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2014 Bahrain Grand Prix - Preview
As we move out of Malaysia, the teams have barely had a chance chance to catch their breaths before we progress onwards to Bahrain, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary of ...

02 Apr 2014 09:34
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Bahrain 2014 preview quotes: Caterham F1 Team
Kamui Kobayashi: "Next it's back to Bahrain for race three, back at a track we've already spent a couple of weeks at this year in the pre-season test where we managed to build u...

02 Apr 2014 09:25
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Doctor says Schumacher could be transported safely
A leading sports doctor says it could be true that Michael Schumacher will soon be moved from the hospital in Grenoble to his Swiss home. Amid fading fears the F1 legend will ne...

02 Apr 2014 08:40
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Former F1 drivers say Massa wrong to ignore team order
Two former F1 drivers on Tuesday said they thought Felipe Massa was wrong to have ignored Williams' team orders in Malaysia. Although Brazilian Massa has only just left Ferrari,...

01 Apr 2014 16:51
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Bahrain 2014 preview quotes: McLaren
Jenson Button: "It's hard to believe that this weekend's race will be the 10th Bahrain Grand Prix – I won this race back in 2009, I've had lots of good performances here, and ...

01 Apr 2014 14:51
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Alonso happy to be in front of teammate Raikkonen
A bright spot on Fernando Alonso's 2014 season so far is that he is beating his teammate Kimi Raikkonen. The impending rivalry between the two former champions was a big talking...

01 Apr 2014 12:15
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Todt denies special treatment for Middle Eastern races
Jean Todt has denied F1's Middle Eastern races are receiving preferential treatment. Two of the three pre-season tests were held in Bahrain, the troubled island Kingdom, and aft...

01 Apr 2014 11:53
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Red Bull preparing for looming Ricciardo appeal
Red Bull has denied rumours it is preparing to drop its appeal against Daniel Ricciardo's Melbourne disqualification. The story goes that FIA president Jean Todt, angry with wor...

01 Apr 2014 10:20
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Friend Saillant refusing to comment on Schumacher
Professor Gerard Saillant is refusing to comment on the latest reports about his friend Michael Schumacher. According to the latest rumours, after being told the former Ferrari ...

01 Apr 2014 09:43
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Hungry Hulkenberg admits going to McDonald's
Nico Hulkenberg has denied being one of the drivers obsessed with extreme weight loss. Amid rumours of deliberate dehydration, when it emerged that a driver had passed out last ...

01 Apr 2014 08:34
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Bahrain 2014 preview quotes: Pirelli
Pirelli, along with all the Formula teams, tested at the Sakhir circuit twice in the build-up to the season – so this should be a circuit that everybody knows well. However, t...

31 Mar 2014 16:47
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Red Bull and FIA deny Vettel bad language rebuke
Red Bull and the FIA have denied rumours Sebastian Vettel was rebuked after swearing about F1's new engine noise. When the reigning world champion was asked in Malaysia about th...

31 Mar 2014 15:42
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'Wife making arrangements to take Schumacher home'
Michael Schumacher could soon be headed home. British newspapers the Daily Mail and the Sun are reporting that the F1 legend's wife Corinna is making arrangements for a $17 mill...

31 Mar 2014 15:00
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Marko keeps piling pressure on engine supplier Renault
Helmut Marko is continuing to pile pressure on Red Bull's engine supplier Renault. Although the total calamity of the winter season was overcome, the always-outspoken team direc...

31 Mar 2014 14:34
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Bahrain 2014 preview quotes: Sauber
Directly after the race in Sepang, the Sauber F1 Team is travelling to the third round of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship taking place from the 4th to 6th April at the Bahr...

31 Mar 2014 14:07
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Ferrari last chapter in F1 for Raikkonen
Kimi Raikkonen thinks Ferrari will be his last team in formula one. "I am glad to be here again and I am sure that I will not change again," the Finn told Germany's Sport Bild i...

31 Mar 2014 13:41
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Williams to discuss ignored team orders with Massa
Felipe Massa will be told what Williams "expects" him to do when instructions are issued during subsequent grands prix. As ever in formula one, 'team orders' is not something te...

31 Mar 2014 13:20
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Red Bull once again affected by fuel flow problems
Red Bull continued to grapple with fuel flow problems in Sunday's Malaysian grand prix. While Sebastian Vettel finished third, it was his teammate Daniel Ricciardo's sister RB10...

31 Mar 2014 12:15
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Hamilton claims he 'blew Rosberg away' in Malaysia
Lewis Hamilton has ramped up his rivalry with teammate Nico Rosberg by claiming he "blew him away" at Sepang on Sunday. The 2008 world champion comfortably won the Malaysian gra...

31 Mar 2014 11:42
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F1 is in intensive care, time is running out - Todt
Jean Todt has named Williams as one of the teams "crying out" for a budget cap. The FIA president was asked by Germany's Welt am Sonntag newspaper about the highly controversial...

31 Mar 2014 10:56
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No willing candidates for GPDA presidency
The future of the F1 drivers' association appears in danger. We reported after the season-opening Australian grand prix that current GPDA president Pedro de la Rosa wants to ste...

31 Mar 2014 10:04
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Rivals say dominant Mercedes not easily caught
Mercedes' rivals have acknowledged the gap to the dominant championship leaders will not be easily overcome. Reports on Sunday suggested Red Bull was quickly catching up with th...

31 Mar 2014 08:50
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Unnamed F1 driver passed out in Malaysia
F1 drivers' extreme dieting in 2014 caused one racer to pass out in Malaysia, it emerges. We reported on Saturday that some drivers are deliberately dehydrating, even at swelter...

30 Mar 2014 15:17
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Massa brings Williams in difficult situation after ignoring team orders
Sepang is fast becoming the 'team orders' capital of Formula One. Last year, not only did Red Bull's infamous 'Multi 21' affair make the headlines, Nico Rosberg was also controv...

30 Mar 2014 15:05
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2014 Malaysia Grand Prix - Race Report: Hamiton wins ahead of Rosberg, Vettel
The chance of rain had decreased to 40% before the start of the race, meaning that there would a good probability of a rain-affected race with some suggesting that there may be ...

30 Mar 2014 11:51
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Starting grid Malaysian Grand Prix 2014

30 Mar 2014 09:18
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2014 Malaysia Grand Prix - Qualifying Report: Hamilton takes pole in a Wet Weather thriller
After a lengthy 45 minute delay to due to the prevailing weather, qualifying in Malaysia finally got underway in semi-wet conditions with the session expected to get drier as th...

29 Mar 2014 11:10
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Qualifying delayed in Malaysia
A local storm has hit the Sepang International Circuit which has caused Qualifying in Malaysia to be delayed currently until 16.25 Local Time. The intensity of the rain is e...

29 Mar 2014 09:17
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Button: "Heavy drivers deliberately dehydrating"
F1 drivers are deliberately dehydrating in order to get their weight down at grand prix weekends. That is the claim of the experienced McLaren driver Jenson Button, who said dri...

29 Mar 2014 08:57
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Court rejects Constantin appeal against Ecclestone ruling
Bernie Ecclestone's legal woes took a turn for the better this week. After the German media group Constantin filed an appeal against the recent High Court ruling, a judge on Thu...

28 Mar 2014 14:25
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New F1 sound could influence Sepang contract negotiations
The actual engines may be quieter, but the controversy about the sport's new turbo V6 engines is making a deafening sound. Australian race promoter Ron Walker missed the scream ...

28 Mar 2014 13:58
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Ferrari lost power because of FIA engine glitch in Melbourne
Fernando Alonso has denied that Ferrari is yet to 'turn its engine up' in the 2014 season. Lewis Hamilton, a title favourite with the dominant team Mercedes, downplayed the Germ...

28 Mar 2014 13:09
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Ecclestone admits new sound louder than he thought
Bernie Ecclestone admitted on Friday that F1's new-generation cars are actually louder than he first thought. The F1 chief executive did not attend any of the pre-season tests o...

28 Mar 2014 11:38
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Easier to win lottery than to say who will win - Alesi
It is almost impossible to predict the outcome of this year's world championship. That is the view of former F1 driver Jean Alesi, who thinks the pecking order in the sport's al...

28 Mar 2014 10:23
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Kobayashi considers 'submarining' noses a serious problem
Kamui Kobayashi has confirmed he is worried about the safety of this year's low nose designs. Before the season began, Red Bull designer Adrian Newey expressed concern about the...

28 Mar 2014 09:17
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2014 Malaysia Grand Prix - FP2 Report: Rosberg quickest, Williams and Ferrari look promising
FP2 got underway in Malaysia with the threat of rain abating for the time being, although it was cloudy leading to speculation that it may change later on with a predicted 40% c...

28 Mar 2014 08:44
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McLaren MP4-29 features 'Esso' branding in Malaysia
Two weeks ago in Melbourne, McLaren said the prominent 'Mobil' branding on the sidepods of its 2014 car was a one-off. The British team, yet to sign a replacement for departed t...

28 Mar 2014 07:27
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2014 Malaysia Grand Prix - FP1 Report: Hamilton quickest, Lotus struggling again
After reports of potential rain, the Sepang International Circuit was bone dry for the first practice session of the weekend. There were not many people in the grand stands but ...

28 Mar 2014 04:37
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2014 Malaysia Grand Prix - Weather Forecast
The weather is set to play a crucial part in the Malaysia Grand Prix this year, with rain and thunderstorms predicted for all three days of running. Friday has a 60% chance o...

27 Mar 2014 16:24
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Button doesn't like sound of moaning Vettel
Sebastian Vettel on Thursday admitted a dubious weather forecast for the Malaysian grand prix is making him excited, not nervous. "Daniel (Ricciardo) showed in Melbourne that th...

27 Mar 2014 16:04
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F1 has evolved into endurance racing - Panis
F1 veteran Olivier Panis has admitted he is no fan of the 'new' F1. "Honestly, yes," he answered when asked by France's sport365 if the 2014 opener in Melbourne left him feeling...

27 Mar 2014 14:49
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Horner not ruling out more fuel-flow 'arguments'
Team boss Christian Horner is not ruling out more fuel-flow controversy for the next two race weekends in Malaysia and Bahrain. Red Bull's appeal against the Daniel Ricciardo di...

27 Mar 2014 13:27
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Mercedes switch a conscious decision for Williams - boss
Claire Williams has denied the British team simply lucked into being powered by the best F1 engine for the sport's new turbo V6 era. Having struggled to just ninth in the 2013 s...

27 Mar 2014 12:11
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Schu manager hits back at F1 doctor Hartstein's pessimism
Michael Schumacher's manager has hit back at claims 'really bad news' about the F1 legend is now just around the corner. Former F1 doctor Gary Hartstein claimed that, more than ...

27 Mar 2014 11:33
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Alonso trying to get Ferrari to rally around him - Villeneuve
Fernando Alonso is working hard to "destroy" his new teammate Kimi Raikkonen. That is the view of F1's outspoken 1997 title winner Jacques Villeneuve, who acknowledged that the ...

27 Mar 2014 10:40
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No engine deal forced Stefanovich to withdraw F1 bid
Zoran Stefanovich has admitted he had to withdraw his bid to enter formula one in 2015 because he could not agree an engine deal. Alongside Gene Haas and Colin Kolles' separate ...

27 Mar 2014 10:10
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Video: A lap around Sepang onboard with Ricciardo
Sepang International Circuit hosts the Malaysian Grand Prix this weekend. As a preview a video of a lap with Daniel Ricciardo onboard around that track. ...

27 Mar 2014 09:42
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'Great' Vettel finally scoops up Laureus award
Sebastian Vettel has finally won the coveted Laureus world sportsman of the year award. It was the Red Bull driver's fifth nomination since he began to dominate formula one with...

27 Mar 2014 08:27
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Tom Brooks: The new sound of Formula 1, good or bad?
The hot topic after Australia has to be the sound debate. Complaints have come thick and fast from the arm-chair warriors who would prefer to spend their time complaining rather...

26 Mar 2014 23:19
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2014 Malaysia Grand Prix - Preview
The second round of the Championship means that we progress onwards to Malaysia, the home of the Petronas Towers, beautiful landscapes and of course, Alex Yoong, the country’s...

26 Mar 2014 13:14
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Mercedes to run with tribute for flight MH370
This weekend's F1 race is going ahead, despite confirmation the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 almost certainly crashed into the ocean. Amid the almost three-week myst...

26 Mar 2014 12:53
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Former F1 doctor prepared for 'really bad news' about Schu
Former F1 doctor Gary Hartstein thinks it is unlikely Michael Schumacher will recover after more than 12 weeks in a coma and counting. The German legend has been in his hospital...

26 Mar 2014 12:08
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Montagny doubts Lotus can overcome loss of staff
Franck Montagny has made a bleak assessment not only of ailing Lotus' 2014 prospects, but also Williams' chances of mounting a title challenge this season. Lotus' campaign so fa...

26 Mar 2014 11:24
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Sepang boss not among those who denounce new F1 sound
According to the outspoken Australian Ron Walker, his fellow F1 promoters will speak with "an enormous voice" next week in Bahrain. Walker, fiercely critical of the quieter soun...

26 Mar 2014 10:45
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De Silvestro's chance to race for Sauber 'about 1 per cent'
Simone de Silvestro rates her chances of joining the grand prix grid in 2015 with Sauber as "good". Last month, the Swiss team signed up the 25-year-old Indycar driver, nominati...

26 Mar 2014 09:55
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Renault has most of the issues 'fixed' for Malaysia
Troubled engine supplier Renault is expecting to grapple with more "issues" in Malaysia this weekend. After a disastrous winter season, the French marque had improved its new tu...

26 Mar 2014 09:03
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Only alternative is to make our own engine - Red Bull
The only missing link in Red Bull's title campaign for 2014 is a 'state of the art' engine. That is the view of billionaire team owner Dietrich Mateschitz, who told the Austrian...

25 Mar 2014 16:45
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Malaysia 2014 preview quotes: Marussia F1 Team
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...

25 Mar 2014 15:36
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Sirotkin plans to get F1 license in Sauber test
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...

25 Mar 2014 13:34
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Malaysia 2014 preview quotes: Scuderia Toro Rosso
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...

25 Mar 2014 12:42
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Lauda: "Formula 1 is completely on the right track"
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...

25 Mar 2014 12:14
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Designer does not think Mercedes will dominate entire season
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...

25 Mar 2014 11:46
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Marussia hopes Red Bull Racing appeal fails
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...

25 Mar 2014 11:03
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Renault scraps Alpine joint venture with Caterham
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...

25 Mar 2014 10:14
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Malaysia 2014 preview quotes: Williams
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...

25 Mar 2014 09:53
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Melbourne pace gives us hope - Vettel
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...

25 Mar 2014 08:29
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Malaysia 2014 preview quotes: Pirelli
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...

24 Mar 2014 16:11
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Only time Ferrari did well was with Schumacher - Montoya
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...

24 Mar 2014 15:46
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Todt urges Ferrari team boss to ignore criticism
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...

24 Mar 2014 14:59
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Newey's fears of 'submarining' with new noses realised

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...

24 Mar 2014 14:21
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