F1 Gossip: Haas set for online launch ahead of testing

- Haas will unveil its new F1 car for the 2018 season online in the days leading up to pre-season testing before a physical launch on the morning of the first day of running in Barcelona (F1Today.net)

- Bernie Ecclestone has continued to have his say on the decision to scrap grid girls from F1, calling them "necessary" and that they "did nothing harmful to anyone" (Sky News)

F1 Gossip: Haas set for online launch ahead of testing

- Haas will unveil its new F1 car for the 2018 season online in the days leading up to pre-season testing before a physical launch on the morning of the first day of running in Barcelona (F1Today.net)

- Bernie Ecclestone has continued to have his say on the decision to scrap grid girls from F1, calling them "necessary" and that they "did nothing harmful to anyone" (Sky News)

- Incoming Williams F1 driver Sergey Sirotkin is non-plussed by the decision to get rid of grid girls, saying: "If you're on the grid, you're not thinking of the girls." (SpeedWeek)

- Renault and BP have expanded their partnership for at least another five years, with the deal also including scope for "new opportunities to work globally with the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance" (Renault)

- Williams has given its support to the UK government's Year of Engineering campaign (Williams)

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