Sir Jackie Stewart has once again offered to become struggling Romain Grosjean's coach. Earlier this year, when Lotus' French driver was first labelled a 'crash king' of the 2012 season, triple world champion Stewart offered to help the 26-year-old get to grips with the sport's psychological pressures. "I used to work with a coach and I don't feel that I need one today," Grosjean said in July. But three months later, immediately after serving a one-race ban for causing the Spa start-line crash and a […]

Eric Boullier was vague when asked if Romain Grosjean's constant first-lap crashes have endangered his future in Formula One. "Not for now," said the Lotus team boss, who doubles as the head of the Gravity company that manages the beleaguered Frenchman's career. After his Monza race ban, Grosjean was back in trouble at Suzuka when he incurred the furious Mark Webber's wrath for yet another first-corner crash. "Maybe we need two separate starts -- one for him, one for us," the Australian, having earlier slammed […]

Sergio Perez was another candidate to oust Michael Schumacher at Mercedes, a German magazine claimed on Monday. Auto Motor und Sport said it means the great seven time world champion was therefore only the third choice to line up alongside Nico Rosberg in 2013, after Lewis Hamilton and Mexican Perez. Ultimately, Mercedes secured its number one choice Hamilton, leaving McLaren to sign Mexican Perez to succeed him -- and Schumacher out in the cold. Prior to signing Hamilton, "the Silver Arrows bosses had stretched out […]

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Jaime Alguersuari has indicated that he is not far from revealing where he will be driving in 2013. The Spaniard, 22, raced for Toro Rosso from 2009 until 2011, but was replaced by Jean Eric Vergne. "Soon you'll all know where I will be driving next year. Thank you all again", Alguersuari tweeted on Thursday. Alguersuari has been linked with Force India and Caterham, although not necessarily in a racing capacity. This season, Alguersuari has split his time between acting as a commentator for BBC […]

Rumours about Lewis Hamilton's future have exploded. F1 team owner turned television pundit Eddie Jordan told the BBC he understands the 2008 world champion is on the verge of quitting McLaren to join Mercedes in 2013. "I believe Hamilton and Mercedes have already agreed personal terms and a deal could be imminent," he said. Jordan said he knows Hamilton's management - Simon Fuller's XIX Entertainment - have had meetings with Mercedes chiefs. He said Hamilton, 27, will surely replace Michael Schumacher. "Bernie Ecclestone made it […]

Jenson Button has revealed he is "disappointed" Lewis Hamilton gave away McLaren secrets last weekend at Spa. In trying to show his million Twitter followers why he was so much slower than the sister McLaren in qualifying, Hamilton published a highly-confidential telemetry image that also contained sensitive information about ride heights and acceleration rates. The 2008 world champion was reportedly scolded behind closed doors for the breach, although team boss Martin Whitmarsh and communications chief Matt Bishop have been trying to play down the affair. […]

Lewis Hamilton "has told" his boss he wants to stay with McLaren in 2013. The team's managing director Jonathan Neale said last week the 2008 world champion is "close" to agreeing a new contract. And boss Martin Whitmarsh has now been quoted as saying Hamilton, 27, "has told me" he wants to stay at the Woking based team. "If Lewis wants to stay in the team, which he has told me he does, then he should do," Whitmarsh is quoted by the BBC and the […]

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As he pushed for victory on Sunday, rumours Kimi Raikkonen is back on Ferrari's radar continued to swirl and flourish in the Hungaroring paddock. The rumour was given life by team boss Stefano Domenicali, when to Finnish broadcaster MTV3 he said Ferrari's number one Fernando Alonso and the team's departed 2007 world champion share "a lot of similarities". "The talk in the paddock this weekend is that Felipe (Massa) has already lost his drive for next season," Martin Brundle said on British television Sky. A […]

Lewis Hamilton looks set for a round of feisty negotiations with McLaren, after supremo Ron Dennis weighed back into the saga about the 2008 world champion's new contract. Dennis, formerly McLaren's team boss but now the company's executive chairman, sounded on Thursday as he though he is confident he has the upper hand in the talks about Hamilton's 2013 deal. "It's a question of whether we employ him, not the other way around," he told BBC radio. When told about the jibe, Hamilton insisted that […]

Lotus is testing a Mercedes-style 'double DRS' concept this weekend at Hockenheim. Britain's BBC, and Germany's Auto Motor und Sport, revealed on Friday that the system is currently featured only on Kimi Raikkonen's car. It is believed the concept is different to Mercedes', with air ducts running on either side of the engine intake, funnelling from front to rear. It is not clear whether the activation is linked to 'DRS', or whether the system simply triggers at a certain speed, but it is believed the […]