Jules Bianchi's manager says Ferrari is pushing for the Frenchman to leave Marussia and join a team in the sport's "middle group". The report by the French-language F1i said the Swiss team Sauber, tipped to renew or possibly deepen its deal with Ferrari in 2014, could field Bianchi alongside young rookie Sergey Sirotkin next year. Bianchi's manager Nicolas Todt said the 24-year-old has made an impression in 2013 despite racing for the back-of-the-grid Marussia team. "Despite the fact that he is with a small team," […]

Bernd Maylander has enjoyed a long spell as the safety car driver for Formula 1 and its support events. We catch up with Maylander ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix F1Zone.net: Spa is a favourite track for many drivers. How is it for you? Bernd Maylander: In that way I’m also thinking like a race driver. I agree completely with the drivers saying that Spa is one of the highlights, very quick corners and then one of the most famous corner in the world, Eau […]

Stoffel Vandoorne says being supported by McLaren has been a huge boost to his chances of racing in Formula 1 in the future. Vandoorne, currently second in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, recently joined McLaren's young driver programme. Vandoorne, making his first paddock appearance with McLaren, spoke to the media on Friday evening in Belgium. "I’m here as a guest of McLaren, just following the Formula 1 world and trying to make contacts in this world as everyone knows it’s difficult," he said. The Belgian […]

Pastor Maldonado has rejected rumours that he will change teams for 2014. Maldonado has driven for Williams since his Formula 1 debut in 2011 and insist he is happy with his current team. “I had a phone call from my friend of many years and he was calling me on the beach saying ‘Oh I read you are going to Ferrari, you are going to Lotus, you are going to many teams’” he said. “I am fully focused on this season and there is no […]

Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen tested a GP3/13 car at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain on Friday in order to assist the development of the series. Raikkonen tested the car on different compounds of tyres in order to help with developments for next season. The main aim of the test was to find solutions for GP3's difficulty with overtaking this season, according to the series. Raikkonen completed 58 laps, with a best time of 1:34.780. "I wanted to test the GP3/13 because my friend Afa […]

Spanish racer Daniel Juncadella says he is hoping for a role with Williams in the future, following the team's partnership with Mercedes from 2014. Reigning Formula Three Euroseries champion Juncadella is currently racing in DTM this season and is eleventh in the championship. Williams currently has a vacancy for a young driver at the team following the promotion of Valtteri Bottas and deputy team principal Claire Williams admitted that they are keen to fill the slot. Juncadella recently tested for Williams at the young driver […]

Jean-Eric Vergne, reportedly overlooked for the 2014 Red Bull vacancy, claims he has done a better job than Daniel Ricciardo this year. The Frenchman conceded recently that the world champion team is more seriously considering teammate Ricciardo to replace Mark Webber because of the young Australian's superior consistency. But Vergne has now told France's L'Equipe that Ricciardo's reputation is wrong. "Red Bull is the world champion team and they need a driver who can score points in every race," said the 23-year-old. "But if you […]

Romain Grosjean is celebrating F1's August break as a new father. The Lotus driver, whose wife Marion Jolles met 27-year-old Grosjean as a F1 reporter for French television TF1, confirmed the happy news this week. "Our son Sacha was born on the 29th of July," he said on Twitter, referring to the very day after he finished sixth in the Hungarian grand prix. After a wave of up and down form in 2013, Grosjean also qualified a season-best third in Hungary, while many applauded his […]

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has hit out at the current regulations in the sport, calling them a 'mistake'. Ferrari is currently in third place in the championship but has not won a race since the Spanish Grand Prix in May. Di Montezemolo also said he did not approve of recent comments made by Fernando Alonso. "Fernando has given a lot in these last years and I repeat, his disappointment, which came about mainly after Silverstone, where all of us expected to be more competitive, […]

Lotus team principal Eric Boullier says Kimi Raikkonen deserves 10 out of 10 for the first half of 2013. Raikkonen is currently in second place in the championship, having claimed a win and a further five podiums. "I would have to give Kimi 10 out of 10," said Boullier. "He’s done a terrific job right from the beginning of the season and his remarkable run of twenty-seven consecutive points finishes speaks for itself. No matter what happens he’s always there, as we saw in the […]

Michael Schumacher has admitted he did not expect his former team Mercedes to make such a leap forwards in 2013. After his F1 comeback with Mercedes between 2010 and 2012, Schumacher returned to retirement this year and was replaced by Lewis Hamilton. In the great German's wake, Hamilton won from pole last time out in Hungary, while Schumacher's former teammate Nico Rosberg has won twice in 2013 so far. "Given where we finished last season," seven time world champion Schumacher told Eurosport, "it's a surprise […]

Felipe Massa has admitted he could drive off the grid altogether if Ferrari does not extend his contract beyond 2013. The well-connected Brazilian newspaper O Estado de S.Paulo newspaper said Nico Hulkenberg and Paul di Resta are at the front of the queue if Ferrari decide Massa's struggle for results recently should end his long tenure. Both candidates were not denying the speculation in Hungary. "To tell you the truth," Force India's di Resta told F1's official website, "my management team is looking at what […]