After a two week break the Formula 1 circus rolls on to another Tilke designed circuit, this time in Shanghai, China which is another circuit like Bahrain, celebrating its 10th ...
Rob Smedley: "Shanghai is one of the very modern circuits with a good mix of high speed and low speed corners. It is a very particular track in that it has two corners which are...
Former FIA president Max Mosley says criticism of the 'new' face of formula one is being powered by those with an "agenda". Since the sport made its revolutionary switch to the ...
President Luca di Montezemolo has dismissed early criticism of Ferrari's new team boss. First, he applauded the ousted Stefano Domenicali for taking responsibility for the fable...
Dr Helmut Marko has hit back at Mercedes, after the German squad this week called on the court of appeal to come down hard on Red Bull. As Red Bull appealed Daniel Ricciardo's M...
Daniel Ricciardo has admitted he is "surprised" Lotus is still struggling so much with its Renault engine. Following the post-Bahrain test last week, Lotus' Romain Grosjean slam...
F1's four smallest teams have written a letter complaining about the state of the sport. Germany's Sport Bild revealed that the letter, initiated by Marussia and also signed by ...
Lewis Hamilton: "It's been good to have a bit of a break after such a long stint away but I'm already looking forward to getting back in the car. The last race in Bahrain was fa...
The track is in the province of Jiading, part of the ever-growing sprawl that testifies to China's incredible economic expansion in recent years. Jiading Province is about 40 mi...
Bernie Ecclestone has admitted that public perception already depicts him as being defeated amid the Gerhard Gribkowsky corruption affair. Next week in Munich, his trial on brib...
Red Bull has lost its appeal against Daniel Ricciardo's Melbourne disqualification. Following Monday's hearing in Paris, the FIA announced on Tuesday morning that the judges "de...
The Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai, where the P Zero White medium and P Zero Yellow soft tyres will be used, is a race that has been traditionally been dominated by strategy. Ev...
Michael Schumacher's family will stop releasing information about his condition once the former F1 driver leaves hospital. Schumacher's manager Sabine Kehm has told German telev...
Gillette, the world’s leading male grooming brand, is enhancing its collaboration with McLaren Mercedes, one of the most prestigious and successful teams in F1 history. The tw...
Sergey Sirotkin's F1 future is suddenly in doubt. Closely linked with a Russian rescue deal that reportedly saved Sauber from financial collapse last year, the 18-year-old is ba...
F1 drivers are threatening to strike if their teams do not pay them. Germany's Sport Bild reports that, in Bahrain recently, Kimi Raikkonen's manager Steve Robertson was seen ar...
The following hearing of the International Court of Appeal took place in Paris on Monday 14 April 2014: Appeal lodged by the Österreichischer Automobil-Motorrad und Touring ...
Within hours of Ferrari's confirmation that Stefano Domenicali has left the team, Mercedes announced its own split with technical director Bob Bell. Irishman Bell, who worked wi...
Danica Patrick, the world's most famous female racing driver, will apparently not be making the switch to formula one with Haas. The 32-year-old drives in Nascar for new F1 entr...
Championship leader Mercedes has urged FIA judges to add to reigning world champion Red Bull's penalty amid the fuel flow affair. In Paris on Monday, the judges heard Red Bull's...
McLaren could oust Jenson Button at the end of 2014 and replace him with the team's next young development driver talent. That is the admission of returned McLaren supremo Ron D...
The pre-trial documents outlining the case against Bernie Ecclestone make no mention of the possibility he was blackmailed by Gerhard Gribkowsky. That is the claim of the German...
Colin Kolles is at the helm of 'Forza Rossa', a team that the FIA on Friday said could be next in line for a F1 debut. At a World Motor Sport Council meeting in Morocco, the gov...
Mercedes insists its 2014 car is "on par" with the chassis being fielded by reigning world champions Red Bull this season. The more common perception in the F1 paddock so far th...
Stefano Domenicali has decided to resign from his position as Ferrari team boss. "There are special moments that come along in everyone's professional life, when one needs coura...
Michael Schumacher's health is continuing to improve, his manager Sabine Kehm said in a television interview late on Sunday. In the last official statement, Kehm said the great ...
Reports in the Italian press claim Stefano Domenicali may be on the brink of standing down as Ferrari Team Principal. Domenicali, who has come under mounting pressure during ...
A major potential link between F1's potential 13th team and Ferrari has been discovered. Last Friday, when the governing body gave the green light for 2015 to new twelfth team H...
La Gazzetta dello Sport, the influential Italian sports daily, speculated on Friday that Ferrari could be poised to make a change at the top. It has long been rumoured that Stef...
Next weekend, the Sauber F1 Team will travel to the fourth round of the FIA Formula One World Championship, taking place from 18th to 20th April at the Shanghai International Ci...
Following the start of the 2014 Formula One season, Pirelli has nominated the tyres that will be used in the grands prix of Spain, Monaco and Canada. In Spain, Pirelli will b...
American chain Subway could be the next sponsor to enter formula one, according to F1 business journalist Christian Sylt. Zak Brown, an F1 sponsorship guru who manages the sandw...
Red Bull claims to have "a very strong case" as the world champions try on Monday to overturn Daniel Ricciardo's Melbourne disqualification. Initially, many believed the team wo...
Simone de Silvestro will shortly make her formula one test debut. The 25-year-old female Swiss driver, best known for her Indycar exploits, recently became "affiliated" with the...
Kamui Kobayashi, car #10: "The last of the four early season flyaway races is Shanghai, a track I've always had good support on and one that's a really good challenge technicall...
If Renault cannot improve its engine, Mercedes will run away with the 2014 title. That is the warning of Dr Helmut Marko, an outspoken director of the Renault-powered reigning w...
Valtteri Bottas has admitted Williams is yet to display its full potential in 2014. Despite a horror 2013 season, following its switch to Mercedes power the Grove based team was...
F1's three engine makers will discuss how to turn up the volume of their controversial turbo V6s ahead of the Chinese grand prix. Germany's Auto Bild reports that Mercedes, F...
Force India has denied it is set to split with its title sponsor Sahara. The Indian conglomerate is headed by Subrata Roy, who is currently sitting in jail for failing to pay...
Race promoter Francois Dumontier is worried about the future of the Canadian grand prix. He told French-language La Presse newspaper that Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve ne...
BMW and Ford could each be eyeing a return to formula one, according to reports. The BMW rumour has been triggered by comments made by former F1 team owner and boss Gian Carl...
Gene Haas will hear some good news on Friday, F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has revealed. After the Nascar team co-owner and Californian applied to enter a team for 2015,...
The plan to ban tyre warmers in 2015 is currently in doubt. This week at the Bahrain test, after Williams test driver Felipe Nasr tried an experimental Pirelli tyre, the Brazili...
Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have been told the 'rules' for their future wheel-to-wheel battles. The Mercedes pair thrilled the F1 world last Sunday with their duel for victo...
Bernie Ecclestone has agreed to race formula one into the digital age. Early this week, Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali urged the F1 chief executive to embrace the internet, as ...
Jean Todt has vowed to "think about" some of Red Bull's criticisms of the current rules. That is the claim of the reigning world champion team's Dr Helmut Marko, who said one of...
Robert Kubica has revealed his physical limitations are still standing in the way of his return to formula one. The Pole, now 29, was regarded as one of the most talented driver...
Romain Grosjean is apparently becoming more and more frustrated with the situation at troubled Lotus this season. Before the season, video footage circulated on the internet dep...
Ferrari abandoned the second and final day of post-race testing in Bahrain on Wednesday. Before the test, having finished just ninth in the grand prix, Spaniard Fernando Alonso ...
Mercedes has revealed it probably would have quit formula one if the sport had stayed with loud V8 engines beyond 2013. It was believed Renault was the major driving force behin...
While Ferrari's global brand remains strong, the health of the Maranello based formula one team is less impressive. That is the view of former F1 team boss Flavio Briatore, who ...
Helmut Marko is not convinced Sunday's Bahrain grand prix was a F1 thriller. After all the carping about the radical 2014 rules having turned F1 into 'formula yawn', Bahrain was...
F1 team Marussia has split with its Russian supercar maker owner. The sports arm of the Russian news agency Ria Novosti reports that Marussia Motors, headed by Nikolai Fomenko, ...
Gene Haas has revealed he is yet to be notified officially that he will be let in as F1's newest team owner in 2015. In Bahrain at the weekend, Bernie Ecclestone confirmed that ...
Reigning world champion team Red Bull is hoping to be "at least within reach" of dominant Mercedes in the space of a month. After controlled race victories for the German squad ...
Sahara Force India is delighted to announce Gatorade UK, the sports performance nutrition specialists, as an official supplier of the team.nGatorade was first developed in 1965 ...
When it comes to engine noise, most F1 players are open to turning up the volume of the turbo V6s. "We're examining this problem with the three engine manufacturers involved in ...
The 'GP1' rumours are building. It has been rumoured that all the bleating about F1's controversial 2014 rules is because Bernie Ecclestone and Dietrich Mateschitz are trying to...
Lewis Hamilton claims teammate Nico Rosberg improved between the Malaysian and Bahrain grand prix by studying his data. The 2008 world champion, still 11 points behind champions...
Sebastian Vettel insists it is too early to say his new teammate Daniel Ricciardo is better than Mark Webber. Ricciardo, who like Webber is also Australian, has already made Vet...
Jean Todt insists he is not moved by claims extreme diets are putting drivers at risk. As the heavier 2014 cars struggle to get beneath the 692kg minimum weight limit, rumours o...
When it comes to the loud criticisms of F1's new 'double points' innovation, Bernie Ecclestone simply points to Mercedes. The F1 chief executive said he proposed the extra point...
Mark Webber has tipped Red Bull to win next month's Monaco grand prix. The Australian, who retired from formula one in 2013 after a seven-year stint with the reigning world cham...
Michael Schumacher is making eye-contact and responding to voices, according to the very latest media reports. Earlier, after a worrying three-month long coma, the F1 legend's m...
Luca di Montezemolo did not wait to see Ferrari's drivers collect the dregs of the points in Bahrain. The Ferrari president, having earlier admitted to pushing for rule changes ...
A secret of Mercedes' 2014 dominance has been compared to the game-changing 'double diffuser' innovation of a few years ago. It emerged in Bahrain that, beneath the skin of the ...
F1 needs to race into the digital era, according to Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali. A report by the Bloomberg news agency said the official F1 website is only the 39th mos...
F1 will push ahead with trying to make the sport's new turbo V6 engines louder. In an interview with the British broadcaster Sky on Sunday, chief executive Bernie Ecclestone was...
Mercedes boss Paddy Lowe insists his drivers did not ignore a clear team order during Sunday's Bahrain grand prix. Heading for a sure one-two, Lowe - who rarely talks to Lewis H...
Lewis Hamilton has won the Bahrain Grand Prix. In an exciting battle with team mate Nico Rosberg, Mercedes dominated the whole race. Sergio Perez finished a fantastic third for ...
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