Formula 1 News

Russian Sergey Sirotkin set to become youngest ever grand prix driver in 2014

Sergey Sirotkin receives big career boost with new Sauber deal Little known Russian racing driver 17 year old Sergey Sirotkin is on track to become the youngest ever Formula 1 debutant in the wake of investme... Read More...

Sauber saved by eleventh hour funding from Russian consortium

Peter Sauber always confident his team would survive their crisis Sauber appears to have assured its future in Formula 1 after an eleventh hour investment from a Russian consortium, the announcement was made ... Read More...

Photo Gallery: Formula 1 cars star at Goodwood Festival of Speed

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is a true celebration of all motor racing disciplines, for some the best event on the packed international motorsport calendar, and along with the true classics in action there ar... Read More...

Sauber secure future with Russian investment fund partnership

We are pleased to announce a partnership between the Investment Cooperation International Fund, the State Fund of Development of North-West Russian Federation and the National Institute of Aviation Technologi... Read More...

Alonso: Sebastian is ahead because he does the best job

Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel on the Canadian Grand Prix podium A year ago, Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso said that "he was not fighting Sebastian Vettel - but Red Bull's design guru Adrian Newey". ... Read More...

Bianchi: Ferrari dream will always be there and there’s no point talking about it

Jules Bianchi during his stint as Ferrari driver at the 2012 Young Drivers Test at Magny Cours Of the rookies currently plying their trade in Formula 1, by common consensus, the most impressive of the bunch i... Read More...

Bianchi is a contender for Ferrari race seat in near future

Jules Bianchi Impressive rookie Jules Bianchi has emerged as a real contender to replace Felipe Massa in the Ferrari team, starting in 2014. In the wake of Massa's recent crashes and spins dating back to the... Read More...

Sauber boss says that Ferrari will not stop engine supply

Ferrari F1 engine Financially strapped Sauber may not have engines to power their cars on the day after the forthcoming Hungarian Grand Prix. Die Welt newspaper reports that the Swiss team is now € 15 millio... Read More...

Red Bull investigating options of Mercedes style Pirelli test

Red Bull mechanic with Pirelli tyres World champion team Red Bull is not ruling out following the lead of their rivals Mercedes and conducting a private test with Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli. Mercedes an... Read More...

Peter Sauber hurt by media coverage of his team’s crisis

Peter Sauber with Monisha Kaltenborn Formula 1 team boss Peter Sauber has admitted that the recent media coverage of his team's financial struggle is extremely hurtful. Amid rumours thatNico Hulkenberg termi... Read More...

Peter Sauber hurt by media coverage of his team's crisis

Peter Sauber with Monisha Kaltenborn Formula 1 team boss Peter Sauber has admitted that the recent media coverage of his team's financial struggle is extremely hurtful. Amid rumours thatNico Hulkenberg termi... Read More...

Fangio’s 1954 Mercedes fetches record $29.6 million at auction

Juan Manuel Fangio on his way to victory in the 1954 Swiss Grand Prix at Bremgarten in the Mercedes W196 A rare Mercedes race car became the most expensive car ever sold at auction when an anonymous bidder bo... Read More...

Fangio’s 1954 Mercedes fetches record $29.6 million at auction

A rare Mercedes race car became the most expensive car ever sold at auction when an anonymous bidder bought it for 19.6 million pounds ($29.6 million) at a sale in Britain on Friday. The 1954 Mercedes-Be... Read More...

Hulkenberg, Frijns and Sato on duty for Sauber at Young Driver Test

Kimiya Sato The Sauber F1 Team will test with Robin Frijns (day 1 and morning day 2), Nico Hülkenberg (afternoon day 2) and Kimiya Sato (day 3) at the Young Driver Training Test in Silverstone, which takes pl... Read More...

Raikkonen on duty for Lotus at Young Driver Test

Lotus line-up for Young Driver Test: Nicolas Prost, Davide Valsecchi and Kimi Raikkonen Nicolas Prost, Davide Valsecchi and Kimi Räikkönen will drive for Lotus F1 Team during next week's adapted Young Driver ... Read More...

Unpaid suppliers file claims against cash strapped Sauber

Sauber C32 worked on at the F1 season opener in Melbourne The depth of Sauber's financial crisis is now beginning to emerge, as Handeslzeitung reports that dozens of unpaid suppliers to the struggling Hinwil ... Read More...

Formula E expected to attract top Formula 1 teams

Alejandro Agag, the organiser of the new electric open-wheel series, thinks that top Formula 1 teams like Ferrari and Red Bull will eventually fight for the Formula E title. The Austrian news agency APA said... Read More...

Pollock launches company to help fund drivers

Jacques Villeneuve with Craig Pollock in 2005 The Formula 1 team BAR's founder Craig Pollock has launched a new company with the aim of funding promising drivers through the motor racing ranks. Pollock, also... Read More...