Mark Webber has admitted his return to form in 2012 has triggered the interest of rival F1 teams. The Australian struggled alongside reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel las...
The word 'Grosjean' still ignites emotion in the Sauber garage. Sergio Perez was furious with the Frenchman after a collision in Barcelona, and then Kamui Kobayashi had to retir...
Protesters attempted to disrupt an event attended by Bernie Ecclestone on Thursday. The F1 chief executive - as well as other F1 dignitaries including 1997 world champion Jacque...
Lots of new and shiny upgrades could be seen in the Montreal paddock on Thursday. Spanish sports daily Marca said the new exhaust on Ferrari's car is a refined version of what t...
Mark Webber on Thursday bristled when a reporter suggested he won the recent Monaco grand prix with an "illegal" car. "I'm happy to be called lots of things," said the plain-spe...
Admitting McLaren wants to keep Lewis Hamilton beyond 2012, managing director Jonathan Neale on Thursday played down claims the team's loss of form and repeated errors could con...
Bernie Ecclestone has inked a television deal for Italy that mirrors the controversial split-broadcasting arrangement in Britain. For 2012, the F1 chief executive ended free-to-...
Ross Brawn has revealed he feels "optimistic" Mercedes will reach a deal with Bernie Ecclestone for the new Concorde Agreement. Earlier, the German carmaker had threatened to qu...
Nico Rosberg on Thursday revealed he expects Michael Schumacher will still be his Mercedes teammate in 2013. German Rosberg is already signed up beyond this season, but the unce...
Spain's formula one race hosts have finally agreed to annually alternate a single grand prix date. Spanish sports newspapers Marca and Diario Sport said the respective organiser...
Threats to disrupt this weekend's Canadian grand prix will affect attendance, promoter Francois Dumontier has revealed. "They said they wanted to disrupt the grand prix," Dumont...
Ross Brawn has given the clearest sign yet that Mercedes would like to keep Michael Schumacher on board beyond his 2012 contract. It has been an odd season so far for the 43-yea...
The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve will play host for the seventh event of this season, the Canadian Grand Prix. As preview for this race a lap around that track onboard with Vitanto...
A cloud has moved above the future of the Hungarian grand prix. Tamas Frank, a Hungarian businessman and the driving force behind race promoter Hungaroring Sport Zrt, was found ...
Sebastian Vettel has played down suggestions Red Bull's title hopes have been struck a blow. Following the reported complaints of rival top teams Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes, ...
F1's new future in America moved up a gear this week. We reported on Tuesday that reigning and back-to-back world champion Sebastian Vettel will appear on David Letterman's icon...
New French sports minister Valerie Fourneyron declared on Tuesday "no formal agreement" exists that will see the country host a grand prix next year. Before former president Nic...
Robert Kubica underwent surgery on Tuesday as the former BMW and Renault driver continues his bid to return to formula one. Reports recently suggested the 27-year-old Pole, who ...
Ferrari has denied claims it pays Fernando Alonso a cool EUR 30 million per season. A French publication called Business Book GP 2012 had claimed the Spaniard is easily F1's hig...
Formula one's circuits have created a union designed to give them a greater say on the future of the sport, according to business journalist Christian Sylt. He revealed in the I...
Although the complete opposite of Monaco, Felipe Massa on Tuesday was bound for Canada with his mind still firmly on the famous Principality. Trapped in a worsening slump since ...
Still at the back of the grid, Timo Glock is nonetheless heading towards the middle of the 2012 season in a better mood. Earlier this year, still struggling for the third consec...
Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: "On the back of a mixed weekend in Monaco the whole team is looking to demonstrate further improvement in Montreal, with the aim of getti...
Vijay Mallya, team principal: "Six races into the season and we have 28 points a very strong start to the year. Both drivers are delivering what we expect of them and were ...
McLaren moved to play down rumours Lewis Hamilton might quit the team even before his contract expires at the end of this year. Reports late last week said that despite McLaren ...
Felipe Massa has revealed he understands well that his results in the second half of the 2012 season will decide his future. After a shot of better form for the Brazilian in Mon...
The GP3 Series is a one-make championship consisting of identical cars designed for three years. The first generation car the GP3/10 has already crowned Esteban Gutiérrez...
The attempted revival of the French grand prix is not yet dead in the water. Until former president Nicolas Sarkozy lost the country's recent general election, France looked des...
Red Bull sees this weekend's Canadian grand prix as a chance to set its almost perfect record straight. Of the 20 circuits on the 2012 calendar, the energy drink owned team has ...
The two softest tyres in Pirellis range the P Zero Red supersoft and P Zero Yellow soft return for the Canadian Grand Prix, but they will face a very different challenge...
Formula one power could be on the Le Mans grid in the near future. According to technology magazine Racecar Engineering, the sports car organising body Automobile Club de l'Oues...
The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on the Île Notre-Dame in Montreal is a very special place for the Sauber F1 Team: It was there the team claimed its only victory to date in its 20...
Organisers of this weekend's Canadian grand prix have called off a scheduled "open house" day. The promoters of the Montreal race had planned to allow spectators to attend the C...
F1 should be careful not to race away from its image as the ultimate form of motor racing. "We know formula one as the sprint racing in which man and machine is constantly pushe...
It's always good to be in North America and Canada is only the start this year. Formula One will make two pitstops to the continent in 2012 as Austin will join the calendar this...
Sergio Perez is not a leading candidate to replace Felipe Massa next season, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has said. "We never take a decision before the second half of ...
F1's governing body has declared illegal the 'holes' in the floor of Red Bull's 2012 car. Rivals teams including Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes had raised concerns about the desi...
Bruno Senna has played down suggestions he is under pressure to match the achievements of his teammate Pastor Maldonado. While Maldonado confounded his critics by winning from p...
Mark Webber: "I would say Montreal is one of the top five grands prix of the year because it's a sensational atmosphere. It's a really, really good venue and always provides an ...
Michael Schumacher: "The Canadian Grand Prix is all about the great atmosphere at the track and in the city. The Canadian fans make the whole weekend into a real celebration and...
Amidst the European season, the Formula 1 World Championship makes a quick stop-off in Montreal for the Canadian Grand Prix. The Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve is a happy hunting gro...
After three consecutive runs for Audi at the Le Mans 24 Hours and his overall victory at the wheel of the Audi R15 TDI in the 2010 season, Timo Bernhard will not participate in ...
Helmut Marko has responded to claims a couple of regular midfield teams are actually fielding the very best cars in 2012. Germany's Auto Motor und Sport this week cited GPS evid...
The small teams are continuing to heap pressure on Red Bull, casting the energy drink company as a barrier to reducing costs in formula one. On Monday in Monaco, the teams got t...
The mere issue of 'steering' risks creating a rift between Lotus and its star driver Kimi Raikkonen. The 2007 world champion has complained about the steering system aboard the ...
'Fake Charlie Whiting' will meet the real thing next week. Mark McArdle is the man behind the fake Twitter account which has caught the eye of FIA race director Whiting. "I am s...
Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed that plans to float formula one on the Singapore stock exchange have been put on the back burner for now. The F1 chief executive said in Monaco l...
F1's excitable rumour-mill went into overdrive in Monaco simply because Michael Schumacher appeared without his cap. The seven time world champion spoke at the FIA press confere...
F1's 'customer engine' teams are worried that the price of power is set to skyrocket. According to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport, teams like Force India and Sauber currently pa...
Heikki Kovalainen: "Montreal is a very cool track. It's a temporary street circuit with a couple of long straights and low downforce settings and that makes the cars pretty tric...
Within memory of him delivering the beleaguered team's first victory for more than seven years, Williams has expressed disappointment in Pastor Maldonado. After soaring from pol...
Mark Webber has dismissed claims he 'backed up' his rivals in Monaco so that Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel could catch up. Australian Webber won Sunday's race in the Princi...
Organisers of next year's inaugural New Jersey street race have once again dismissed claims the event is in doubt. Bernie Ecclestone said last month that the American grand prix...
Sergio Perez is refusing to rule out a change of teams. The Mexican, however, has insisted that he is not about to switch to Ferrari during the 2012 season, despite strong specu...
Pirelli is preparing to test a harder-compound tyre, as criticism of the 2012 'lottery' fires up. The dilemma for F1's tyre supplier is that it was specifically asked to spice u...
For the last two years the Sauber F1 Team mechanics have been using their downtime to slice a Formula One racing car lengthwise down the middle with the precision of true crafts...
Heikki Kovalainen has tipped Fernando Alonso to win the topsy-turvy 2012 championship. Alonso is just one of the six race winners after the opening six races of the season, but ...
Rubens Barrichello earned more than US $330,000 in Sunday's Indy 500. At the age of 40 and with an unprecedented 326 grands prix behind him, the famous Brazilian was the highest...
Romain Grosjean would not be the most welcome face in the Sauber motor home. Recently after the Spanish grand prix, Swiss newspaper Blick quoted Sergio Perez as cursing "f***ing...
Bernie Ecclestone has admitted he is no fan of KERS. Although investigations of the cause are ongoing, the F1 chief executive blamed the recent garage fire suffered by Williams ...
Felipe Massa moved to rescue his crumbling career with a strong performance in Monaco. Already on notice even before the 2012 opener began, the struggling Brazilian has had a ni...
F1 is returning to Mexico in 2013, according to a report in a Spanish sports newspaper. Marca reports that the race will take place at the Hermanos Rodriguez circuit in Mexico C...
Toyota Racing can confirm that Stéphane Sarrazin will drive its #8 TS030 Hybrid at the Le Mans 24 Hours. The Frenchman, 36, replaces Hiroaki Ishiura, who withdrew from the race...
Williams' former title sponsor At-and-T has switched allegiance to reigning world champions Red Bull. The American multinational telecom became Williams' naming backer in 2007, ...
Ferrari's F1 staff were sent home on Tuesday, following the latest earthquake in the Emilia-Romagna region. We reported earlier this month that the team's Maranello headquarters...
With Michael Schumacher succumbing to yet more bad luck, Mercedes is not ruling out team orders. The seven time world champion's pole celebrations in Monaco became just sixth on...
Sunday's Monaco grand prix was potentially a lucrative result for the Caterham team. With actual points still a distant goal for the three backmarker teams, Caterham, Marussia a...
Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button winced late on Sunday whilst maintaining the 'win together, lose together' mantra after yet another bad weekend for McLaren. "We still came away...
Amid the fascinating 2012 season, Monaco was not a statistical thriller. DRS, the unusually competitive 2012 field and the mystifying Pirelli tyres have so far combined to deliv...
Australia's last world champion Alan Jones has urged Mark Webber to join Ferrari. After the Red Bull driver won his second Monaco grand prix last weekend, his team boss Christia...
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