • Any driver who causes the start of the race to be aborted will be required to start the race from pit lane at the restart.
  • The procedure for issuing gearbox penalties will be amended so that penalties are applied in the order that they are awarded, bringing the system in line with the wider grid penalty system.
  • The Virtual Safety Car system is to be used in practice sessions as well to avoid the unnecessary use of red flags and session stoppages.
    • The drag reduction system, which is deactivated when under Virtual Safety Car periods and full-course yellow flags, is to be available as soon as a Virtual Safety Car period has ended; drivers previously had to wait two laps before the system was reactivated.
  • The qualifying process was heavily revised two weeks before the season began. The three-period format first introduced in 2006 was retained, but with a progressive "knock-out" style of elimination.
    • Despite widespread criticism of the format at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, and a vote from the teams to revert to the pre-2016 format, the FIA's F1 Commission chose to maintain the system ahead of a full review later in the season.
  • The stewards' powers to monitor pit-to-car communications were broadened for the 2016 season, with race control able to monitor the radio feeds for each driver in real time and consult with engineering advisors to further monitor the content in a bid to crack down on driver coaching and the use of coded messages.
  • The process new drivers go through in order to qualify for a superlicence will be changed, with additional restrictions put in place as part of the wider FIA Global Pathway. The changes were introduced following controversy surrounding Max Verstappen qualifying for a superlicence at the age of 16 after a single season competing in European Formula 3.
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Force India is close to finalising a deal with Aston Martin that will see the British sportscar manufacturer return to Formula 1 after a 55-year absence.

Autosport revealed at the end of October that the Aston Martin name was likely to return to F1, after a two-year run in 1959-60.

Talks have continued in recent weeks about the details, which will likely see the team renamed to Aston Martin Racing, and run with a blue and gold livery as part of a link with sponsor Johnnie Walker.

"We're close," Force India's chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer told Autosport during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend.

"I think in maybe another week to 10 days we'll be able to announce something."

Assessing the potential impact of the link, Szafnauer added: "Either way we should be OK, but maybe with Aston we'll have a different look and attract some other types of sponsors and maybe get some more money in.

"If we can do that, it will help us make that next step and continue the form that we've showed in the final part of this year."

Force India claimed fifth in the constructors' championship, thanks primarily to the introduction of the B-spec for the second half of the campaign.

Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg combined had a 59 strike rate in scoring points over the upgraded car's 11 races, including finishing fifth and seventh in Abu Dhabi last weekend.

"We were the fifth quickest team. Not bad," Szafnauer said.

"It's encouraging because I think we've made good strides over the season, and hopefully the trajectory of development will continue into next year.

"I think we can carry it into next year because the regulations don't change much, so everything we have learned this year will apply to next year."

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Hopefully the addition of Aston Martin as a title sponsor for Force India gives them the capital required to firmly be able to compete with Williams for that third team spot.. as much as I want them to truly compete, I doubt anyone can stop the capital of Mercedes/Ferrari without getting a constructor like audi behind them...

 

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The FIA has granted Ferrari permission to supply a 2015-spec Formula 1 power unit to Toro Rosso next season.

Following Renault's troubles with 1.6-litre V6 turbo-charged hybrid systems, both Red Bull and Toro Rosso served notice on the French manufacturer it no longer wanted a supply for 2016.

While Red Bull is now set to stick with Renault, Toro Rosso opted to reunite with former supplier Ferrari after previously working with the Scuderia from 2007-13.

For the deal to go through, Toro Rosso has agreed to using this year's Ferrari engine in next year's car.

As the current regulations do not allow for two different specifications of power unit from one manufacturer to be used in a single season, special dispensation has had to be applied for to the FIA.

Following a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council in Paris, this has now been formally ratified.

A FIA statement read: "Power units homologated in previous seasons may now be re-homologated.

"Previously no manufacturer could supply more than one specification of PU.

"The World Motor Sport Council was also advised that the FIA had agreed for Ferrari to supply a fourth customer team with a 2015-specification power unit in 2016."

The FIA has also opened up in-season development of power units from 2016 and beyond, as previously revealed by Autosport, with a decision taken to increase the number of tokens available.

For the introduction of 1.6-litre V6 turbo-charged hybrid systems last year, the FIA opted for a sharply declining development curve.

In 2015, 32 tokens were available, reducing to 25 next year, then 20, 15 and three respectively for '17-19.

But now, given the struggles of the likes of Renault and Honda in their attempts to play catch up with Mercedes, the FIA has altered the figures.

For next season there will again be 32, followed by 25, 20 and 15 across 2017-19.

It means the areas that were due to be closed off for development in 2016 will remain open, namely the upper/lower crankcase, valve drive, crankshaft, air-valve system and ancillaries drive.

The WMSC also determined any new engine manufacturer entering F1 will be allocated just 15 development tokens in its first year, with 32 in the second.

There has also been one further alteration to the technical regulations, with the padded area around a driver's head to be increased for improved safety.

The World Motor Sport Council has given FIA president Jean Todt and Bernie Ecclestone the power to make recommendations and decisions on key issues regarding Formula 1's future.

F1's governance has been under the spotlight recently, with the current structure - including the effectiveness of the Strategy Group - being blamed for a perceived lack of direction.

With progress on some of the problems facing F1 proving to be slow during the course of 2015, the WMSC has tasked Todt and Ecclestone with taking the lead on several key decisions.

A statement from the WMSC said the mandate was approved "by a near unanimous number" with "just one vote against".

The issues Todt and Ecclestone will primarily focus on regard F1's governance, engine regulations and cost reduction.

The pair plan to "establish conclusions on these matters" by the end of January 2016.

The FIA has confirmed that Formula 1 teams will have greater freedom when it comes to tyre choice in 2016.

As has been widely known for some time, tyre supplier Pirelli has determined that there will be three dry compounds available over the course of each grand prix weekend next year.

Since Pirelli's return to F1 in 2011, there have only been two types of dry tyre on offer, both of which have had to be used during a race.

Next year, teams will choose which two of the compounds they would like to use at an event, offering the scope for varying strategies should there be differing compounds selected by rivals.

Pirelli held a 12-hour F1 test in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, as it develops its new-for-2016 ultra-soft compound.

Following a meeting of the WMSC in Paris, it was confirmed that: "The tyre supplier will now provide three dry-weather compounds instead of two.

"Of the 13 sets of dry tyres available to each driver, the tyre supplier will choose two for the race (only one of which must be used in the race), and one set (the softest available) that may only be used in Q3.

"Each driver may then choose their remaining 10 sets from the three available compounds.

"Unless intermediate or wet-weather tyres have been used, a driver must use at least two different specifications of dry-weather tyres - at least one of these must be the one chosen by the tyre supplier."

The WMSC has also announced tweaks to the Virtual Safety Car (VSC) rules.

DRS will now be re-enabled immediately after a VSC period, while the VSC may also be used in practice sessions, so avoiding the need for red flags.

Next year's United States and Mexican GPs will be held back-to-back, in the only change to the final version of the Formula 1 calendar ratified by the FIA World Motor Sport Council.

Following its return to the F1 calendar this year, the Mexican Grand Prix moves forward by one week in 2016, from November 6 to October 30.

With the Circuit of the Americas' future jeopardised by local funding cuts, the American Grand Prix is subject to a promoter's agreement being reached.

As the Mexico City race was originally scheduled for the week before the Brazilian Grand Prix, there will still be six back-to-back events - Canada/Europe (Baku), Austria/Britain, Hungary/Germany, Belgium/Italy, Malaysia/Japan and United States/Mexico.

As previously confirmed, the season will start in Australia on March 20 and conclude in Abu Dhabi on November 27, while August represents a summer break between the German GP on July 31 and Spa on August 28.

2016 FORMULA 1 CALENDAR:

March 20 - Australia
April 3 - Bahrain
April 17 - China
May 1 - Russia
May 15 - Spain
May 29 - Monaco
June 12 - Canada
June 19 - Europe (Baku)
July 3 - Austria
July 10 - Britain
July 24 - Hungary
July 31 - Germany
August 28 - Belgium
September 4 - Italy
September 18 - Singapore
October 2 - Malaysia
October 9 - Japan
October 23 - USA
October 30 - Mexico
November 13 - Brazil
November 27 - Abu Dhabi

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1 hour ago, metalman said:

Bahrain, Azerbaijan and Abu Dhabi? Wow.

You know how Fifa gets slagged off for taking Qatar's money? Does anyone do the same for F1 cosying up to these autocracies?

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Yeah, Bernie don't give a fuck.

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Jaguar Land Rover is assessing a bid to purchase the home of Formula 1's British Grand Prix, Silverstone.

The Financial Times reports that the division of Tata asked property consultant Cushman & Wakefield to value the Northamptonshire site in July.

The race circuit would be accompanied by a new HQ for up to 1000 JLR staff - currently based in Coventry - a hotel and heritage and visitor centres.

The British Racing Drivers' Club owns the lease to Silvertstone, which was valued at £22.7m by Cushman & Wakefield, and its 850 members would need to approve any deal, if a formal bid is lodged.

Doubt was cast over Silverstone's future as the host of the British Grand Prix earlier this year, when it sought to defer its hosting-fee payment due to a lack of funds.

However, in October, the circuit's managing director Patrick Allen confirmed its contract would be honoured through to 2026.

 

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McLaren, MP4-X

 

The McLaren Formula 1 team has unveiled a concept car that it believes will provide a "conceptual vision for the future of motorsport technology".

F1 is currently discussing substantial changes to its technical regulations for the 2017 season, which will be focused on making the cars faster and more difficult to drive.

Ferrari released its own concept car in February, in the hope of "provoking" debate about how to adopt radically different car designs in the future that would make F1 more appealing to a new generation of fans.

McLaren's marketing department has now revealed its own future concept, dubbed the MP4-X, which features a closed cockpit, shrouded wheels and aggressive-looking aerodynamic surfaces.

McLaren, MP4-X

The MP4-X is designed to harness alternative power sources, using solar panels on the sidepods to harness energy from the sun, and includes 'active aerodynamics', whereby the chassis changes shape to adapt to different aerodynamic demands, according to McLaren.

It also features telemetry systems that can communicate in the event of a failure or a problem.

John Allert, group brand director of the McLaren Technology Group, said: "With the futuristic McLaren MP4-X concept race car, we wanted to peer into the future and imagine the art of the possible.

"We have combined a number of F1's key ingredients - speed, excitement and performance, with the sport's emerging narratives, such as enclosed cockpits to enhance driver safety, and hybrid power technologies.

"Formula 1 is the ultimate gladiatorial sport, and the future we envisage will be a high-tech, high-performance showcase that excites fans like no other sport."

McLaren, MP4-X 

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