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Australia 2014 preview quotes: Williams
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...

10 Mar 2014 13:39
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F1 is now in the past for Kovalainen - Vilander
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...

10 Mar 2014 12:49
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Ferrari has been pretty much hidden - Salo
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...

10 Mar 2014 12:10
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Australia 2014 preview quotes: Sauber
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...

10 Mar 2014 11:34
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Melbourne-spec Red Bull different on inside - Vettel
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...

10 Mar 2014 10:57
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Gerhard Berger suffers broken arm in skiing fall
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...

10 Mar 2014 10:02
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Australia 2014 preview quotes: Caterham F1 Team
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...

10 Mar 2014 09:25
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Maybe none of the cars will see the finish line - supplier
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...

10 Mar 2014 08:42
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Australia 2014 preview quotes: Mercedes
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...

07 Mar 2014 15:50
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Fantasy Formula 1 Year Game 2014 - at least 1800 euro of cash prizes!
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...

07 Mar 2014 14:50
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'Michael Schumacher is breathing without respirator'
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 ...

07 Mar 2014 14:44
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Australia 2014 preview quotes: Marussia F1 Team
The final countdown to Formula 1's most unpredictable season in years is underway and we are bound for Melbourne and Round 1 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship, the 2014 Fo...

07 Mar 2014 13:42
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New technology 'completely overshadows' drivers - Alesi
A week before F1's brave new era begins in earnest, not everyone is excited. At the Geneva motor show, former F1 driver Jean Alesi admitted he is no fan of the 'greener' era of ...

07 Mar 2014 13:21
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Revival 'dark horse' Williams popular in F1 paddock
If Williams is a force in 2014, almost the entire paddock will celebrate the return of an F1 great. The newly Mercedes-powered team, having once dominated the sport but not won ...

07 Mar 2014 12:13
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Concorde Agreement not really needed anymore - Ecclestone
The era of the Concorde Agreement is at its end, according to Bernie Ecclestone. Difficult and protracted negotiations over the sport's highly secretive document, binding F1's c...

07 Mar 2014 11:22
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Jules Bianchi attacked and mugged in Paris
F1 driver Jules Bianchi has been attacked and mugged near Paris' famous Champs-Elysees. Le Parisien reports that while the Marussia driver and Frenchman, in Paris for a televisi...

07 Mar 2014 10:15
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India GP wants to open dialogue with Ecclestone
The promoter of the Indian grand prix has vowed to meet with Bernie Ecclestone and try to get the New Delhi race back on the 2015 calendar. Following the sport's gripes with the...

07 Mar 2014 09:59
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Dennis vows to take McLaren back on the road to winning
Ron Dennis is unapologetic as he vows to take McLaren back on the road to winning. With the great British team just fifth overall in 2013, 66-year-old supremo Dennis wrestled ba...

07 Mar 2014 09:26
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Long Beach needs more information before F1 decision
F1 will have to wait to know if it can return to Long Beach. It emerged that at a city council meeting this week, the issue of opening up the street race lease to bidders - incl...

07 Mar 2014 08:36
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'Huge amount of trust between Red Bull and Renault'
Inevitably, as the scale of Red Bull's early season crisis becomes ever clearer, rumours of possible splits are now beginning to emerge. Many of the reigning world champions' pr...

06 Mar 2014 16:43
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McLaren to start season without a title sponsor
McLaren supremo Ron Dennis sat down with journalists and insisted he will get the famous British team out of its 2013 slump and back to winning races "much faster than people im...

06 Mar 2014 15:33
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Williams shows FW36 in new Martini livery
The new Williams Martini Racing car livery was officially unveiled today at an event in London to launch the new partnership with Martini, with the cars' iconic Martini stripes ...

06 Mar 2014 13:37
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Red Bull crew doing '18 hour shifts' to end crisis
Red Bull is "slaving around the clock" to solve its problems ahead of next weekend's season-opening Australian grand prix. It is emerging that, amid the reigning world champions...

06 Mar 2014 13:22
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Grosjean lost cool in Lotus garage at Bahrain test
Romain Grosjean wasn't his always-smiling self during one dramatic moment at the Bahrain tests last week. Footage has emerged of the Frenchman angrily thumping the tool benches ...

06 Mar 2014 11:53
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Still no news on Whitmarsh's status at McLaren
A week before the F1 circus gathers in Melbourne for the 2014 opener, the fate of McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh is still not clear. Team supremo Ron Dennis has replaced Whi...

06 Mar 2014 11:10
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No India and Korea in 2015, green light for Mexico and France
F1 will not be returning to India next year. The race near New Delhi, having joined the calendar in 2011, is absent from this season's schedule mainly because of the sport's iss...

06 Mar 2014 09:57
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Susie Wolff would stop racing to start family
Susie Wolff has revealed that if she ever has children, she will quit motor racing. The wife of Mercedes boss Toto, 31-year-old Briton Wolff has stepped up her role with the Wil...

06 Mar 2014 09:03
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Nurburgring sold for up to EUR 70m to HIG Capital
The Nurburgring looks to have been sold for between EUR 60 and 70 million. This week, F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone said he had been outbid for the fabled German grand pr...

06 Mar 2014 08:27
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Lauda reveals that Mercedes V6 produces around 580hp
Niki Lauda has revealed that Mercedes' new turbo V6 engine produces "about 580" horse power. It is a rare admission in the highly-secretive world of formula one, but field-leadi...

05 Mar 2014 16:21
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Ecclestone wants higher revs and less fuel restrictions
Bernie Ecclestone is not ruling out tweaking F1's radical new engine regulations. The sport's chief executive is unashamedly no fan of the new turbo V6 era, having fought hard a...

05 Mar 2014 14:48
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Red Bull asks Toro Rosso for help on brake-by-wire
Red Bull's early-season technical crisis is plumbing new depths, with news the reigning world champions are calling upon junior team Toro Rosso for help. Italy's authoritative A...

05 Mar 2014 10:56
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Williams and Force India 'fast enough to win races' - Wolff
Mercedes heads into next weekend's season opening Australian grand prix as the overwhelming early 2014 favourite. "Mercedes and Williams look very strong," agreed German driver ...

05 Mar 2014 09:09
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F1 heading for Azerbaijan debut in 2015 or 2016
Almost a year ago, Bernie Ecclestone stunned F1's headline writers when he said plans were afoot for a race in Baku. Seasoned journalists quickly discovered it is the capital an...

05 Mar 2014 08:36
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Vettel and Newey 'have contract until 2017' - Lauda
Sebastian Vettel may have quietly added another two years to his existing Red Bull contract. Last year, whilst already tied to the Austrian squad for 2014, it was announced that...

04 Mar 2014 15:38
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People will be surprised by competitieve Marussia - Button
Jenson Button has tipped usual F1 backmarker Marussia to take a big step forwards in 2014. Yet to score a single point in its Marussia or Virgin guises since 2010, the team did ...

04 Mar 2014 12:42
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Massa to be 'a strong rival' this year - Alonso
Fernando Alonso has tipped his departed Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa to be a "strong rival" in 2014. After eight years in red, Brazilian Massa's move to the once-great British ...

04 Mar 2014 12:12
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Bottas did not have to save fuel at all in race simulation
Valtteri Bottas has played down fears grands prix will become little more than fuel-saving affairs in F1's new 'green' era. Each driver will be limited to just 100 kilograms of ...

04 Mar 2014 11:31
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Ecclestone admits bribe affair limiting his ability to run F1
Bernie Ecclestone has hinted for the first time that he may need to voluntarily step back from running formula one. Until now, the F1 chief executive has been resolute in the fa...

04 Mar 2014 10:16
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Marko not sure how long it will take Red Bull to catch up
Helmut Marko is not sure Red Bull will catch up its early-season deficit in 2014, after a disastrous start to its latest title defence. Speaking to Red Bull's in-house Servus TV...

04 Mar 2014 09:44
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Haas hopes for 2015 F1 entry decision on short notice
Gene Haas is waiting to know if he will be let onto the F1 grid next year. Actually, the FIA's decision about potential twelfth or thirteenth teams for the 2015 pitlane was sche...

04 Mar 2014 08:26
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Rivals opposed engine freeze delay for Renault
Niki Lauda has confirmed that Renault's F1 rivals opposed a move to delay the 2014 engine performance 'freeze'. Although denied by the embattled French marque, it was reported l...

03 Mar 2014 13:18
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Pirelli to sponsor Grands Prix in Spain and Hungary
Pirelli will become the naming sponsor of two grands prix in 2014. The Italian company has been F1's often-controversial sole supplier of tyres since 2011, but this season will ...

03 Mar 2014 12:15
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New F1 deal for Melbourne matter of time - Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone says he is confident Melbourne is staying on the F1 calendar beyond its 2015 contract. "Yes," he told the Herald Sun newspaper. "Sure, sure, sure." The F1 chie...

03 Mar 2014 11:28
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Williams joins Mercedes as Melbourne favourite
No one in the paddock doubts that Mercedes is significantly ahead of the game as the 2014 season opener looms. But when told he is an absolute favourite, works driver Lewis Hami...

03 Mar 2014 10:45
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F1 interested in bid for return to Long Beach
New reports suggesting Long Beach could return to F1's annual calendar have emerged. Last year, bosses of the iconic US street race denied reports F1 figures had expressed inter...

03 Mar 2014 09:28
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Hard times for Red Bull, but nobody gets upset - Vettel
World champion Sebastian Vettel has hinted crisis-struck Red Bull might have achieved more simply by staying at its factory last week. Instead, the troubled reigning champions t...

03 Mar 2014 08:36
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Day 4, Test 3 - Bahrain Report: Hamilton on top, in good shape for Melbourne
The final day of the final pre-season test at Bahrain saw Hamilton, Alonso and Button take over from their respective team-mates. The green light saw McLaren's Jenson Button,...

02 Mar 2014 18:17
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Turn 1 at Bahrain to be named after Schumacher
The Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) have officially named Turn 1 in honour of Michael Schumacher. Schumacher, who still remains in a coma after a terrifying ski-accident ...

02 Mar 2014 17:34
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Follow LIVE the last day of the third test in 2014
The third test of this year will take place in Bahrain this week. On the last day of winter testing in 2014 Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button will return behind ...

02 Mar 2014 06:45
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Follow LIVE the third day of the third test in 2014
The third test of this year will take place in Bahrain this week. The third day sees Sebastian Vettel, Nico Hulkenberg and Romain Grosjean join the action. They will finish the ...

01 Mar 2014 06:48
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F1 teams alliance FOTA formally disbanded
FOTA, the once unified and powerful alliance of formula one teams, has collapsed. It emerged recently that, with top teams Red Bull and Ferrari already departed, membership fees...

28 Feb 2014 16:31
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Renault asks for 'two, three' more months before homologation
Renault has asked for an extension to Friday's deadline for the development 'freeze' of its troubled turbo V6 power unit. Actually, the homologation deadline is Friday at mightn...

28 Feb 2014 14:50
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Veto right FOM delays decision about new entry for 2015
A decision about whether a twelfth or even thirteenth team will make its debut in 2015 has been postponed. With separate applications led by Nascar team co-owner Gene Haas, form...

28 Feb 2014 13:33
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I have had much worse winters, says Raikkonen
With Mercedes clearly out front and Renault clearly at the rear, F1's third engine supplier Ferrari has had a comparatively low-profile winter. Many believe works team Scuderia ...

28 Feb 2014 12:45
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Prospect of London Grand Prix back in F1 headlines
The prospect of a grand prix on the historic streets of London have raced back into the F1 headlines. Two years ago, McLaren sponsor Santander dreamed up a layout taking in Big ...

28 Feb 2014 12:03
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Red Bull is hoping to merely 'survive' in Melbourne
Crisis-struck Red Bull is hoping to merely "survive" the looming first race of the 2014 season. The reigning world champion team looked to have taken a step forward as the final...

28 Feb 2014 09:15
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Arrest warrant against Force India partner Subrata Roy
Amid team supremo Vijay Mallya's high-profile problems, it emerges that another key Force India figure is also in major trouble.Team boss Mallya's grounded Kingfisher airline ha...

28 Feb 2014 07:55
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Follow LIVE the second day of the third test in 2014
The third test of this year will take place in Bahrain this week. A whole bunch of new drivers takes over for today, including Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button....

28 Feb 2014 06:46
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Day 1, Test 3 - Bahrain Report: Perez leads the way
Day 1 of the third and final pre-season Formula 1 test from Sakhir, Bahrain at 9am (Local Time) this morning with perfect weather conditions. The green light signalled the st...

27 Feb 2014 17:39
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The Fantasy Spring CyClassics - at least 5,000 Euros of prizes
For a lot of cycling enthusiasts, the spring is the nicest period of the cycling season. Classic races such as the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, ke...

27 Feb 2014 16:24
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Red Bull: "Getting angry won't bring us anything"
Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko has urged world champion Sebastian Vettel to keep his cool amid the early-season technical crisis. After two dismal pre-season tests, things began to ...

27 Feb 2014 14:36
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107% qualifying rule is F1's next challenge
Formula one's next challenge will be putting together a full grid for the opening races of 2014. As teams grapple with the technological revolution of the all-new V6 era amid se...

27 Feb 2014 13:00
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Performance and reliability STR9 unknown for Toro Rosso
Team boss Franz Tost has admitted Toro Rosso is in the dark just two weeks before the 2014 season opener. The crisis suffered by Red Bull is in the spotlight, but sister team To...

27 Feb 2014 12:02
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Di Resta needs 2014 role to find way back into F1 - Coulthard
Paul di Resta's hopes of returning to formula one depend on him securing a key role in 2014. That is the claim of Scottish countryman and former grand prix winner David Coulthar...

27 Feb 2014 09:50
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Ecclestone responds to criticism from US track boss
Bernie Ecclestone has hit back after an American motor racing figure called him "foolish". Eddie Gossage, the president of the Texas motor speedway, this week blasted the F1 chi...

27 Feb 2014 07:32
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Follow LIVE the first day of the third test in 2014
The third test of this year will take place in Bahrain this week. Today Nico Rosberg, Valtteri Bottas, Daniel Ricciardo, Daniil Kvyat, Kamui Kobayashi, Pastor Maldonado, Max Chi...

27 Feb 2014 06:48
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Red Bull Racing going from problem to problem - Marko
After the dizzying heights of utter domination late last season, Red Bull finds itself in deep crisis just two weeks before the 2014 opener. Not only has the new RB10 struggled ...

26 Feb 2014 15:51
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Good tests no reason to fall into jubilation - Mercedes
Amid claims Mercedes is the overwhelming 2014 favourite, boss Toto Wolff says the Brackley team is heading into the season with "humility". Admitting he is "cautiously optimisti...

26 Feb 2014 15:00
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Cosworth to make Formula 1 return in 2015
F1Today.net has received information from a highly creditable source stating that the legendary Engine manufacturer Cosworth are in the process of developing an engine for Formu...

26 Feb 2014 14:02
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Alonso, Raikkonen need to follow 'rules' - Domenicali

Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen have been told to follow "the rules" at Ferrari. That is the claim of the fabled Italian outfit's boss Stefano Domenicali, after months of spe...

26 Feb 2014 13:11
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