Kimi Raikkonen says he hopes his German luck changes ahead of this weekend's race at the Nurburgring. Raikkonen has never won in Germany and has retired from the race at the Nurburgring on six occasions. Raikkonen's last failure to finish in Formula 1 came at the circuit in 2009. "I don’t know, maybe I did something bad in a former life?" Raikkonen says of his misfortune at the circut. "I have always enjoyed driving in Germany, but the problem is that luck has never been […]

McLaren driver Sergio Perez says he is encouraged by the positive aspects of his British Grand Prix, despite failing to score a point. Perez started the race from fourteenth place but lost a potential points scoring finish late on when he became the fifth driver to suffer a tyre failure. "I’ve already put the disappointment of Silverstone behind me," said the Mexican. "In fact, I was more encouraged by the positives: I demonstrated strong pace all weekend, was having a good race and looked set […]

Williams drivers Pastor Maldonado and Valtteri Bottas say variable weather could provide them with their best chance at scoring points in this weekend's German Grand Prix. Neither driver has finished in the top 10 so far this season, although they came close to scoring in points at Silverstone when Maldonado finished just ahead of Bottas in eleventh. "It’s one of the most technical circuits on the calendar and we have been working hard to improve our cars balance in slow, technical corners," said the Venezuelan. […]

Charles Pic says he is happy with the progress Caterham made over the British Grand Prix weekend. Pic beat fellow backmarker Jules Bianchi in both qualifying and the race. "We made some progress in Silverstone, in qualifying when I put together the best qualifying lap of my season so far and in the race where we had better pace than we’d had for a couple of races, and we added a few new parts to the car, mainly around the floor," he said. "We’ll have […]

Formula 1 teams will be allowed to use their race drivers at this month's young driver test in order to combat the issue with Pirelli's tyres. Five drivers suffered punctures during the British Grand Prix, raising serious doubts about the safety of the tyres. In the interests of the sport, following the International Tribunal, Mercedes will not participate. "Our priority is to ensure safety for all in Formula One and we believe the incidents at Silverstone represent a genuine safety concern for the drivers,” said […]

Nico Hulkenberg says he is eager to race at the Nurburgring for the first time in Formula 1. Hulkenberg made his Formula 1 debut in 2010 but during that season the German Grand Prix was held at Hockenheim. The last time the sport visited the Nurburgring was in 2011, when Hulkenberg was Force India's reserve driver. Hulkenberg heads to the race having scored a point in Britain, his sixth of the season and Sauber's first since the Chinese Grand Prix. "I know the Nürburgring very […]

Pirelli will be permitted to run two three day tests without restrictions in order to fix tyre issues that marred the British Grand Prix. Five drivers suffered tyre blow outs during the race, raising doubts about the safety of Pirelli's tyres ahead of this weekend's German Grand Prix. Bernie Ecclestone and FIA President Jean Todt met following the race to come up with a solution. "They [Pirelli] have complained in the past when these tyres have delaminated - which is certainly nothing to do with […]

Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting says he came very close to red flagging the British Grand Prix. Five drivers suffered tyre blowouts during the 52 lap race and Whiting says he came close to halting the action. "It was quite close to being red-flagged; it did occur to me to do that," he said. "Obviously to clear up all that debris was putting marshals at risk, and it is not satisfactory. We haven't seen a failure like this before; we have seen other types […]

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has suggested that Pirelli should revert to last year's tyres on safety grounds. Five drivers suffered tyre failures during the British Grand Prix, which was won by Nico Rosberg. Sebastian Vettel's first set of tyres suffered from cuts, leading to Red Bull deliberately raising the tyre pressures for his next stint. An emergency meeting will be held in Paris on Wednesday in order for the FIA, Pirelli and the Sporting Working Group to discuss the problem. "The most important […]

Pirelli's motorsport director Paul Hembery has confirmed that the tyre company will be conducting a full investigation following serious failures during the British Grand Prix. Five drivers suffered tyre failures during the race and Hembery says Pirelli will be investigating the matter. 'There have obviously been some issues with rear-left tyre failures which we have not seen before," Hembery said. 'We are taking the situation very seriously and we are currently investigating all tyres to determine the cause as soon as possible, ahead of the […]

Sebastian Vettel says a gearbox failure prevented him from securing victory at the British Grand Prix. Vettel was leading the race with 11 laps remaining when he ground to a halt exiting Vale. "Obviously it’s quite disappointing to retire when we were only a few laps from the end," he said. "We had a gearbox issue, I think fifth gear broke and damaged the rest of the gearbox as well, so it was not possible to carry on. It’s a shame because we were in […]

Red Bull driver Mark Webber likened Pirelli's tyre failures to 'Russian Roulette' following the British Grand Prix. Five drivers suffered tyre failures at Silverstone, leading to serious doubts about the safety of the tyres. "I don’t think any of us expected it to unfold like this," said Webber. "The start was pretty bad, we have to look into that as we had had a good run of starts recently. Then I had contact with Grosjean and the wing was damaged; the boys did a great […]