Formula One News — April 2015

McLaren has denied reports Jenson Button lost his temper with the team's situation after the Bahrain grand prix.

Mercedes will not react to title rival Ferrari's engine allocation strategy.

Yet another deadline is now looming over the finalisation of Lewis Hamilton's 2016 contract -- Barcelona.

GPDA chief Alex Wurz has backed Sauber over the future direction of F1's engine rules.

Dr Helmut Marko has admitted the Red Bull-funded Austrian grand prix trophy will probably be passed into Mercedes' hands.

Sebastian Vettel has become a patron of this year's Formula 4 series, the German newspaper Bild reports.

Roberto Merhi looks set to hang onto his Manor seat at least for another race.

Red Bull is looking to speed ahead -- with the help of its sister team, Renault and an Austrian partner called AVL.

He is not giving up yet, but Nico Rosberg admits he could not hide his bad mood in Bahrain.

Kimi Raikkonen considered returning to F1 retirement after his disastrous 2014 season, according to a Spanish sports daily.

Fernando Alonso left Bahrain expecting McLaren-Honda to make a "big step" for the start of the forthcoming European season.

Sauber has denied it ran Ferrari's next-specification engine during the 2015 winter test season.

Nico Hulkenberg is settling in at his new "second home".

Michael Schumacher's manager is reportedly working hard to keep news about the health of her famous client quiet.

Will Stevens has deleted a tweet described as "ugly" by one well-known Spanish sports daily.

Bernie Ecclestone has put plans for a grand prix in Qatar on the back burner.

Daniil Kvyat is struggling to deal with the pressure of driving for Red Bull.

Pastor Maldonado has fended off his growing reputation as a crash-prone F1 driver.

The case of Sebastian Vettel shows how quickly things can turn around in formula one.

Ferrari is preparing to unleash more horse power in Spain.

Fernando Alonso says the new McLaren-Honda project is now on the verge of being able to score points.

Having kept its composure until now, Toro Rosso's patience in 2015 may finally be up.

Williams has admitted it will struggle to quickly recover its position as the first force behind title favourite Mercedes.

While the other F1 drivers take a weekend off, there will be no rest for Roberto Merhi.

Josef Leberer has played down suggestions he was almost struck by Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari in Bahrain.