Mar.11 (GMM) Mercedes' 2011 car is the shortest on the grid, according to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport.

Bild newspaper has therefore christened the W02 the 'mini Mercedes' after learning that the wheelbase is 9cm shorter than the Red Bull, 5 than t...

Mar.11 (GMM) After skipping a chicane to set a fast lap earlier this week, Sauber rookie Sergio Perez on Thursday leapt to the top of the times on merit.

The Mexican was doing a full qualifying simulation on low fuel and a new set of super soft Pirel...

Mar.10 (GMM) Pirelli is working on a fifth tyre compound to use in 2011.

Germany's Auto Motor und Sport reports that the 'extra hard' compound is designed initially to cope with the additional demands of Turkey's famous Turn 8 in May.

Until now, the...

Mar.10 (GMM) Williams will become the next team to follow Red Bull's lead with the layout of its blown exhaust system.

After reportedly finding itself a few tenths behind the RB7 in initial testing, Ferrari is believed to have hastily copied the layo...

Mar.10 (GMM) The 2011 season will throw up some "funny moments" due to the Pirelli tyre situation, according to Kamui Kobayashi.

"Maybe we will see a Red Bull being overtaken by a Hispania," Sauber's Japanese driver, referring to the extreme degradat...

Mar.9 (GMM) Nick Heidfeld sat out the afternoon test session at Barcelona on Tuesday with a lingering cold.

A few days earlier, the German revealed his illness but said he was nonetheless scheduled to drive on the first and last days of the final pre...

Mar.9 (GMM) For a fleeting moment on Tuesday, the F1 world considered a surprise new contender for the 2011 championship.

In the closing moments of Tuesday's test day in Barcelona, the name Sergio Perez leapt to the top of the timesheets, 1.4 seconds...

Mar.9 (GMM) McLaren has confirmed that the radical swollen nose fitted to the MP4-26 in Barcelona on Tuesday will not be raced this season.

"The equipment was for testing purposes only," said the British team.

Jenson Button smiled as he told Auto Mo...

Mar.8 (GMM) McLaren has tweaked its schedule for the final test of the 2011 pre-season.

Like the other eleven teams, the British outfit had planned to run on four consecutive days of the five-day schedule between Tuesday and Saturday.

The Dutch webs...

Mar.1 (GMM) Ross Brawn has admitted that Mercedes will be pushing for performance at the final test of the pre-season next week.

Asked by Auto Motor und Sport about his assessment of the new W02 car so far, the Brackley based team's boss said: "I wou...

Mar.1 (GMM) Three leading F1 drivers have admitted their concerns about this year's Pirelli tyres.

"The problem is that they degrade too quickly," reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel said on Austrian television Servus TV.

"By lap 16 or 17 they'...

Feb.25 (GMM) Williams' stock market floatation in Frankfurt next week will be a success, one of the managing banks has been quoted as confirming.

Baader Bank, chosen as the joint lead manager and local bookrunner for Germany in the floating of Willia...