Carlos Gracia, the highest-ranking Spanish motor racing official, has criticised Marussia after the team implied Maria de Villota's recent testing accident was her fault. Without actually saying the crash into a stationary truck during straightline aerodynamic testing was driver error, Marussia recently revealed that an internal investigation showed the car had not failed. Asked how he had digested the statement, Gracia - president of Spain's sanctioning body and an FIA vice-president - admitted he read it "with some indignation". "I think it was not necessary […]

Thailand is on track to secure a round of the 2014 world championship. The southeast Asian country made its intentions clear recently by successfully bidding to host this year's end-of-season Race of Champions in December, which will be attended by reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel. Talks have also been taking place about bringing Formula One to Thailand. "Our discussions with Bernie Ecclestone have gone smoothly. We expect to get rights to host a grand prix from 2014 onwards," Kanokphand Chulakasem, governor of the Sports Authority […]

Kimi Raikkonen's return is great news for Formula One

Jul.31 (GMM) Formula one teams are concerned about the latest version of the provisional calendar for 2012.

With Turkey scrapped and Bahrain shuffled to the end of the schedule, Bernie Ecclestone circulated a revised version of next year's calendar i...

Jun.7 (GMM) The first signs have emerged that the rescheduled 2011 Bahrain grand prix actually might not take place late in October.

The FIA decided controversially last week to put the troubled island Kingdom back on this year's calendar despite fea...

Jun.3 (GMM) The F1 world is holding its breath early on Friday as the sport considers returning to troubled Bahrain later this year.

Bernie Ecclestone wants the race's $40 million fee and said recently politics should not influence sport.

But that d...

May 27 (GMM) The possible rescheduling of the 2011 Bahrain grand prix was still uncertain after a meeting of the F1 teams on Thursday evening.

F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone, however, emerged with a positive message about the ability of the isl...

  Jordan Motorsport has been officially thanked for saving the fourth round of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), which was in serious danger of not going ahead following a logistical catastrophe faced by the big teams. The event was reduced to two days after the route selected by the teams and the championship promoter [...]