Mercedes has confirmed that technical chief Paddy Lowe is to depart the team, and has now begun a period of gardening leave. More to follow. read more »

Mika Hakkinen says Valtteri Bottas is now in a dream situation given he looks almost certain to take over the prime Mercedes seat vacated by Nico Rosberg read more »

McLaren confirms Honda engine redesign for 2017 season read more »

Mercedes confirms launch date for W08 Hybrid Formula 1 car read more »

With two years left on his contract with Red Bull Racing, Daniel Ricciardo has no plans to leave the team to switch into the vacant Mercedes seat in 2017. read more »

Pirelli confirms tyre compounds for opening two F1 2017 races read more »

Williams confirms chief technical officer Pat Symonds departure read more »

Ferrari confirms launch date for 2017 Formula 1 car read more »

Ferrari has become the first Formula 1 team to set a launch date for its 2017 challenger, confirming to GPUpdate.net that it will be presented on February… read more »

Liberty Media has confirmed it has received all required antitrust approvals in connection with its pending acquisition of Formula One read more »

Paul Ricard will use its 5.8km track layout, featuring a chicane on the Mistral Straight, and hold a late-August slot when it stages the returning French Grand… read more »

FIA confirms 2017 Formula 1 entry list with four vacant seats read more »

Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed media reports that France is likely to return to the F1 calendar. read more »

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed reports that the French Grand Prix is set to return to the calendar from the 2018 season, and that it will… read more »

Red Bull has confirmed its switch to fuel and lubricant supplier ExxonMobil for the 2017 season, ending the latter's 21-year partnership with McLaren. In previous seasons,... read more »

Red Bull confirms switch to ExxonMobil for 2017 season read more »

FIA confirms 20-race F1 2017 calendar, no Baku/Le Mans clash read more »

Monza has finally confirmed that it has signed a deal to continue hosting the Italian Grand Prix through to 2019, the circuit announced on Tuesday… read more »

Toro Rosso confirmed that an ailing gearbox truncated Daniil Kvyat's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on a difficult weekend for the team. Toro Rosso completed only… read more »

Hockenheim chief Georg Seiler has confirmed that there will be no German Grand Prix in 2017, after negotiations failed to produce an agreement, meaning the… read more »

Jenson Button has admitted that Abu Dhabi will be his final F1 race. read more »

Officials in Montreal have confirmed that the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve will continue to host a round of the Formula 1 championship in 2017. Montreal… read more »

"There will be a Grand Prix of Canada in 2017," confirms Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre. read more »

Sauber confirms Marcus Ericsson will remain with the team for a third season in 2017. read more »

The Sauber F1 Team has announced the extension of the contract with Marcus Ericsson. The 26-year old Swede will go into his third season for the Swiss Team. The team's... read more »