Feb.17 (GMM) Bruno Senna on Thursday backed Renault's appointment of Nick Heidfeld to replace the injured Robert Kubica this year.

Apart from veteran Heidfeld and other more experienced names, the Lotus-sponsored team's new third driver Senna - who t...

Feb.15 (GMM) Narain Karthikeyan has played down reports about Pirelli's 2011 tyres, and also the driveability of the HRT car.

The Indian, who has been signed by the struggling Spanish team for 2011, had not driven a F1 car since 2007 when he was a te...

Feb.14 (GMM) Bruno Senna was never a contender to replace the injured Robert Kubica at Renault this year.

That is the explanation of team boss Eric Boullier, after Senna tested the R31 at Jerez following Heidfeld's audition for the newly-available ca...

Feb.12 (GMM) Karun Chandhok's father has admitted his son is hoping to contest India's inaugural formula one race in October.

Indian Chandhok, at Jerez this week to test for Team Lotus, openly admits he is close to agreeing a deal with the Malaysian-...

Feb.10 (GMM) Ahead of his test in Team Lotus' newly launched T128 at Jerez this week, Karun Chandhok insists he is still yet to sign a deal for 2011.

It is expected that the Indian driver, who made his F1 debut with the HRT team last year, will be si...

Hispania Racing Team (HRT) has unveiled its new livery which will be used for the 2011 season.
The Spanish outfit finished 11th in the 2010 championship and has signed Narain Karthikeyan for this year, with an announcement on the 2nd driver due shortly.

2011 sees Narain Karthikeyan return to the F1 grid for the first time since 2005, when he was with Jordan. During that season, he was teamed with Portuguese driver Tiago Monteiro, who has since raced in the WTCC and owns the GP2 outfit Ocean Racing Technology. Despite their partnership, Monteiro reckons it will be tough for Karthikeyan this year

Robert Kubica set the fastest time of the week in the Renault R31 on the final day of the first test in Valencia. Kubica's time of 1.13.144s edged out Adrian Sutil's 1.13.201s who was running the 2010 Force India machine The day started badly for Felipe Massa though after an oil leak caused him to spin out in the F150 and lose about 5 hours of running. He ended up 5th fastest. The test season continues in Jerez from 10th to 13th February but before […]

Having been confirmed as test driver for Force India this year, Nico Hulkenberg has also revealed that he will run the car in Friday morning practice sessions. With no other alternatives, and having rejected offers of a race drive from Virgin and HRT, Hulkenberg replaces Paul di Resta, who moves up to a race seat. “I will be driving on every Friday in free practice so the good thing is that I can still show what I can do,” added Hulkenberg. “I have the make […]

Valencia Day 2 - Alonso fastest

New season, new drivers, new rules. Same man fastest.

Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel was fastest on the first day of winter testing at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault* 1m13.769s 93 2. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m13.938s + 0.169s 71 3. Gary Paffett McLaren-Mercedes 1m14.292s + 0.523s 91 4. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m14.461s + 0.692s 28 5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari* 1m14.553s + 0.784s 97 6. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari* 1m15.621s + 1.852s 68 7. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m16.003s + 2.234s 71 […]