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...
Singapore, the southeast Asian city-state and the scene of F1's annual street night race, could be at the centre of the sport's plans for the future. Sky News reports that Temas...
Mark Webber: Malaysia is obviously very, very hot, so the track temperature is very hard on the tyres, which needs managing. The track is beautiful to drive on; you really get...
One race into the 2012 season, the Italian press has already named a candidate for beleaguered Ferrari driver Felipe Massa's seat. On notice by the famous team and with an expir...
From the depths of 2011, Williams is now 'not far' from the pace of F1's strongest teams. That is the claim of Pastor Maldonado, who in the newly Renault-powered and Mike Coughl...
After putting his tumultuous 2011 season behind him, Lewis Hamilton has kicked off this year's world champion in downbeat mood. The 2008 world champion had put his well-document...
Ross Brawn has scolded Mercedes' critics as a protest threat continues to hang over the Australian grand prix. Lotus is concerned the silver W03 features illegal aerodynamic sol...
Heikki Kovalainen: I've been looking forward to getting back to Malaysia and after the race in Australia it's good that we can get straight back on track so quickly. I've acce...
Vijay Mallya, team principal: The Australian Grand Prix was certainly an action-packed race and good viewing for the fans. Its just a shame that we got caught up in some of ...
With one race down out of twenty, F1 teams are now hopping from Australia to Malaysia where the new pecking-order will be immediately tested on a more conventional circuit. Some...
Michael Schumacher: "After the disappointment of how the first race in Melbourne turned out, I am flying to Malaysia with a big sense of anticipation, because we saw in Australi...
After having just shown a strong performance at the opening round of the 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship in Melbourne, the Sauber F1 Team is looking forward to the Petro...
After a frenetic start to the season, theres no time to take a breather as the Formula 1 World Championship quickly moves on to Kuala Lumpur for the Malaysian Grand Prix. HRT ...
The 2012-specification of the P Zero Silver, the hardest and most durable tyre of Pirellis Formula One range, will make its debut at the Malaysian Grand Prix: a race that push...
A typically hot, humid and thundery weekend is forecast for the Malaysian grand prix. New championship leader Jenson Button travels to Kuala Lumpur eyeing a weather forecast of ...
Fernando Alonso was spared the Italian media's wrath after Ferrari opened its 2012 campaign with the troubled F2012 car. "Alonso once again saved Ferrari from disaster," said th...
How did it feel coming back to Formula 1 after two years away? Did you find it easy getting into the groove with a new car, new tyres and the DRS? Raikkonen: To be honest it ...
HRT refugee Vitantonio Liuzzi has re-emerged on the grid of the Italian-based touring car series Superstars. Despite having a 2012 contract, the 30-year-old Italian lost his rac...
Jenson Button: Every victory means a lot but today shows just how important it was to have a strong winter. The starts of the past two seasons have both been tricky for us,...
Kimi Räikkönen: It feels like Ive never been away. Yesterday we made some mistakes which cost us quite badly so it could easily have been better in the race. I made a good...
The Marussia F1 Teams Timo Glock and Charles Pic rounded off a momentous weekend in Melbourne today by ending the season-opening 2012 Qantas Australian Grand Prix in 14th and ...
Pirellis 2012-specification tyres delivered on their promise to provide a greater variety of race strategies by decreasing the performance gaps between the compounds this year...
Organisers of the grand prix in Melbourne are reportedly considering sharing the city's formula one rights with another Australian state. Under financial strain, Germany alterna...
Daniel Ricciardo: I dont really know how that happened on the last lap. I saw blue flags and a lot of cars in front and I was sure I could make up at least one place because...
Heikki Kovalainen: Both Vitaly and I had to avoid the problems in turn one at the start and then I lost a bit of time behind Glock, but got past him quickly and then started t...
The debate about Mercedes' controversial new 'F-duct' solution looks set to speed across the Indian Ocean. Red Bull team boss Christian Horner, and particularly his Lotus counte...
Sahara Force India picked up a point in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix as Paul Di Resta grabbed the final point in a dramatic last corner squabble. Team-mate Nico Hulk...
Lucas di Grassi is in talks about returning to the role as Pirelli's official test driver. The Brazilian worked with F1's official supplier last year at the wheel of its Toyota ...
The Sauber F1 Team showed a strong performance in the opening race of the 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship. Kamui Kobayashi finished sixth at the Australian Grand Prix in...
Sebastian Vettel: Im very happy with myself today I think it was the most we could have achieved. I felt good in the car. Even before the safety car, I think we would hav...
Nico Rosberg: "I had a perfect start today and was able to gain three positions, however unfortunately we weren't able to maintain that pace, and the race did not turn out as we...
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