All throughout 2010 Kimi Raikkonen was a silly season by himself. The rumours about what he would do in 2011 started even before he stepped into his Red Bull-sponsored Citroen C4 for the first time in January 2010. The main question was whether he was going to return to F1 or not, but the Iceman would never give a clear answer. He was linked to the Red Bull F1 team and later on with Renault, yes, the same team he is going to drive for […]

On November 29th, Lotus Renault GP (Lotus F1 Team next season) announced they had signed 2007 Formula 1 champion Kimi Raikkonen as their number one driver for 2012 and 2013. The news means the 'Iceman' is back in Formula 1 after a two year 'sabbatical', as he called it back in 2009. But what has Raikkonen been doing during this time? One thing is clear, he has not been idle: he has been rallying, racing in NASCAR, racing enduro bikes and snowmobiles, testing Le Mans […]

The stage is set for an exciting Race Of Champions following the draw for the opening group stages for this weekend’s event at Düsseldorf’s ESPRIT arena. The stadium will play host to the ROC Nations Cup on Saturday December 3 followed by the Race Of Champions itself on Sunday December 4. A great line-up of motorsport stars including current Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel and seven-time title winner Michael Schumacher featured in the draw made at the stadium by F1 grand prix winner Heinz-Harald […]

In an interview with Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat, 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen talked about his return to Formula One after a two year absence. Raikkonen announced on Tuesday that he will be returning to Formula One with Lotus Renault GP next season on a two year contract. The 'Iceman' revealed that it felt good to return to F1 after two years of competing in the World Rally Championship, saying, "The fact was that I missed racing. The longer I was away from F1, the […]

Sebastien Ogier has joined Volkswagen for a three-year deal, following his departure from Citroen. The Frenchman, who finished 3rd in this year's World Rally Championship, was released from his contract following disputes with Sebastien Loeb. "Sebastien Ogier has been signed as the first official Volkswagen driver for the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC)," the German team said in a statement. Ogier will spend 2012 developing the Polo R WRC, before returning to the championship in 2013. The 27 year old said he was happy with […]

Adam Parr, Chairman of Williams F1 has predicted the new technical leadership at Grove will propel the famous team back up the grid next season. With new technical director Mike Coughlan, head of aerodynamics Jason Somerville and chief operations engineer Mark Gillan all now fully embedded in the project, Williams have completed the major personnel changes they instigated after a disappointing start to the season. To date they have scored just five points and lie a disappointing ninth in the Constructors’ Championship. “I think it […]

(By Mar Garcia) During the last few weeks, the rumours about a possible return of Kimi Räikkönen to F1 have intensified and almost all the F1 pundits have delighted us with their opinion about it. Some of them think that would be good news, some of them not. Some of them think it could be a successful move for the “Iceman”, some of them don’t. Oh well… But Räikkönen is a rally driver, at least at the moment. Why not speculate a bit about this […]

The Ford Fiesta S2000 has already won the first two Super 2000 World Rally Championship (S-WRC) rounds in 2011, and five crews contesting Rally Italia Sardegna next week will try to ensure M-Sport’s new generation rally car also clinches the...

Final preparations for the WRC premiere: Outings in Spain complete the testing programme of the MINI WRC Team for its World Championship campaign.   Photo: MINI Motorsport Everything needs to be just perfect: Kris Meeke, Dani Sordo and the entire MINI WRC Team are working at full speed as they complete final preparations to ensure the [...]

  Jordan Motorsport has been officially thanked for saving the fourth round of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), which was in serious danger of not going ahead following a logistical catastrophe faced by the big teams. The event was reduced to two days after the route selected by the teams and the championship promoter [...]

Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team’s Sheikh Khalid Al Qassimi believes his eighth-place finish in last weekend’s Rally Jordan has spurred his ‘season to life’, with the Emirati driver predicting the result will be a springboard for a rene...

Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team's Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila missed a dramatic victory in the Jordan Rally by just 0.2sec today after the closest finish in world rallying history.  They held a slender 0.5sec lead in their Ford Fiesta ...