Williams' designer Coughlan defends Pastor Maldonado
Williams' technical chief Mike Coughlan has defended Pastor Maldonado. Venezuelan Maldonado won this year's Spanish grand prix, but he also had a tumultuous season...
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Gehard Berger: Austria has everything for 2013 F1 return
Gerhard Berger sees no reason why Austria cannot return to the F1 calendar. Following reports the former A1-Ring's new owner Red Bull has offered...
Esteban Gutierrez: F1 debut next season will not be easy
Esteban Gutierrez has admitted his might not be an easy transition to formula one in 2013. The 21-year-old rookie is replacing his Mexican countryman...
Ecclestone wouldn't mind 1 more F1 team exit
With HRT bowing out of formula one, Bernie Ecclestone would be happy to see the sport lose one more team. "I'd rather have 10,"...
Norbert Haug's contract ends at Mercedes
Norbert Haug is leaving his role as Mercedes' motor sport chief "by mutal agreement" at the end of this month. A statement issued by...
A farewell for Lewis
Lewis has demonstrated how far passion and commitment can take you when you have a talent for driving, but we've also had a lot...
Ferrari MANIA app launched
This week Ferrari launched a new app called Ferrari MANIA. This new Ferrari application is dedicated to fans of the famous Prancing Horse brand....
Sauber declares 2013 F1 car C32 ready to test
Sauber is the first team to announce publicly that its 2013 car is "ready" to test. The Swiss team said the C32 "chassis and...
F1 report: Jules Bianchi set to secure Force India 2013 seat
Jules Bianchi has leapt into pole position to join Paul di Resta at Force India next year. Earlier, it was expected the Silverstone based...
Fernando Alonso: Scuderia Ferrari must push FIA rules to beat Red Bull
Ferrari should follow the lead of its challengers and look for "holes" in the rules, according to 2012 championship runner-up Fernando Alonso. The Spaniard...
Jean Todt: Not up to me to revive French F1 Grand Prix
Jean Todt insists it is not up to him to revive France's grand prix. Despite earlier efforts by venues Paul Ricard and Magny Cours...
2013 German F1 GP circuit still not decided yet
Germany's recent formula one hosts, the Nurburgring and Hockenheim, are still both in the running to stage next year's July race. As per the...
Helmut Marko: Vettel will not forget Ferrari tricks
Ferrari has damaged its chances of ever luring Sebastian Vettel from Red Bull, Dr Helmut Marko claims. It has been rumoured for some time...
Jean Todt: Schumacher could be racing again in 2 years
Jean Todt says he could imagine Michael Schumacher making a return to professional racing in "maybe two years". But the FIA president, who was...
Bernie Ecclestone: 2013 F1 calendar could drop to 19 races
It is likely F1's 2013 calendar will drop from 20 to 19 races, Bernie Ecclestone has told an Austrian newspaper. It has been rumoured...
Adrian Newey: Red Bull was worried about 2012 F1 season
Adrian Newey has admitted he began the 2012 season feeling "worried" about the likely performance of his latest Red Bull. Ultimately, the history books...
Di Resta aiming for top team switch 2014 F1 season
Paul di Resta has admitted he is hoping to step up to a better team in 2014. Still yet to be confirmed by Force...
Mark Webber: F1 calendar with 20 races is on the limit
F1's bustling 20-race calendar is "on the limit" of what is physically possible for the sport's participants. That is the claim of Australian Mark...
Frijns could split testrole F1 with DTM 2013 season
Sauber's new reserve driver Robin Frijns could split his formula one role next year with the German touring car series DTM. Dutch newspaper De...
Jaguar scraps plans $1 million Williams supercar
Plans for a $1 million hybrid Jaguar supercar in collaboration with F1 team Williams have been scrapped. In 2011, it was announced the famous...
Jean Todt plays down spat between Bernie Ecclestone & Ferrari
Jean Todt has played down the spat between F1's most important team, Ferrari, and the sport's powerful chief executive Bernie Ecclestone. Ecclestone and Luca...
2012 FIA Prize Giving Gala F1 Highlights
Highlight video of the FIA Prize Giving Gala of 2012 held last weekend in Turkish capital Istanbul presented by David Coulthard. The video also...
Adam Parr: New 2013 Concorde F1 deals could be unlawful
The way Bernie Ecclestone agreed better deals for top teams like Ferrari and Red Bull could be "unlawful", former Williams chairman Adam Parr said...
Sutil still in negotiation with Force India
Adrian Sutil's manager has admitted the German driver is hoping Force India makes a "quick decision" over its 2012 driver lineup. A source at...
Unpaid HRT supplier says team is already in liquidation
HRT is already in liquidation, an unpaid and angry supplier has claimed. Formtech Composites, a carbon fibre manufacturer, said in a statement that the...
Supporter Ramirez admits Perez has much to learn
Former team manager Jo Ramirez says Mexican countryman Sergio Pérez needs to learn to deal with the media now that he has joined McLaren...
Szafnauer: Too early to say di Resta's is out of shape
Praised when he entered F1 last year and initially enjoying the upper hand over Nico Hulkenberg this year, the 26-year-old Scot was being consistently...
Rubens Barrichello: I'm torn between Indy and stock car
Rubens Barrichello says he is "torn" between staying in Indycar next year or returning to his native Brazil to contest the premier stock car...
Lotus F1 contracts Honeywell for $30 million sponsorship deal
F1 team Lotus is reportedly close to announcing a multi-million dollar title sponsorship deal with Honeywell, the American technology giant. "It is thought the...
Vettel & Raikkonen break the rules at FIA gala
Sebastian Vettel almost missed the FIA's end-of-season FIA prize giving gala, where he received his trophy for winning the 2012 title for a third...
