The race to put the French grand prix back on track will be over in three weeks. That is the claim of Nicolas Deschaux, the president of the country's motor sport federation who...
The future of the embattled Korean grand prix looks safe for now. The Korea Herald reports that organisers of the Yeongham event have reached a deal with Bernie Ecclestone to re...
Consumer eyewear brand the House of Binz today announced a multi-year partnership with the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 team. Binz has spearheaded the design of intellige...
2012 championship leader Jenson Button on Sunday proved Red Bull's era of dominance may be over. After two titles on the trot, Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel finished second in M...
Hot on the heels of the new technical controversies, the 2012 season has also kicked off in the sport's high-intrigue world of politics. A fascinating blog post by Sky News' Cit...
The original creator of the Red Bull energy drink has died. Chaleo Yoovidhya formulated the drink - Krathing Daeng, which translates to 'Red Bull' in English - in the 70s, befor...
Narain Karthikeyan was unequivocal as he walked through the paddock gates on Saturday. "I have to qualify. There are no two ways about it," said the Indian. It had been a dif...
Rumours are swirling in the Melbourne paddock that Red Bull and Lotus are preparing to lodge a post-qualifying protest. "I've heard something like that," confirmed Mercedes' mot...
Ross Brawn has moved to play down the hype surrounding Mercedes' new so-called 'F-duct' solutions. The active F-ducts of 2010 are banned, but clever 'passive' and therefore lega...
Mark Webber, Position: We knew there were some quick guys out there - McLaren and Mercedes especially and Roman did well too. Everyone always thinks we have special bits to ke...
After a very positive first qualifying session in which Kamui Kobayashi set the fastest lap overall and Sergio Pérez was fifth, the second part of qualifying turned out to be d...
Sepang will not modify its circuit in order to organise a formula one night race, organisers of the Malaysian grand prix said on Friday. Melbourne - in a similar timezone - i...
Romain Grosjean made a dream return by qualifying in third position for tomorrows Australian Grand Prix, whilst Kimi Räikkönen made a mistake on one lap and fell foul of a c...
Daniel Ricciardo: That was nice! The ambition at the start of the weekend, as far as qualifying was concerned, was to get into Q3 and we have achieved that. Before we got to M...
Heikki Kovalainen: I'm reasonably positive about today. We didn't get everything we could out of the car in Q1 but it felt better this afternoon than it did in FP3 and on my l...
Red Bull has been isolated from F1's other teams, as the FIA is asked to step in and police their cost-cutting efforts. Last year, there remained suspicions the energy drink own...
The Marussia F1 Team is pleased to announce the agreement of a new partnership with Burrda Sport. The sport brand is providing the team with racing apparel for the 2012 season, ...
McLarens Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button got their 2012 world championship campaign off to the best possible start as they took the top two positions on the grid for the Aust...
The 2012 season has got underway in indecipherable fashion. After so many kilometres in winter testing at Jerez de la Frontera and Barcelona, today one could have expected a few...
Pirellis 2012 season got underway with the new Cinturato Green intermediate tyre named after the range with which Pirelli started its original Formula One campaign in the 1...
Kimi Raikkonen : We didnt really learn much from today due to the weather, but its the same for everyone. We tried a different steering rack in the first session. It would...
Sahara Force India made the most of mixed weather conditions in Albert Park as the 2012 season got underway with free practice for the Australian Grand Prix. Paul Di Resta: ...
The time has finally come and the first Grand Prix of the season got underway today at the semi-street circuit, Albert Park, in Melbourne. The rain made its presence, meaning th...
The Fantasy Formula 1 Year Game starts on Saturday 17 March 2012 at 7:00 hours CET with the qualifications in the GP from Australia. You have a budget of 120 million euro to ...
Jenson Button: "Even though it doesnt mean too much, its always nice to start the season with the quickest time of the day. Our car feels very different compared with the la...
In changing weather conditions the Sauber F1 Team enjoyed a smooth first day of free practice at the start of the 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship. After some heavy showe...
Mark Webber: We did learn a little today but after nine weeks of anxious waiting it was a shame with the weather. Mother Nature played a big role and it made it quite chall...
Michael Schumacher: "Today was a nice start into a hopefully exciting season, and certainly two promising sessions for us. However, I would not go so far as to speak about being...
Lewis Hamilton has dropped a strong hint about his future beyond 2012, indicating he will decide his future soon. Red Bull's Christian Horner has ruled out the 2008 world champi...
The opening free practice sessions for Sundays curtain-raising 2012 Qantas Australian Grand Prix were always going to be about the Marussia F1 Team getting their feet wet, as ...
Jean-Eric Vergne: My first Friday as a Formula 1 driver was a good feeling. Being the first driver out on track this morning was something special, but after that it was time ...
Heikki Kovalainen: The car felt good from the first proper run this morning and we found that the baseline we had set over the winter carried over exactly as we had planned in...
Donington Park no longer aspires to host formula one. The circuit's bold bid to redevelop the site and host the 2010 British grand prix failed spectacularly, but it is once a...
HRT has survived a close call in Melbourne, after crucial parts of Pedro de la Rosa's chassis did not arrive in time for scrutineering. The back-of-the-grid Spanish team had to ...
Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher has set the best time in the seconde free practice in Melbourne. The seven times world champion waited until the end to grab the top spot on a...
Caterham F1 Team has announced today that it has signed a partnership deal with BRM Chronographs who join the team as Official Watch Partner. The globally renowned BRM Chronogra...
Charlie Whiting has vowed to do what he can to ensure next year's cars are not as 'ugly' as the 2012 generation. "It's an ugly regulation," said Red Bull's Mark Webber, refer...
The first free practice in Melbourne didn't provide much answers about the order of the teams, as the session started with a wet track that dried up at the end. That caused the ...
Bernie Ecclestone has played down the controversy over the future of Australia's grand prix by daring organisers to walk away from the sport. "When the contract comes up, they d...
The Marussia F1 Team is pleased to announce that its partnership with CNBC, the leading global broadcaster of business and financial news and information, has been extended into...
Sahara Force India is pleased to announce that Internap, a provider of intelligent IT Infrastructure services, has been selected as its official supplier of web hosting and cont...
Pirelli would have preferred to test with a 2011-specification car this year, Paul Hembery has admitted. After writing off the 2009 Toyota as too outdated, F1's tyre supplier st...
Tata Communications has appointed London-based sponsorship agency, Sidhu & Simon Communications, to activate and leverage its multi-year technology association with Formula One ...
Ferrari will not appoint an official reserve driver in 2012, the famous Italian team has confirmed. The Maranello based team's former reserve, Jules Bianchi, has stepped up to t...
Gary Paffett is next in line for a Force India race seat this weekend in Australia. The Silverstone based team's new regular Friday and reserve driver, Jules Bianchi, is unavail...
Rovio Entertainment announced today their merchandising and webgame partnership with Finnish Formula 1 star Heikki Kovalainen. Kovalainen will also be sporting a brand new co-br...
Red Bull Racing is pleased to announce that the Japanese Premium Sake brand Joraku has become an official Team Supplier. As a result of the multi-year agreement, the Joraku bran...
The Marussia F1 Team is pleased to announce a further new partnership for the 2012 season, with VPS.NET. VPS.NET, a division of the UK2Group, has simplified the process of virt...
Felipe Massa was clearly happy that the racing season is about to start when he met the press this afternoon, in the Scuderia Ferrari hospitality area. Its nice that the tim...
The new season starts Sunday in Australia. The track for the first Grand Prix in 2012 is Albert Park in Melbourne. As a preview a video of a lap with Sebastian Vettel around tha...
Pirelli enters its second season of Formula One as exclusive tyre supplier with the entire range of tyres renewed compared to the previous year. This has been in response to new...
The FIA has published the details for DRS during the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park, Melbourne. There will be two zones and only one detection point. The detection poin...
Argentina is close to returning to the formula one calendar, the president of South America's second-largest country has revealed. EFE news agency quotes Cristina Fernandez d...
Vitaly Petrov has hit out again at his 'pay-driver' label, insisting even the highest paid driver on the grid has a similar arrangement with his team. "I see no difference betwe...
Robert Kubica is back on track yet again, according to the latest reports from Italy. It emerged a few days ago that the Pole had moved his recovery from serious injury forwards...
Johnny Herbert serves this weekend in Australia as race steward. Johnny Herberts motor sport career began in 1974, aged 10, in karts. Five years later he was British junior ka...
With an eye on the usual suspects McLaren and Ferrari, Red Bull mogul Dietrich Mateschitz thinks yet another team could be a real challenger in 2012. Referring to Mercedes, he t...
Everything is almost ready now in the Albert Park paddock. Tomorrow is the first day of official action for the race weekend, starting with the usual FIA run media meetings. Tod...
Michael Schumacher has revealed he would not have returned to formula one if not for the sport's strict testing ban. Two years after his record seventh title, the famous German ...
As he prepares to race for the first time at his home grand prix, Daniel Ricciardo talks Australia, season set-up and starting the 2012 Formula One season with Toro Rosso. br...
Marussia needs to get the basics right before worrying about KERS, Timo Glock explained on the eve of the 2012 season. The experienced German, and his rookie teammate Charles Pi...
Fernando Alonso: I arrived in Melbourne last night. Its the longest journey of the year and the prime objective is to adapt as soon as possible to the time difference, as th...
Sebastian Vettel has named his new 2012 Red Bull chassis 'Abbey'. With the Adrian Newey-penned RB8, the 24-year-old German will push to become F1's third-ever triple consecutive...
Codemasters will remain the home of official Formula One games following confirmation that they have extended their partnership with Formula One World Championship Limited. The ...
Lotus F1 Team is proud to announce a three-year partnership with Microsoft which begins with immediate effect. Microsoft Dynamics branding will feature prominently both on the L...
Daniel Ricciardo has admitted he will earn less than $500,000 in 2012. And the Australian rookie also confirmed that, when he made his grand prix debut last year with HRT, his s...
The new Formula 1 season starts this weekend in Melbourne. Force India will be looking for the top five in the constructors' championship in 2012. The team has gradually moved u...
Luca di Montezemolo insists heads will not roll, as Ferrari looks set to race into the 2012 season without the chance of a podium. The famous team wrote off last year's champion...
Norbert Haug has played down reports Mercedes could be set to be a shock title contender in 2012. Some new analysis in the sport's specialist media claims the W03, to be raced b...
Romain Grosjean will be happy if this week's weather forecast for Melbourne proves right. Although Wednesday will be warm and sunny in the Victorian capital, the clouds will beg...
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