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 will announce their driver line up on Wednesday with Paul di Resta joining Adrian Sutil at the team

Nico Rosberg believes Mercedes GP can challenge for wins this year and he himself sees no reason why he can't lead the team

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

Prolific Twitter user and Team Lotus boss has used the social networking site to launch a scathing attack on Group Lotus and their sponsorship of the Renault team

Nico Rosberg will be first to test the Mercedes W02 at Valencia on February 1st, with the official unveiling at 9.20am “I am going first,” Rosberg told reporters at the Fashion Week in Berlin, according to the DPA press agency. “It will be interesting to see how it [the new car] feels. “You know pretty quickly how good it is going to be. It is probably unrealistic to go into the season saying we will win the championship, but we will succeed sooner or later. […]

By James Bennett, Guest contributor It is fair to say that in F1, the cream doesn’t always rise to the top. On many occasions, a great talent has slipped through the net, sometimes going on to great success in other categories. While F1 is the self-proclaimed ‘pinnacle of motorsport’, rarely is the grid made up of the 20-or-so best drivers in the world, or even the best F1 drivers. But at the same time, some of those that have gone on to become legends in […]

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes has unveiled their pre-season testing schedule, and it is as followed: McLaren’s pre-season testing schedule is as follows: Valencia February 1 - Gary Paffett February 2 - Lewis Hamilton February 3 - Jenson Button

Reigning world champions Red Bull Racing will launch their new challenger on February 1st, the team revealed on Twitter. "You heard it here first. The RB7 will be launched at 8.30am on February 1. In Valencia. In the pit lane. Quietly excited..." Four other teams are due to launch their cars on that day - with Mercedes GP, Williams, Scuderia Toro Rosso and Lotus all set to pull the covers off their 2011 challengers then.

The 2011 season is fast approaching, so here are diary dates for the pre-season Launch Dates 28 Jan - Ferrari (Maranello, Italy) 31 Jan - Renault (Valencia, Spain) 31 Jan - Sauber (Valencia, Spain) 01 Feb - Mercedes GP (Valencia, Spain)

Pay drivers. They’re always in Formula One. Derided by fans and seen as a wasted seat for someone with talent, they’re taken by the team for their financial situation. However, they’re not exactly diabolical. But what constitutes as a pay driver? Fernando Alonso brings with him Santander sponsorship to Ferrari whilst Adrian Sutil brings Medion money to wherever he drives. But you’d call these guys Formula One material, so does it count? To the majority, it doesn’t. Which brings us on to the real pay […]

BBC commentator Martin Brundle has warned that there may be tension between McLaren duo Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton this season “We haven't seen them in a head-to-head. They're quite good mates, but there's no point being that much of a mate with your team-mate – or any other F1 driver for that matter that you are competing against. When we see them in an absolute head-to-head, I think we might find a different dynamic between the two. If you look back to the Istanbul […]