Formula One News — August 2016

Renault says it will not appoint an official replacement for reserve driver Esteban Ocon.

Kevin Magnussen has work to do in order to secure his future in F1.

A prominent sponsor will be missing from the livery of Manor's 2016 car once the summer break ends at Spa next weekend.

Former F1 driver Vitaly Petrov thinks the summer break came just at the right time for his Russian countryman Daniil Kvyat.

F1's top three teams are getting a "huge advantage" by helping Pirelli test the bigger tyres for 2017.

Force India's technical boss has given a thumbs up to the new generation of F1 cars for 2017.

Pastor Maldonado could be set to get his race career back on track in sports cars.

Rio Haryanto says he hopes to return to a race seat in formula one.

Fernando Alonso says he has no hard feelings as he looks back on his decision to quit Ferrari.

Dr Helmut Marko has played down speculation that two key Red Bull figures could be set to leave the energy drink company's F1 foray.

Rio Haryanto has accepted the reserve driver role at Manor, after being dropped by the backmarker F1 team.

Dr Helmut Marko thinks drivers wanting to win the 2017 world championship need to be at the wheel of a Mercedes or a Red Bull.

Reports that Esteban Ocon will replace Rio Haryanto at Manor were confirmed on Wednesday morning.

Jenson Button has headed into his summer break declaring that his future in F1 is currently clouded.

CVC is poised to finally sell its multi-billion dollar majority stake in formula one, according to the business news agency Bloomberg.

Esteban Ocon appears set to emerge from the summer break as F1's newest teenage rookie.

Pirelli chief Paul Hembery has revealed he is pushing for track testing to take place in warmer locations, admitting Bahrain would be "ideal".

Lewis Hamilton said he headed into F1's summer break aware that his lead in the world championship might not last for long.

F1's two Brazilian drivers are each facing an uncertain future beyond 2016.

F1 should start putting its mind to the future of the engine regulations, according to two of the sport's leading technical officials.

Adrian Newey is getting much more involved in the design of next year's Red Bull, according to Red Bull team boss Christian Horner.

Fernando Alonso has hailed the timing of F1's regulations change for 2017.

It is Lewis Hamilton's "killer instinct" that in 2016 will deliver championship victory to him for a third consecutive time.

Valtteri Bottas has an "offer" to switch from Williams to the Renault works team for 2017.