Lotus F1 Team chairman Gerard Lopez has insisted that he maintains a good relationship with Kimi Raikkonen, amid speculation of problems after the Indian Grand Prix. Raikkonen was reportedly unhappy at being sworn at over team radio during the race as he battled with team-mate Romain Grosjean. Raikkonen will move to Ferrari next season but Lopez says that Raikkonen is still committed in the fight for second in the constructors' championship. "I speak with Kimi more than a lot of people probably realise and we […]

Lotus driver Romain Grosjean continued his good run of form by setting the fastest time during first practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Grosjean's time of 1:44.241s was almost two tenths of a second faster than Mercedes's Lewis Hamilton. World champion Sebastian Vettel was third, with team-mate Mark Webber in fourth. Vettel had a brief scare at the end of the session as he misjudged his entry into his pit box and narrowly missed the crouching Red Bull mechanics. Nico Rosberg set the fifth […]

Sebastian Vettel says he will not be changing his approach to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, despite having wrapped up his fourth successive world title. Vettel has won 10 of this season's 16 races and insists that Red Bull will continue to push for victories in Abu Dhabi, America and Brazil. Vettel has claimed pole position twice at the Yas Marina circuit and won the race in 2009 and 2010, clinching his maiden title at the latter event. He retired on the first lap in […]

Mark Webber says that he is pleased with his own form in 2013 despite having failed to win a race. Webber's 2013 has been plagued by misfortune, retiring from three of the last four races due to mechanical problems. But the Australian, who will move to Porsche's LMP1 project in 2014, remains happy with his own form. "The reason I got to Formula 1 is because I hung in there and fought like hell," he said ahead of this weekend's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. "It's […]

Force India driver Adrian Sutil believes that his team has pulled out a comfortable buffer over rivals Sauber in the fight for sixth place in the constructors' championship. Force India had been coming under increasing pressure from their Swiss rivals but outscored them by six points at the Indian Grand Prix. "Eighth and ninth position was almost the maximum we could achieve," he said. "Six points as a team, now 23 points ahead of Sauber, which is quite a good gap. It’s not over yet, […]

Fernando Alonso has insisted that his relationship with Ferrari is 'perfect', despite the partnership failing to yield a title for the fourth successive season. Alonso's relationship with Ferrari was questioned mid-season amid rumours that the Spaniard met with representatives from Red Bull during the Hungarian Grand Prix. Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo subsequently publicly rebuked his driver. "It is fantastic," Alonso said ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. "Every weekend I repeat the same thing. So I guess in Austin on Thursday the first […]

Williams driver Pastor Maldonado says he has not yet taken a decision on where he will drive in 2014. Maldonado has scored just a single point all season and is thought to be engineering a move to Lotus, alongside Romain Grosjean. Lotus team principal Eric Boullier revealed in India that the team is speaking to Maldonado about a potential drive in 2014. "At the moment, I don’t have a decision," Maldonado told NBC Sports ahead of this weekend's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. "The decision will be […]

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. […]

Formula 1 teams will spend the final three races of the 2013 season focusing on next year, according to McLaren driver Jenson Button. Button, whose McLaren team has yet to finish a race in the top four this season, believes that with the world championship decided, teams will utilise the 'dead rubber' events to focus on 2014. "I think the whole team ought to feel encouraged by our pace in India last weekend," he said. "Although the race didn’t come together for me, our overall […]

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton says he will keep pushing across the final three races of the season as his team bids to secure second in the constructors' championship. Hamilton has not finished on the podium since the Belgian Grand Prix but insists that consistency is vital across the remaining three races, starting this weekend in Abu Dhabi. Hamilton has claimed pole position twice at the Yas Marina circuit and won the race in 2011. "The race in Abu Dhabi is always a fun weekend and […]

Sahara Force India co-owner Vijay Mallya says that Formula 1 cannot ignore the potential that India has to offer. India joined the Formula 1 calendar in 2011 but there will not be a race at the Buddh International Circuit in 2014. Officials at the circuit have stressed that the event will return to Formula 1 in early 2015. "India is an economy that cannot be ignored," says Mallya. "This country has enormous potential, not just for Sahara Force India, but in terms of all the […]

Last season, Sebastian Vettel won his third world title in a nail-biting finale in changeable conditions at Interlagos. In 2013, he faced few dramas as he wrapped up the title with three of the 19 races remaining. Here’s how Vettel won his fourth world title. Multi 21, Seb Red Bull demonstrated the best outright pace in Australia and Malaysia, but with Ferrari and Lotus getting one car ahead of Vettel in Australia, the signs were that Vettel would have a fight on his hands for […]