NEWS ARCHIVE
MCLAREN MEN VOW TO ATTACK IN BRAZIL
Interlagos is the site of momentous moments for both Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button and both are hoping to continue that tradition and keep the championship battle alive in Brazil next weekend.
TOP BIRD GETS MERCEDES F1 TEST
GP2 race winner Sam Bird will test for the Mercedes F1 team in the young driver tests at Yas Marina on November 16/17.
SENNA LINKED TO LOTUS RENAULT DEAL
The Brazilian Globo Esporte newspaper is linking Bruno Senna with a potential Lotus-Renault deal for 2011.
HORNER RUBBISHES BERGER CLAIMS
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has strongly denied suggestions from Gerhard Berger on Austrian TV that Mark Webber would like to have taken out one of his championship rivals when he rolled back across the track after his crash in the Korea.
DID FERRARI APPLY ILLEGAL TEAM ORDERS AGAIN IN KOREA?
A report has revealed that Ferrari once again applied team orders during the Korean Grand Prix to further the championship cause of Fernando Alonso.
BERNIE AND HIS MANY HAPPY RETURNS
Formula 1 commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone was born in St Peter South Elmham, a rural backwater near Bungay in Suffolk, England, 80 years ago today.
VETTEL'S NOT SO SUBTLE MESSAGE...
Just in case Red Bull's management is thinking of loading its efforts behind Mark Webber in the final two races, Sebastian Vettel has underlined the fact that his departure from last Sunday's Korean GP through engine failure was not, unlike his team mate's, self-inflicted.
BARRICHELLO WINS GOOGLE VERDICT
Rubens Barrichello has won $118,000 in a libel action against Google Brazil.
WEBBER - SINNER OR SINNED AGAINST?
The demise of Mark Webber's championship lead and the Aussie's crash in the Korean Grand Prix has sparked controversial opinions.
MALDONADO TO TEST WILLIAMS
Speculation that Williams will replace Nico Hulkenberg with Pastor Maldonado, the German's successor as GP2 champion, has been fuelled by the announcement that the Venezuelan will join F2 champion Dean Stoneman in the Williams young driver tests at Abu Dhabi next month.
BRAZIL PENALTIES FOR SUTIL AND BUMI
Force India's Adrian Sutil and Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi will suffer five slot grid penalties at the Brazilian GP after collisions with Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi and Virgin's Timo Glock respectively.
FERNANDES UNDER PRESSURE TO DROP LOTUS NAME?
Lotus Racing boss Tony Fernandes appears to be under pressure to drop the Lotus name if he wants to secure his supply of Renault engines.
MCLAREN: HANGIN' ON THE TELEPHONE
McLaren Mercedes has extended its title sponsorship partnership with Vodafone until the end of 2013.
MAURICE HAMILTON JOINS GRANDPRIX.COM FOR WEEKLY COLUMN
Today sees the first installment of a new column on Grandprix.com by celebrated F1 journalist Maurice Hamilton.
WILLIAMS SCOOPS TOP PR AWARD
Williams has claimed a top award in the annual PR Week Awards at the Grosvenor House hotel in London.
PROST ON SCHUMACHER: TYRES ARE AN EXCUSE
Four times world champion Alain Prost has told French sports newspaper L'Equipe that Michael Schumacher lacked the humility to set reasonable targets for his F1 return.
HAMILTON FIFTH MOST POWERFUL CELEBRITY
The British publication Marketing Week has quoted research which places Lewis Hamilton in the top five most powerful UK celebrities.
TEAMS GEAR UP FOR KOREA
Formula 1 teams have spent the last month running virtual simulation programmes ahead of the inaugural Korean Grand Prix at the Yeongam circuit this coming weekend.
KUBICA QUICK ON THE LOOSE TOO
Robert Kubica recovered from the disappointment of his early retirement in the Japanese Grand Prix by taking third place overall in last weekend's Rallye d'Antibes in the south of France.
CHANDHOK TIPS RED BULL FOR KOREA
Karun Chandhok, who has driven display laps of the Korean International Circuit in a Red Bull, thinks that the championship-leading team will have the edge in next Sunday's inaugural Korean Grand Prix.
RUSSIA FINALLY INKS F1 DEAL
Bernie Ecclestone has signed a seven-year deal for a Russian Grand Prix in Sochi between 2014-2020.
TWO DAY GRAND PRIX MEETINGS WON'T HAPPEN
Although last weekend's Japanese Grand Prix went off successfully despite a truncated track schedule after Saturday was washed out, it is unlikely that two-day GP meetings will receive enough support to be seriously considered as an alternative to the current F1 race timetable.
WEBBER AND BUTTON PLAYING MIND GAMES?
As the world championship run-in comes down to the nitty-gritty with just three races left to run, it seems defending champion Jenson Button and series leader Mark Webber are indulging in some psychological warfare.
WAS BUTTON MCLAREN'S SUZUKA SACRIFICIAL LAMB?
On Sunday night at Suzuka, Red Bull's Christian Horner admitted he'd been a little bit suspicious of McLaren's Japanese GP approach.
KOREA GIVEN FIA GREEN LIGHT
The FIA has given the Korean Grand Prix approval to go ahead following a two day safety inspection.
BUTTON RUES THREE-LAP QUALIFYING RUN
Jenson Button thinks that his sixth place on the Suzuka grid on Bridgestone's prime tyre could have been third had he not fuelled for a three-lap run in Q3.
HAMILTON BACK FIVE PLACES AFTER GEARBOX PROBLEM
Lewis Hamilton's championship hopes suffered another blow when he was hit by a five place grid penalty for a changed gearbox at Suzuka.
FORCE INDIA LOSES COURT VERDICT
Force India has suffered a reversal of a 2009 High Court ruling demanding that Etihad Airways and Aldar Properties pay $4.7m in damages.
THURSDAY PRESS CONFERENCE
Japanese GP - Thursday Press Conference
LOTUS ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP WITH CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY
Lotus Racing has signed a global representation agreement with the entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA).
BOB BELL DEPARTS RENAULT
Renault Formula 1 team managing director Bob Bell has stepped down with immediate effect.
EX-LOTUS BOSS PETER WARR DIES
Peter Warr has died at his home in the south-west of France at the age of 72. Warr was best known as the team boss of the Lotus Formula 1 team.
LOTUS AGREED RED BULL DRIVE TRAIN DEAL
Lotus Racing has agreed a deal with Red Bull Technology for the supply of gearboxes and hydraulic systems from the 2011 season and beyond.
SAUBER CONFIRMS PEREZ AND TELMEX
As we predicted, Sauber has today confirmed a partnership with Mexican telecommunications company Telmex and has signed 20-year-old GP2 series runner-up Sergio Perez to partner Kamui Kobayashi in 2011.
PORSCHE TO LOOK AT F1 PROGRAMME
New Porsche chairman Matthias Muller has said at the Paris Motor Show that the company will consider a future F1 programme.
