Toro Rosso has confirmed that Australian Daniel Ricciardo will be driving for the team in Free Practices in 2011. The team also added that they hope to run Ricciardo at next week's test in Jerez. It is further evidence that he is being groomed by Red Bull for a seat in the near future.

Robert Kubica set the fastest time of the week in the Renault R31 on the final day of the first test in Valencia. Kubica's time of 1.13.144s edged out Adrian Sutil's 1.13.201s who was running the 2010 Force India machine The day started badly for Felipe Massa though after an oil leak caused him to spin out in the F150 and lose about 5 hours of running. He ended up 5th fastest. The test season continues in Jerez from 10th to 13th February but before […]

Valencia Day 2 - Alonso fastest

There may be several car launches coming this week, but here is a sneak preview of the new Mercedes W02

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

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.

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 […]

We ask Toro Rosso’s young guns about their challenging season. F1Zone: How have you enjoyed your season? Sebastien Buemi: It has not been the best. At the start of the season, when the car was relatively more competitive, I had a lot of bad luck and was involved in accidents that were not of my own making. Then, as the season progressed, the other teams brought in technical developments quicker than us, so we struggled against them. For example, while in 2009 I was regularly […]