News Details

Maldonado loses Formula One drive at Renault

Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado announced on Monday he had lost his Formula One drive, with the seat at Renault-owned Lotus now looking certain to be taken by Denmark's Kevin Magnussen. "Today, with great humility, I tell you that I will not be on the Formula One starting grid for the 2016 season," he told his 710 000 followers in a statement on his Twitter account. Renault are due to present their team line-up at a news conference in Paris on Wednesday. Media reports said Magnussen, who raced for McLaren in 2014 before being released last year, had signed a contract to replace Maldonado after problems with the Venezuelan's sponsorship money from state oil company PDVSA....
Full Story »
9y ago from SuperSport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Magnussen set to replace Maldonado at Renault

Renault is close to finalising a deal that will see Kevin Magnussen...
9y ago from SpeedCafe.com

Maldonado confirms Magnussen signing

Pastor Maldonado's admission suggests Kevin Magnussen will drive for...
9y ago from Pitpass.com

Reports – Magnussen to replace Maldonado at...

Pastor Maldonado looks set to be replaced by Kevin Magnussen at the...
9y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Magnussen could replace Palmer at Renault

Formula 1 News: Following sourced news of Kevin Magnussen potentially...
9y ago from F1Hub.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marco Bezzecchi dominates in lights-to-flag Portimao...

Marco Bezzecchi led every lap of the Portimao MotoGP race as he cruised...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

McLaren’s lawsuit against IndyCar champ Alex Palou...

The lengthy court battle between McLaren and Alex Palou is nearing a...

Caio Collet advances up to IndyCar with AJ Foyt Racing

AJ Foyt Racing has announced that Caio Collet will drive for the team in...

Kyle Kirkwood signs multi-year IndyCar extension with...

Andretti Global has announced that Kyle Kirkwood has signed an extension...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Ott Tanak retires from rallying

Ott Tänak, the 2019 World Rally Champion, announced after Rally Japan...

Sebastien Ogier masters the rain in Japan.

Rally Japan dawned wet on Sunday. Through it all sailed Sebastien Ogier...
12h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Player ratings: Sunderland 2-2 Arsenal

Arsenal's winning streak ended with late drama at the Stadium of Light on...
56m ago from FreshArsenal.com

Wayne Rooney claims Spurs signing has been worse than...

Wayne Rooney was asked to rate new signings at top Premier League clubs in...
9h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Sources: Arsenal told they can sign speedy winger for...

AC Milan may be on the brink of another major transfer battle as...
10h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'As good as anything I’ve seen in Europe', 'Modern...

Martin Keown has heaped praise on Arsenal stars Declan Rice and Martin...
9h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.