Formula 1

Believes F1 has become too much about tire management

Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz held a 45-minute meeting with Bernie Ecclestone after the Spanish Grand Prix and argues that Formula 1 has become too much about tire management and not enough about racing. "Everyone knows what happens ...

Ferrari scores two steps on the podium with Raikkonen between them

Fernando Alonso scored his second win of the season at the Spanish Grand Prix. Behind him, Kimi Raikkonen scored his third consecutive podium with the second-place finish, and Felipe Massa is really back after a rough season last year with a third...

Penalties for Massa and Gutierrez

Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton will start from the front row of the grid in tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix. Hamilton was the fastest driver in the Q1 and Q2 sessions, but his teammate tipped him by a quarter of a second in the...

System will be voted on FIA World Council for 2014

The proposed Formula 1 penalty points system has been approved by a majority of the teams, which means that it just needs to be voted on by the FIA World Council in June to be added to the 2014 sporting regulations. Seven teams voted for the penal...

Track is not yet totally completed

Sebastian Vettel and David Coulthard have become the first two drivers to lap the new F1 course in Sochi, Russia, and the track is not even finished yet. The first grand prix for the Sochi track is not scheduled until 2014 The Sochi Olympic Pa...

Raikkonen's contract up next at the end of season

The Lotus F1 team has quite the challenge laid ahead of it, if it wants to keep Kimi Raikkonen with the team in the future. Raikkonen's contract is over at the end of the year, and the team believes that if it can create a championship-winning...

He is still optimistic about the end of the season

Despite challenging for the World Drivers' Championship last year, Ferrari said that it had a mediocre car for the entire season. It appears that it is using the same tactic this season. Ferrari F138 chief designer Nikolas Tombazis gives ...

It will begin running the proposed system to show teams how it works

The FIA and Formula 1 have begun discussing changes to the sporting regulations for next season that could include a new testing schedule and a proposed driver penalty points system. For the new rules to be passed, there would need to be unanimous...

More women already working in F1 from team management to test driving

Williams test driver Susie Wolff predicts that it will not be long before women are starting on grid of Formula 1. After last year's career-ending crash of Maria de Villota of MaRussia, Wolff is currently the only woman driving in F1.  ...

Scheduled as part of the festivities for the Nürburgring 24 Hours

Mercedes has announced that Michael Schumacher will drive the 2011 Mercedes W02 Formula 1 car around the Nürburgring Nordschleife as part of the festivities for the Nürburgring 24 Hours race on May 19. A Mercedes F1 car has not raced on ...