Alan Rees

An announcement is expected early in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend. Williams's decision to bring Robert Kubica into its race team means he will make an incredible return to the F1 grid eight years after the rallying accident in Italy that left him with severe arm injuries and interrupted his racing career. Motorsport.com learned earlier this month that Kubica had moved to the top of ...

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The deal between McLaren and Coca-Cola runs until the end of this season, but there are likely to be options to extend it if the tie-up proves a success. Coca-Cola as a company has been involved in grand prix racing before, when its energy drink Burn was a sponsor of Lotus from 2012. The McLaren deal is the first time the parent company's name and logos have been utilised in such a way in F1 ...

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Source with good knowledge of the situation say that, following weeks of negotiations, all the hurdles preventing its return have now been overcome. Although a final contract between Liberty Media and Hockenheim has not yet been signed, it is understood that this is now a formality and opens the way for a 21-race F1 calendar in 2019. Liberty is expected to announce a provisional calendar ... ...

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With F1 ramping up efforts to reach a wider fanbase, a formal agreement has been reached for Twitter to broadcast a live post-race show from 10 grands prix this year, plus show event highlights.The F1 Live Show, which will be hosted by Will Buxton and starts from the Spanish GP, will take place immediately after the podium ceremony and feature analysis and interviews with leading ...

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For those events, Pirelli will use tyres with a slightly thinner tread in an effort to combat potential overheating issues, in the light of information learned in Barcelona testing.The tread for the three races will be 0.4mm thinner, but Pirelli is confident that it won’t impact performance.There is also a weight reduction of around 1kg per set, which teams will have to take into ...

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