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 […]

Rating the drivers for their performance at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel | Infiniti Red Bull Racing | 1st | 10/10 Wet conditions were no problem for Vettel in qualifying as he bossed the conditions and claimed his 45th career pole position by almost seven tenths of a second. He didn’t make the best of starts but he quickly dispatched with Nico Rosberg to reclaim the lead. A problematic second stop wiped out a large chunk of his lead but he stayed cool and […]

2013 world champion Sebastian Vettel remains undefeated since the summer break as he stormed to his ninth successive victory, ahead of outgoing Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso. Heading into the winter break with some scope for optimism is always an important asset in Formula 1. The first test of 2014 at Jerez begins in a little over two months and every single team is determined to get it right; fail and the consequences could be felt for more than just the […]

World champion Sebastian Vettel has downplayed his record ninth successive Formula 1 victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Vettel's achievement matches that of double champion Alberto Ascari, who won nine straight races in 1951 and 1952, although the Italian did not enter the Indianapolis 500, which was then part of the championship. "I don’t want to compare the record what we have got today; it’s not fair as it was a different time when Ascari was driving," said Vettel. "Cars broke down more often then […]

Felipe Massa hit out at the stewards after he was given a drive through penalty during the Brazilian Grand Prix. Massa was running in fourth place when he was deemed to have cut the pit entry and was handed a drive through. The Brazilian, starting his final race for Ferrari, hit out at the stewards over the team radio, calling the decision 'unacceptable' and 'unbelievable'. Massa went on to finish in seventh place. "It was really a shame. I was having a great race. Then […]

Heikki Kovalainen says he is to blame for failing to score a point at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Kovalainen, who was replacing compatriot Kimi Raikkonen, finished the race in 14th place. "It has been a great opportunity to drive for Lotus F1 Team and I’m upset that I was not able to score any points for them today," he said. "I think the car is great, but I was not able to unlock the pace and make the most of it. I made some mistakes […]

Nico Hulkenberg says that he is pleased to have finished in the top 10 of the drivers championship for the first time in his career. Hulkenberg finished the Brazilian Grand Prix in eighth place, leaving the German in 10th place in the championship with 51 points. "It was a good race," he said. "I had a good start and nice battles in the first few laps. Then I was by myself for most of the race. The problem today was too much understeer. Because of […]

Lewis Hamilton says he is disappointed with his own performance after he finished the Brazilian Grand Prix in ninth place. Hamilton started from fifth but moved up to fourth at the start and was set to finish just outside of the podium positions. But the Brit moved over on Valtteri Bottas under braking at the Descida de Lago and was handed a drive through penalty for the incident. "It was a tough race today," he said. "I don't know what happened exactly with Valtteri and […]

Romain Grosjean conceded that his hot lap in Q3 was not good enough after qualifying in sixth place for the Brazilian Grand Prix. Grosjean, who finished second last weekend in Austin, will start from the third row of the grid. "That was quite a difficult afternoon," he said. "It was tricky to decide which tyre we should use for the final qualifying session and we wanted to try for pole which is why we used the intermediates, but in the end there was probably just […]

Esteban Gutierrez and Max Chilton have been reprimanded after qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix. Both drivers were deemed to have crossed the white line when entering the pit lane, in breach of the regulations. Gutierrez will start from 18th place, with Chilton rounding out the grid. "I made a mistake in the last corner and was just not able to recover what I gained in sectors one and two. After that it started to rain quite a lot and it was hard to catch […]