With Jenson Button now the last man standing as a hazard to Sebastian Vettel's 2011 title, morning practice at Suzuka seemed to follow the script. For the championship battle to move on to Korea in a week's time, McLaren's Button needs to win on Sunday with Vettel failing to score a single point. The young German was third quickest early on Friday but he also ended the session as a spectator by crashing his Red Bull at Degner. With Button fastest of all, Vettel, 24, […]

(Written by mnmracer) While everyone expects Sebastian Vettel to wrap up the championship in Japan this weekend, Red Bull can actually also take home the constructors' championship from the land of the ricing sun. These are the scenario's in which both championships can be decided: Sebastian Vettel and the world drivers' championship In order for Vettel not to become the youngest two-time world champion of Formula One in history in Japan, there is only one scenario: Vettel needs to finish 11th or lower, AND Jenson […]

Dr Helmut Marko is confident Red Bull can stay ahead of the pack in 2012. Sebastian Vettel will almost certainly wrap up his second consecutive title in Japan this weekend, and so the energy drink-owned team already has firm sights on defending its latest championships next year. In the paddock, however, there is the hope that Red Bull's dominance will be hit by the 2012 banning of blown exhaust diffusers. "We will let our competitors believe that it is so," team advisor Marko told Germany's […]

Red Bull is shipping its own food to the Japanese grand prix this weekend. It is in the country, ravaged by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis earlier this year, that Sebastian Vettel will likely wrap up his 2011 title. Due to the concerns about radioactivity, Red Bull has modified its usual routine for the preparation of food for the 80-person race team, reports Bild am Sonntag newspaper. Usually, perishables like meat, fruit and vegetables are bought locally, but for the Suzuka round Red Bull […]

Red Bull has already produced the t-shirts to mark Sebastian Vettel's 2011 world championship victory. The German is tipped to secure the single point he needs to mathematically wrap up his second consecutive drivers' crown next weekend in Japan. And according to the Bild-Zeitung daily, Red Bull has jumped the gun by producing a run of white t-shirts bearing Vettel's logo and the words "2011 F1 drivers' world champion". It will be sold for EUR 29.95, Bild added. Actually, however, the 24-year-old is highly superstitious […]

Sep.25 (GMM) Bernie Ecclestone does not think the early conclusion to the 2011 world championship is "a shame" with multiple races still to run this season.

It is mathematically possible that Sebastian Vettel will wrap up the title after Sunday's Sin...

Sep.24 (GMM) The troublesome kerbs of the Singapore street circuit have been repaired by the FIA ahead of Sunday's decisive race.

With Sebastian Vettel on pole and able to wrap up the title, the governing body said changes have been made after proble...

Sep.21 (GMM) An audit by a company called Capgemini has found "discrepancies" in relation to Red Bull's budget in the context of last year's resource restriction agreement.

That is the claim of Italian magazine Autosprint, as Red Bull's Sebastian Vet...

Nearly half of all German sports fans think Michael Schumacher should return to retirement, according to a survey. Citing the German market research company Promit, SID news agency said 47.2 per cent of respondents would advise the seven time world champion against signing a new agreement to stay in formula one beyond his 2012 contract. In contrast, just 32.2 per cent said the Mercedes driver should stay in 2013, with 8.5 per cent advising a move to the German touring car series DTM to reunite […]

Sep.11 (GMM) Sebastian Vettel could wrap up his second world championship in Singapore.

The German pulled out another 20 points in his runaway title lead on Sunday by dominantly winning the Italian grand prix at Monza.

There are just 150 points left...

Sep.8 (GMM) Even with his massive championship lead, Sebastian Vettel is not prepared to relax just yet.

It is mathematically possible that the Red Bull driver will wrap up his second title in Singapore in two weeks.

But he told the DAPD news agency...

Jun.29 (GMM) Despite Lewis Hamilton no longer thinking the 2011 title fight is effectively over, not everyone in the F1 paddock agrees with him.

Renault's departing team manager Steve Nielsen told Brazilian O Estado de S.Paulo correspondent Livio Ori...