Mar.14 (GMM) Drivers will be allowed to activate their adjustable rear wings on the pit straight during next weekend's Australian grand prix.

The overtaking zone for the Albert Park track was formally decided during a recent F1 team meeting with the ...

Mar.10 (GMM) The usually reserved Peter Sauber spoke on behalf of the entire F1 community this week when he admitted to seeing "no match" for Red Bull's new RB7.

But Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport has published statistics showing that, based on rece...

Sebastian Vettel insists it is still too early to say that Red Bull has the fastest car going into the 2011 season, despite the team's performances in testing this week.Mark Webber and Vettel have been fastest by comfortable margins on the opening two ...

Pirelli has been given the green light to give teams 'experimental' rubber to test at Formula 1 race weekends this year, as AUTOSPORT exclusively revealed last week.The Italian tyre-maker wants to keep up development of its rubber throughout 2011, but ...

Formula 1 teams are considering a plan to run development tyres in free practice sessions this year, perhaps as soon as the Malaysian Grand Prix, as Pirelli looks to keep up its in-season development.With testing banned once the campaign gets underway,...

Feb.28 (GMM) The well-known Japanese multinational NEC is a new sponsor of the Sauber team.

The prominent blue branding of the Tokyo-based giant on the Swiss team's C30 car was not present at the recent Barcelona test.

That branding debuted on the c...

The organisers of the Malaysian Grand Prix are hoping to stage a night race at the Sepang Circuit before the contract ends in a few years. The circuit has seen spectator numbers drop since its first race in 1999 and executives have acknowledged that the facilities need upgrading. “It has lost its lustre," Sepang International Circuit chief executive Razlan Razali said in an interview with AFP this week. “Having Singapore next to us for F1 does not help and our biggest competitor is the television […]

Feb.25 (GMM) Malaysia should host a night race before its current formula one contract expires in 2015.

That is the view of the Sepang track's boss Razlan Razali, who has admitted to AFP that the event has "lost its lustre" since debuting on the cale...

Sources have revealed that the FIA's current plan is for an overtaking zone - where the moveable wing will be made active in races - to be the final 600 metres of a track's main straight.

Lucas di Grassi has said that he is aiming to return to Formula One in 2012, having lost his seat to Jerome d'Ambrosio for 2011. He has not ruled out a seat in 2011 but admits that a reserve role is looking more likely. "The plan is to stay in F1 this year and I am talking to some teams to try and find the best solution," he told AUTOSPORT. "It's not just for 2011, but I need an opportunity to come back into a […]