As he showed to great effect at the recent Hungarian Grand Prix, Mark Webber in a Red Bull is a winning combination. And at the start of this month’s summer break the Budapest victor has sent out a wa
With a three-week break between races, you’d expect most drivers to hang up their race suits and take some well-earned rest and relaxation ahead of the season’s final push. McLaren’s Jenson Button has
Ferrari’s Felipe Massa has admitted Red Bull were in a league of their own at last weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix. The Austrian team’s Sebastian Vettel clinched pole position in Budapest with a 1.2 se
The dark days following last month’s British Grand Prix saw Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso fall almost 50 points off the championship lead. Now he is riding high, just 20 shy of standings leader Mark Webbe
Ferrari will appear before the FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) next month following their controversial one-two result at July’s German Grand Prix.
The Italian team were fined US$100,000 by t
Michael Schumacher has admitted that his blocking of Rubens Barrichello in Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix was “too hard”. Schumacher almost edged Barrichello into the pit wall as he tried in vain to st
Mercedes GP’s Michael Schumacher has been punished by the Hungarian Grand Prix stewards for his clash with Williams’ Rubens Barrichello in the closing laps of Sunday's Budapest race. Schumacher receiv
Mark Webber will drop five places on the grid for this afternoon’s Canadian Grand Prix due to a gearbox change on his Red Bull car. Webber, who had qualified second alongside polesitter Lewis Hamilton
One of the great things about the Canadian Grand Prix is that it always attracts plenty of famous racing faces.
Double world championship, double CART champion and double Indy 500 winner Emerson Fi
As the paddock returns to Montreal for this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, two Formula One stars - and one former driver now busy rallying - will be trying to shake off a memory from when they were la
Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time in Friday afternoon’s second practice session for the Canadian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver lapped in 1m 16.877s, and only Fernando Alonso with 1m 16.963s for
The Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) and CAA-Quebec, in partnership with the FIA Foundation for Automobile and Society and Transport Canada, held a live road safety demonstration prior to this we
There was plenty of action as Formula One cars once again hammered round the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Friday morning, as Jenson Button set the pace for McLaren in opening practice for the Canadian
Montreal hosted ‘Le Grand Soir’ or ‘Grand Evening’ on Thursday to welcome Formula One racing back to the Canadian city after a one-year absence. The spectacular event, staged in the old Windsor train
There isn’t a team in the paddock that isn’t welcoming the return to North America, and everyone is excited about the prospect of racing once again on the 4.361-kilometre (2.709-mile) Circuit Gilles V
Red Bull have endured a rough ride in the ten days since May’s Turkish Grand Prix. As well as the furore that surrounded the crash between team mates Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber at Istanbul Park,
The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, which will host this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, is one of the most unusual circuits on the Formula One calendar. With a mix of long straights and low-spe
With the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve's challenging layout and Montreal's welcoming atmosphere, the Canadian Grand Prix is a firm favourite with many of the Formula One drivers and their teams. Here they
With the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve's challenging layout and Montreal's welcoming atmosphere, the Canadian Grand Prix is a firm favourite with many of the Formula One drivers and their teams. Here they
Red Bull Racing announced on Monday that Mark Webber’s contract has been extended, meaning the Australian will continue to drive for the team next season. Webber, who leads the 2010 driver standings,
With the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve's challenging layout and Montreal's welcoming atmosphere, the Canadian Grand Prix is a firm favourite with many of the Formula One drivers and their teams. Here they
Following a meeting at their Milton Keynes factory on Thursday, Red Bull believe they have drawn a line under the collision between drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber during the Turkish Grand Pr
McLaren marked the 40th anniversary of the death of team founder Bruce McLaren on Wednesday at their Woking headquarters. McLaren, who won four Grands Prix, died on June 2, 1970 while testing a McLare
Just days after clinching second place at the Turkish Grand Prix, McLaren’s Jenson Button took time to reflect on his title-winning success of 2009 on Wednesday, as he was awarded an MBE by Her Majest
The main straight at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya, where last month’s Spanish Grand Prix was held, is one of the longest of the season, measuring just shy of a kilometre. A Formula One car can cov
You could have cut the atmosphere at Red Bull with a knife following the collision between the team’s drivers, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, during Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix. But Webber, who los
The collision between Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel was the talking point of Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix, but the real story was the fact that Red Bull's opposition - notably McLaren - has closed t
When McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton broke his duck in 2010 he did so in dramatic style, in a Turkish Grand Prix that at one stage seemed destined to yield Red Bull yet another one-two.
Red Bull’s Mark We
Lewis Hamilton drew first blood in the opening practice session for the Turkish Grand Prix on Friday, when he lapped a second faster than McLaren team mate Jenson Button. The 2008 champion circulated
This weekend’s Turkish race will be a very special one for Ferrari, as it will be the Italian team’s 800th Grand Prix. And to celebrate reaching such a momentous milestone, a special commemorative log
Formula One World Championship Limited and Formula One Administration Limited (together, the F1 Commercial Rights Holder) and Full Throttle Productions, LP, promoter of the Formula 1 United States Gra
Lotus Racing have confirmed that their 2010 challenger, the T127, will be running at June’s Classic Team Lotus Festival at Snetterton in June. Lotus drivers Jarno Trulli, Heikki Kovalainen and tester
HRT have announced they are to bring their partnership with Italian chassis manufacturer Dallara to a close. The two companies collaborated ahead of the team’s Formula One debut at the start of the 20
Ask any driver on the grid a question about Turkey’s Istanbul Park and it won’t be long before they mention Turn Eight. As corners go, it’s pretty special and has already built up a fearsome reputatio
A loose manhole cover was the cause of Rubens Barrichello’s spectacular crash during the recent Monaco Grand Prix, the Williams team have confirmed. Barrichello went out of the race on lap 31 while ru
Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina Circuit has acquired the United Arab Emirates (UAE) franchise for the F1 in Schools programme, which challenges students to design miniature Formula One cars. The circuit will h
The FIA is to clarify regulations relating to safety-car procedures on the final lap of a race. It follows Michael Schumacher’s penalty for passing Fernando Alonso in the dying seconds of Sunday’s Mon
Monaco could easily have been Fernando Alonso’s weekend. After dominating the timesheets in Thursday’s opening practice sessions, it looked as though victory was already in reach, but then a small mis
Renault’s Robert Kubica willingly admits that before the 2010 season began in earnest, many had given up hope of seeing the French team return to race-winning ways anytime soon. But following his thir
Mercedes GP have announced they will not appeal the stewards' decision to penalise Michael Schumacher following Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix. Schumacher dropped from sixth to 12th in the results after h
Mercedes GP’s Michael Schumacher has been penalised by the Monte Carlo race stewards for his overtaking manoeuvre on Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso in the dying moments of the Monaco Grand Prix.
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It was a bitterly disappointing Monaco Grand Prix for Williams, with both Nico Hulkenberg and Rubens Barrichello crashing out of the Monte Carlo race. But rather than driver errors, the British team h
Monaco is always a hotbed on the social side and 2010 was no exception after luminaries such as Sir Jackie and Lady Helen Stewart, and Nigel and Rosanne Mansell (supporting son Greg who was racing in
Renault’s Robert Kubica talks us round a flying lap of the Monte Carlo track ahead of this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix…
“I always enjoy racing in Monaco and I'm a big fan of street circuits because
This week marks the 60th anniversary of the very first round of the FIA Formula One World Championship, which was held at Silverstone on May 13, 1950. The British Grand Prix, which also had the title
The majority of drivers are resigned to the fact that getting a clear lap round Monaco, especially during the first qualifying session on Saturday, is going to be like trying to thread a needle at 150
With four different winners in the first five Grands Prix of 2010, and none of them him, McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton comes to Monaco determined to get a victory under his belt to push back into the world
When the 2010 race calendar was published last year, the news that the Spanish and Monaco Grands Prix were to be held on consecutive weekends caught the attention of every team manager up and down the
Their qualifying speed, the fine weather, and the difficulty of passing in Barcelona meant the odds were heavily stacked in favour of a dominant Red Bull one-two in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix. It was
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton could almost taste the champagne of a second consecutive podium position at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya on Sunday when two laps from home his left front tyre deflated and
Mark Webber drove the race of his life in Barcelona on Sunday afternoon, leaving Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel behind on the way to the third Grand Prix victory of his career. The Australian won
The Virgin cars of Timo Glock and Lucas di Grassi will both drop five places on the grid for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix due to a procedural infringement of the rules by the team. Renault's Vitaly Pet
Red Bull retained their grip on the Spanish Grand Prix weekend in Saturday morning's final practice session in Barcelona, with Sebastian Vettel beating team mate Mark Webber by well over half a second
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button said they hoped for dry conditions here, and they got them in the first session of practice for this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix. The 2008 world champion la
While the weather forecasts suggest that there will be rain at some stage during the Spanish Grand Prix in Catalunya - and similar conditions have helped to make the recent Australian, Malaysian and C
Renault’s Robert Kubica talks us round a flying lap of Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya track ahead of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix …
“Barcelona is one of the best-known tracks for all the tea
It’s hard to believe that so soon into the 2010 season, the Formula One teams are already looking ahead to next year and beyond, but in a sport so fast-moving it never pays to be caught off guard.
The FIA has given consent to Ferrari to make modifications to their engine ahead of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, in order to improve the V8’s reliability following issues during the opening four
HRT have signed former Red Bull and Jaguar racer Christian Klien as a second test and reserve driver. The Austrian joins Sakon Yamamoto, who arrived at the team in the same role last month. Klien will
As the rest of Italy celebrated May Day on Saturday, Ferrari were busy carrying out straight-line aero testing at Vairano. The team debuted their version of McLaren’s ‘F-duct’ system, whereby the driv
Michael Schumacher has warned fans that he is unlikely to be fighting for victory in next weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, despite the much-talked-about improvements to his Mercedes GP car.
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Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli has announced plans to offer to supply tyres to all Formula One teams next year. Current suppliers Bridgestone are pulling out at the end of this season and a number
Silverstone officially opened its new Arena track layout on Thursday. Owners claim the revised circuit, which hosts the British Grand Prix in July, will improve the venue for F1 spectators, as well as
The Renault Formula One team are to open up their doors this summer and allow a lucky few to experience an F1 car from the driver’s seat. The ‘Feel It’ programme will see paying members of the public
After mixed fortunes in the season’s opening flyaway races, Fernando Alonso has dismissed fears over Ferrari’s engine reliability, insisting he is simply glad to be a championship contender as he head
Mercedes hope to bolster Michael Schumacher’s faltering Formula One comeback with a range of improvements to the MGP W01 for the forthcoming Spanish Grand Prix. Schumacher, who has scored just 10 poin
His cut-and-thrust charges through the field have provided Formula One fans with great entertainment this season, but Lewis Hamilton has conceded that McLaren team mate Jenson Button’s more measured a
Ferrari have moved to quell media reports of friction between their two drivers after Fernando Alonso’s opportunistic pass on Felipe Massa as the pair entered the pit lane during Sunday’s Chinese Gran
The Chinese Grand Prix went against the expectations of most, as McLaren turned the tables on Red Bull just when they needed to.
We'll never know whether Button and Hamilton would have threatened the
Force India's Vitantonio Liuzzi on his first lap spin, collision, and retirement; Mclaren's Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, and Ferrari's Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso on their pit-
Jenson Button won a nail-biting Chinese Grand Prix for McLaren on Sunday afternoon, with team mate Lewis Hamilton chasing him home second after a race of many parts.
It began with light rain, a jum
The HRT team have signed former Super Aguri and Spyker racer Sakon Yamamoto as the team’s official test driver and reserve race driver for the 2010 season. The Japanese will join race drivers Indian K
McLaren once again headed Friday afternoon’s second practice session for the Chinese Grand Prix, but this time it was Lewis Hamilton who set the pace with 1m 35.217s. The times were close, however, wi
Friday morning's first practice session for the Chinese Grand Prix was brought to a spectacular halt with just over six minutes remaining when Sebastien Buemi's Toro Rosso suffered a remarkable double
At one time it seemed that the Chinese Grand Prix might be the battle of the ride-height adjusters, with McLaren developing a system along lines they believe Red Bull to have been using since the star
Nobody has yet won the Chinese Grand Prix twice. Since its inauguration in 2004 the race at the Shanghai International Circuit has enjoyed the unusual distinction of having had a different winner each
Since its launch in 2004, Renault's Roadshow programme has thrilled millions of Formula One fans, in cities across the globe including Moscow, Rome and Mexico City. This year’s Roadshow tour will begi
While their F10 is certainly a frontrunner, it’s no secret that Ferrari have been plagued by engine troubles since the start of the season. In Bahrain the Italian team changed the V8s on the cars of F
Ride-height control systems have dominated Formula One racing's technical chatter in recent weeks.
But following the FIA's reiteration of the rules, McLaren's engineering director Paddy Lowe isn't c
With the opening four rounds of the 2010 Formula One season all flyaway races, it has been well over five weeks since the teams’ cars have been on home soil. Life on the road may sound glamorous, but
Formula One racing's governing body, the FIA, has come to an agreement with former Renault team bosses Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds to end their legal dispute relating to Nelson Piquet's deliberate
Three races into his much-anticipated comeback season and Michael Schumacher has scored just nine points from a possible 75. Not only that, the seven-time champion has been out-qualified and out-raced
This week sees a long-scheduled change of management at BMW Sauber's technical department in Switzerland, as Willy Rampf, the team's technical director for the last ten years, hands over to James Key,
Red Bull desperately needed a victory to get back into the world championship chase, and Sebastian Vettel delivered it in fine style in a dry Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday. And to make things even be
A heavy shower just before qualifying set the scene for a very jumbled grid for Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix, eliminating both Ferraris and, effectively, both McLarens in Q1. €n the end it was Red Bu
Heavy rain at the Sepang International Circuit temporarily halted Saturday afternoon’s qualifying session for this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix. The race stewards brought out the red flags midway th
The Malaysian Grand Prix is a race that Red Bull must win, after the two failures that brought Sebastian Vettel down while he was leading the two season openers after starting from pole position.
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This weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix could be the most wide open of the three races held thus far this season, following the respective performances in Melbourne.
On a fast and flowing track Ferrari
Malaysia is a tough place to go racing. It’s hot, humid and there’s always the risk of a late afternoon thunderstorm to spice things up. The extreme climate has led the Malaysian Grand Prix to be dubb
Although Vitaly Petrov's race ended in a gravel trap, Renault left Melbourne smiling thanks to Robert Kubica's podium finish. With just a few days to go until this weekend's Malaysian event, the Frenc
After the unexpectedly cool and damp conditions in Melbourne, the season takes us back to searing heat this weekend and the Malaysian Grand Prix in Kuala Lumpur. The drivers and key team personnel dis
Jenson Button moved within six points of the world championship lead on Sunday with a superbly judged victory for McLaren in a dramatic Australian Grand Prix that firmly gave the lie to suggestions th
BMW Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi, Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi and Williams' Nico Hulkenberg on their first-lap clash; Ferrari's Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso on their late-race tyre troubles; and reig
BMW Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi, Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi and Williams' Nico Hulkenberg on their first-lap clash; Ferrari's Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso on their late-race tyre troubles; and reig
It may not have opened the season this year but Melbourne's Albert Park was en fete yet again for this weekend's Australian Grand Prix.
Friday evening saw world champion Jenson Button star in the a
Friday afternoon’s second practice session for this weekend's Australian Grand Prix nearly only lasted half an hour, even though the clocks were running for three times that. The problem was that one
The FIA has given Virgin permission to increase the size of their fuel tank on reliability grounds after the new team discovered it may not be big enough to get them to the end of the race at some eve
Robert Kubica got Renault's Australian Grand Prix campaign off to a fine start with the fastest time in Friday morning's opening practice session. The Pole took his R30 round in 1m 26.927s, making him
McLaren have been in the headlines recently thanks to their innovative diffuser design. Although a clarification of the rules by the FIA has forced the British team to make slight modifications to the
Bridgestone have announced the compound allocations of their Potenza tyres for a further four rounds of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship.
Notifications of the compounds to be brought to
Reigning Formula One world champion Jenson Button tried out some rather different high-speed machinery on Tuesday at Melbourne's Albert Park when he traded cars with Australian V8 Supercar champion Ja