The second race of the new season sees the sport making the first of four visits to the Far East for Round 2 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship, the 2014 Formula 1 Petronas...
Sergey Sirotkin will put his F1 plans back on track once he obtains a superlicense. Amid Sauber's financial crisis of 2013, the Swiss team appeared to be rushing the teen to the...
Jean-Eric Vergne: "It's not one of my favourite tracks to be honest, as I don't feel it has any particularly challenging characteristics. The best thing about this race is its u...
Niki Lauda has hit back at the critics who are slamming the revolutionary new face of formula one. Ron Walker, the Australian grand prix chief who is a key Bernie Ecclestone all...
Mercedes designer Aldo Costa says he doubts his W05 will dominate the entire 2014 season. Lewis Hamilton took pole with the new silver single seater and Nico Rosberg dominated t...
Marussia chief Graeme Lowdon thinks Red Bull should have accepted Daniel Ricciardo's disqualification from the Australian grand prix. Actually, the reigning world champions plan...
Caterham and its F1 engine partner Renault have reportedly axed a joint venture to produce road-going sports cars. It was announced in late 2012 that the collaboration would inv...
Being a British-based team, the weather in Malaysia is never far from our minds. The heat and humidity can be stifling at Sepang, which makes the weekend tough for everyone. The...
World champion Sebastian Vettel has admitted he was surprised when Red Bull was competitive as the 2014 season kicked off. Team boss Christian Horner has this week been quoted e...
The new world of Formula One, with its new tyres, faces its toughest test yet in Malaysia: a circuit well-known for abrasive asphalt and extreme weather, which ranges from inten...
The missing link at Ferrari is Michael Schumacher. That is the claim of Juan Pablo Montoya, a rival of the great seven time world champion who currently lies seriously injured i...
Jean Todt has urged his Ferrari successor to buck the criticism and keep pushing Ferrari to the front in formula one. Before Todt - currently the FIA president - handed over Mar...
Adrian Newey's pre-season fears about 'submarining' formula one cars may have been realised. Red Bull's criticism of F1's all-new era had to be heard amid the depth of the reign...
Lewis Hamilton: "Malaysia is a stunning country and I always enjoy coming here. The fans are fantastic and it also forms one of three home races for the team alongside Germany a...
Jan Magnussen will be in Malaysia this weekend. The former McLaren and Stewart driver missed his son Kevin's sensational podium on debut in Melbourne because he was racing a spo...
The FIA is not closed-minded about making its brave new engines louder and less fuel-efficient, president Jean Todt has revealed. The low-profile Frenchman made the comments to ...
Lewis Hamilton's 2014 title campaign is still on track. The Melbourne polesitter had to retire at Albert Park after his Mercedes engine - among a mere allocation of just five fo...
A controversy has erupted after relatives of passengers on the missing Malaysia airlines flight had to change hotels when the Ferrari team touched down for this weekend's Malays...
Dietrich Mateschitz has warned that his company, the energy drink Red Bull, is not infinitely committed to formula one. The Austrian billionaire's comments come as his premier F...
Zoran Stefanovich, who tried and failed to enter the sport with defunct Toyota's assets in 2010, is back on the cusp of formula one. Although it is believed the Serbian has with...
Red Bull's appeal against the Daniel Ricciardo disqualification will take place in Paris a week after the Bahrain Grand Prix, the FIA announced late on Friday. "The decision...
Lotus needs to recruit staff following a disastrous start to the 2014 season, team driver Romain Grosjean says. Although competitive, the Enstone based team had a dire end to...
After a rather difficult opening to the season in Melbourne, the Sauber F1 Team looks forward to the second round of the 2014 FIA Formula One World Championship from 28th to 30t...
Kamui Kobayashi: "The second race of the year is Malaysia and it's our team's first home race of the year, so it's going to be a good week! I've obviously raced there a few time...
It could be "several weeks" before the outcome of Red Bull's appeal against the Daniel Ricciardo disqualification is known. On Thursday, the reigning world champions lodged the ...
An expert has admitted he is alarmed by reports Michael Schumacher has lost a quarter of his bodyweight whilst laying comatose in France. Although the great German's family, man...
Mercedes' advantage over its 2014 rivals might be bigger than is currently thought. Nico Rosberg won the Melbourne race with a half-minute advantage, but Ferrari's Fernando Alon...
The long-serving chairman of Australia's grand prix in Melbourne is stepping down. Ron Walker, a stalwart of the almost twenty-year-old Albert Park race and a close friend and p...
Red Bull is definitely appealing Daniel Ricciardo's disqualification from the Australian grand prix. Immediately after the Melbourne stewards' verdict was published, boss Christ...
Toto Wolff has revealed his negotiations with Paddy Lowe were initially about wooing the former McLaren technical boss to Williams. In 2012, Wolff was Williams' executive direct...
It is "absurd" to suggest formula one should urgently turn up the volume of the new turbo V6 engines. That is the view of Mercedes team chairman Niki Lauda, who days ago in Melb...
McLaren has chimed in on the fuel flow controversy. After Daniel Ricciardo was disqualified in Melbourne, Red Bull argued that it went its own way with the new fuel consumption ...
Former team boss Flavio Briatore has slammed the new face of formula one. The 63-year-old Italian, absent from F1 in the wake of the 'crashgate' scandal, said he watched the Mel...
Given Mercedes' dominance in Australia, the German marque's rivals have now begun their chase. Second on the road in Melbourne was the later-disqualified Red Bull of Daniel Ricc...
'Cooling' will be the buzzword in Malaysia, according to Mercedes. The German marque dominated in Melbourne, but Sepang is always among the very hottest destinations on the F1 c...
Williams remains one of the top favourites in 2014, despite the events in Melbourne. Piloted by Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas, the new Mercedes-powered FW36 was a standout of...
Pedro de la Rosa wants to step down as president of the F1 drivers' association, the GPDA. Speed Week said the Ferrari reserve driver's decision became clear last weekend in Aus...
Lewis Hamilton has baulked at claims a new guard is sweeping into power in formula one. After the V6 era kicked off in Melbourne, podium debutant Kevin Magnussen was hailed as M...
Nico Rosberg on Wednesday vowed not to get ahead of himself, despite admitting he likes the taste of F1 dominance. Quadruple consecutive world champion Sebastian Vettel's eight-...
Bernie Ecclestone has admitted 2014 could be his last at the helm of formula one. And he insists that is not because of the Gerhard Gribkowsky corruption scandal, that if found ...
Almost unnoticed in the Albert Park paddock last weekend strolled two Japanese with very big plans. Speed Week correspondent Mathias Brunner reports that Yasuhisa Arai, Honda's ...
Mercedes' new field-leading turbo V6 engine could be producing much more horse power than was earlier believed. Before travelling to Melbourne, team chairman Niki Lauda revealed...
One of Ferrari's main problems is that its all-new 2014 engine is overweight. That is the claim of the German magazine Auto Motor und Sport, who said customers Sauber and Maruss...
Bernie Ecclestone says it is up to F1's three engine suppliers to make the sport loud again. "They made them quiet, now they can make them loud again," the F1 chief executive sa...
The supplier of F1's mandatory new fuel flow sensor has distanced itself from the Red Bull cheat controversy. The reigning world champion team pointed a clear finger of blame at...
Lewis Hamilton is still in the hunt for the world championship despite failing even to finish in Australia. That is the view of Mercedes team chairman Niki Lauda, who revealed h...
Daniel Ricciardo thinks he has a good chance at winning back his Melbourne podium. Red Bull has vowed to appeal the stewards' decision to throw out the Australian's popular home...
Eric Boullier insists McLaren 'supremo' Ron Dennis is letting him get on with his new job. Boullier, previously in charge at Lotus, was drafted in to replace the ousted Martin W...
Sauber insists its Russian rescue deal remains on track. Originally set to feature the teen Sergey Sirotkin on the 2014 grid, talk of the Swiss team's Russian buy-in has now qui...
Bernie Ecclestone has vowed to get to work on making formula one loud again. The F1 chief executive said he is "horrified" by the purring tones of the new turbo V6 era, arguing ...
Malaysia is "not in the mood" for next weekend's grand prix at Sepang. That is the admission of track chief Razlan Razali, even though he confirmed the race is on despite the co...
Red Bull is yet to formally appeal the stewards' decision to disqualify Daniel Ricciardo. The Australian driver was thrown out of the results after finishing second in Melbourne...
Niki Lauda has revealed he is worried formula one will struggle for health if Bernie Ecclestone is no longer at the wheel. F1's long-time 'supremo' could even be jailed if he is...
Daniel Ricciardo's disqualification aside, the Red Bull 'crisis' appeared far less severe in Melbourne than it did over the winter. Together with struggling engine supplier Rena...
Fernando Alonso insists he is "very happy" to have a "strong opponent" to fight against at Ferrari this year. Some believe the Spaniard cannot possibly have supported the team's...
Former F1 team owner and boss Paul Stoddart has tipped Red Bull to win its appeal against Daniel Ricciardo's Melbourne disqualification. In a complex ruling, Ricciardo's car was...
Jenson Button, the most experienced driver on the 2014 grid, must now prove to McLaren he is also a man for the future. The 2009 world champion is out of contract at the end of ...
Organisers of the Australian grand prix are furious with F1's new low volume. Even some of the sport's stalwarts were alarmed in Melbourne when the 22 cars purred towards the fi...
Michael Schumacher's manager insists the F1 legend's family have not given up hope he will eventually wake from his 11-week coma. "Michael is still in the recovery phase," Sa...
Felipe Massa has kicked off the next phase of his formula one career with two thumbs up. One thumb is for his move to Williams, where despite the British team finishing the 2013...
The Australian Grand Prix was a highly eventful and action-packed season opener, with Rosberg taking the spoils ahead of Daniel Ricciardo and Kevin Magnussen who becomes the fir...
Sir Jackie Stewart on Saturday admitted he has a "very, very big" safety concern about F1's revolutionary new era. "I see a very, very big problem," the F1 legend told German n...
The starting grid for tomorrow has got two changes so far compared to the qualifying result. Valtteri Bottas and Esteban Gutierrez received both a five place grid penalty as the...
Although visibly annoyed, even Sebastian Vettel late on Saturday could see the bright side under gloomy skies in Melbourne. The reigning world champion is unlucky 13th on the...
Renault is still "about a month" behind its rival F1 engine suppliers. That is the admission of the French marque's Remi Taffin, despite the fact premier partner team Red Bull h...
Red Bull may have had a disastrous winter, but designer Adrian Newey's attention to detail is as sharp as ever in 2014. Keen-eyed observers noticed throughout the winter and aga...
The weather was overcast for the first Qualifying session of 2014 with the threat of rain becoming a real possibility. Rosberg, Button and Alonso took the Top 3 positions in FP3...
The Mercedes drivers' charge for victory in Melbourne will be unfettered by 'team orders'. 16 years ago, McLaren enraged the spectators at Albert Park, having arrived for the 19...
'7 tenths'. That term must have been music to the ears inside the Red Bull garage late on Friday, after a disastrous winter for the reigning world champions. As the scale of the...
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