Sahara Force India has announced that Aethra, a leading auto parts manufacturer based in Brazil, has joined the team as an official partner for the 2012 season. The signing of the partnership marks the beginning of Aethra’s strategy to increase its brand awareness by taking full advantage of the global audience offered by Formula One. The relationship with Sahara Force India therefore offers an exceptional marketing platform for Aethra’s growing product range. Aethra's management believe that this partnership is a significant step towards their global […]

French carmaker Renault is entirely happy with its involvement in formula one, despite its name finally disappearing from the teams' entry list for 2012. The marque is now purely an engine supplier, with a close relationship with world champions Red Bull and 'customer' deals in place for 2012 with Lotus, Williams and Caterham. Renault SA's commitment as a full works team began to waver two years ago, but new chief operating officer Carlos Tavares now insists F1 is "highly profitable" for the manufacturer. "It costs […]

French carmaker Renault considered returning to formula one as a team owner and running new GP2 champion Romain Grosjean in "la nationalite tricolore". That is the claim of the French motoring magazine Auto Hebdo, lamenting that "the deal was not concluded". A brief report on the magazine's website said the plan was for Renault SA, having withdrawn as a team owner after the 2009 'crashgate' scandal, to return to the grid with the Enstone based team that still bears its name. "Romain Grosjean at Renault […]

May 11 (GMM) Greece has approved plans for a formula one circuit to be built near Patras, 200 kilometres west of Athens.

The Ekathimerini publication said the facility will cost almost EUR 100 million, and the development ministry confirmed in a stat...

Apr.6 (GMM) A Spanish company is reportedly in financial trouble because it was not paid by the struggling F1 team Hispania.

The AS newspaper claims HRT breached a verbal agreement after ordering three new transporters from Cec-SA.

The report said t...

South Africa is set to make a proposal to Bernie Ecclestone for the country to return to the Formula One calendar in 2013.