McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton left it until the dying moments of qualifying in Canada, but his lap of 1m 15.105s was sufficient to push Red Bull off the pole for the first time in 2010. And as it left Mark
Things settled down a little in Montreal on Saturday morning as teams found better ways to generate grip in the continuing cold conditions on the Ile Notre Dame. And McLaren got back on top courtesy o
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
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
With just one win and a 26-point deficit to championship leaders Red Bull in the 2010 standings, Ferrari have not enjoyed the best of starts to the season. However, driver Fernando Alonso remains conf
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
Lotus have announced a trio of new appointments to their technical department. Mark Smith will become the team’s technical director, working under the direction of chief technical officer Mike Gascoyn
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
Mark Webber continued his recent excellent form to snatch another pole position for Red Bull on the final runs in Q3 in Turkey on Saturday afternoon, cutting beneath Lewis Hamilton’s benchmark first-r
Jenson Button turned the tables on McLaren team mate Lewis Hamilton on Friday afternoon when, despite a bobble in Turn Eight on his best lap, he set the fastest time with 1m 28.280s. This time, howeve
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
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
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
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
Red Bull’s Mark Webber deprived Renault’s Robert Kubica of pole position in Monaco on Saturday afternoon to continue his strong run of form. The Australian squeaked ahead of the Pole’s 1m 14.120s best
With less than a second separating the fastest 12 drivers in Saturday morning’s final practice session, Monaco is set for a gripping qualifying session.
Robert Kubica was in unbeatable form for Ren
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
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso continued to set the pace in Monaco on Thursday afternoon, in a second practice session that confirmed everyone’s fears that the key to qualifying will be to find a clear lap
Renault announced on Thursday that Tarek E. Obaid will become a partner of the team. Obaid is the cofounder, co-partner and CEO of PetroSaudi International, a private oil and gas company, based in Al
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
Red Bull put on yet another stunning display of raw speed at Barcelona during qualifying on Saturday afternoon, as Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel dominated all three sessions to fight for pole posit
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
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber dished out a stern warning to their rivals at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya on Friday afternoon when, on a bone dry, track they dominated the second sess
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
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
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
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
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
Mercedes GP's Michael Schumacher and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton join two of their rivals to answer questions on Thursday, while Renault's Eric Boullier is one of four senior team personnel to face the m
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
The Renault team and their Polish driver Robert Kubica have expressed their condolences to the Polish nation following Saturday's plane crash that cost the lives of the country's President Lech Kaczyn
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
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
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
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
The Renault Formula One team and Altran have launched the seventh season of a unique competition with a proven track record of bringing young engineering talent into F1 racing: the Altran Engineering
After the spectacular but sparse desert setting of Bahrain, the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship heads to Australia and the bustling metropolis of Melbourne for round two. Both the city and cir
When the refuelling ban was first announced for 2010, one of the main concerns was how to make sure brakes could last a Grand Prix distance. A full tank of fuel adds around 150 kg of weight to the car
Things didn't go exactly to plan for Renault in Bahrain on Sunday. After qualifying a highly credible ninth, Robert Kubica dropped to the back of the order on lap one when he was hit by another car, b
Drivers: Lucas Di Grassi (Virgin), Nico Hulkenberg (Williams), Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus), Robert Kubica (Renault) and Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull).
Q: Gentlemen, how is it to be in F1? Lucas, would
Back in 2006, Robert Kubica was BMW Sauber's promising rookie. Fast forward four seasons, and Kubica is at a different team. Whilst Renault may still be struggling to regain the footing that brought t
Sporting Regulation, Article 29 comes into force in Bahrain and states that ‘Cars may not be refuelled after they have left the pit lane before the race.’ It means that, for the first time since the 1
Renault's line-up for 2010 features the experienced Pole Robert Kubica and Russian newcomer Vitaly Petrov. Ahead of this weekend's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, Kubica sums up winter testing and
McLaren's Jenson Button leapt to the top of the timesheets, as the latest four-day test in Jerez drew to a close on Saturday. Button lapped the Spanish circuit in 1m 18.871s to finish over two-tenths