Team bosses are sure formula one will weather the European storm. Struggling Eurozone members headed by Greece have triggered a worsening financial crisis in the sport's key market. But Sir Frank Williams, who is understood to be negotiating with Middle Eastern sponsors, remains confident that formula one will still be able to rely on European money. "I believe it (sponsorship) will still come from Europe because the sport is based in Europe, most people who watch it are from Europe but I think (F1 figures […]

Reproduced by the FIA 1 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull); 2 - Jenson Button (McLaren); 3 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari). Q: Sebastian, pole, you led every lap and set the fastest lap. Was this your most perfect win of the season do you think? Sebastian Vettel: Obviously it was a very good race for us. I enjoyed the time in the lead very much. I had a little bit of a fight with Jenson. It was always around four seconds and strangely he kept closing […]

Jean Todt says he supports formula one's push out of Europe into new markets. The FIA president was speaking at India's new Buddh circuit, amid some observers' fears that the sport is steadily walking away from its traditional hosts and venues. "Slowly (F1) is moving from Europe to other developing countries in Asia and the Middle East. "India is a strong emerging country and I admire the investments made for building the infrastructure and the resilience shown by the people," said Todt. It has also […]

F1 should drop some more European races and replace them with events in the US, Bernie Ecclestone said. The sport's chief executive confirmed to reporters in India that, by 2013, formula one will have three North American races; two in the US and one in Canada. Asked if the New York race endangers the Austin round, he is quoted by Auto Motor und Sport: "Not as far as I know. "We used to have three or four races in America, so we need two more. […]

Red Bull is shipping its own food to the Japanese grand prix this weekend. It is in the country, ravaged by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis earlier this year, that Sebastian Vettel will likely wrap up his 2011 title. Due to the concerns about radioactivity, Red Bull has modified its usual routine for the preparation of food for the 80-person race team, reports Bild am Sonntag newspaper. Usually, perishables like meat, fruit and vegetables are bought locally, but for the Suzuka round Red Bull […]

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 […]

Sep.10 (GMM) Mercedes chairman Dieter Zetsche is not happy with the German marque's works F1 team, he admitted on Saturday.

Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg enjoyed top engine horsepower and straightline speed at Monza on Saturday, but still could...

Jul.30 (GMM) Fears Barcelona could be dropped from the 2012 calendar have been eased by the circulation of a new provisional schedule in Hungary.

It was rumoured the Spanish venue might have to alternatively share a single annual calendar spot with V...

Jun.28 (GMM) Organisers of the European grand prix would like an earlier date on formula one calendars of the future.

The streets of the Spanish port city Valencia hosted last weekend's race, the ninth round of the original 2011 schedule and the four...

Jun.22 (GMM) A Hollywood movie about Niki Lauda will be called 'Rush'.

We reported in April that British script writer Peter Morgan, best known for The Queen and Frost/Nixon, was working on a screenplay to immortalise F1's 1976 season.

35 years ago,...

Jun.16 (GMM) Ferrari's new Marlboro deal is worth almost half a billion dollars to the famous Italian team.

The Maranello based team, officially known as Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, said in a brief statement this week that Philip Morris International ...

May 31 (GMM) Ferrari is not ruling out switching focus to 2012 if this season's championship campaign continues to falter.

After an appalling performance in Spain a week earlier, the Monaco circuit last weekend suited the 150 Italia car and Fernando ...