McLaren test driver Gary Paffett believes that rookie Kevin Magnussen will be able to push Jenson Button this season. Reigning Formula Renault 3.5 champion Magnussen will make his debut for McLaren in 2014, having replaces Sergio Perez at the team. Button eclipsed Perez by 24 points during 2013, in which McLaren failed to finish on the podium. In qualifying, Button was beaten 10-9 overall by the Mexican, but Paffett believes that his fellow Brit needs to be pushed more in qualifying and cites Button's performance […]

Formula 1 will return to Austria and head to Russia in 2014. But for New Jersey, the situation is somewhat cloudier. A new season is slowly creeping over the horizon, with Formula 1’s workforce frantically preparing the new breed of machines that will hit the track in Jerez in three weeks’ time. There will be conflicting fortunes: someone has to finish top of the class and another will end up with the wooden spoon. But for now, there is some anxious work ongoing. It’s a […]

Millions of fans worldwide will have a say in choosing a name for Ferrari's 2014 Formula One car via the internet in January, the Italian team said on Friday. Ferrari's car this season was the F138, a combination of the year and a tribute to the V8 engine in its final campaign before being replaced by a new turbocharged V6 unit with energy recovery systems. The team, who have Spaniard Fernando Alonso and Finland's Kimi Raikkonen as their drivers in a line-up of world champions, […]

Jean-Eric Vergne says that the 'big disappointment' at missing out on a Red Bull seat has led him to become a better driver. Mark Webber's retirement from Formula 1 opened up a seat with the world champions, but Red Bull opted to promote Vergne's Toro Rosso team-mate, Daniel Ricciardo. Vergne will continue with Toro Rosso in 2014 and believes that trying to understand Red Bull's decision has improved him as a driver. "It was a disappointment of course not to go to Red Bull. As […]

Marussia team principal John Booth says his outfit is 'very close' to completing a deal which would see Max Chilton race with the squad for a second season. Chilton joined Marussia as their reserve driver in 2012 and stepped up to a race seat in 2013. The Brit finished all 19 races in his first year in the sport. "We are very close with Max, very close. He wants to stay and we want him to stay so it's a matter of sorting the details […]

Toro Rosso driver Daniil Kvyat believes that Formula 1's new regulations will assist his transition into the sport as he prepares for his debut next year. Reigning GP3 champion Kvyat will join the grid at the same time as vast regulation changes, including 1.6 litre v6 turbocharged power units, are introduced in the sport. "There are a few things that are starting from the beginning again, but of course Formula 1 is still Formula 1 and it is still a very powerful and fast car," […]

Adrian Sutil says that he is aiming for podiums after switching to Sauber for the 2014 season. Sutil has been part of Force India since 2006, when he joined the team under its previous guise of Midland. He then remained with the squad through its transition into Spyker and then Force India, only missing out on a drive in 2012. Sutil has never finished on the podium in 109 starts in the sport, with his best finish coming at the 2009 Italian Grand Prix, when […]

With every Formula 1 season comes a barrage of statistics and records – positive and negative – broken by a new wave of drivers. The 64th iteration of the championship was no different... Sebastian Vettel’s success in 2013 means that he has now won the title in more than half of the seasons he has entered in the sport. Vettel’s ninth successive victory draws him level with Alberto Ascari, with the German retaining the opportunity to hit double figures in Australia next March. Vettel matched […]

Paul di Resta has thanked Force India for his time in Formula 1 after it was confirmed on Thursday that the Brit would not remain with the team into 2014. Force India announced that Sergio Perez will partner Nico Hulkenberg next season, leaving di Resta and team-mate Adrian Sutil without a seat. Di Resta joined the team at the start of 2010 and spent he year as their reserve driver, alongside his duties in DTM. He stepped up to a race seat in 2011, registering […]

GP2 has announced that there will be 11 rounds in next year's championship. The return of the Austrian Grand Prix for the first time since 2003 means that GP2 will race at the Red Bull Ring for the first time. The championship will also race at the inaugural Russian Grand Prix in Sochi. The addition of Austria and Russia means that rounds in Malaysia and Singapore have been dropped. GP3 will race alongside GP2 at nine of the 11 rounds, missing out on Bahrain and […]

Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado has been named as Lotus' driver for the 2014 season alongside France's Romain Grosjean, the team officially confirmed on Friday. Maldonado has spent three seasons with Williams, winning the Spanish Grand Prix in 2012, but only notched up one point this season with his 10th place in Hungary. The 28-year-old, supported by state-owned Venezuelan oil and gas giant PDVSA, announced at the start of the month he was quitting the team, leading to talks with Lotus and Sauber. "It is a fantastic […]

Esteban Gutierrez believes that his performances in the second half of the season prove that he deserves to remain in Formula 1 next season. Gutierrez made his debut for Sauber in 2013 and scored six points - all courtesy of a seventh place finish in the Japanese Grand Prix. The Mexican, whose future in Formula 1 is uncertain, reckons that he has performed at the expected level since the Singapore Grand Prix. "The bottom line is that I have big goals in F1 and I […]