Peter Sauber has confirmed that sufficient financial support has been secured for the team which carries his name ahead of next season. The news follows paddock word that the Swiss outfit may be struggling, having not amassed a noteworthy amount of sponsors this year.

( 09/03/2010 06:04 AM )

Colin Kolles, Team Principal of Hispania Racing, has said that the Spanish outfit continues to aim for tenth position in this year’s Constructors’ Championship after enjoying a generally strong race weekend last time out in Belgium.

( 09/03/2010 04:28 AM )

Michael Schumacher expects no easy ride in Italy as he makes his race return to Monza next weekend. Having been the darling of the crowd as a Ferrari driver between 1996 and 2006, the German will now be appearing in Mercedes colours.

( 09/03/2010 03:13 AM )

Jenson Button remains aggravated over the coming-together which resulted in him being removed from the Belgian Grand Prix last weekend. Having been knocked out of the race by a wayward Sebastian Vettel’s Red Bull, the World Champion now lies 35 points in arrears of team-mate and new title race leader Lewis Hamilton.

( 09/03/2010 02:19 AM )

World Champion Jenson Button remains buoyant over the pace McLaren demonstrated in Belgium at the weekend although the Englishman is still frustrated following his Bus Stop Chicane collision with the out-of-control Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel.

( 09/03/2010 02:02 AM )

Swimming, cycling and running will be the name of the game for Brazilians Bruno Senna and Lucas di Grassi as they take part in the Monaco triathlon on Sunday. The task will see the Hispania driver take on a 100-kilometre cycle as part of his own personal training whereas the Virgin Racing pilot will attempt a 1-kilometre swim and 10-kilometre run.

( 09/03/2010 01:49 AM )

Formula 1 governing body the FIA has launched an enquiry as to why Race Control and therefore the stewards were not made aware of Felipe Massa’s incorrect positioning on the Belgian Grand Prix starting grid.

( 09/03/2010 01:29 AM )

Williams’ Nico Hülkenberg believes that a regular approach is the most likely to win the world title this year, with all of the front-runners having been involved in accidents on at least one occasion.

( 09/02/2010 09:00 PM )

Race day for next weekend’s Italian Grand Prix will mark the one-year anniversary of Lotus Racing in its current guise, with Chief Technical Officer Mike Gascoyne having originally been its only member when first setting up the outfit.

( 09/02/2010 12:00 PM )

Italian capital city Rome continues to aim for a place on the Formula 1 calendar by as early as 2012 and no later than 2013 although its Mayor admits that facing opposition from residents is a current issue.

( 09/02/2010 08:23 AM )

It has been confirmed by sporting commercial rights holder Formula One Management (FOM) that oil and gas company Petronas has renewed its sponsorship of the Malaysian Grand Prix, which it has held since the race made its debut on the calendar in 1999.

( 09/02/2010 07:58 AM )

Felipe Massa believes Ferrari faces a highly difficult weekend at the Italian Grand Prix on the back off a below-par performance from the prancing horse in Belgium on Sunday. The Maranello squad now heads into its home race 80 points off the Constructors’ Championship lead.

( 09/02/2010 05:45 AM )

Hispania’s Sakon Yamamoto has revealed that he will be remaining in a race seat with the Hispania team until the end of the 2010 season, although it is unknown whether Bruno Senna will stay put alongside.

( 09/02/2010 05:12 AM )

Pirelli continued its testing programme at France’s Paul Ricard circuit on Thursday morning as Nick Heidfeld once again drove a 2009 Toyota chassis. The outing marked further preparations for the returning Italian tyre company, which claims it is ahead of schedule prior to a further test in Spain in a fortnight’s time.

( 09/02/2010 04:58 AM )

Former Grand Prix winner Thierry Boutsen believes that technology now plays too great a role in the sport, having joined Formula 1 in 1983 before his retirement a decade later. The Belgian also feels that the championship is now lacking in the kind of driver camaraderie which featured throughout the 1980s.

( 09/02/2010 03:58 AM )

Having lost his victory at Spa due to a post-race time penalty in 2008, Lewis Hamilton’s success in Belgium at the weekend ticked off another box for the new championship leader who now aims for the top podium step at legendary Monza as well.

( 09/02/2010 03:40 AM )

Malaysia’s Nabil Jeffri made history on Wednesday afternoon by becoming the youngest ever person to drive a Formula 1 car, as the 16-year-old piloted the Lotus in a straight-line aerodynamic test at Duxford’s Imperial War Museum in Cambridgeshire.

( 09/02/2010 01:29 AM )

Full Throttle Productions, race promoters for the American Grand Prix which will return to the calendar in 2012, have revealed the layout of the brand-new Austin, Texas circuit designed by German Hermann Tilke.

( 09/02/2010 01:28 AM )

This week has seen Nigel Mansell return to a regular slot on the screens of British televisions, although this doesn’t refer to the 1992 World Champion’s periodic contributions to the BBC’s Formula 1 coverage.

( 09/01/2010 07:11 AM )