Pascal Wehrlein will graduate to Formula 1 this year with Manor Racing as the second youngest driver on the grid and with a lengthy association with World Champions Mercedes.... read more »

Pascal Wehrlein becomes the second rookie on the Formula 1 grid for the 2016 season after confirmation of his deal with Manor Racing. GPUpdate.net provides an… read more »

Having originally signed for cash-strapped Lotus, Jolyon Palmer is excited to now have substantial Renault investment for his rookie F1 season. read more »

Force India has taken on 16-year-old Nikita Mazepin as a development driver who will combine a rookie season in Euro F3 working with the F1 team read more »

Jolyon Palmer has picked No.30 to carry through his Formula One career as he prepares for his rookie season in 2016. Palmer joins the grid with Renault this year after a season... read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr. says Fernando Alonso was a good role model for him during his rookie Formula 1 season. read more »

Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz says watching how fellow Spaniard Fernando Alonso dealt with a difficult 2015 was a good lesson for his rookie campaign. Sainz finished his debut... read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr says fellow Spaniard and double world champion Fernando Alonso was a good role model for him during his rookie Formula 1 season read more »

Toro Rosso driver Max Verstappen says he is content to spend another year with the outfit in order to continue his learning experience in Formula 1. Verstappen was one of the... read more »

Max Verstappen came into his first season of F1 comparing himself to the best of the sport, rather than simply focus on being top rookie. read more »

Max Verstappen has declared his ambition to win multiple Formula One championships and says it "doesn't matter with which team it is" with. The Toro Rosso... read more »

Max Verstappen arguably provided one of the best quotes of the season in Singapore, with a ballsy drive to eighth read more »

Kevin Magnussen claims Jenson Button was preparing to retire from F1 in late 2014 and says he had been assured of a seat at McLaren for 2015. After a mixed rookie campaign in... read more »

Kevin Magnussen says he had been assured by McLaren during his rookie season that he would be driving for the squad in 2015, prior to its decision to pair… read more »

After a rookie F1 campaign which went 'as expected' for Felipe Nasr he is now hoping Sauber's new aggressive concept car can shake things up read more »

Manor Marussia has not yet confirmed its line-up but as it stands Lotus/Renault driver Jolyon Palmer will be the only rookie on the 2016 grid. The 2014 GP2… read more »

GPUpdate.net's team-by-team post-season reviews continue with Toro Rosso, and its all-rookie driver pairing of Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz Jr., who both… read more »

F1 rookie of the year Max Verstappen completed the most overtaking moves during the 2015 season. read more »

Max Verstappen says he went above and beyond his own goals in his rookie F1 year as he swept up the post-season awards and plenty of admirers read more »

Max Verstappen has been voted the best driver of 2015 by global GPUpdate.net readers for his standout rookie season in Formula 1, ahead of Ferrari's Sebastian… read more »

With his strong Essex accent and love of baseball caps, British driver Will Stevens was a fresh voice in F1 in his rookie season. read more »

Toro Rosso driver Carlos Sainz Jr. says he enjoyed a "healthy fight" with team-mate Max Verstappen during their respective rookie campaigns in 2015, one which… read more »

Max Verstappen topped the rookie charts with his 49 points, two P4s and his epic passes while Will Stevens left something to be desired... read more »

Toro Rosso's teenage Formula 1 sensation Max Verstappen secured the Rookie of the Year title at the 2015 Autosport Awards in association with Mercedes-Benz. read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes picked up their championship trophies at the FIA's annual prize-giving in Paris on Friday night, while Max Verstappen was honoured with three... read more »