World Champions Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing collected their trophies at the FIA Gala in Turkey, where they were joined by runners-up Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has said that Sebastian Vettel's 2012 championship was the hardest of the three he has won. Vettel pipped Fernando Alonso by three points, having entered the second half of the season with a forty point deficit to recover. "In many respects this is his best Championship because he has had to work so hard for it. His mental strength has always been impressive but this year he has again stepped it up another level," said Horner. "He’s never allowed […]

Sebastian Vettel has insisted that he is not focusing on Fernando Alonso in the US Grand Prix. Vettel starts from pole position, while Alonso will start only eighth. "There's not much to feel. We have to look after ourselves. I am happy we had a smooth session with no issues. Yesterday afternoon was not ideal, but these things can happen and they might happen again" "It is the best strategy to keep your head down and try to do your best. I am very happy […]

The mathematical permutations for the United States Grand Prix

Mark Webber is hoping to be back fighting at the front after a disappointing race in Abu Dhabi

Red Bull Racing head to the United States Grand Prix with the chance of securing both the Drivers and the Constructors Championship. Red Bull's third successive title is almost a certainty - they lead Ferrari by 82 points and need a lead of just 43 to wrap up the title before heading to Brazil. Sebastian Vettel will win a third world title if he scores more than fifteen points than Fernando Alonso. "I think it's great that we are travelling to the United States again. […]

Just two races remain for Marussia to hang on to tenth place in the Constructors Championship. Timo Glock's twelfth place finish in Singapore elevated his team above Caterham in the elusive battle for tenth place. "Going to Austin is a really big thing for the sport and everyone involved. The first race back in the US will be quite something for us. It’s a new track for all of the teams, and already it looks awesome on the simulations we have experienced and the images […]

Martin Whitmarsh has said that McLaren should have won a couple more championships during Lewis Hamilton's time with the team. Hamilton has been one of the fastest drivers in 2012 but a series of mistakes and reliability woes have dropped him out of the race for the title. With Hamilton moving on to Mercedes for 2013, Whitmarsh reveals that the team should have done a better job overall. "We've still got an extraordinary record and have had some fantastic races, but between us, with Lewis […]

Fernando Alonso may have finished on the podium in the Korean Grand Prix, but he relinquished the lead of the championship for the first time since the European Grand Prix in June. Nevertheless, Alonso remains optimistic ahead of the final four races of the season. "It was a difficult race and, come the end of the weekend, I am happy with the way things went. I was starting from the dirty side of the track, we had doubts over tyre life and what would be […]

Kimi Raikkonen's hopes of a second world title appear increasingly forlorn after the Korean Grand Prix, although Raikkonen refuses to give up. The Finn did admit that he achieved the maximum in Korea with a fifth place finish. "I think this was about where we should have been today", he said. "The yellow flags at the start didn’t help when we were fighting with Felipe [Massa] but even so we didn’t quite have the speed to match the Red Bulls and Ferraris. We also lost […]

The Singapore Grand Prix proved to be a good race for Marussia as the team leapt up to tenth in the Constructors Championship, ahead of Caterham. Timo Glock finished in twelfth to record the team's best result in almost three years of competition. "An incredible race for us. In general I knew that, with our strategy, we could really do something if we stayed close to Kovalainen in the first stint and that’s what I tried to do - to get everything out of the […]

Singapore proved to be a frustrating race for Caterham as the team was overtaken by Marussia in the Constructors Championship. Heikki Kovalainen could manage only fifteenth, with Vitaly Petrov four place in arrears. "For me that was a good race until the safety cars. We decided to stay out but when we restarted for the second time I’d probably been out too long and the tyres were starting to give up. I had to stop again and there wasn’t enough time to recover from there […]