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...
On the eve of the new Formula One season, Sahara Force India is delighted to announce the arrival of KONI, Consorcio Aristos and FICREA as its latest partners ahead of the 2014 ...
Next weekend in Australia (Albert Park) the new season for the Formula 1 starts. Last November Sebastian Vettel won his 4th world championship in a row after a very exciting las...
Ferrari has warned F1's governing body to be ready to pounce on cheating as the revolutionary V6 era begins in 2014. In an open letter, team president Luca di Montezemolo said t...
Valtteri Bottas says he is enjoying working with his new teammate Felipe Massa. Last year, the Finn made his debut with Williams alongside the often bad-tempered Pastor Maldonad...
Pirelli has denied it decided to 'go conservative' for 2014 after the tyre-exploding criticism of last season. After 2013, when the quality and degradation of the tyres were reg...
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...
The first session of 2014 in Melbourne, Australia had typically picturesque weather conditions and even before the light had turned green, there were problems for Mercedes, with...
Lotus F1 Team today announces the appointment of Federico Gastaldi as the new Deputy Team Principal. Promoted from within the team, Gastaldi has worked for Lotus F1 Team since 2...
The Mercedes Formula 1 team will be using an old-specification front wing at Australia, after their updated version has failed the mandatory crash tests. The new wing, which ...
Television and trackside viewers face a questionable spectacle on Saturday morning at Albert Park. As ever, an hour of practice is scheduled to finish just two hours before the ...
When asked how many cars he thinks will finish Sunday's 2014 season opener, Daniel Ricciardo grinned his usual grin and answered: "No one. We're all going to be running across t...
Nick Heidfeld thinks formula one should go on a diet. Actually, it is the drivers who have been skipping dessert throughout the winter period, as the much heavier turbo V6 and e...
Even amid the corruption scandal, FIA president Jean Todt continues to support embattled F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone. Earlier, a co-owner of the sport, the Norwegian ce...
Formula one is staring into the unknown as the sport's revolutionary new era begins in earnest this weekend in Melbourne. "We can be neither too pessimistic nor too optimistic,"...
The new season starts Sunday in Australia. The track for the first Grand Prix in 2014 is Albert Park in Melbourne. As a preview a video of a lap with Sebastian Vettel around tha...
McLaren will run prominent 'Mobil' branding on its 2014 car in a one-off livery this weekend in Australia. Earlier, we reported that after the MP4-29 was tested in all silver th...
The Sauber F1 Team is pleased to announce that Pacific Ventures, Dubai, will be Premium Partner from the 2014 Australian Grand Prix onwards. The real estate developer's logo wil...
Australia, Oz, Down Under. Whatever you call it, the City of Melbourne has played host as the season opener for every year, bar one, since 1996. It's become a characterful t...
Daniel Ricciardo is not expecting to slot into predecessor Mark Webber's awkward position within the Red Bull hierarchy. Australian Webber, who has left F1 for Porsche's new Le ...
Norbert Haug is returning to motor racing. Having lost his role as Mercedes' motor sport chief, the 61-year-old found a new job at a German company specialising in vehicle mobil...
Michael Schumacher is showing "small, encouraging signs" in his long recovery from "severe injuries", the seven time world champion's management announced on Wednesday in a rare...
Red Bull needs to up its game or risk losing Sebastian Vettel. That is the admission of the team's always-blunt Dr Helmut Marko, as quadruple reigning world champion Vettel prep...
Now mere hours before the engines are fired up in Melbourne, Paul di Resta still has not secured a new F1 role for 2014. Having lost his Force India seat and secured a return to...
The promoter of India's beleaguered formula one race breached its contract, F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has revealed. Last week, as Ecclestone announced the New Delhi race will...
F1's Nurburgring future now appears brighter, after the embattled German grand prix venue was bought for a reported EUR 100 million. A week ago, it was reported that Miami-based...
Niki Lauda has admitted to being "saddened" and "annoyed" by the constant rumours of Michael Schumacher's medical condition. While official news is scarce, publications continue...
One of F1's owners has admitted buying into the sport was "a mistake". In 2012, Norway's central bank Norges bought a 21 per cent share in formula one along with two other inves...
McLaren has tweaked the livery of its 2014 car ahead of the Melbourne season opener. The Mercedes-powered car launched by the Woking based team and tested throughout the winter ...
The final part of our season preview takes a look at the two teams expected to be running towards the rear of the field in 2014. Marussia: After retaining the same Anglo-Fr...
2014 is set to be a cracker of year. New regulations, new drivers and new circuits sees the field turned completely upside-down. Here we take a look at the expected front-runnin...
After more than a decade on the grid, Mark Webber will still be in the paddock this weekend as a new season of F1 begins. But the Australian warned the sport's regulars not to e...
Jenson Button: "I think this year's Australian Grand Prix is going to be an absolutely fascinating sporting contest. Even with stable regulations, Melbourne is usually unpredict...
Bernie Ecclestone has changed his mind. A month ago, the F1 chief executive said that with Mercedes clearly "best prepared" for the all-new 2014 rules, his tip was "(Nico) Rosbe...
Gerhard Berger has admitted he thought of fellow F1 legend Michael Schumacher when he lay injured in the snow late last week. Austrian Berger, a former Ferrari and McLaren drive...
Daniil Kvyat: "I have never driven the Albert Park circuit, but I've watched lots of the races there and seen the on-board footage, so I have a reasonable idea what to expect. T...
Red Bull boss Christian Horner is predicting an all-Mercedes silver duel for the 2014 title. "Lewis (Hamilton) and Nico (Rosberg) -- who else is there?" he is quoted by the Time...
Felipe Massa can take his Williams all the way to the 2014 title. That is the view of Brazilian countryman and F1 veteran Rubens Barrichello, who completed the last of his more ...
World champion team Red Bull may switch its focus to the 2015 season within weeks if it thinks this year's title is already lost. That is the view of former F1 driver Jarno Trul...
F1 rookie Marcus Ericsson has no plans to move to Monaco. Many drivers enjoy the Principality's glamorous lifestyle and tax benefits, but 23-year-old Ericsson told the Finnish n...
Two experts have warned that the old Michael Schumacher is probably now gone. Britain's respected Telegraph newspaper recently cited sources in reporting that the F1 legend's fa...
Following three pre-season tests during which the teams tried out their radical new cars for the first time, the 2014 Formula One season begins in Australia with a complete rang...
Renault F1 chief Jean-Michel Jalinier insists the struggling French supplier should not be written off in 2014. Many believe Renault's early-season problems with the all-new tur...
Felipe Massa has admitted he has been "impressed" with his switch to Mercedes power for 2014. It is the first time in his F1 career the diminutive Briton has not been powered by...
F1's owners are scared Bernie Ecclestone's demise could hurt the sport. That is the claim of the diminutive Ecclestone, who remains the F1 chief executive and 'supremo' even ami...
1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve says Sebastian Vettel's run of titles is definitely over. "He's not going to win this year for sure," the French Canadian, who is set to r...
This year's season-opener has the added excitement of being the first race for the brand new 1.6-litre power units. It's sure to be an unpredictable weekend at Albert Park and o...
Toni Vilander thinks his Finnish countryman Heikki Kovalainen's F1 career is over. Having lost his Caterham seat, Kovalainen looked to be putting his career back on track when h...
Ferrari is yet to reveal the full potential of its 2014 car. That is the view of former F1 driver Mika Salo, who raced a few times for the fabled Italian team in 1999 and is now...
After 12 intense days of testing in Jerez, Spain, and Sakhir, Bahrain, the start of the 2014 FIA Formula One World Championship is near. From 14th to 16th March the new V6 turbo...
Crisis-struck Red Bull is taking a vastly different car to Melbourne for the first race of 2014. That is the claim of reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel, even though the G...
Former F1 driver Gerhard Berger has crashed whilst skiing in the Kitzbuhel district in his native Austria. Ten weeks into Michael Schumacher's coma, Austrian reports including t...
Marcus Ericsson, car #9: "Honestly, I cannot wait for it all to start in Australia. It will be my first ever F1 race weekend as a race driver and I’m so excited about my debut...
It is possible every single car will fail to finish Sunday's season-opening Australian grand prix. That is the claim of Roberto Dalla, the head of F1 electronics supplier Magnet...
Lewis Hamilton: "The Australian Grand Prix is always an exciting race and the fans are fantastic. They love their motorsport, so it's an event that every driver looks forward to...
Next weekend in Australia (Albert Park) the new season for the Formula 1 starts. Last November Sebastian Vettel won his 4th world championship in a row after a very exciting las...
Michael Schumacher is breathing without the help of a respirator, the authoritative Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport claimed on Friday. It is a significant possible ...
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