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Race of Champions to be held in Bangkok again
The 2013 Race Of Champions will be held at Bangkok's Rajamangala Stadium on December 14-15. The news comes after Thailand, which hosted last years ROC, again beat off a wide r...
18 Jul 2013 11:34 -
Banned Mercedes to receive Silverstone test data from Pirelli
Pirelli will share tyre data from this week's Silverstone test with Mercedes, even though the Brackley based team is banned from running. Lotus poked fun at Mercedes' absence as...
18 Jul 2013 09:43 -
Horner admits Ricciardo test is audition for 2014 seat
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has hinted Daniel Ricciardo's test this week is a 2014 audition as the world champions look to replace the departing Mark Webber. The news is...
18 Jul 2013 09:14 -
Bernie Ecclestone receives formal bribery indictment
Bernie Ecclestone has been formally charged by German prosecutors for bribery, it emerged on Wednesday. It has been known since May that the Munich prosecutors decided to indict...
17 Jul 2013 16:31 -
I should use this chance because it may be my last - Sirotkin
Sergey Sirotkin, Sauber's next race driver, insists he must jump at the chance to enter formula one next year, despite his young age. Not yet 18, news that struggling Swiss team...
17 Jul 2013 15:00 -
Caterham has not much more to gain in 2013 - Van der Garde
Caterham is already focusing on 2014, current race driver Giedo van der Garde has revealed. According to the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, the Dutchman is scheduled to test Pire...
17 Jul 2013 13:48 -
Video: Episode 10 of Sauber's Cutaway Series
Sauber has started with what they call the Cutaway Series. In 15 'shorties', Sauber will pick one particular car part or subject and former Chief Designer Matt Morris, Nico Hül...
17 Jul 2013 12:43 -
Secretly recorded phone call used against Toto Wolff - report
An explosive conversation with Mercedes director and Williams co-owner Toto Wolff was "secretly recorded" by a former F1 team boss. That is the claim of the German newspaper Bil...
17 Jul 2013 12:14 -
Sainz jr slightly disappointed Alonso sitting out test
Rising Spaniard Carlos Sainz jr has expressed disappointment he will not share a F1 circuit with his hero Fernando Alonso this week. Sainz, the 18-year-old son of the world rall...
17 Jul 2013 11:49 -
Bruno Senna hints next move could be to America
Bruno Senna's next move in the world of motor racing could be to America. After stints in F1 with HRT, Renault and Williams between 2010 and last year, the nephew of grand prix ...
17 Jul 2013 11:16 -
Extent of Sauber's rescue deal caught Formula 1 by surprise
The extent of Sauber's Russian rescue deal, and the emergence of future team driver Sergey Sirotkin, caught the world of formula one by surprise. Russian F1 commentator Alexei P...
17 Jul 2013 10:03 -
Rigon and Massa get behind the wheel of Ferrari at test
Getting behind the wheel of the F138 at the Silverstone test will be Davide Rigon and Felipe Massa: the Italian driver, who has been on the books at the Scuderia since 2011, wil...
16 Jul 2013 16:59 -
Red Bull Racing amends line-up for Young Driver Test
Following changes to the conditions of this weeks Silverstone Young Driver Test set for 17-19 July, Infiniti Red Bull Racing would like to announce an amended driver line up. ...
16 Jul 2013 15:44 -
Toro Rosso to field five drivers in test at Silverstone
Scuderia Toro Rosso will field a total of five drivers for the upcoming test at Silverstone circuit, which runs from the 17th to 19th July. On Wednesday, Johnny Cecotto will spe...
16 Jul 2013 14:39 -
Calado to test alongside Sutil and Di Resta for Force India
Sahara Force India Formula One Team will run up and coming British GP2 racer, James Calado, at this weeks Silverstone young driver test session. James has already driven the V...
16 Jul 2013 13:31 -
Whoever my new teammate will be does not matter - Vettel
World champion Sebastian Vettel insists it "does not matter" who is selected by Red Bull to replace the departing Mark Webber in 2014. The German has previously admitted he woul...
16 Jul 2013 13:06 -
Sauber rescue deal worth 170 million dollar - report
Sauber boss Monisha Kaltenborn has clarified reports suggesting the Swiss team has been bought by Russian entities. Having earlier admitted a sale of the team could not be ruled...
16 Jul 2013 12:07 -
Williams appoints Pat Symonds as new technical director
The Williams F1 Team is pleased to announce the appointment of Pat Symonds as Chief Technical Officer. Effective 19th August, Symonds joins Williams from the Marussia F1 Team wh...
16 Jul 2013 11:23 -
Lotus in no hurry to finalise lineup for 2014 - Lopez
Team owner Gerard Lopez has warned potential suitors that Lotus may in fact have no driver vacancies for 2014. Kimi Raikkonen has admitted he is contemplating a switch to Red Bu...
16 Jul 2013 11:01 -
Marussia ensures use of Ferrari engines for 2014
The Marussia F1 Team and Scuderia Ferrari are pleased to announce the agreement of a new technical partnership which will see our Team benefiting from a full Ferrari powertrain ...
16 Jul 2013 09:50 -
'Too many technical directors' perfect for Mercedes - Lowe
Paddy Lowe insists he is not worried Mercedes will spoil its technical progress by having 'too many cooks' in the design office. Even prior to the former McLaren technical direc...
16 Jul 2013 09:17 -
Honda denies plans to build a test car for 2014
Honda has categorically denied reports it will build a test car in order to get track running of McLaren's 2015 engine off to an early start. We reported last month that work on...
16 Jul 2013 08:24 -
New Sauber driver Sirotkin linked to saviour Russian sponsor
Sauber's next driver is closely linked to the group of Russian sponsors who on Monday were hailed as the saviours of the embattled Swiss team. Amid reports financial worries cou...
15 Jul 2013 16:24 -
Williams selects Wolff, Juncadella and Maldonado for test
The Williams F1 Team today confirmed that it will run its Development Driver Susie Wolff and rising star Daniel Juncadella at the Young Driver Test at Silverstone Circuit on 17-...
15 Jul 2013 13:34 -
Red Bull Racing not ruling out Mercedes-like Pirelli test
Red Bull is not ruling out following Mercedes' lead and conducting a private test with F1 tyre supplier Pirelli. Mercedes and Pirelli were reprimanded by the FIA recently, after...
15 Jul 2013 12:11 -
'Massa's manager has opened talks with Lotus and Force India'
Jules Bianchi has emerged as a real contender to replace Ferrari's Felipe Massa in 2014. In the wake of Brazilian Massa's flow of crashes and spins dating back the Monaco grand ...
15 Jul 2013 11:53 -
Sauber secures long-term future with Russian partners
Amid reports the Swiss team is on the brink of collapse, Sauber on Monday announced a Russian tie-up. A day after Peter Sauber confirmed he and team boss Monisha Kaltenborn rece...
15 Jul 2013 10:44 -
Alonso 'fighting Vettel', not just Newey this year
A year ago, Fernando Alonso said he was not fighting Sebastian Vettel -- he was fighting Red Bull designer Adrian Newey. The comments were interpreted as a jibe at F1's reigning...
15 Jul 2013 08:57 -
Hulkenberg and Sato accompany Frijns at Young Driver Test
The Sauber F1 Team will test with Robin Frijns (day 1 and morning day 2), Nico Hülkenberg (afternoon day 2) and Kimiya Sato (day 3) at the Young Driver Test in Silverstone, whi...
12 Jul 2013 14:40 -
Prost, Valsecchi and Raikkonen to test for Lotus
Nicolas Prost, Davide Valsecchi and Kimi Räikkönen will drive for Lotus F1 Team during next week's adapted 'Young Driver Test' at Silverstone on July 17 -19. The test origi...
12 Jul 2013 13:37 -
Pollock launches company to help promising drivers
The F1 team BAR's founder Craig Pollock has launched a new company with the aim of funding promising drivers through the motor racing ranks. Pollock, also the former manager of ...
12 Jul 2013 12:15 -
Agag tips Ferrari and Red Bull Racing to join Formula E
Alejandro Agag, the organiser of the new electric open-wheel series, thinks top F1 teams like Ferrari and Red Bull will eventually fight for the Formula E title. And the Austria...
12 Jul 2013 11:40 -
Dozens of unpaid suppliers file claims against ailing Sauber
The depths of Sauber's financial problems are now beginning to emerge. The Swiss business newspaper Handelszeitung reports that dozens of unpaid suppliers to the struggling Hinw...
12 Jul 2013 09:57 -
Satisfied Alonso gives Ferrari '8 out of 10' for 2013
Fernando Alonso has given Ferrari an 8 out of 10 for the 2013 season so far. The Spaniard is trailing Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel in the drivers' championship by 34 points, whil...
12 Jul 2013 08:49 -
Raikkonen alongside Vettel would be 'cool' - Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton thinks Kimi Raikkonen should leap at the chance to join Red Bull in 2014. The Mercedes driver said Finn Raikkonen, who is currently weighing up between the move a...
11 Jul 2013 16:36 -
Honda to base F1 operations in Milton Keynes
Honda on Thursday announced it will base its formula one operations in the UK. After a six-year absence from the paddock, the Japanese carmaker is returning to the sport in 2015...
11 Jul 2013 14:51 -
Video: Episode 9 of Sauber's Cutaway Series
Sauber has started with what they call the Cutaway Series. In 15 'shorties', Sauber will pick one particular car part or subject and former Chief Designer Matt Morris, Nico Hül...
11 Jul 2013 13:30 -
Alonso fully committed to his long-term Ferrari contract
Fernando Alonso has given a short life to speculation he might soon tire of failing to win titles with Ferrari. Former F1 driver David Coulthard said he sensed the Spaniard, who...
11 Jul 2013 12:11 -
Sao Paulo opens up bidding procedure for new pit complex
Interlagos has moved a step closer to securing its future on the F1 calendar. Earlier this year, the future of the Brazilian grand prix came into doubt when F1 supremo Bernie Ec...
11 Jul 2013 11:53 -
F1 extends media pitlane clampdown to all sessions
F1 authorities have clamped down even harder on pitlane safety protocols, in the wake of the Nurburgring incident. After a television cameraman for Bernie Ecclestone's FOM opera...
11 Jul 2013 11:00 -
Di Montezemolo not ready for 2014 Massa talks
Luca di Montezemolo on Wednesday said he is not ready to talk about Felipe Massa's future at Ferrari. The Brazilian has been involved in a string of on-track incidents dating ba...
11 Jul 2013 09:29 -
Pirelli tweaks 'conservative' Hungary compound choice
Pirelli has reversed its decision to bring harder tyres to the forthcoming Hungarian grand prix. Lotus had questioned the F1 supplier's "unusual" call in taking the same tyres t...
11 Jul 2013 08:38 -
Monza official not worried about possible Italian grand prix axe
Monza official Federico Bendinelli insists he is not worried Bernie Ecclestone might be preparing to axe F1's historic Italian grand prix. The F1 chief executive warned recently...
10 Jul 2013 16:20 -
Vettel 'clearly' on track for fourth world title - Lauda
Sebastian Vettel is "clearly" on track to win a fourth consecutive world championship. That is the admission of Mercedes' team chairman Niki Lauda, who said he always expected R...
10 Jul 2013 15:33 -
Force India afraid new tyres 'will mess up everything'
A new row is brewing in F1, as teams contemplate the next change to the specification of Pirelli's 2013 tyres. After the tyre-exploding British grand prix, F1's official supplie...
10 Jul 2013 14:48 -
Ecclestone doesn't want to imagine F1 without Sauber
Bernie Ecclestone has ruled out intervening directly to help the embattled Sauber team survive. In the not-too-distant past, the F1 'supremo' has been known for bailing out stru...
10 Jul 2013 13:53 -
Lotus could enter 2014 with an all-new driver lineup
Lotus could enter the 2014 season with an all-new driver lineup. It is already known that Nico Hulkenberg is the leading candidate to join the Enstone based team next year, shou...
10 Jul 2013 12:47 -
Chilton unharmed tanks to Zylon visor in Germany - report
Max Chilton can thank the FIA's latest safety standards after returning home uninjured from the German grand prix. That is the claim of the German-language Speed Week, who repor...
10 Jul 2013 12:06 -
Damon Hill's son misses motivation and quits motor racing
Josh Hill, who earlier wanted to be F1's first ever third-generation champion, has quit motor racing. The 22-year-old is the son of 1996 world champion Damon Hill, whose own fat...
10 Jul 2013 11:34 -
Mandatory pitlane helmets 'crazy and an overreaction' - Lauda
Niki Lauda thinks F1's governing body should stop short of overreacting in the wake of the Nurburgring pitlane incident. The FIA has reacted immediately to the hospitalisation o...
10 Jul 2013 10:17 -
FIA test parameters a blow for Mercedes and Ferrari
The FIA has bad news for Mercedes and Ferrari this week. Earlier, it was suggested next week's young driver test at Silverstone might be extended by a day, becoming a four-day a...
10 Jul 2013 08:55 -
Boullier confirms Hulkenberg talks: "I'm in contact with Nico"
Eric Boullier on Tuesday confirmed reports Nico Hulkenberg is a candidate to drive for Lotus in 2014. That is because the Enstone based team is facing up to the very real possib...
09 Jul 2013 17:08 -
Teams consider fallout of mid-season tyre shakeup
In the fallout of Sunday's German grand prix, teams are assessing what impact the tyre shakeup had on their performance. After the tyre-exploding British grand prix, the most ob...
09 Jul 2013 15:52 -
Ricciardo expects Raikkonen to replace Webber at Red Bull
Sebastien Buemi, a recent Toro Rosso driver and now Red Bull reserve, has tipped the world champions to sign Kimi Raikkonen for 2014. After Mark Webber announced his impending s...
09 Jul 2013 14:31 -
Susie Wolff likely to make proper test debut in Silverstone
Susie Wolff has admitted she is likely to make her proper F1 circuit debut at Silverstone next week. We reported at the weekend that the 30-year-old Scot will definitely appear ...
09 Jul 2013 12:14 -
Hamilton downbeat after new Mercedes tyre struggles
Lewis Hamilton says Pirelli's tyres are ruining his shot at the 2013 title. "I'm not really thinking about the championship now," said the Nurburgring pole sitter. "There's real...
09 Jul 2013 11:26 -
Mercedes pushing to ease ban for young driver test
Mercedes is pushing to appear at next week's young driver test, despite its FIA ban as a result of the 'test-gate' scandal. The German team initially accepted the Silverstone ba...
09 Jul 2013 09:56 -
F1 reacts quickly to injured cameraman incident
F1 is reacting quickly to the incident on Sunday that could have cost a television cameraman his life in the Nurburgring pitlane. As it happens, the British cameraman for Bernie...
09 Jul 2013 08:37 -
Host of 2014 Spanish Grand Prix still unclear
Bernie Ecclestone has shed little light on the uncertainty surrounding the identity of next year's Spanish grand prix host. Reportedly, a verbal agreement between the regional p...
08 Jul 2013 16:52 -
Sauber admits financial struggles affect suppliers as well
Peter Sauber has denied reports employees of his struggling Swiss team are going without pay. It is reported that, because he has not been paid his contractual instalments for M...
08 Jul 2013 15:40 -
De la Rosa lined up to replace ill Bianchi - report
Pedro de la Rosa came tantalisingly close to returning to the F1 race grid this weekend at the Nurburgring. As GPDA president, the veteran Spaniard has played a leading role in ...
08 Jul 2013 14:57 -
Grosjean rescues F1 career with Nurburgring podium
Romain Grosjean may have rescued his formula one career on Sunday by returning to the podium at the Nurburgring. Having failed to score a single point since his podium in Bahrai...
08 Jul 2013 14:04 -
F1 movie 'Rush' excited sport's experts - Lauda
Niki Lauda says the F1 fraternity this week gave a thumbs-up to a movie about the sport's legendary 1976 season. During qualifying at the Nurburgring on Saturday, the triple wor...
08 Jul 2013 13:13 -
Massa once again at risk of falling into negative spiral
Having earlier recovered his career-jeopardising form, Felipe Massa is once again at risk of falling into another spiral that could cost him his Ferrari seat. The Brazilian, re-...
08 Jul 2013 12:12 -
F1 could improve safety after cameraman incident
F1 could be set to improve safety in the pitlane, after a cameraman was lucky to escape with his life in Sunday's German grand prix. Red Bull has been fined EUR 30,000 for sendi...
08 Jul 2013 11:46 -
'Hulkenberg in contact with Lotus after terminating contract'
Nico Hulkenberg on Sunday did not deny reports in Germany he has terminated his contract with Sauber. Having already not denied the struggling Swiss team's failure to pay him si...
08 Jul 2013 11:15 -
Ending slump 'very difficult' task for Williams - Villeneuve
Ending its slump will be a "very difficult" task for Williams. That is the view of the great British team's last world champion, Jacques Villeneuve, who in Germany assessed Will...
08 Jul 2013 09:29 -
FP2: Red Bull Racing takes over from Mercedes
The 22 Formula One drivers completed another 801 laps of the Nurburgring circuit on Friday afternoon without any problems with Pirelli's revised tyres, as Sebastian Vettel and R...
05 Jul 2013 16:34 -
Mika Salo expects Kovalainen back in F1 soon
Former F1 driver Mika Salo is expecting a return to formula one for Finnish countryman Heikki Kovalainen to "snap into place soon". The highly-rated Kovalainen, ousted by Caterh...
05 Jul 2013 15:49 -
Haug not ruling out F1 return as consultant
Norbert Haug is not ruling out a return to formula one. After more than two decades in the role, Mercedes replaced the 60-year-old German for 2013 with new director Toto Wolff. ...
05 Jul 2013 14:31
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