Fernando Alonso says he is not too scared by Mercedes, despite the team locking out the front row in Spain. Alonso qualified in fifth place for his home race and reckons Kimi Raikkonen - who starts from fourth - will be a threat. "It’s a well known fact that Saturday afternoon is our weak point and fifth place is more or less what we were expecting," said the Spaniard. "We were well aware that Red Bull and Mercedes would both be very strong, but while […]

Former Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica claimed sixth place on his second gravel outing for Citroen. The Pole had led the event during the early stages but backed off when heavy fog hit the Portuguese stages. Kubica had slipped to sixth place when he suffered a double roll in his Citroen DS3. The incident dropped him to ninth, but he recovered to finish sixth in the round of the European Rally Championship. Kubica also confirmed that he has been using Mercedes's Formula 1 simulator at […]

Sebastian Vettel admitted that he is slightly disappointed having missed out on a podium in the Chinese Grand Prix. Vettel started from ninth place but saved his option tyres for a final five lap stint, where he slashed the gap to Lewis Hamilton from 12 seconds to almost nothing as they crossed the finish line. "After the last stop, the team told me there was quite a big gap to the cars ahead, but also a big gap behind, so we thought we should go […]

Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn says that there is no number one at his team after Nico Rosberg was told not to challenge Lewis Hamilton during the closing stages of the Malaysian Grand Prix. Hamilton was running in third place at Sepang, with Rosberg pleading with his team to allow him through to challenge the leading Red Bull drivers. Brawn informed Rosberg that he was not permitted to pass his team mate. But Brawn insists that there is no preferential treatment given to either driver […]

Long time Brazilian Grand Prix race leader Nico Hulkenberg admitted he is disappointed to miss out on a podium. Hulkenberg led the McLaren of Lewis Hamilton before making a mistake and spinning. The German then collided with Hamilton when he attempted to re-pass him, with a penalty dropping him to fifth. "That was a lot of fun - very entertaining and there was so much happening all the time! We had a great chance to finish on the podium today, but it slipped away, which […]

It was another double points finish for Williams at the United States Grand Prix, but the team was left wanting more. Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna finished eighth and ninth. "After today's race I'm happy for the team, for the Venezuelan fans and for myself. I hope that this will be one of the best racing venues for Formula One", he said. "On the first lap I ran wide which meant I had to fight for places throughout but I enjoyed it because it was […]

Paul di Resta claimed two points courtesy of a ninth place finish despite a collision at the start of the race. di Resta was involved in contact at Turn one that left him with a puncture. "Quite a hectic race for me but I’m happy to come away with some points considering the way the race unfolded", he said. "I’m not sure what happened going into turn one because I had a great launch and moved ahead of Nico, but on the exit of the […]

Arab state Qatar is pushing to become F1's next new host. The Losail circuit, built in 2004 and located just outside the capital Doha, already stages a night race for MotoGP. And the president of Qatar's motor racing federation, Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah, has revealed that Losail is bidding "to get the license which would allow us to host F1 teams for pre-season testing and other activities. "F1 race director Charlie Whiting was here to inspect the Losail circuit," he said. "He was impressed […]

Fernando Alonso claimed a podium in the Singapore Grand Prix but urged his Ferrari team to improve in the final six races of the season. Alonso's lead in the championship was trimmed to 29 points as Sebastian Vettel won in Singapore. "In the end it went well, but we definitely can’t go on like this. It can’t always be the case that my closest rival retires, as has happened in the last two races and we can’t think of carrying on to the end of the […]

Vitaly Petrov thanked his mechanics for fixing his car in time for qualifying. The Caterham racer hit the wall in the closing stages of third practice, leaving the team with work to do in a short spell. "I’m really happy with how quali went today. It’s my Father’s birthday and the performance is my present for him", said the Russian, who beat team mate Heikki Kovalainen. "He told me this morning “don’t push too hard” and then I went and crashed the car in P3! […]

Sebastian Vettel remains the pacesetter in Singapore after topping the time sheets in second practice. Vettel's time of 1:48.340 was three tenths faster than McLaren's Jenson Button. Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber were next up, with Lewis Hamilton close behind. Hamilton was on a lap destined for the top spot but ran wide at the final corner and lost a significant amount of time. Force India drivers Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg were sixth and seventh, followed by Nico Rosberg, Felipe Massa and Romain […]

A determined drive to seventh from Bruno Senna strengthened Williams’ hold on seventh in the Constructors’ Championship. For the first time this year Williams had two cars qualified in the top ten, but a poor start from Pastor Maldonado and a subsequent penalty saw the Venezuelan drop out of the points. Bruno Senna, however, prospered from ninth on the grid and finished seventh after dueling with Jenson Button for much of the race and subsequently holding off the charging Red Bull of Mark Webber in […]