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Millions of fans worldwide will have a say in choosing a name for Ferrari's 2014 Formula One car via the internet in January, the Italian team said on Friday. Ferrari's car this season was the F138, a combination of the year and a tribute to the V8 engine in its final campaign before being replaced by a new turbocharged V6 unit with energy recovery systems. The team, who have Spaniard Fernando Alonso and Finland's Kimi Raikkonen as their drivers in a line-up of world champions, […]
Jules Bianchi didn't have a seat as February turned into March. By the end of the month, he had impressed the Formula 1 community and he continued to build on his promise throughout the rest of the year. Prior to the start of the 2013 Formula 1 season, Max Chilton was in the unusual position of having had three team-mates even before flying out to the first round in Australia. Marussia veteran Timo Glock agreed to depart in order for the team to improve their […]
Luca di Montezemolo has given Fernando Alonso "eight out of ten" for the Spaniard's 2013 season. While the Italian team is struggling to hold third position in the constructors' championship, and Felipe Massa is just eighth in the drivers' standings, Alonso last weekend sealed the runner-up spot behind Sebastian Vettel. The Spaniard said this week: "I am proud, because we clearly do not have the second fastest car. So finishing second is a great reward for me." However, Alonso has had a somewhat fraught relationship […]
Lotus team principal Eric Boullier says that Kimi Raikkonen is 'on side' after talks across the weekend in Abu Dhabi. Raikkonen came close to not racing at the Yas Marina Circuit but Boullier says that the Finn is on side with two races remaining in 2013, prior to Raikkonen's departure to Ferrari. "He is completely on side. We all spoke in Abu Dhabi to make sure we know where we’re going –and how we’re getting there – for the final races of the year," said […]
The titles may be wrapped up but there are still three Formula 1 races to win before the season is over. The first of those takes place at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull are the 2013 champions but the Formula 1 season is not yet over. Three teams are in the fight for second place in the constructors’ standings while there is still a mathematical possibility for any of the five drivers behind Vettel to be crowned vice-champion. […]
The news that Daniil Kvyat will race for Toro Rosso in 2014 came as a surprise, as many expected Antonio Felix da Costa to replace Red Bull bound Daniel Ricciardo, with Kvyat stepping up to Formula Renault 3.5. Instead, Kvyat will make the leap into Formula 1, racing alongside current driver Jean-Eric Vergne for the Faenza based team. So just who is Daniil Kvyat? Kvyat was born in Ufa, Russia, in April 1994 but he and his family moved to Italy early on in his […]
Formula 1 returns to Asia for the 2013 Korean Grand Prix, the first of two back-to-back races on the continent. The Korean International Circuit tests the car’s overall performance because of its mixture of high-speed corners, long straights and a slower technical part towards the end of the lap. Supersoft and medium tyre compounds will be used, a change from last season where Pirelli brought the soft and Supersoft. The circuit has been modified since 2012 and one of the changes has been made to […]
GP2 championship leading team Russian Time will enter the GP3 Series in 2014 and 2015. Russian Time has bought Bamboo Engineering's entry and will make their first appearance at the post-season test in Abu Dhabi. "We’re pleased to welcome Russian Time to GP3 Series for the next two seasons," said series CEO Bruno Michel. "Their rookie year in GP2 Series in 2013 has been extremely strong so far with five wins, three podium finishes and three pole positions. They’re currently leading the teams’ standings with […]
When Force India first entered Formula 1, their target was simply to beat Super Aguri, a backmarker team that scored 4 points during their entire time in the sport. Today, Force India is battling McLaren, one of the most successful teams in Formula 1 with 12 drivers' championship and 8 constructors' championship titles, for fifth place in the Constructors’ Championship. Prior to the Belgian Grand Prix, Force India was even leading McLaren by two points in the standings. They are now just five points behind […]
Triple world champion Sebastian Vettel is not one for tears or emotional pronouncements and even his first victory at his home German Grand Prix on Sunday was treated largely like any other race. The 26-year-old Red Bull driver has dominated Formula One for the past three years and leads the standings again by 34 points but his CV was missing a victory on home asphalt and a win in July. Now that has been chalked off it is onwards and upwards, with little fanfare and […]
The Nuerburgring is famous for its 21-kilometre long Nordschleife circuit and although Sunday's German Grand Prix will be raced on the much shorter new track, world champion Sebastian Vettel is in for the long haul. The German Red Bull driver, who leads the standings as he bids for a fourth straight Formula One title, was beaten to pole position by Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes but believes his home race is far from decided. "We have 60 laps, it is a long grand prix, a […]
Briton Lewis Hamilton stormed to pole position at the German Grand Prix on a mixed Saturday for Mercedes, whose misjudgement left last week's Silverstone winner Nico Rosberg 11th on the grid for their home race. Hamilton won the last race at the Nuerburgring in 2011 with McLaren and delighted his new bosses by putting his Silver Arrows on the front of the grid at one of the homes of German motorsport. "It's really overwhelming. P2 and P3 (the second and third practice sessions) were just […]