NEWS ARCHIVE
BUTTON TUNES UP WITH A TRIATHLON
Jenson Button headed for Hawaii after the Australian GP, where he is due to compete in a triathlon this coming weekend, along with about 900 entrants.
FERNANDES RECEIVES CBE FROM THE QUEEN
Air Asia, Tune Group and Team Lotus boss Tony Fernandes has today received a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in London today.
HAMILTON UNHAPPY ABOUT RED BULL FRONT WING
Red Bull Racing's front wing is again the subject of controversy as Lewis Hamilton suggested that the team is exploiting a loophole in the regulations that everyone will have to copy.
SAUBER DECIDES AGAINST APPEAL
Sauber has elected not to appeal against the disqualifications of Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi from seventh and eighth places in the Australian GP.
MERCEDES EXPLAINS PROBLEMATIC MELBOURNE
Mercedes believes that its disappointing start to the 2011 season in Melbourne was due to specific circumstances, which included aerodynamic and set-up issues.
SUNDAY PHOTOS (UPDATED)
Australian GP - Sunday Photos
RACE RESULTS (REVISED)
Australian GP - Race Results
SAUBER APPEALS DISQUALIFICATION
Sauber will appeal the disqualification of Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi from their respective seventh and eighth places in the Australian Grad Prix.
SAUBERS DISQUALIFIED
The FIA has announced that the two Sauber-Ferrari's have been disqualified from the Australian Grand Prix results because the top element of the rear wing was found to not conform with the rules.
BUTTON ROBBED IN MELBOURNE?
After a difficult winter McLaren went away from the Australian GP delighted that Lewis Hamilton finished a strong second in a car that demonstrated genuine pace, but frustrated that a stewards decision robbed them of a double podium finish.
FERRARI EXPECTING STRONGER RACE SHOWING
After a strong showing in winter testing, qualifying in Melbourne, with a deficit of almost a second and a half to Sebastian Vettel's pole time, was less than Ferrari was expecting - Tony Dodgins heard from technical director Aldo Costa post-qualifying.
ANALYSIS: RED BULL'S LACK OF KERS
One of the most intriguing aspects of qualifying was Red Bull's non-use of KERS. The on-screen graphics used by FOM revealed that neither pole position man Sebastian Vettel nor Red Bull racing team mate Mark Webber had made use of the KERS on the way to qualifying first and third for the Australian GP.
PRACTICE 3 REPORT - VETTEL LAYS DOWN MARKER AHEAD OF MELBOURNE QUALIFYING
Australian GP - Practice 3 Report
DRIVERS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY PIRELLI WEAR
Both world champion Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull racing team mate Mark Webber found that tyre wear was not as severe as expected in Melbourne on the opening day of the new season.
ANALYSIS: A DIFFERENT SCHUMACHER IN 2011?
There was a perceptible difference in the Michael Schumacher that greeted the motor racing media ahead of the F1 season-opening 2011 race in Melbourne on Sunday.
HRT BATTLING TO GET OUT IN FP2
Hispania Racing Team did not contest the opening session of free practice at the Australian GP as the team is still completing its car build.
BUTTON EXPLAINS TYRE DILEMMA
Jenson Button has outlined some of the tyre issues that will drive tactics in this weekend's Melbourne F1 season-opener and has predicted a race that could go down to the last corner because teams don't yet understand how the Pirelli tyres will be under race conditions.
BERNIE TAKES ANOTHER SHOT AT FIA
Bernie Ecclestone has again criticised the direction taken by the FIA and president Jean Todt over the future F1 engine regulations and, now, the governing body's role.
BUTTON ENJOYS PANORAMIC VIEW
Jenson Button wowed Australian race fans, of whom more than 10,000 turned up to witness him drive a McLaren MP4-23 - the car that team mate Lewis Hamilton took to the '08 world championship - around Australia's best known race circuit, Bathurst.
ECCLESTONE NOT GIVING UP ON ARTIFICIAL RAIN
Bernie Ecclestone says that his idea of introducing sprinklers on certain circuits to simulate rain and spice up F1 races is not dead, but gaining support.
YAMAMOTO SIGNS VIRGIN DEAL
Sakon Yamamoto is to be reserve driver at Virgin Racing for the first three races of the season, in Melbourne, Sepang and Shanghai.
ECCLESTONE HITS NEW YORK!
Instead of flying to the season-opening Australian GP, F1 commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone is headed for New York City and a meeting with mayor Michael Bloomberg to discuss a possible race on Staten Island.
MCLAREN BINS TRICK EXHAUST
McLaren will go to the first Grand Prix in Melbourne with a heavily revised MP4-26 car that it hopes will find a second a lap in performance after a problematic round of pre-season testing in Spain.
CHANDHOK SECURES LOTUS RESERVE SEAT
Karun Chandhok has been confirmed as Team Lotus reserve driver for 2011. The 27-year-old Indian joins Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen at Lotus and will make his first appearance in the car in Friday practice in Melbourne.
FERNANDES AND HUNT DO BATTLE AS LOTUS CASE BEGINS
As the dispute over the right to use the Lotus name in Formula 1 began today in London's High Court, it seems that there is also an internal dispute on the Team Lotus side, between team owner Tony Fernandes and David Hunt, from whom Fernandes claimed he had bought the rights to Team Lotus.
ANALYSIS: BERNIE AGAINST SMALL CAPACITY TURBOS
News that Bernie Ecclestone is at "at loggerheads" with FIA president Jean Todt over the move to small capacity turbocharged engines in 2013 is interesting.
PIRELLI UNVEILS IT'S COLOURS
In the lead up to next weekend's Australian Grand Prix, Pirelli has announced the different colour markings that will identify the different types of tyres being used in Formula 1 during the 2011 season.
SCHUMACHER READY TO DEFY MOSS
Despite Stirling Moss being quoted saying he does not believe Michael Schumacher can win grands prix anymore, the seven times champion himself begs to differ.
SHELL SPONSORS BELGIAN GP
Shell has announced that it will become the official title sponsor of the Belgian GP, in addition to it's major sponsorship of the Ferrari team.
ECCLESTONE TALKS UP AUSTRALIA
Despite recent proclamations from politicians in Melbourne that the cost of the Australian Grand Prix is too high, F1 commerical supremo Bernie Ecclestone has told Australian media that he would hate to lose the race.
BAHRAIN SITUATION DETERIORATES
With Bahrain declaring a state of emergency, it now looks highly unlikely that the cancelled season-opening F1 race will be rescheduled in 2011.
Q&A WITH CHARLIE WHITING
The FIA has released a Q&A with Formula One Race Director Charlie Whiting, explaining the new rule changes for the upcoming season.
WILL HAMILTON LOOK TO RED BULL?
The news that Lewis Hamilton has inked a management deal with Simon Fuller's XIX Entertainment Group has heightened speculation that he may be considering a future away from McLaren Mercedes.
SAUBER'S JAMES KEY: WE WILL SEE COMPLICATED AND DETAILED STRATEGY
Sauber technical director James Key echoed the sentiments of Ross Brawn when he said we can expect to see much more complex race strategies throughout the 2011 season.
BARRICHELLO TARGETS Q3 AND POINTS IN AUSTRALIA
Rubens Barrichello, F1's most experienced man heads into an amazing 19th full season of F1. He's seen most things and took time out to talk about the new Williams FW33 and some of the issues that will be key in 2011.
VETTEL SIGNS CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH RED BULL THROUGH 2014
Red Bull Racing has announced that it has reached an agreement with World Champion Sebastian Vettel to stay with the team through 2014.
RAIN WASHES OUT FINAL DAY OF F1 TESTING
The final day of pre-season F1 testing in Barcelona was washed out by heavy rain, with only three drivers setting times.
BARCELONA, DAY 5 QUOTES
Team quotes from the final day of testing in Barcelona.
ANALYSIS: SCHUMACHER GOES QUICKEST IN BARCELONA
On the first day with the full upgrade package on the new MGP W02, Mercedes and Michael Schumacher recorded the fastest lap (1:21.268) seen thus far in F1 winter testing at Barcelona.
BARCELONA, DAY 4 QUOTES
Team quotes from the fourth day of testing in Barcelona.
LOTUS ANNOUNCE TEST DRIVERS
Team Lotus has announced today that Davide Valsecchi, Luiz Razia and Ricardo Teixeira will serve as the team's test and reserve drivers for the 2011 season.
HRT LAUNCHES F111
The Hispania Racing team is the final F1 operation to launch their 2011 chassis at Barcelona this morning, unveiling the F111.
RED CARD FOR RON'S DRIVING LICENCE
A year on from Lewis Hamilton's 'hooning' episode in Melbourne, McLaren chairman Ron Dennis has been banned from driving in the UK.
MALDONADO TARGETS POINTS IN MELBOURNE
Despite Williams KERS problems early in the testing week at Barcelona, F1 rookie Pastor Maldonado is getting to grips with life in the sport's top echelon. He took time out to give his thoughts ahead of the Melbourne season opener.
ROOKIE PEREZ ON TOP IN BARCELONA
Sauber's Mexican rookie Sergio Perez set the quickest time of the pre-season Barcelona test's third day when he lapped the Ferrari-powered C30.
BARCELONA, DAY 3 QUOTES
Team quotes from the third day of testing in Barcelona.
VETTEL PICKS UP WHERE WEBBER LEFT OFF
Red Bull Racing underlined its strong testing form to date when Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time of the second day of this week's Barcelona test.
BARCELONA, DAY 2 QUOTES
Team quotes from the second day of testing in Barcelona.
DE LA ROSA RETURNS TO MCLAREN
The McLaren-Mercedes F1 team has announced that Pedro de la Rosa will return to the team in his previous long-time role as test and reserve driver.
HRT SIGNS VITANTONIO LIUZZI FOR SECOND SEAT
The Hispania Formula One team has announced that it has signed Vitantonio Liuzzi as the team's second driver for 2011.
WEBBER TOPS FIRST DAY OF FINAL BARCELONA TEST
Mark Webber set the fastest 2011 time yet seen at Barcelona with Red Bull's RB7 on the first day of the final pre-season F1 test ahead of the season-opening race in Melbourne on March 27.
BARCELONA, DAY 1 QUOTES
Team quotes from the first day of testing in Barcelona.
FORCE INDIA AND TEAM LOTUS IN COURT NEXT JANUARY
Force India's claims again Team Lotus, Mike Gascoyne and Aerolab relating to intellectual property infringement are to be heard by the British High Court on January 16, 2012.
STEWART RESTING AT HOME
Sir Jackie Stewart is back home after undergoing tests at hospital in Hillingdon, London.
DUTCH BUY 5% WILLIAMS STAKE
Dutch investment company Cyrte has bought 5% of Williams after 2.4 million shares in the British F1 team were offered on the Frankfurt stock exchange at €25 each.
STEWART TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Three-time world champion Jackie Stewart has been taken to hospital in London after feeling ill on a flight from Geneva.
WILLIAMS F1 MAKES STOCK DEBUT
The Williams F1 team was listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Wednesday morning.
GLOCK SUFFERS APPENDICITIS
Timo Glock is recovering in a Swiss hospital after surgery for acute appendicitis.
INFINITI SPONSORS RED BULL
Japanese car manufacturer Infiniti has announced that it has agreed a major sponsorship of the World Championship winning Red Bull-Renault team.
