Sam Bird secured the first GP2 victory for Russian Time after a thrilling finale to the Sprint race in Bahrain. Bird took the lead from pole sitter and team-mate Tom Dillmann early on and established a comfortable lead over Stefano Coletti, who also quickly usurped Dillmann. Felipe Nasr dispatched with Dillmann but the leading trio soon spread out as the race progressed. But as the race neared its conclusion Bird begun to struggle with his tyres, allowing Coletti and Nasr to close in during the […]

Sauber drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Esteban Gutierrez concede that the team has a lot of work ahead of qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Hulkenberg was fifteenth quickest in second practice, with Gutierrez down in eighteenth place. "In terms of performance, there is still quite a lot of work for us to do," said Hulkenberg. "I expected this circuit might highlight some of the weaknesses of the car, but I think there is some potential. I’m still not happy with the balance of the car, […]

Lewis Hamilton says the balance of the car was holding him back during practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Hamilton was only tenth quickest in second practice. "We worked as hard as we could today but couldn't quite get the balance of the car to where it needs to be," he said. "I had some issues in P1 which we were able to improve for this afternoon so that's a positive, but we need to identify where we are losing time and find more performance." […]

Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen says second was the best result possible following contact with Sergio Perez. Raikkonen started from second on the grid but slipped back to fourth at the first corner. After the first round of stops, Raikkonen attempted to pass Perez at Turn 6 but was edged onto the grass and nudged the back of the McLaren. Raikkonen sustained some damage to his front wing. "Second wasn’t quite what we wanted, but in the circumstances it was the best that we could manage today," […]

Marussia's Jules Bianchi reckons scoring a maiden point will be tricky in 2013

Red Bull young driver Antonio Felix da Costa emerged victorious after a close second race in the opening round of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series at Monza. da Costa retired from the opening race of the year yesterday following a puncture but bounced back by taking pole position for Race 2. Stoffel Vandoorne, who won the first race on Saturday, lined up alongside da Costa on the front row of the grid and took the lead down into the first corner. The Portuguese driver swiftly […]

McLaren drivers Jenson Button and Sergio Perez say they are encouraged after an improved qualifying performance in Malaysia. Button set the eighth fastest time in Q3 while Perez was a couple of places further back in tenth. "I don’t think we can really expect to qualify any better than P8 right now – but, having said that, to be just two-tenths off the guy who won last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix [Kimi Raikkonen] in Q3 can’t be too bad," said Button. Button also believes that […]

Australian Grand Prix winner Kimi Raikkonen says that his victory was one of the easiest of his career. Raikkonen claimed his twentieth win in the season opener in Melbourne, equaling the victory tally of compatriot Mika Hakkinen. "I’m happy for the team and for myself also. We’ve had a quick car all weekend and there were no issues with it either, so we could just focus on trying different things and getting the setup how we wanted," he said. "I had a good feeling that […]

Marussia rookies Jules Bianchi and Max Chilton expressed their happiness after they both finished the Australian Grand Prix. Bianchi completed the race in fifteenth place while Chilton came across the line in seventeenth. "I am very happy with my race today and really can’t imagine a better start to my first season of F1," said Bianchi. "Generally everything went very smoothly in the race and we worked our way through the tyre management issues as well as we could in order to maximise the possibilities." […]

Adrian Sutil expressed his delight after finishing in seventh place on his return to the sport. Sutil started from twelfth place on the medium compound tyre, a strategy which allowed him to battle at the front. He later slipped behind Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber once the option tyres were fitted. "What a fantastic race and a great feeling. I started on the medium tyres, a different strategy to most of the cars ahead of me, and I think this was the right decision," he […]

McLaren drivers Jenson Button and Sergio Perez have admitted that their team faces a tough task in this weekend's Australian Grand Prix. Button was ninth fastest in FP1 but slipped to eleventh in FP2. "Clearly, we’re not as quick as we’d like to be, so our task now is to work hard to find out why our car is like it is, particularly in terms of ride and downforce," he said. "Our short runs weren’t particularly encouraging, to be honest. We’re a couple of seconds […]

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso says it is difficult to predict which of the sport's top five teams will have an advantage in 2013. When asked whether Ferrari can win this weekend's Australian Grand Prix, the Spaniard admitted that no-one knows what will happen. "I think difficult to know. No-one knows who can win this race at this moment. We have to wait and see for answers to some questions that winter testing doesn't answer," he said. "I think there are top teams with a little […]