Pastor Maldonado was hit with a double penalty by Silverstone race stewards after jhe collided with Sauber’s Sergio Pérez during the British Grand Prix. Maldonado was running seventh on lap 12 when he came under pressure from Pérez who had climbed from 16th after making a good start. The Mexican attempted a move around the outside of the Williams but Maldonado lost control in trying to defend the position and knocked the Sauber out of the race. The Williams driver went on to finish 16th. […]

Fernando Alonso set the fastest time in final practice ahead of tomorrow's British Grand Prix. The Spaniard's time of 1:32.167 was sufficient enough to better Jenson Button by a tenth and a half, as the rain stayed away. The session started on a drying track, with a couple of patches of standing water catching drivers out, most notably on the entry to the Hangar Straight. Alonso was another caught out, as he took too much kerb on the exit of Club and half spun onto […]

Press Release, 12th March 2012 With two months still to go before the start of the season, the field for the 2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series is already complete. On the grid will be 13 teams and 26 drivers with an average age under 21 and representing 13 countries. And with the leading Formula One-backed driver development programmes all involved, the standard has rarely been higher. The new Formula Renault 3.5 Series season does not get under way until 5 May, with the first collective testing […]

Daniel completed a hundred laps on his second and last day of driving at this first test of the season. It was a respectable performance in terms of reliability therefore, with the car running faultlessly throughout. This allowed the team to get through its programme split between short runs this morning and a longer one this afternoon, while acquiring plenty of data. Tomorrow, Jean-Eric Vergne will be behind the wheel of the STR7 for the very first time, which means that the first part of […]

A feature of the 2012 Ferrari car has not been seen in Formula 1 for more than a decade, test driver Marc Gene has confirmed. While the 'stepped' noses have been grabbing all the media's attention, arguably more noteworthy is Ferrari's decision to design its F2012 around 'pullrod' front suspension. While some F1 teams have been using pullrod suspension at the rear of their cars, it has been essentially absent from the front since the 80s and 90s. "The system seeks to lower the centre […]

Romain Grosjean makes a return to Formula 1 after contesting seven races in 2009. he talks about the challenge of his first full season in the sport he loves. How does it feel to have a full-time F1 drive? It’s just starting to sink in. It’s a dream come true to get this drive. A fantastic emotion and a fantastic challenge as well. I think the team has a really good line-up for this year, with Kimi and myself. Hopefully we can do something special. […]

Adrian Newey is Red Bull's guarantee to remain a F1 frontrunner, according to Gerhard Berger. The former ten-time race winner knows the Briton well, having won the 2008 Italian grand prix as a constructor when Sebastian Vettel drove the Newey-penned Toro Rosso to victory at Monza. "As long as they have Adrian Newey and his technical staff, Red Bull will have either the fastest or the second fastest car," Berger told this week's Auto Motor und Sport magazine. "And with Vettel in one of the […]

Toyota will shortly confirm Sebastien Buemi as the lead driver for the Japanese marque's second Le Mans entry for 2012. That is the claim of the Swiss website 20min.ch. Earlier, it emerged that the former Toro Rosso driver - who has been signed by Red Bull Racing as its official reserve driver for this season - wanted to add the fabled 24 hour Le Mans race to his 2012 programme. "His wish will come true this summer," said the report. On Wednesday, Toyota announced that […]

Toyota has launched their new LMP1 car, the TS030

Ahead of this week's Monte Carlo Rally, here is a brief look ahead to the WRC season

A cloud still hangs over Jarno Trulli's race seat at Caterham for 2012. In September last year, the Malaysian team - then known as Team Lotus - inked a new contract for the forthcoming season with the 37-year-old Italian. But the media statement referred only to "an agreement to keep Jarno on board", with some pundits immediately noting that it could mean only an ambassadorial role. The provisional entry list for 2012, however, named Trulli as Heikki Kovalainen's continuing teammate. Team owner Tony Fernandes said […]

It has just been announced that Dr. Colin Kolles and HRT F1 Team have decided to part ways for the 2012 season, the Spanish outfit having reached an agreement with Kolles regarding his contract with the team. This is due to the new direction that the team want to take and the decision that the new owner Thesan Capital have made as well as the move to Spain for the team. Kolles' contract as team principal will end tomorrow on the 15th of December and […]