Michael Schumacher is looking on the bright side, even though the best qualifying effort of his F1 comeback washed away on Sunday. The seven time world champion qualified his Me...
The FIA is preparing a statement to announce the cancellation of the Bahrain Grand Prix, sources in the paddock reveal to F1Today.net. It is expected that the statement will be ...
As ever in the complex and political world of formula one, the media reacted with cynicism to the news Adam Parr is leaving Williams. After all, it had emerged in Malaysia that ...
Force India has accused rivals Caterham of saving millions and then reaping even more millions by stealing their secret technical data. A British court last week awarded Vijay M...
Lotus Technical Director James Allison talks us through a weekend of tough calls and mixed emotions, but ultimately good cause for optimism at the start of a long season Jame...
Lewis Hamilton could land an acting role in the Hollywood film 'Rush'. The movie, directed by The Da Vinci Code and Apollo 13's Ron Howard, is about the epic 1976 battle between...
Even two races into the 2012 season, it is pointless to draw up a 'pecking order'. Indeed, the picture in the media is muddled. With Ferrari in deep trouble until the Sepang dow...
Red Bull will sit with Sebastian Vettel following reports the German deliberately ignored the team's race instructions in Malaysia. The team was heard on the radio instructing t...
In what was only his 19th Formula One race Sergio Pérez achieved his first podium in the highest echelon of motorsport. The 22-year-old came second in the Malaysian Grand Prix ...
Jenson Button has revealed he will inflict his own personal punishment after losing his championship lead in Malaysia last weekend. The McLaren driver also uncharacteristically ...
Paddock cynics wondered aloud on Sunday when Sergio Perez was caught chatting with Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali. Is the impressive young Mexican being lined up to immine...
Eric Lux has revealed he has forgiven Adrian Sutil for injuring him in a Shanghai nightclub a year ago. Former Force India driver Sutil received a German criminal conviction and...
'Iceman' Kimi Raikkonen on Sunday proved he is not without a sense of humour. The last time he was at Sepang, in 2009, the Ferrari driver caused raucous laughter in the F1 media...
The conspiracy theorists had a field day at Sepang when Sergio Perez's strong push for victory went awry. At about the same time as the young Mexican was told on the radio by hi...
Years after F1's 'spygate' sagas, the issue could be set to return to the very top of the governing body's agenda. Force India claims Caterham and their common former wind tunne...
Mark Webber: It was busy with a lot of calls going on at the re-start and with the tyres. My stint on the intermediates after the red flag was tricky and I didnt have much c...
Aldo Costa has revealed he is unhappy with Ferrari's comments in the wake of his departure last year. The Italian was stepped down as the famous team's technical director, and h...
There are more laps to run in the 2013 Concorde Agreement story, according to a respected analyst. French commentator Jean-Louis Moncet said that amid reports Bernie Ecclestone ...
Vitaly Petrov: I am really happy with the performance today. We didn't show the car's true potential in qualifying, but today I was able to put in similar lap times to the car...
Fernando Alonso has insisted that his remarkable Malaysian Grand Prix win changes nothing when it comes to Ferraris place in Formula One pecking order and that the team has a ...
A rain-soaked and dramatic Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix today provided the Marussia F1 Team with further confirmation, if it were required, of the significant strides ...
Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn has admitted that the team has yet to fully understand its new W03 car after both third-place starter Michael Schumacher and seventh on the gr...
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso used three of Pirellis four tyre compounds the Cinturato Blue wet, Cinturato Green intermediate and P Zero White medium to win a rain-affe...
World champion Sebastian Vettel didn't just criticise Narain Karthikeyan after their clash in Malaysia -- he called the Indian driver a vegetable. The back-to-back title winner'...
"The majority" of F1's teams have agreed a deal over a new Concorde Agreement. The news was announced by the sport's chief executive Bernie Ecclestone, who remains in Europe, in...
Kimi Räikkönen: It was a bit difficult today. It was my first time on the wet weather Pirellis and I didnt know how the intermediate or wet tyres would react I had only...
Adam Parr: I am very grateful to Frank for giving me the opportunity to work for Williams over the past five years a period that has been both challenging and rewarding. Wi...
Mercedes could quit formula one or challenge Bernie Ecclestone in court, after it emerged top rivals Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull have agreed new commercial deals. With the FOT...
Even McLaren had their doubts that they could beat Mercedes in qualifying in Sepang on Saturday, but an almost perfect first-run lap by Lewis Hamilton and a great second-run lap...
Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: We have had a very constructive day's running, with all three drivers performing well in hot and humid conditions. We had no issues and...
It was a very busy day for Scuderia Ferrari, with Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso getting through a lot of work, to be as well prepared as possible for qualifying and for the f...
For the first time this year, Pirellis new P Zero Silver hard tyre was seen in action: ideal for the hot and humid conditions of Sepang, where the track temperature peaked at ...
Heikki Kovalainen: I think today proved what we suspected, that managing tyre degradation is going to be critical to performance on Sunday. This morning we tried a couple of s...
Michael Schumacher: "We had a good day on track today, and I am very happy about the work that has been done since Australia. This has enabled us to achieve reasonably consisten...
Sahara Force India completed a busy day of practice at the Sepang International Circuit ahead of Sundays Malaysian Grand Prix. Paul di Resta: A very hot day in the car, ...
Sebastian Vettel: I would love to be a bit higher up this afternoon, but all in all we had decent running today although there is still a lot to do. The tyres drop off quit...
The Sauber F1 Team did not have an ideal start to the weekend of the Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang, but is working in the right direction. After neither Kamui Kobayashi nor Ser...
Timo Glock has revealed he is happy to know F1 spectators still rate his talents. 2012 is the 30-year-old's third consecutive season with backmarkers Marussia (formerly Virgin),...
Kimi Raikkonen : It was an okay day but we still have work to do on the set-up. The steering was a small improvement but we are still working in this area. I feel fine in the ...
The Marussia F1 Team steadily worked their way through a diverse, interesting and ultimately very productive programme in Kuala Lumpur today as the opening day of running for th...
Romain Grosjean is hoping for a long stay with the Lotus team. Then known as Renault, the Frenchman made his troubled F1 debut with the Enstone based team in 2009 but has return...
HRT was not ready to race last weekend in Australia, Pedro de la Rosa has admitted. Ultimately, the Spaniard and his teammate Narain Karthikeyan failed to satisfy the sport's 10...
Daniel Ricciardo: Ive driven here before in Formula BMW, but when you switch to a Formula 1 car, the notes go out the window! But all the same, it helps to have some previou...
Ferrari might only have to suffer for two more races, according to a report in the Spanish sports daily Marca. The report said the Maranello based team is hard at work on a "com...
Lewis Hamilton experienced a good first day at Sepang. The McLaren driver again was the fastest in the second free practice in Malaysia. He leads a foursome of Mercedes engines,...
Bruno Senna will give up his race car to Williams test driver Valtteri Bottas on fourteen more occasions in 2012. It has emerged that, every time young Finn Bottas takes to the ...
McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton posted the best time in the first free practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix. His team mate Jenson Button had to settle for ninth, with an oil leak...
Contrary to recent speculation, McLaren does not yet have a Mercedes-style new F-duct on its dominant 2012 car. When boss Martin Whitmarsh said in Melbourne that he would not be...
Christian Horner has told British newspapers he is not switching to Ferrari. As Red Bull looks to have its fourth consecutive championship-contending car on its hands for 2012, ...
After all the pre-season hype, the Melbourne paddock banter about its clever F-duct system and a strong showing in qualifying, Mercedes failed to shine in last Sunday's season o...
Sir Jackie Stewart has tipped fellow multiple world champion Michael Schumacher to keep racing beyond 2012. "He has had a lot of criticism," the triple world champion told Kolne...
The F1 media are often keen to jump to conclusions: after Qualifying at Albert Park, the top three drivers were asked in the FIA press conference if that session was a reflectio...
Red Bull has stepped up the technical row with Mercedes by accusing the German team of breaching a gentlemen's agreement. Red Bull and Lotus last weekend threatened to protes...
Caterham's hopes of pushing into the midfield in 2012 are not dead yet. That is the claim of team owner and boss Tony Fernandes, despite the former Team Lotus looking to have on...
With a good track record here in Malaysia, Fernando Alonso was picked to take up in this afternoons FIA conference. After a brilliant drive to fifth in Melbourne on Sunday, th...
Malaysia is not yet committing its future to the formula one calendar beyond its 2015 deal. Sepang was Hermann Tilke's first full creation that made its grand prix debut in 1999...
Two experts have tipped Lotus to shine this weekend at Sepang. The black and gold E20 car was a standout of the winter pre-season, but Kimi Raikkonen qualified poorly in Austral...
Sepang International Circuit hosts the Malaysian Grand Prix this weekend. As a preview a video of a lap with Fernando Alonso around that track. ...
Felipe Massa's formula one career appeared in deep crisis on Wednesday, as the Italian press lined up multiple candidates to replace him. Earlier, the weekly Autosprint suggeste...
Force India has been ordered by a British court to pay over a million dollars. With team boss Vijay Mallya already in financial strife over his collapsing airline Kingfisher, hi...
Jenson Button Victory in Australia was the best possible way to start the season how do you feel going in to Malaysia? Calm, refreshed and feeling extremely positive. Aft...
Former boss Colin Kolles and his Greding-based company is no longer involved, but there remains a strong German input with the struggling team HRT. A report in the Augsburger Al...
The FIA has announced the details for the only DRS-zone for the Malaysian Grand Prix. The moveable rear wing can be used on the start-finish straight only on Sunday. The dete...
Fernando Alonso: Ive been in Kuala Lumpur since Monday already. As my trainer Edoardo Bendinelli has previously explained to you its important to acclimatise quickly to th...
The Malaysian Grand Prix holds the unique distinction of being the only Grand Prix circuit at which the Safety Car has not been officially deployed in the past ten years - in sp...
The route of the 2013 Dakar has just been disclosed at a press conference. The departure will take place in Lima on January 5th and after crossing Argentina, the racers will fin...
Johnny Herbert will serve as advisor for the race stewards in Malaysia. The Briton was called upon by the FIA for the season opener in Australia and will play a part at Sepang t...
Kimi Raikkonen is still up to the task of performing at his best in formula one. That is the claim of Pedro de la Rosa, who in 2006 was the famous Finn's race teammate at McLare...
The first Hermann Tilke-built Formula One track hosts its 14th Malaysian Grand Prix this year, and its endeared itself to the teams and drivers over that period. It has severa...
Hot on the heels of last Sundays curtain-raiser to the 2012 Formula One World Championship in Australia, the Marussia F1 Team and its MR01 race cars have arrived in Kuala Lump...
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