Williams launches Williams FW35 race car in Spain

The Williams F1 Team launched its 2013 challenger the Williams FW35, at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain today. The new Williams FW35 is a culmination of more than 12 months’ research and development by the team’s technical departments in Grove and features improvements...

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Doctors give no prognosis for Michael Schumacher

Doctors offered a grim assessment of Michael Schumacher's head injuries Monday, providing no prognosis for the Formula One driving great after his skiing accident in the French Alps. Schumacher has been placed in a medically induced coma to relieve pressure on his brain, which suffered bruising and bleeding when the retired seven-time world champion...

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Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari return gives F1 a lift

Rome: Kimi Raikkonen’s return to Ferrari, which was confirmed on Wednesday, may not be exactly what Fernando Alonso wanted, and it was certainly not on Felipe Massa’s wish list, but it will give Formula One a lift in 2014, when conversation elsewhere is likely to be dominated...

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Rising costs hurt smaller F1 teams

Singapore: Formula One team bosses say the rapidly escalating costs of the sport — set to climb even higher next season — mean there is something “fundamentally wrong” with the sport which must be corrected. The switch to V6 turbo engines next season, along with the re-introduction...

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Felipe Massa leaves Ferrari, Kimi Raikkonen returns

Rome: Felipe Massa announced via Twitter on Tuesday that he will no longer be driving for Ferrari next year. The BBC later claimed Kimi Raikkonen would be replacing him and returning to team he left in 2009. Raikkonen won the world title with Ferrari in 2007, the first...

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Lewis Hamilton scorches to pole hat-trick

Budapest: Lewis Hamilton scorched to his third pole position in a row for Mercedes in searing track temperatures at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday. The 2008 Formula One world champion, a triple winner in Hungary with McLaren, lapped the circuit with a best time of one minute 19.388 seconds to deny Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel the top slot. “Are...

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Mercedes sense their chance

London: “We’ve gone on holiday by mistake,” says Richard E Grant’s Withnail in that wonderful black comedy Withnail and I, and one senses that Ross Brawn, the Mercedes team principal, feels rather the same way. While the summer sabbatical feels like a lifesaver for many in the hectically scheduled, vroom-and-bust world of Formula One, its timing...

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Hulkenberg to race for Sauber F1 in 2013

Nico Hulkenberg will race for the Swiss based outfit in 2013 after signing today a deal. The 25-year-old German won the GP2 Series in 2009, made his Formula 1 debut in 2010 with the Williams F1 Team and managed to capture a pole position in his maiden year. He is currently...

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Ferrari launch the Ferrari F138 F1 single seater

Scuderia Ferrari launched today at Maranello its 2013 F1 car, the Ferrari F138. The choice of the F138 name, derives from a combination of the current year and the number of cylinders, partly to mark the fact that this will be the last year that the V8 engine configuration...

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Mercedes unveil new W04 F1 single seater at Jerez

The Mercedes F1 Team unveiled today in Jerez, Spain its 2013 Formula One car, the Mercedes AMG F1 W04. The new F1 W04 completed its first laps of today’s 100 km shakedown at 10:21 CET in the hands of Nico Rosberg, who drove the car throughout the morning. Lewis Hamilton...

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Sauber pit fire was not engine problem

Sauber’s pit lane fire in Mugello on Thursday was not an engine issue, the Swiss team has confirmed to GPUpdate.net. Initially, when Sergio Pérez pulled into the pit lane, it was unknown whether the blaze was related to a major technical component. “It was just a heat shield in the exhaust area that had caught fire and was obviously replaced,”...

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Schumacher not expecting too much in Spain

Michael Schumacher is typically retaining a realistic approach as Formula 1 returns to Barcelona. Although the seven-time World Champion is confident that Mercedes has made progress, he is not expecting too much, too soon in Barcelona. During the week, the F1 circus travelled to Mugello in Italy for the first in-season test for race drivers since...

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Raikkonen signs two year deal with Lotus Renault

The Lotus Renault GP F1 team announced earlier today that Kimi Raikkonen will race for them in the 2012 season. The 2007 World Champion, who left Formula 1 at the end of 2009 to pursue a career in rallying, has decided to make a comeback at the pinnacle of single-seater racing....

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Lotus Renault GP and Heidfeld announce separation

The Lotus Renault GP team along with Nick Heidfeld have reached an amicable settlement today and have chosen to part company with immediate effect. “Our disagreement with Nick has been the subject of much media coverage lately, and we are pleased to have reached a swift...

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Button Leads Close Race For 2nd Place Behind Vettel

Abu Dhabi - With Sebastian Vettel already crowned Formula One world champion, Jenson Button is looking to strengthen his grip on second place at this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Button leads a group of four drivers fighting for the runner-up spot with two races remaining. The McLaren driver holds a 13-point lead over Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso....

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Massa wants Buddh kerbs altered

The Ferrari driver, who had several encounters with the kerbs during the proceedings sessions, finally came undone in Q3 when he hit the kerbs at Turn 8. The impact broke his right front suspension and sent the Brazilian crashing into the barriers at Turn 9. It also resulted in him losing a place to Jenson Button on the timesheets as the McLaren...

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Button dedicates result to Dan and Marco

The Brit, who finished second in the inaugural Indian Grand Prix, joined his fellow drivers in honouring the duo, both of whom lost their lives earlier this month in racing accidents, with a minute's silence. "We've had two fatalities and it's very difficult," Button said. "I knew Dan from a young age - so I think we should dedicate this first...

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Alonso: We are still lacking pace

Fernando Alonso says it will be a struggle to repeat his Monza victory of 12 months ago this weekend, explaining that Ferrari is lacking pace compared to ‘the best’ in Italy this weekend. The two-time Champion was the fifth fastest man on Friday, over half a second adrift of McLaren rival Lewis Hamilton’s fastest time in morning practice. "Racing...

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Renault confirms Senna

Bruno Senna will drive for Lotus Renault Grand Prix in the Belgian GP at Spa this weekend, the team has announced. Senna drove in Friday free practice at Hungaroring, where rumours were rife that the team was looking to replace the 34-year-old German with Senna for the rest of the season. Heidfeld was an 11th hour replacement for the injured Robert...

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Horner warns of Red Bull attack

Given the considerable cushions Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel hold over their rivals in the Constructors' and Drivers' Championships, it would be easy for team and driver to play the percentage game. Although McLaren and Ferrari have made strides in playing catch up, it seems inconceivable the Milton Keynes-based marque and the 24-year-old German will...

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