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Past articles by Ian:

McLaren's Alonso sure some F1 teams will get new rules wrong

Formula 1 teams face a high chance of getting the 2017 rules wrong, believes Fernando Alonso → Read More

Fernando Alonso: I miss being in Formula 1 title fights

Fernando Alonso admits he misses being part of Formula 1 championship fights now that it has been four years since he was last in title contention. → Read More

Current McLaren-Honda best team of my F1 career, Alonso believes

Fernando Alonso believes the current McLaren-Honda team is the best outfit he has worked with across his 15-year career in Formula 1 → Read More

Lewis Hamilton backs F1 title rival Nico Rosberg to fight fairly

Lewis Hamilton says he is expecting a clean fight with Nico Rosberg for the Formula 1 world championship, that is set to be decided in Abu Dhabi this weekend → Read More

Esteban Ocon expects to be Sergio Perez's equal at Force India

Esteban Ocon says he is expecting to be on equal footing with Sergio Perez when he joins the Force India Formula 1 team next season → Read More

Jenson Button narrowing down post-F1 racing options for 2017

Jenson Button is narrowing down his options for his 2017 sabbatical from Formula 1, ruling out Le Mans but closing on a Super GT one-off and an American-focused rallycross programme → Read More

Formula 1's wet weather tyres have regressed

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen believes Formula 1's wet-weather tyres have regressed over the last decade, after slating Pirelli's performance in Brazil → Read More

Ferrari abandons plans to appeal F1 Mexican GP penalty for Vettel

Ferrari has decided against appealing the FIA's decision to uphold the penalty Sebastian Vettel received for his driving during the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix → Read More

Ron Dennis steps down from role at the head of McLaren

Ron Dennis has today stepped down as chairman and chief executive officer of the McLaren Technology Group → Read More

Romain Grosjean: Pre-Brazilian Grand Prix crash was 'hero to zero'

Romain Grosjean admitted he went from "hero to zero" by crashing out before the Brazilian Grand Prix start 24 hours after equalling the Haas Formula 1 team's best qualifying position → Read More

Sergio Marchionne will not 'throw money' at Ferrari F1 team

Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne has vowed he will no longer throw money at the team's Formula 1 project, but instead spend it more wisely → Read More

Brazilian GP FP1: Lewis Hamilton fastest ahead of Max Verstappen

Lewis Hamilton started his bid for a maiden Brazilian Grand Prix victory with the fastest time in the opening Formula 1 practice session → Read More

Kevin Magnussen: Renault F1 2017 offer not good enough

Kevin Magnussen says he had an offer to remain with the Renault Formula 1 team in 2017, but that it was "not good enough that I could take it" → Read More

Kevin Magnussen poised to switch to Haas in F1 for 2017

Kevin Magnussen is poised to sign a deal with Haas for the 2017 Formula 1 season → Read More

Jolyon Palmer to stay with Renault for F1 2017 season

Jolyon Palmer has been retained by Renault for the 2017 Formula 1 season → Read More

Mercedes junior Wehrlein would be happy with second Manor F1 season

Pascal Wehrlein says he would be happy to stay at Manor for a second Formula 1 season, amid speculation linking him to the vacant seat at Force India → Read More

Red Bull calls for F1 to get tough with track limits

Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo and team principal Christian Horner are demanding tougher track-limits deterrents in Formula 1 following incidents in the Mexican Grand Prix → Read More

Renault F1 2017 contenders making team's driver decision tough

Renault team principal Frederic Vasseur claims the performances from the contenders for the team's second 2017 Formula 1 seat are making it tough to decide who to choose → Read More

Move to Mercedes F1 team the best of my life, Lewis Hamilton says

Lewis Hamilton has hailed his move from McLaren to Mercedes as the best decision of his life and Formula 1 career following his 51st grand prix victory in Mexico → Read More

How Hamilton has battled his own mentality

Lewis Hamilton has had more than his share of technical problems this year, but has he also created his own mental obstacles to overcome as he chases a fourth world championship? → Read More