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What is the chance Sebastian Vettel will continue his run of dominance and achieve an ultra-rare championship 'hat-trick' in 2012? "Very high," answered his German compatriot Timo Glock. "Red Bull has everything in place to win the title again." DPA news agency said only Michael Schumacher and Juan Manuel Fangio have ever managed the triple-feat. "We will be motivated, but you'd better ask me about it after the first tests" in February, 24-year-old Vettel said. Added Peter Sauber: "If next year's Red Bull is like […]

Formula One needs to accept the steady move away from its traditional European homeland. That is the claim of Spanish test driver Pedro de la Rosa, whose employer McLaren is based in the UK close to seven other formula one teams. The other four teams are based elsewhere in Europe but, next year for example, no fewer than 12 of the 20 scheduled races will take place on other continents. De la Rosa wrote in his latest formulasantander.com column that F1 is moving with the […]

Red Bull insists the champagne is not yet on ice, but the team's owner has already decided what present he will be giving Sebastian Vettel for winning the 2011 world championship. "The same as last year," Dietrich Mateschitz said in an interview this week with the German news agency DPA. "His championship-winning car." In 2010, when German Vettel became F1's youngest ever title winner, Mateschitz delivered the Adrian Newey-inked RB6 to his home in Switzerland. Red Bull's team management are coy over the 24-year-old's chances […]

Aug.24 (GMM) Bernie Ecclestone has admitted he would like to see Michael Schumacher on the pitwall when he hangs up his helmet once again.
Throughout F1's August break, the seven time world champion and his management had to fend off the latest round...

Aug.22 (GMM) Norbert Haug has refused to rule out the possibility of a future in the DTM series for Michael Schumacher.
Although all parties have dismissed speculation the seven time world champion is set to call time on his F1 comeback, Mercedes chi...
Jul.27 (GMM) Bernie Ecclestone has proposed to ink a new contract with the Nurburgring with terms equal to those of Hungary's formula one race.
The new politically-sensitive coalition government has announced it no longer intends to offer funding for...
Jul.20 (GMM) Sebastian Vettel has admitted his desire for an honest and respectful teammate.
The reigning world champion was asked the question during an interview with the German news agency DPA, less than two weeks after a team orders row re-emerge...
Jul.20 (GMM) A defeat for Sebastian Vettel in 2011 would involve the biggest formula one comeback since James Hunt won the championship 35 years ago.
Finland Turun Sanomat newspaper reports that the task for Vettel's pursuers - including his teammate...
Jul.19 (GMM) The Nurburgring aims to stay on the formula one calendar beyond 2011 by renegotiating the financial terms of its contract.
With the Rhineland-Palatinate state now run by a SPD/Green coalition, minister Eveline Lemke on Monday said that d...
Jun.28 (GMM) Michael Schumacher's manager insists the seven time world champion is staying at Mercedes next year.
After a strong race in Canada, speculation about the 42-year-old's future returned when he finished a lowly seventeenth last Sunday at V...
Jun.23 (GMM) A comment by Norbert Haug might trigger speculation Mercedes is looking to the future of its F1 driver lineup.
The reigning DTM champion at present is Paul di Resta, a Scottish rookie whose strong F1 debut this year has sparked rumours h...
May 27 (GMM) Boss Vijay Mallya has admitted Adrian Sutil could lose his Force India race seat due to the Shanghai nightclub incident of last month.
The Force India team owner revealed to reporters in Monaco that German driver Sutil would be in breach...