Formula 1 team Lotus Renault has announced that German driver Nick Heidfeld will replace the injured Robert Kubica. Kubica is still recovering in the hospital after crashing while competing in a rally earlier this month, undergoing extensive surgery to repair damage to his right hand. The 33-year-old Heidfeld has started 172 F1 races over the last 11 seasons, and impressed in recent test runs as Lotus Renault was deciding who would replace Kubica. Heidfeld will race alongside Russian Vitaly Petrov at the season-opening Bahrain Grand […]

The team put in a lot of work at the factory, making changes to the STR 6 based on data acquired in Valencia and the first day in Jerez would suggest that those changes have delivered signs of progress.
Today was a milestone for a product of the Red Bull Young Driver programme, as Daniel Ricciardo had his first ever drive in a Scuderia Toro Rosso car.

He hasn't driven an F1 car since finishing 12th in the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Kimi Raikkonen still remains relatively prominent in Formula One. He may now be a rally driver, but does he still harbour F1 ambitions and what exactly went wrong to the extent where he went from F1 champ to chump in 2 years?

Former world champion Jenson Button reckons that the new Pirelli rubber will help him as he aims to reclaim his crown from Sebastian Vettel this year. Button also added that Pirellis might help him in his aim to improve his qualifying form

Take a look at a classic race - the 1990 French Grand Prix

With just a week until the first test at Valencia, 23 of the 24 seats on the grid have been secured. Here is the line up for the 2011 season

Force India finally confirm their 2011 line up...

With a week to go before testing kicks off, Force India have been speaking about the ability of their German charger, Adrian Sutil

Melbourne mayor Robert Doyle has said that Albert Park's contract should not be renewed after 2015

(GMM) Rome mayor Gianni Alemanno has announced the city is taking “a step back” with its plans for a formula one race on the streets of the EUR district. Although formerly supportive of the plans, Bernie Ecclestone last week wrote to Alemanno warning that with Monza already on the calendar, F1 had no room for two Italian rounds per season. That was interpreted as the start of negotiations to annually alternate Rome and Monza, but Alemanno has announced that Rome should now turn most of […]

Pirelli test driver Pedro de La Rosa has ruled himself out of the running for an HRT seat in 2011. The 39 year old Spaniard was replaced by Nick Heidfeld after the Italian Grand Prix in 2010 and has been seeking a seat for 2011, however it will not be with HRT. In an interview with AUTOSPORT, de La Rosa said  "HRT is, for me, not an option, I don't know what the future will cover. I'm trying to find a race drive in Formula […]

The Shanghai International Circuit - host of the Chinese Grand Prix - will undergo an FIA inspection before the green light can be given for the 2011 event "The Shanghai International Circuit has confirmed that all work as requested by the FIA will be carried out and should be completed by the end of February," a spokeswoman for the FIA told Reuters. "Before a new licence can be issued, the FIA will carry out a final inspection in March." It is unsure exactly what changes […]