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Perez 'deserves' to be at McLaren in 2014 - Button
Sergio Perez "deserves" a second season with McLaren, lead driver Jenson Button insists. Amid wild rumours linking Ferrari's Fernando Alonso with a return to the British team, M...
01 Nov 2013 11:38 -
Sutil smiles as his future in F1 is now secure
Adrian Sutil has announced in Abu Dhabi that his formula one career will race on beyond this month's Brazil finale. It is believed that, thanks to his solid return to F1 this ye...
01 Nov 2013 10:21 -
Mercedes and Ferrari both claim new pitstop record
In recent days, both Mercedes and Ferrari have claimed to now hold the record for the fastest pitstop ever recorded in formula one. We reported after Suzuka that Mercedes had st...
01 Nov 2013 08:53 -
Raikkonen not right with Lotus?
With the season's Championship already decided, and Kimi already signed with Ferrari, his absence on the scene this week in Abu Dhabi thus far may be speaking volumes. With ...
31 Oct 2013 23:19 -
Unwell Hulkenberg spends day in hotel room in Abu Dhabi
Nico Hulkenberg is spending Thursday in his hotel room rather than at the Yas Marina circuit. German reports by SID news agency and Auto Motor und Sport say the Sauber driver...
31 Oct 2013 16:30 -
Red Bull Racing keeping foot on the throttle in 2013
A fourth title is already in his pocket, but Sebastian Vettel is not ready to lift the throttle in 2013. That is the claim of Red Bull's Christian Horner, who said the German dr...
31 Oct 2013 14:41 -
Grosjean just like any other driver for Raikkonen - manager
In a further sign that Kimi Raikkonen's relationship with Lotus is dead in the water with three races still to run in 2013, his manager says the radio rudeness in India last Sun...
31 Oct 2013 13:31 -
Abu Dhabi 2013 preview quotes: Caterham F1 Team
Charles Pic: "India didn't go to plan at all, but with Abu Dhabi back-to-back with the Indian GP we have the chance to come back right away at a track we all know very well. Our...
31 Oct 2013 12:15 -
Red Bull denies driver shake-up for Webber, Ricciardo, Kvyat
Red Bull and Toro Rosso have denied rumours they could shake up their F1 driver lineups for the final two races of the 2013 season. Speed Week reports rumours from the Abu Dhabi...
31 Oct 2013 11:21 -
Chilton with 12 million in frame for Force India seat
A lack of sponsors and the power of pay-drivers could lock Nico Hulkenberg out of formula one. On the one hand, the German is the hot property at the tail-end of the 2014 'silly...
31 Oct 2013 10:30 -
Video: A lap onboard around Abu Dhabi with Hamilton
Yas Marina Circuit hosts the Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi this weekend. As a preview a video of a lap onboard with Lewis Hamilton around that circuit. ...
31 Oct 2013 10:14 -
Alonso turned down offer from Red Bull in 2007 - report
Fernando Alonso turned down an offer to move to Red Bull for the 2008 season. That is the claim of Spain's El Mundo Deportivo newspaper, reporting that the Spaniard was the ener...
31 Oct 2013 08:52 -
Webber's bad mood with Vettel dates back to 2007 - Marko
Mark Webber's bad relationship with his teammate Sebastian Vettel dates back six years. That is the claim of Red Bull's Helmut Marko, who plays down suggestions Australian Webbe...
30 Oct 2013 14:57 -
Abu Dhabi 2013 preview quotes: Mercedes
Nico Rosberg: "The Abu Dhabi weekend is a real favourite of mine and it's a great event for the fans, our partners and the team. It's also very unique as a twilight race and wor...
30 Oct 2013 13:40 -
Going back to 2012 tyres clearly helped us - Newey
Adrian Newey has admitted Pirelli's mid-season tyre specification change helped the quadruple back-to-back world champions in 2013. Sebastian Vettel, who clinched his fourth tit...
30 Oct 2013 12:14 -
Williams not the next destination for Ross Brawn
Williams has played down reports the British team could be the next destination for Ross Brawn. Mercedes on Tuesday refused to comment on the latest speculation about Brawn's fu...
30 Oct 2013 11:25 -
Former doctor hits back at claims of doping in F1
Former F1 doctor Gary Hartstein has slammed suggestions even formula one is not immune to doping. From 2003 to 2005, Marc Sanson was head of the conseil de prevention et de lutt...
30 Oct 2013 10:47 -
Maldonado leaps to front of the queue for Lotus seat - reports
Nico Hulkenberg looks set to miss out on the Lotus race seat for 2014. Team boss Eric Boullier has admitted the German is his preferred choice to replace Kimi Raikkonen. But, be...
30 Oct 2013 10:04 -
Swiss authorities open criminal investigation against Ecclestone
Yet another war front has opened for F1's embattled chief executive Bernie Ecclestone. As the trial brought by a German media company started in London on Tuesday, 83-year-old E...
30 Oct 2013 09:46 -
FIA checks Red Bull Racing RB9 for bending floor
Another secret of Red Bull's dominance in the second half of the season is emerging. Germany's Auto Motor und Sport said former Stewart and Jaguar designer Gary Anderson, now a ...
29 Oct 2013 16:14 -
Mercedes refused to comment on latest Brawn exit reports
Mercedes on Tuesday refused to confirm or deny the latest speculation about Ross Brawn's future. Former F1 team owner and boss Eddie Jordan, who now works as a pundit for Britis...
29 Oct 2013 15:37 -
Abu Dhabi 2013 preview quotes: Sauber
After a disappointing race in India the Sauber F1 Team moves on to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which is taking place from 1st to 3rd November. The team hopes to make up for lost g...
29 Oct 2013 14:48 -
Alonso the worst of all at psychological warfare - Mateschitz
Dietrich Mateschitz has likened Fernando Alonso to legendary boxer Muhammad Ali. The Red Bull magnate is referring to the fact that many regarded Ali as the master of trying to ...
29 Oct 2013 13:24 -
Sainz 'satisfied' despite missing out on Toro Rosso seat
Carlos Sainz jr insists he is "very satisfied" despite missing out on the vacant seat at Toro Rosso for 2014. Like Antonio Felix da Costa and Daniil Kvyat, fellow Red Bull junio...
29 Oct 2013 12:14 -
Vettel halted title party to help his mechanics pack up
Sebastian Vettel halted his title-winning party in India to help his mechanics pack up the Red Bull garage, it has emerged. Auto Motor und Sport correspondent Tobias Gruner said...
29 Oct 2013 11:10 -
Abu Dhabi 2013 preview quotes: Pirelli
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is the only race of the year that starts in the late afternoon and ends in the twilight of the evening, providing the drivers and teams with a unique ch...
29 Oct 2013 09:59 -
Lotus apologises for bad language in radio message
Lotus has apologised after an expletive-laden exchange on the radio with Kimi Raikkonen during the Indian grand prix. When the Finn was struggling for pace but duelling with his...
29 Oct 2013 08:53 -
Raikkonen, Ferrari, not 'worried' about poor run of form
Ahead of their 2014 reunion, Ferrari and Kimi Raikkonen insist they are not worried about one another's worrying run of poor form. Ferrari is ending the 2013 season as arguably ...
28 Oct 2013 14:08 -
Pirelli's uneasy situation with F1 even more strained after India
F1's uneasy relationship with its tyre supplier Pirelli became even more strained in India. At the tail end of the Italian marque's highly controversial 2013 campaign, the tyre ...
28 Oct 2013 12:14 -
Newey admits mind turning to projects outside F1
Adrian Newey has hinted his time in formula one may be coming to an end. As Sebastian Vettel prepares to drive his Newey-penned Red Bull to an easy fourth consecutive world cham...
28 Oct 2013 11:51 -
Vergne must take more responsibility in 2014 - Tost
Team boss Franz Tost insists 2014 is not Jean-Eric Vergne's last chance to shine for Toro Rosso. At the beginning of the year, amid rumours Mark Webber would retire, it was said...
28 Oct 2013 10:42 -
Red Bull plans proper title celebration for Abu Dhabi
Red Bull will have EUR 25,000 less in its coffers for the championship party in Abu Dhabi, after the FIA toasted Sebastian Vettel's title win on Sunday with a penalty. The Germa...
28 Oct 2013 10:00 -
Ecclestone civil trial to begin on Tuesday
F1's attention will turn from Sebastian Vettel's fourth title to the inside of a courtroom early this week. Reports say that while German prosecutors have not decided whether th...
28 Oct 2013 08:38 -
Sutil scared for children on 2014 grid
Formula one has come too soon for incoming Russian drivers Sergey Sirotkin and Daniil Kvyat, who are both still in their teens. That is the claim of Adrian Sutil, referring t...
27 Oct 2013 13:36 -
Perez hints McLaren told him he will stay in 2014
Sergio Perez on Sunday hinted the decision about his future has now been "made". Until now, McLaren has only said the Mexican - who switched from Sauber at the end of last year ...
27 Oct 2013 12:31 -
Vettel takes win and fourth world championship!
Sebastian Vettel has won the Indian Grand Prix and also his fourth world championship. He joins the greatest of Formula 1 with this result. Nico Rosberg finished second with Gro...
27 Oct 2013 12:30 -
Hamilton: "Alonso would do better in Vettel's car"
At the wheel of a Red Bull, Fernando Alonso's feats would be "far beyond" what Sebastian Vettel has achieved. That is the claim of Lewis Hamilton, despite having recently clarif...
26 Oct 2013 18:09 -
Pirelli threatens again to leave F1 before 2014
Pirelli has renewed its threat to quit formula one. F1's controversial Italian tyre supplier has signed deals for 2014 and beyond with the teams and Bernie Ecclestone, and even ...
26 Oct 2013 15:29 -
Massa: "I will ignore team orders again"
Felipe Massa has warned he still will not move over for teammate Fernando Alonso in the remaining few races of his Ferrari career. The Brazilian, who is looking for an altern...
26 Oct 2013 13:14 -
Raikkonen blames Pirelli for bad performance
Kimi Raikkonen has pointed to Pirelli's reversion to 2012-specification tyres, and the tightening of the operating guidelines, as the reason he has fallen off the pace at recent...
26 Oct 2013 12:17 -
Lotus confirms negotiations with Maldonado
Eric Boullier has admitted Pastor Maldonado is in the running to race for Lotus in 2014. But at the same time, the Enstone based team's boss made it clear that his preferred pic...
26 Oct 2013 08:50 -
Helmut Marko: "Red Bull won't fire Felix da Costa"
Antonio Felix da Costa has not been dropped by Red Bull, despite failing to impress enough to secure the Toro Rosso seat for 2014. Portuguese da Costa, 22, was the hot favourite...
25 Oct 2013 19:40 -
I remain confident in Ferrari - Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso has played down continuing speculation he is looking for the exit at Ferrari. The Spaniard was this year publicly rebuked by Luca di Montezemolo, and privately b...
25 Oct 2013 14:49 -
FP2: Another one-two for Red Bull Racing
Sebastian Vettel led team mate Mark Webber in another Red Bull one-two in New Delhi on Friday afternoon, as Lotus's Romain Grosjean finished best of the rest in second practice ...
25 Oct 2013 13:24 -
Kaltenborn recently met and talked with Petrov
Monisha Kaltenborn has admitted she recently met with Vitaly Petrov. It emerged on Thursday that Russian Petrov, reportedly with EUR 30 million in Gazprom sponsorship in his poc...
25 Oct 2013 12:15 -
Delayed hearing means India GP can go ahead
This weekend's Indian grand prix is going ahead. Earlier, a public campaigner appealed to the supreme court for an injunction against proceedings at the Buddh circuit, on the ba...
25 Oct 2013 11:13 -
Ferrari planning to build new F1 factory - report
Ferrari is planning to build a new F1 factory at its Maranello headquarters, the German newspaper Bild is reporting. Correspondent Frank Schneider said it is a "major project", ...
25 Oct 2013 09:57 -
Kvyat to get practice outings in USA and Brazil
Toro Rosso will prepare Daniil Kvyat for his debut next year by giving him time at the wheel during forthcoming Friday practice sessions. The first step for the teenage Russian,...
25 Oct 2013 09:29 -
FP1: A familiar look with Vettel on top in India
The timesheets in India had a familiar look to them after first practice on Friday as Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel - the only man to have ever won at the New Delhi venue - set th...
25 Oct 2013 09:00 -
Massa confirms Williams as one of the teams he talks to
Felipe Massa on Thursday admitted he is in talks with Williams. Earlier, a Brazilian website said Massa, 32, has rescued his F1 career with a five-year deal starting in 2014. Th...
25 Oct 2013 07:37 -
Petrov knocks at the door at Sauber with 30 million - report
Vitaly Petrov has emerged as a shock contender to return to F1 with Sauber in 2014. Germany's Auto Motor und Sport said the Russian, who has raced in F1 for Renault and Caterham...
24 Oct 2013 16:42 -
Mercedes recorded new pitstop record in Japan
Mercedes has overtaken Red Bull as the team with F1's fastest pit crew. Germany's Auto Motor und Sport reports that the Brackley based crew did a 2.02 second tyre pitstop at Suz...
24 Oct 2013 16:04 -
Unwell Paul di Resta to miss FP1 in India
Paul di Resta is unwell in India, it emerged on Thursday. Earlier, it was no surprise in the Buddh circuit when word got around that reserve driver James Calado will be driving ...
24 Oct 2013 15:26 -
Kvyat impressed us in both F3 and GP3 - Tost
Daniil Kvyat secured the Toro Rosso seat for 2014 because his results were simply better than his opponents. That is the claim of the Faenza based team's boss Franz Tost, despit...
24 Oct 2013 15:03 -
Indian court to hear petition to axe this weekend's race
An Indian court will on Friday hear a petition to cancel this weekend's formula one race near New Delhi. Indian reports say a supreme court judge agreed to hear the petition tha...
24 Oct 2013 13:56 -
McLaren mechanics plagued by mosquitos in India
India looks set to bow out of formula one amid a flood of bad press, as it emerges McLaren mechanics have been armed with mosquito repellent to get them through this weekend's u...
24 Oct 2013 12:49 -
Massa has agreed a five-year deal with Williams - report
Felipe Massa has agreed a five-year deal to stay in formula one next year with the British team Williams, a Brazilian website is reporting. 'Diario Motorsport' said the Brazilia...
24 Oct 2013 12:11 -
Vettel probably the best we've ever had - Ecclestone
Gerhard Berger thinks Sebastian Vettel is the best driver on the grid today, while Bernie Ecclestone says the German might be F1's all-time great. If Fernando Alonso fails to fi...
24 Oct 2013 10:48 -
Video: A lap onboard around Buddh with Rosberg
Buddh International Circuit hosts the Grand Prix of India this weekend. As a preview a video of a lap onboard with Nico Rosberg around that circuit. ...
24 Oct 2013 09:36 -
Juncadella tackles Williams debut reports
Daniel Juncadella has played down reports that said he has a good chance of lining up on the grid for Williams next year. The Spaniard is racing this year for Grove based Willia...
24 Oct 2013 08:50 -
Are F1 teams promoting rookies too soon?
As always, there is much to be said when a single-seat driver from any series is promoted to Formula One racing. Being the pinnacle for any motor racing driver, F1 seats, even w...
23 Oct 2013 16:57 -
Red Bull ironed out all of its weaknesses - Marko
Red Bull's rivals are barking up the wrong tree if they are looking for a hidden secret to the world champion team's recent successes. With a mere fifth this weekend in India, S...
23 Oct 2013 15:35 -
Ferrari admits it was targeting Kubica for future seat
Stefano Domenicali has admitted Ferrari was targeting Robert Kubica for a future seat until his career-altering rally crash of 2011. It has been rumoured the Italian team wanted...
23 Oct 2013 13:31 -
Nico Rosberg to marry his long-term girlfriend
Nico Rosberg is engaged to marry his long-term girlfriend Vivian Sibold, according to German reports. "Yes, it's true," the Mercedes driver told Kolner Express newspaper. "We're...
23 Oct 2013 12:49 -
India 2013 preview quotes: Mercedes
Nico Rosberg: "I'm looking forward to our trip to India. It really is a fascinating country and there is always something new to see or experience when you are there for the rac...
23 Oct 2013 12:14 -
Kvyat denies Russian sponsors are behind his promotion
Daniil Kvyat has denied his surprise promotion to Toro Rosso for 2014 is being powered by Russian sponsors. "To come into formula one, especially with Toro Rosso, all that matte...
23 Oct 2013 11:45 -
Chandhok concerned about future of Indian grand prix
This weekend's Indian grand prix could be the last, concerned motor sport chief Vicky Chandhok has admitted. There have been conflicting explanations as to the reason India has ...
23 Oct 2013 10:27 -
Last big wish is to bring Qatar link to fruition - Williams
Reaping the fruits of the collaboration with Qatar is Sir Frank Wiliams' "last big wish", he admitted on Tuesday. A couple of years ago, the British team partnered with the sove...
23 Oct 2013 09:52 -
McLaren respects Red Bull's reluctance to release Prodromou
McLaren on Tuesday said it understands Red Bull's reluctance to release aerodynamics chief Peter Prodromou from his contract. McLaren has already signed Prodromou, who works clo...
23 Oct 2013 08:39 -
Own a piece of F1 and movie history
The LA Times reports that one of the cars used in the move Rush, formerly driven by James Hunt will be going up for auction. James Hunt's 1977 McLaren M26 is still in workin...
22 Oct 2013 23:35
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