Williams development driver Susie Wolff believes that a woman will be established in Formula One within the next decade. The Scottish driver joined Williams earlier this year; she competes in the German touring car championship (DTM). "I believe it will happen sooner rather than later," Wolff told BBC Sport. "Definitely within the next decade. "There is prejudice in motorsport, but I think that is slowly changing and more females are coming through." "It would just take a massive leap of faith for one of the […]

Michael Schumacher is racing for retirement if his run of poor form continues. That is the view of Nick Fry, the chief executive of Mercedes' Brackley based Formula One team. Despite looking more competitive in 2012 than in the first two seasons of his controversial return to F1, seven time world champion Schumacher has scored just 2 points so far, compared to Shanghai winner and teammate Nico Rosberg's 41. So after a meteoric career spanning 91 grands prix, will he bow out on a low? […]

Valtteri Bottas will return to practice action in Bruno Senna's car on Friday, even if the Shanghai skies open. English-language television weather reports in the Chinese metropolis on Thursday are predicting a close to 100 per cent chance of rain for the opening day of action. Finn Bottas, Williams' reserve driver who is managed by team shareholder Toto Wolff, is scheduled to drive Senna's FW34 no matter what the weather brings, according to the Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat. "The rain will not affect me, at […]

Gary Paffett is next in line for a Force India race seat this weekend in Australia. The Silverstone based team's new regular Friday and reserve driver, Jules Bianchi, is unavailable this week as he tests ahead of the Renault World Series. Force India has therefore asked McLaren, its technical partner, for help. With Pedro de la Rosa now at HRT, Briton Paffett is the famous British team's new official reserve driver. He has already been in action this weekend, demonstrating McLaren's 2011 car to the […]

At least two F1 drivers have admitted to looking ahead to the 2012 season with a firm eye on the future. Paul di Resta made his Grand Prix debut last year as the reigning DTM champion, having driven for Mercedes in the premier German touring car series. He has been retained by Mercedes-powered Force India for 2012 but admitted he would snap up the chance to drive for the German carmaker's works team. "I'd love to drive for them," he is quoted by the Daily […]

Rally ace Sébastien Ogier lifts the Race Of Champions trophy after a Grand Final victory over Le Mans legend Tom Kristensen. Formula 1 great Michael Schumacher is knocked out in the semi-finals along with DTM champion Martin Tomczyk. Schumacher earlier beat reigning F1 champion Sebastian Vettel in a titanic quarter-final showdown between last night’s ROC Nations Cup victors. Sébastien Ogier delivered a thrilling performance to eclipse 15 fellow superstars of motorsport and win the Race Of Champions on a packed afternoon of competition at Düsseldorf’s […]

This weekend’s Race Of Champions will be screened live on F1Zone.net's ROC 2011 page with Live Timing. The opening practice sessions for this weekend’s Race Of Champions at the ESPRIT arena in Düsseldorf took place today with the drivers enjoying their first experience of the unique parallel track.  The superstars of world motorsport are ready to do battle in this weekend’s Race Of Champions after today’s practice sessions. The drivers in action tried out a variety of cars, including the Audi R8 LMS, the Skoda […]

The stage is set for an exciting Race Of Champions following the draw for the opening group stages for this weekend’s event at Düsseldorf’s ESPRIT arena. The stadium will play host to the ROC Nations Cup on Saturday December 3 followed by the Race Of Champions itself on Sunday December 4. A great line-up of motorsport stars including current Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel and seven-time title winner Michael Schumacher featured in the draw made at the stadium by F1 grand prix winner Heinz-Harald […]

Twenty-four hours ago, Lotus Renault GP announced the signing of 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen for the next two years. One of the latest prominent figures to comment on the matter is German ex-Formula 1 driver and two times 24 hours of Le Mans winner Hans-Joachim Stuck, who could not hide his joy, in a long interview with the German website Motorsport-Total.com. “I already said a long time ago that he would come back anyway. He is not done yet, he still is a young […]

With the 2011 season coming to an end this weekend at Interlagos, the teams are already finalizing their lineups for next year. One of the drivers who has not found a seat yet is Nick Heidfeld. The German driver replaced injured Robert Kubica at Lotus Renault at the beginning of 2011, but he was later on dropped by the team in favour of Brazilian driver Bruno Senna. Heidfeld still fosters some hopes of remaining in F1 next season, but he admits he is also open […]

Even in his native Germany, there is one trophy Sebastian Vettel has failed to capture in 2011. The country's motor sport federation Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (ADAC) has decided that new DTM champion Martin Tomczyk is more deserving of the motor sportsman of the year title. After a decade of trying, 29-year-old Tomczyk this year won the German touring car series despite being demoted to an older Audi. "At the beginning of the season nobody counted on me," he said. F1's youngest ever back to back […]

The rookie lineup for next month's young driver test in Abu Dhabi is taking shape. Some brand new names are in the mix, according to Italy's Autosprint magazine. One is the 22-year-old Monegasque driver Stefano Coletti, who has reportedly secured one of the seats that according to speculation has been sold by Toro Rosso. Team boss Franz Tost is reportedly also in talks with Italian teenager Kevin Ceccon. Another teenager, 18-year-old Estonian Kevin Korjus, will apparently run with Renault, as will the German DTM driver […]