Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: "Having held the race on the longer endurance course layout in 2010, the 2012 race has now reverted back to the 5.412km long, 57 lap Gran...
Mark Webber: "We haven't been to the circuit for two years and the last time we raced on the current track layout was in 2009. We also havent been there with Pirelli tyres or ...
Mercedes will decide later this season if Michael Schumacher's contract will be extended beyond 2012. The current three year deal, which began when the seven time world champion...
This weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix, coming just a week after the last race in China, marks the end of the first phase of long haul races of the 2012 season. Here in Sakhir, with ...
Dr Helmut Marko has aimed fire at F1's new rules for 2012, claiming they were devised "deliberately" to end the era of Red Bull dominance. "We no longer have the superiority ...
Ferrari does not have a leading car so far in 2012, but when it comes to pitstops, the famous Italian team is setting the pace. That is the finding of the Spanish sports daily M...
Two F1 journalists tried their hands at war reporting after touching down in Bahrain ahead of this weekend's controversial grand prix. "I had a duty as an experienced journalist...
Mercedes' rivals must now count the German team as a serious contender, Nico Rosberg has said after winning his first grand prix in China last weekend. Shanghai was also the sce...
If tradition was worth a few tenths in performance terms, then the Bahrain Grand Prix could be the scene for a step up in the quality of what the F2012 can deliver. There have b...
Statistically, the Chinese grand prix raced straight into the history books as one of the most exciting formula one events of all time. "For me, we are having some of the best r...
Bahrain will be one of just three circuits that Pirelli is yet to visit in competition this year, but unlike Hockenheim in Germany and the United States Grand Prix, the Italian ...
Romain Grosjean insists he is not feeling "relieved" after the Chinese grand prix. The Frenchman, who returned to F1 this year after an abortive start to his career in 2009, sho...
Ferrari is looking ahead to Barcelona next month, as the famous Italian team plans to begin putting a difficult start to the 2012 season behind it. Test driver Marc Gene, who is...
After a weekend which came agonisingly close to producing a real result for Kimi in China, the Finn puts the past behind him and looks ahead to his next opportunity for glory at...
Lewis Hamilton has hinted again that he sees his future with McLaren. Just prior to the new season, the 2008 world champion indicated he would like to renew his deal with the Wo...
Toto Wolff is not Williams' new team boss. With co-founder Patrick Head and chairman Adam Parr both now gone and Sir Frank Williams stepping down from his own board, it is notab...
Jean Todt has broken his long and conspicuous silence over the Bahrain controversy. Until now, the ultra-low-profile FIA president had been reluctant to speak on the issue, desp...
Despite winning in Malaysia last month, Fernando Alonso is expecting a miserable weekend in Bahrain. On the back of his surprise Sepang victory, the Spaniard qualified and finis...
Heikki Kovalainen: "Bahrain is another one of the typical modern circuits. It doesn't have any really challenging corners and you can push hard for most of the lap, particularly...
Norbert Haug said he is proud Mercedes has reached the top of formula one in a short space of time and with a small budget. The German carmaker's works team is often lumped toge...
Its back-to-back races for the second consecutive time this season with the Championship stopping off in Bahrain. This will be the last event held far away from home before th...
Jaime Alguersuari has admitted he is not sure if he will be able to return to formula one in 2013. After his ousting at Toro Rosso, the young Spaniard is keeping up appearances ...
An Italian journalist has admitted he is more than unimpressed with Felipe Massa's apparent progress in China. Already before the Chinese grand prix, La Stampa correspondent Ste...
After the FIA confirmed that the Formula One Grand Prix of Bahrain will take place as planned next weekend, 20th to 22nd April, the Sauber F1 Team is busy getting its freight pa...
Lotus has become the second team to announce it would be happy to operate within a budget cap. A few years ago, former FIA president Max Mosley's push for teams to be confined t...
How ironic was it that in a race that depended on tyre wear and strategy, it should all come right for Mercedes and Nico Rosberg as the young German scored his maiden Grand Prix...
Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher used the Pirelli P Zero Yellow soft tyre, which has been nominated together with the P Zero White medium tyre, to set the fastest time of the ...
Daniel Ricciardo: "FP1 was partly wasted because of the weather, the damp track meaning we only got a handful of clean laps. But the afternoon was better and I was happy with th...
An otherwise very constructive day of solid progress for the Marussia F1 Team unfortunately ended on a slightly less positive note this afternoon when Timo Glocks MR01 ended u...
Kimi Raikkonen: "It's not often that you have a perfect car on Friday and there are certain things we have to improve. To be honest, it doesn't matter if you are the slowest car...
Lewis Hamilton: "It's been a great day it stayed dry in the afternoon so we successfully got through our run programme. We're still working away to improve the set-up, but th...
The third event of the season got underway today with the first day of free practice sessions at the Shanghai International Circuit (5.451km). The conditions were complicated in...
Giedo van der Garde: "That wasnt the easiest first FP1 session for me with the team but Im pleased with the job I did and have had good feedback from the engineers, so I don...
Lotus F1 Team reiterates its commitment to minimising its environmental impact with measures to reduce and offset its carbon emissions. Through commitment from existing partner ...
After Sergio Perez's surprise push for victory in Malaysia three weeks ago, things are looking bright on the Sauber balance-sheet. The small Swiss team announced in Shanghai tha...
Michael Schumacher realised the best time on the first day of the weekend in Shanghai. The Mercedes driver was in the second practice the only man to dive under 1:36 with a 1:35...
Heikki Kovalainen has dismissed advice he should quit Caterham as soon as possible. Fellow Finn Mika Salo, a former Ferrari and Toyota driver, told the broadcaster MTV3 he t...
Lewis Hamilton has posted the fastest time in first free practice for the Chinese GP. The McLaren driver realised his 1:37.106 in the dying seconds of the session on a drying ci...
The FIA is the governing body of motor sport and therefore of Formula One. As such, it sets the seasons calendars following the proposal of the Commercial Rights Holder (CRH) ...
The FIA has thrown out Lotus' official protest against Mercedes' so-called 'double-DRS' innovation. Despite the governing body having consistently declared the system legal in A...
Overcast skies greeted Felipe Massa when he arrived at the Shanghai circuit mid-morning today, a few hours before facing the media in the Scuderia Ferrari hospitality area, whic...
Sauber has banned Sergio Perez's father from attending grands prix, the Swiss newspaper Blick revealed on Wednesday. The report said the Mexican's dad Antonio - himself a former...
A Daimler shareholder has called on the German car giant to pull its works Mercedes team out of formula one. Fund manager Ingo Speich, of the Daimler shareholder Union Investmen...
Red Bull will split in two directions this weekend in China, as the defending champions seek to return to the pace. After a less than satisfying start to the 2012 season for the...
This afternoon, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso joined five of his fellow drivers in the FIA press conference at the Shanghai circuit that hosts this Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix. The ...
Rumours were confirmed that Lotus F1 Team has lodged an official protest against Mercedes' 'double-DRS' system. "That's spiced up the weekend before we even get going," Briti...
In the Shanghai paddock on Thursday, the message was clear: next week's Bahrain grand prix is still on. Bernie Ecclestone said in China that the only ones who could cancel the S...
Just as colourful as the country it represents is the logo 'Visit Mexico', which from now on will again travel with the Sauber F1 Team around the world. The North American count...
Lewis Hamilton's perfect qualifying score in 2012 is over. It has emerged that the highest the McLaren driver can start Sunday's Chinese grand prix is sixth, due a five-place gr...
Shanghai International Circuit hosts the Chinese Grand Prix this weekend. As a preview a video of a lap with Vitaly Petrov around that track. ...
Emanuele Pirro will assist the team of FIA Stewards in China this weekend. During a motor sport career that has spanned almost 40 years, Emanuele Pirro has achieved a huge amoun...
Red Bull is ready to start bouncing back from a difficult start to 2012. That is the claim of the energy drink owned team's racing consultant Dr Helmut Marko, who acknowledged t...
The 2012 season has kicked off promisingly, with more overtaking moves recorded in the first two races than in the same exciting period last year. The finding is significant, gi...
Fernando Alonso: "Here we are in Shanghai for the start of the third race weekend of the year. For sure, arriving here in China as the leader of the Championship is something I ...
The Williams F1 Team today confirmed that Susie Wolff will join the team as its Development Driver. Born in Scotland, Susie Wolff has had the classic racing career, beginning in...
Construction of the facilities for the 2013 New York grand prix is speeding ahead. At the same time, there remain grave doubts about the Texas project, despite the permanent ...
Jules Bianchi will kick off his season of Friday practice duties this weekend in China. Despite remaining under contract to Ferrari's development programme, the Frenchman was si...
Sebastian Vettel: "The track in China is unique due to its size. The broad track leaves enough space for overtaking moves and there are very big run off areas even the usuall...
McLaren is not yet ready to roll out a Mercedes-style 'F-duct' to complement its highly competitive 2012 car. Despite Mercedes struggling with tyres in the actual races so far, ...
With F1 currently scheduled to arrive en masse in Bahrain next week, a crisis surrounding the possible cancellation of the island Kingdom's race is continuing to deepen. The tea...
Vijay Mallya, team principal: "After two races the 2012 season appears to have all the ingredients needed to serve up a spectacular year of racing. Already the fans have enjoyed...
More details about formula one's planned stock market floatation have emerged. Bloomberg, the financial news agency, said majority owner CVC is seeking $2 billion by floating "a...
Even before the winter tests in Spain in February had come to an end, the media and 'F1 experts' were already talking about Scuderia Ferrari being 'in crisis.' This phrase is ha...
Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: "Having secured our first points of the season in Malaysia with what is a much improved and competitive car the team are eager to move on...
The Sauber F1 Team takes protecting the environment extremely seriously. On 3rd April 2012 the Sauber Group's environment management system was awarded ISO 14001 certification. ...
McLaren remains "the team to beat" despite the topsy-turvy outcome of the recent Malaysian grand prix. That is the claim of reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel, having slum...
Following a very successful 2011 season, Red Bull Racing will benefit from an enhanced supply of vehicles from its core automotive partners for the 2012 season. Leveraging the ...
F1's Enstone based team will keep the 'Lotus' name until at least 2017. It emerged late last week that the sponsorship agreement between the team formerly known as Renault, and ...
Monisha Kaltenborn will become F1's first ever female team boss. That is the revelation of Peter Sauber, who at the age of 68 has hinted he might call it a day before his 70th b...
It was mission accomplished for HRT Formula 1 Team in Malaysia a couple of weeks ago after both cars qualified and completed their first race of the season after a hard start. T...
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