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Video: Third episode 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 Chief Designer Matt Morris, Nico Hülkenberg...

03 Apr 2013 14:29
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Red Bull Racing claims new pitstop record
With no shortage of talking points in Malaysia lots of stuff that would usually make headlines passed by unnoticed. For instance, despite the slippery surface and the concentrat...

03 Apr 2013 13:50
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Snubbed Paul di Resta happy to be beating McLaren
Having missed out on a race seat with the famous team in 2013, Paul di Resta now hopes to beat McLaren -- at the wheel of a Force India. With Lewis Hamilton leaving for Mercedes...

03 Apr 2013 12:15
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Battle brewing as Felipe Massa gets upper hand at Ferrari
The fiery F1 pairing on everybody's lips at present is Sebastian Vettel versus Mark Webber. But another fascinating battle is brewing at Ferrari. The sport's journalists are por...

03 Apr 2013 10:54
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Porsche refuses to deny Mark Webber rumours
Porsche has refused to deny rumours it is lining up Mark Webber to lead its charge with a new Le Mans prototype next year. Amid the 'Multi-21' affair and claims the Australian's...

03 Apr 2013 08:48
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Raikkonen 'always a candidate' for Red Bull seat - Mateschitz
Kimi Raikkonen is "a candidate" to replace Mark Webber at Red Bull, team owner Dietrich Mateschitz has admitted. In the wake of the 'Multi-21' team orders affair, Red Bull denie...

02 Apr 2013 13:51
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'Supermarket boss being lined up to replace Ecclestone'
Bernie Ecclestone has failed to deny rumours Justin King, the 51-year-old British boss of supermarket chain Sainsbury's, is being lined up to replace him. F1's 82-year-old chief...

02 Apr 2013 12:04
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Video: Second episode 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 Chief Designer Matt Morris, Nico Hülkenberg...

02 Apr 2013 11:12
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FIA tells Red Bull, Lotus and Mercedes to change 'splitters'
F1's governing body has warned three top teams to make changes to their cars ahead of the next race in China, it has emerged. Italian reports, including in the pages of Itali...

02 Apr 2013 10:33
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Pirelli to 'review' its tyre approach after Bahrain
Pirelli will "review" its approach to the 2013 season after Bahrain, the tyre supplier's Paul Hembery has now admitted. Earlier, after Mercedes and Red Bull complained loudly ab...

02 Apr 2013 09:55
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Alonso and Hamilton would also ignore orders - Horner
Christian Horner has defended Sebastian Vettel, arguing that Mark Webber has also ignored team orders and that champions do not succeed by being "submissive". Now more than a we...

02 Apr 2013 08:27
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Villeneuve compares Vettel vs Webber with Pironi vs Villeneuve
1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve is not sure Sebastian Vettel's apologies should be so readily accepted. Vettel repeatedly said sorry to Mark Webber after Sunday's Malaysi...

29 Mar 2013 13:26
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Marussia will talk to Ferrari and Mercedes about engines
Marussia chief executive Andy Webb has admitted the team will be powered either by Ferrari or Mercedes engines in 2014. Cosworth, whose only customer in F1 this year is the Banb...

29 Mar 2013 11:15
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Bernie Ecclestone almost took over tennis - report
Bernie Ecclestone has revealed how close he came to changing forever the international game of tennis. Sportsvibe reports that the F1 chief executive led a consortium including ...

28 Mar 2013 16:12
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Petrov not giving up on F1 after Kosachenko split
Former F1 driver Vitaly Petrov has revealed he will now handle his own affairs after splitting with his manager. It emerged recently that driver manager Oksana Kosachenko has jo...

28 Mar 2013 14:16
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Williams considering going back to FW34 exhaust system
Williams could revert to the exhaust of its 2012 car, after struggling for pace and handling with the new FW35 so far this season. Technical boss Mike Coughlan admitted to ESPN ...

28 Mar 2013 12:50
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Force India renews agreement with engine supplier Mercedes
Sahara Force India and Mercedes-Benz are delighted to announce the signature of a long-term agreement for the Silverstone-based team to use a full Mercedes-Benz powertrain from ...

28 Mar 2013 12:15
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Changing tyre compounds now would be wrong - Pirelli
Pirelli has ruled out making changes to its 2013 product, despite Red Bull and Mercedes complaining that this year's tyres are penalising the best cars. Mercedes' Toto Wolff, an...

28 Mar 2013 11:42
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Dakar: Peterhansel to defend title with X-Raid Mini
Some two months after the 2013 Dakar Rally ended in Santiago de Chile with the second consecutive win of the Monster Energy X-raid Team, ASO announced the first facts for the 20...

28 Mar 2013 10:46
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Premature to predict Webber exit - Red Bull Racing
Red Bull on Wednesday denied reports Mark Webber will surely leave Red Bull at the end of the season. Major German daily Bild had reported it has learned the 36-year-old Austral...

28 Mar 2013 09:26
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Williams' future in 'extremely safe' hands of Claire Williams
Claire Williams is now the deputy principal of her father Sir Frank's eponymous formula one team. In between Australia and Malaysia, we reported rumours that the 36-year-old was...

28 Mar 2013 08:53
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Minardi co-founder Giancarlo Martini dies
Former driver and Minardi team co-founder Giancarlo Martini has died. The news was reported late on Tuesday by Italian media sources and confirmed by Gian Carlo Minardi, the for...

27 Mar 2013 13:43
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No new contract for Webber at Red Bull Racing
Mark Webber will leave Red Bull at the end of 2013, major German newspaper Bild is reporting. "Bild has learned: Webber will not get a new contract at Red Bull," the article rea...

27 Mar 2013 11:49
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Ferrari and Lotus would 'veto' tyre changes - report
Ferrari and Lotus would veto any move to have Pirelli change the compounds of its 2013 tyres. Before the RB9 finished first and second in Malaysia, Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko cl...

27 Mar 2013 09:36
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Sauber situation is not acceptable - Hulkenberg
New Sauber driver Nico Hulkenberg said eighth place in Malaysia last Sunday was "unacceptable". After moving over the winter from Force India, the German was unable to make his ...

27 Mar 2013 08:45
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Renault reveals engine talks with Scuderia Toro Rosso
Renault has admitted it is negotiating with Toro Rosso. Currently, the second Red Bull-owned team is powered by Ferrari's V8 engine. But it has been rumoured that, in order for ...

26 Mar 2013 09:20
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Ecclestone comments make Hamilton 'a little bit nervous'
Lewis Hamilton has admitted Bernie Ecclestone's recent comments are making him "nervous". The F1 chief executive revealed recently that Red Bull - not Mercedes - was actually 20...

26 Mar 2013 08:42
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Marussia merger 'made no sense, end of story' - Caterham
Caterham has belatedly confirmed reports that talks about a possible merger with rival backmarker Marussia took place over the winter. In explaining the delay in Marussia being ...

25 Mar 2013 16:52
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Romain Grosjean to be father in the summer
Romain Grosjean will soon be a father. After his new wife Marion Jolles - who met Grosjean whilst a F1 television reporter - was spotted apparently pregnant, the French Lotus dr...

25 Mar 2013 16:21
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Time for Ferrari to win title instead of losing in last race
The time has arrived for Ferrari to deliver its first title since 2007. That is the forthright assessment of team boss Stefano Domenicali, who since taking over from Jean Todt h...

25 Mar 2013 14:47
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Pirelli 'has promised' to change tyre compounds - Marko
Helmut Marko says Pirelli "has promised" to change its tyre compounds in time for next month's Bahrain grand prix. Together with Mercedes, Red Bull has been pushing F1's Italian...

25 Mar 2013 13:58
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Lauda and Wolff sides against Brawn over Rosberg team order
Mercedes' German-speaking faction has spoken out against the team orders that prevented Nico Rosberg from finishing on the podium in Malaysia. German Rosberg asked and asked aga...

25 Mar 2013 12:51
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Kubica 'definitely' in running for F1 return with Lotus
Robert Kubica is "definitely" in the running to return to formula one with Lotus in 2014. Turning down an offer to return to circuit racing in the German touring car series DTM ...

25 Mar 2013 12:09
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Sepang shows Red Bull Racing 'not united' - Alonso
Fernando Alonso, who wears a giant Samurai tattoo on his back and neck, sounded disappointed to have missed Sunday's war between Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. Beached in the...

25 Mar 2013 10:44
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Vettel apologetic after stealing Webber's win
F1 erupted in controversy on Sunday, after Sebastian Vettel ignored a team order to win the Malaysian grand prix. The German and his teammate Mark Webber were issued a codeword ...

25 Mar 2013 08:56
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Lotus unable to provide two cars in the same configuration
After Kimi Raikkonen eased to victory in Australia, and set the pace in Malaysia on Friday, the forgotten man of Lotus is Romain Grosjean. The Frenchman suspected his problems i...

22 Mar 2013 14:58
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Malaysia 2013 Friday quotes: Sauber
In free practice two of the Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix the Sauber F1 Team drivers Nico Hülkenberg and Esteban Gutiérrez finished 13th and 14th respectively. Both drivers wer...

22 Mar 2013 14:40
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Massa not disadvantaged by strategic calls Ferrari
Felipe Massa has denied suggestions last Sunday's 2013 season opener was clear evidence he is still Fernando Alonso's 'number 2' at Ferrari. Despite qualifying right on Spaniard...

22 Mar 2013 14:24
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Robin Frijns to focus completely on Sauber test role
New Sauber tester Robin Frijns will focus solely on his formula one role in 2013. The 21-year-old Dutchman had hoped to split his time between the Swiss team's garage and a race...

22 Mar 2013 13:38
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Malaysia 2013 Friday quotes: Lotus F1 Team
Kimi Raikkonen: "It was a pretty good day. We tried changing a few things on the car and made progress with where we wanted to be at the end of the sessions. We had some running...

22 Mar 2013 12:46
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Hamilton doesn't remember considering 2013 sabbatical
Lewis Hamilton has denied Bernie Ecclestone's claim that he would have preferred a sabbatical in 2013 rather than stay at McLaren. Referring to the 2008 world champion's soured ...

22 Mar 2013 12:08
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Malaysia 2013 Friday quotes: Red Bull Racing
Sebastian Vettel: "I think it was unusual today as in the second session one part of the track was pretty wet and the other was dry but it all dried out quite fast, as it was...

22 Mar 2013 11:13
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Alonso not worried by Raikkonen's winning pace
Fernando Alonso on Thursday said Kimi Raikkonen's winning pace in Australia a week ago is not a worry. Both the Spaniard and Raikkonen's Lotus managed to finish ahead of Sebasti...

22 Mar 2013 10:50
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Wolff takes over from Mercedes' departing CEO Nick Fry
The latest subject of Mercedes' radical formula one shakeup is Nick Fry. A stalwart of the Brackley based team since its days as BAR, 56-year-old Briton Fry, 56, is vacating his...

22 Mar 2013 09:32
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FP2: Raikkonen edges out Vettel by 0.019 of a second
Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest time in the second free practice session for the 2013 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix in Sepang, before rain half an hour from the end prev...

22 Mar 2013 09:10
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Sergio Perez has no regrets about McLaren move
Sergio Perez insists he has no regrets about joining a McLaren team in crisis. The young Mexican admitted on Thursday that when he signed to replace Lewis Hamilton for 2013, he ...

22 Mar 2013 07:26
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FP1: Webber and Vettel surround Raikkonen in top three
Practice one for the 2013 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix got off to a slow start in warm conditions in Sepang on Friday morning, as Mark Webber set the pace by a fractio...

22 Mar 2013 06:43
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Williams' daughter Claire shaping up as new team boss
Claire Williams could be shaping up to take over at the helm of her father's famous British team. When Claire's mother, Ginny Williams, died in the days preceeding the recent 20...

22 Mar 2013 03:57
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Marussia and Caterham held talks about possible merger
F1 backmarkers Marussia and Caterham held talks over the winter about a possible merger. The surprise news emerged as F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone attempted to explain w...

21 Mar 2013 17:02
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McLaren presses ahead with plans to improve 2013 car
McLaren is pressing ahead with plans to improve the new 2013 car, as suggestions last year's winning model could be resurrected begin to fade. Despite struggling markedly with t...

21 Mar 2013 16:10
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Mercedes boss most impressed by Ferrari in Melbourne
The headlines in Australia last weekend were that Red Bull dominated qualifying, before Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen eased to victory. But Ross Brawn, boss of the Mercedes team, said t...

21 Mar 2013 15:27
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Villeneuve and Coulthard question Vettel greatness
Two former drivers have questioned whether reigning triple world champion Sebastian Vettel weighs up against his highly rated rivals. David Coulthard, who made room for German V...

21 Mar 2013 14:53
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Caterham and CNN renew multi-year partnership
CNN International and Caterham F1 Team have announced today that the leading international news network has renewed its multi-year partnership deal with Caterham F1 Team. The sp...

21 Mar 2013 13:37
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Massa takes record for longest Ferrari drought from Alesi
Felipe Massa is enduring the longest victory drought in the history of all Ferrari drivers, according to an analysis by Italy's Autosprint. Dating back to his title-losing win i...

21 Mar 2013 12:15
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Malaysia 2013 preview quotes: Pirelli
The toughest compound in Pirellis new 2013 range of tyres makes its debut in Malaysia, complete with a brand new colour. The P Zero Orange hard has been nominated for Sepang t...

21 Mar 2013 11:44
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Video: A lap around Sepang onboard with De la Rosa
Sepang International Circuit hosts the Malaysian Grand Prix this weekend. As a preview a video of a lap with Pedro de la Rosa onboard around that track. Order 2013 Formul...

21 Mar 2013 10:42
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Alain Prost assumes advisery rol within Renault Sport F1
The Renault Group and four-time Formula 1 world champion, Alain Prost, are delighted to announce the prolongation of their relationship for the coming year. Alain has been the B...

21 Mar 2013 10:08
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Red Bull Racing too fixated on qualifying - Marko
Red Bull might need to tweak its focus if it wants to win in 2013. That is the admission of the energy drink-owned squad's forthright management figure Dr Helmut Marko, on the e...

21 Mar 2013 09:23
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McLaren 'not considering' pulling 2012 car out of mothballs
Martin Whitmarsh has played down reports McLaren could end its crisis by pulling its winning 2012 car out of mothballs. The famous British team, whose Jenson Button closed last ...

21 Mar 2013 08:44
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Marussia yet to ink new commercial deal
The first race of the 2013 season came and went without Marussia signing a commercial agreement with the sport's owners. In the days before Melbourne, team boss John Booth denie...

20 Mar 2013 16:41
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Pirelli hits back at Lauda after tyre criticism
Paul Hembery has hit back at Niki Lauda, after the famous Austrian lashed out at Pirelli in the wake of the 2013 season opener. Lauda, the outspoken former triple world champion...

20 Mar 2013 16:07
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Dakar: Route for 2014 to visit Bolivia for the first time
For its 35th edition, the 6th to be organised in South America, the Dakar will set off on 5th January from Rosario in Argentina and finish in Valparaiso in Chile on 18th January...

20 Mar 2013 15:34
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Gillette thrown in the hat for McLaren title sponsorship - report
Another name has emerged as a possible successor for McLaren's departing title sponsor Vodafone. The conventional wisdom in the paddock is that the Sergio Perez-linked Telmex - ...

20 Mar 2013 14:53
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Malaysia 2013 preview quotes: Caterham F1 Team
Charles Pic: "Malaysia will be the first Caterham F1 Team home race for me and I'm looking forward to what will be a very busy week, but one where I think we'll see a lot of sup...

20 Mar 2013 14:11
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McLaren apologises to Red Bull Racing for software issue
McLaren has apologised for an electronic glitch that affected Red Bull's Mark Webber during the Australian grand prix. After the Australian driver had a bad start in Melbourne a...

20 Mar 2013 12:13
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Russia GP organiser liquidated after bankrupt - reports
A dark cloud has moved above next year's inaugural Russian grand prix. Speed Week is reporting that the debt-ridden race organiser, Formula Sochi, has gone bankrupt and been liq...

20 Mar 2013 11:56
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Ferrari takes part in first Peace Road Show in Jerusalem
Ferrari is to take to the streets of Jerusalem. A car from the Maranello team driven by Giancarlo Fisichella will take part in the first edition of the 'Jerusalem Peace Road Sho...

20 Mar 2013 11:05
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Caterham insists F1 quit rumours are nonsense
Caterham has hit back at paddock rumours team founder Tony Fernandes has lost interest in the F1 project and could soon shut it down. Late last year, Malaysian entrepreneur Fern...

20 Mar 2013 10:24
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Malaysia 2013 preview quotes: Red Bull Racing
Mark Webber What is your favourite part of the Sepang Circuit? Webber: "It's the second to last corner because it's very tricky to get right, but I've always enjoyed driving i...

20 Mar 2013 09:21
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Nick Heidfeld admits to missing F1 'incredibly'

Nick Heidfeld has admitted he is badly missing formula one. The 35-year-old German contested 185 grands prix between 2000 and 2011, but now races a Le Mans prototype in the Worl...

20 Mar 2013 08:36
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