Toto Wolff, the Williams shareholder who manages Valtteri Bottas and only last July became an executive director, is leaving the Oxfordshire based team. The mass-circulation Ger...
Timo Glock looks set to leave Marussia, and probably formula one. After leaving Toyota in the wake of the Japanese giant's F1 exit, the now 30-year-old German has been Marussia'...
Mark Webber has lost his race engineer to Lotus. Ciaron Pilbeam will be in charge to lead the race engineers of Lotus and work together with Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean. ...
Force India has hit back at claims co-owner Vijay Mallya's reported financial problems could sink the Silverstone based team. Citing sources, the Italiaracing magazine had said ...
Ferrari is sticking with its novel 'pull-rod' front suspension layout for 2013, technical director Pat Fry has confirmed. Last year, the Italian team stunned its rivals by reviv...
Adrian Newey has confirmed reports an eleventh-hour ban by the FIA was a serious setback to Red Bull's 2012 preparations. It emerged in recent days that, just as the reigning ch...
Felipe Massa insists he is not worried about the apparently ever-greater influence wrought by his teammate Fernando Alonso at Ferrari. Brazilian Massa hit such a low-point in hi...
Charles Pic has joined Sergio Perez in hitting back at the perception a growing number on the formula one grid can be best described as 'pay drivers'. Some believe drivers like ...
Force India "is in crisis" and it is possible the Silverstone based team "could collapse". That is the claim of the Italiaracing magazine, who correctly reported some years ago ...
The Williams F1 Team will present its 2013 car, the Williams Renault FW35, on Tuesday 19 February at the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona in Spain. The car will be rolled out of ...
The FIA has finally named a successor for F1's departed doctor Gary Hartstein. We reported last week that, with American Hartstein's contract not renewed for 2013, the F1 govern...
Nico Rosberg, not team newcomer Lewis Hamilton, will give Mercedes' 2013 single seater - the W04 - its track debut at Jerez early next month. The German squad announced on Thurs...
Felipe Massa on Thursday admitted Fernando Alonso has been his toughest Ferrari teammate. Since becoming the Maranello team's race driver in 2006, the Brazilian has been paired ...
Mark Webber will have a new race engineer this season. Media reports said the Australian's long-time regular engineer, Ciaron Pilbeam, is switching to Lotus. Red Bull is repl...
Two F1 teams on Thursday announced forthcoming car launch dates for their respective 2013 cars. Both Mercedes and Toro Rosso announced separately that their new single seater...
Lucas di Grassi has admitted his future depends in part on Pirelli. Since losing his race seat after a single season at Virgin (now Marussia) in 2010, the Brazilian has been a k...
Nico Rosberg is the "fastest German" in formula one, according to new McLaren driver Sergio Perez. Mexican Perez, who has switched from his 2012 employer Sauber, told Sport Bild...
Sauber has denied reports it has penned an agreement with Mercedes to replace its engine deal with Ferrari for the 2014 season and beyond. French sources have claimed Force Indi...
Just over a year after switching from Renault to Caterham, Steve Nielsen will now become Toro Rosso's new sporting director, the Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat reports. Briton ...
Ferrari on Wednesday admitted it is trying to find a place in formula one for Jules Bianchi. We reported this week that 23-year-old Frenchman Bianchi, Force India's reserve in 2...
Sergio Perez has hit back at Paul di Resta. This week, Force India driver di Resta revealed he had talks with McLaren when the British team was contemplating Lewis Hamilton's 20...
Ferrari has signed Pedro de la Rosa as a development driver, it emerged from the team's annual winter media event at ski resort Madonna di Campiglio on Wednesday. F1's offic...
Heikki Kovalainen has rejected Caterham technical boss Mike Gascoyne's criticism. Gascoyne, former F1 stalwart and now the technical boss of the entire Caterham Group, said this...
Dieter Zetsche, the chairman of the German marque's parent Daimler, says Mercedes must be pushing for the world championship by 2014. Admitting that the appointments of Lewis Ha...
Daniel Ricciardo has revealed he will be giving Toro Rosso's new car its track debut on the first day of winter testing next month. While sister team and reigning champion Red B...
Long-time McLaren test driver Gary Paffett says Lewis Hamilton's decision to switch to Mercedes is puzzling. Throughout Briton Hamilton's six-year racing tenure with McLaren, co...
Sergio Perez has asked McLaren to team up once again with its former long-time test and reserve driver, Pedro de la Rosa. That is the claim of the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, re...
Giorgio Ascanelli, the well-known F1 engineer who last year left his post as Toro Rosso's technical director, is set to return to the sport. But Autosprint, the Italian magazine...
On the occasion of the London Boat Show, Lotus F1 Team welcomes a new partnership with respected British clothing manufacturer, Henri-Lloyd. The relationship will see Lotus F1 T...
Heikki Kovalainen harmed his chances of staying in formula one beyond 2012 by demonstrating a lack of "respect" to Caterham. That is the claim of Mike Gascoyne, the team's forme...
The Swiss sports watch brand Certina is to continue as a Premium Partner of the Sauber F1 Team, taking forward a longstanding and intensive partnership. The Certina lettering wi...
Following reports he was the favourite to secure the other Caterham race seat, Vitaly Petrov's manager actually sounds far from optimistic. German reports had suggested the Russ...
Jenson Button has de-facto 'number 1' status at McLaren this year. That is the view of F1 experts and former drivers Martin Brundle and Sir Jackie Stewart, despite team boss Mar...
Paul di Resta has admitted he is surprised Force India is taking so long to decide his 2013 teammate. Already openly disappointed to have missed out on a move to a bigger team, ...
The sound of F1's future is not as loud, but nonetheless "sweet". That is the claim of Mercedes' formula one engine boss Andy Cowell, as he welcomed reporters to the German marq...
Former F1 driver Martin Brundle expects Lewis Hamilton to win a race for Mercedes this year. But the 53-year-old, who like Hamilton is a former McLaren driver, admitted he would...
Sergio Perez on Wednesday revealed he has already started work at the wheel of McLaren's sophisticated driver simulator. But the Mexican warned that he will have no impact on th...
Williams will give Valtteri Bottas at least half a season to get up to speed. After a full season of preparation as the famous British team's reserve driver last year, practisin...
Ferrari has added a Briton to its ranks. Acknowledging its aerodynamic weaknesses, the fabled Italian team last year signed well-known F1 aerodynamicist Loic Bigois to switch fr...
Red Bull has announced that this year's single seater, the RB9, will be unveiled on 3 February. With the 'launch' set to take place at the team's Milton Keynes (UK) headquarters...
A system allowing trackside spectators and on-site reporters to access video, audio and data with a bespoke handheld device will not be available at grands prix in 2013. Fanvisi...
Kimi Raikkonen has clarified his aversion to sophisticated formula one simulator technology, insisting he simply "learns nothing" at the computerised wheel. An avowed fan of ido...
Marc Gene has signed up for yet another year as a Ferrari test driver. Although now spearheading the F1 role with an Audi sports cars endurance seat, Gene has inked a new one-ye...
Sergio Perez believes his 2012 teammate Kamui Kobayashi can return to formula one next year. Japanese Kobayashi, who in the same 2012 Sauber scored 60 points last year compared ...
The shape of the 2013 calendar continues to become clearer. The signs grow ever stronger that the Nurburgring will host the German grand prix, while the scheduled 20-race calend...
Sauber's team manager has farewelled recently departed Sergio Perez with a round of praise. As the pundits assess McLaren's choice to replace Lewis Hamilton, Sauber team manager...
Fernando Alonso has this week responded quickly to Red Bull's ever-outspoken Dr Helmut Marko. Marko, the energy drink company's motor racing chief, gave an interview to Red Bull...
Valtteri Bottas has revealed that Williams' 2013 car will not feature a 'stepped' front nose. Following the public's reaction to the aesthetics of last year's cars, the FIA has ...
Ferrari has started work on a new building to house the famous formula one team. The team announced on Tuesday that "the first excavations" have commenced on an area currently u...
Austria and Turkey will not be on F1's 2013 calendar, while the Nurburgring looks set to host this year's German grand prix. "It should be the Nurburgring, we will try to make i...
An FIA spokesman has rejected F1 legend Sir Jackie Stewart's claim that the sport is disorganised and poorly managed. Triple world champion Stewart, 73, said the post-season con...
Ron Dennis has hit back at suggestions Lewis Hamilton simply chose Mercedes over McLaren for his future. Dennis, the Woking based company's 'supremo' who groomed Briton Hamilton...
Romain Grosjean has dropped a big hint about Lotus' 2013 plans, revealing the new Enstone-built single seater will be launched late this month. Speaking to the French sports new...
Pastor Maldonado insists he has no intention of easing what he describes as an "extremely aggressive" driving style. Like Romain Grosjean, Williams driver and 2012 Spanish grand...
Sahara Force India Formula One Team is pleased to announce the signing of a technical partnership with 3D Systems Corporation, a leading supplier of 3D content-to-print solution...
State-sponsored F1 driver Pastor Maldonado on Sunday publicly prayed for the recovery of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. Backed by the state-controlled oil company PDVSA, 27-y...
Sebastien Buemi will remain Red Bull's official third and reserve driver in 2013, the Swiss newspaper Sonntagsblick reports. It had already emerged that the former Toro Rosso ra...
The FIA has picked a successor to ousted F1 doctor Gary Hartstein. American Hartstein, groomed by the late Prof. Sid Watkins to succeed him in 2005, last month admitted he was f...
Ferrari's 2013 car will be launched on February 2, according to the well-connected specialist Italian magazine Autosprint. The report said the car, codenamed 664 and probably to...
Mark Webber looks set to struggle to keep his Red Bull race seat beyond 2013. Granted just a one-year contract for a seventh consecutive season at the team, the 36-year-old Aust...
Caterham is not yet ready to announce its full 2013 driver lineup. The team has already filled one of this year's race seats with 2012 Marussia rookie and Frenchman Charles Pic....
Sauber will reveal its 2013 car, the C32, in the days before it makes its track debut at the start of winter testing. Team founder Peter Sauber had already announced that the ne...
Reigning champion Red Bull's 2013 car might not be ready for the first pre-season test in early February. We have already reported designer Adrian Newey's admission that late de...
With his new Mercedes tenure having now officially begun, Lewis Hamilton says he wants to turn the Brackley based team into a F1 frontrunner. After six years with McLaren, the 2...
Michael Schumacher's comeback would have been successful at the wheel of a top car, according to Bernie Ecclestone. "If he had had a Red Bull or a Ferrari, Michael would have wo...
Pedro de la Rosa, HRT's lead driver in 2012, has joined boss Luis Perez-Sala in admitting that the Spanish team has folded. Spaniard de la Rosa, who was contracted to keep racin...
Charlie Whiting, the highest ranking FIA official at grands prix, is sure formula one will not miss the sound of F1's current V8 engines. For the past couple of decades, fans ha...
Force India is in negotiations to revert to Ferrari engine power, according to Italy's La Stampa newspaper. The talks between the Silverstone based team and Ferrari are "under w...
Sebastien Buemi has kicked off his new year by learning he will not be making his return to the formula one grid in 2013. Switzerland's Blick newspaper reports that the 24-year...
Giedo van der Garde's hopes of finally breaking into formula one in 2013 have "shrunk", according to the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf. The now 27-year-old flirted with a move to...
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