Formula One News — February 2016

Toro Rosso has admitted time was so tight in the winter that a livery for the 2016 car had to be put on the backburner.

The F1 world on Tuesday got its first good look at Pirelli's new 'ultra soft' tyre.

Fernando Alonso slammed a British journalist for having suggested that Tuesday was effectively 'D-day' in his formula one career.

Franz Tost has hit out at F1's system for penalising drivers.

Gene Haas insists he is "not desperate" to fill up the livery of the new American team's 2016 livery.

Fernando Alonso was among those who were caught by surprise by Honda's announcement of the departure of F1 chief Yasuhisa Arai on Tuesday.

Felipe Massa has taken issue with reports Williams has been too conservative with the design of its 2016 car.

Renault needs to up its game to avoid a "terrible" start to the 2016 season.

F1 looks set for a radical shakeup to its qualifying format, according to widespread reports in the specialist press.

Pascal Wehrlein is determined to make his mark on formula one this year.

The opening salvo was fired on Monday as the 2016 protagonists went head-to-head at the start of pre-season testing.

Now a fully-fledged race driver for a new works team, Jolyon Palmer nonetheless cut a disappointed figure on Monday.

Honda has confirmed the departure as F1 boss of Yasuhisa Arai.

While the Barcelona pitlane was full of brand new F1 cars, the bulk of the paddock banter on Monday was actually about politics.

After Bernie Ecclestone on Monday shattered F1's pre-season optimism, his old friend Flavio Briatore agreed that the sport he once loved is "broken".

Whispers filled the Barcelona paddock late on Monday that Yasuhisa Arai is leaving the McLaren-Honda project.

F1 is louder but not loud enough to meet the expectations of its audience, one correspondent at the Barcelona test reported on Monday.

Flavio Briatore has warned organisers of the Italian grand prix not to play hardball with Bernie Ecclestone.

Up and down the Barcelona paddock, the buzzword is "evolution".

Force India has avoided repeating the crisis of last winter.

Nico Hulkenberg has admitted he is not among those who support the closing of the cockpits in formula one.

Haas got a rude welcome to formula one as testing began on Monday.

Adrian Newey on Monday admitted he does not expect Red Bull to take a "huge step forward" in 2016.

Another important meeting will take place regarding F1's future this week.

McLaren-Honda did not set any performance targets as the Anglo-Japanese collaboration launched its 2016 car on Sunday.