Formula One News — November 2013

Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and four time Indycar champion Dario Franchitti has announced that he will retire from the sport on medical advice following a crash in Houston last month.

United States GP - Thursday Press Conference

The McLaren Mercedes F1 team has announced that Keven Magnussen will partner Jenson Button for the 2014 season.

The Lotus-Renault Formula team has announced that Finnish driver Heikki Kovalainen will replace the injured Kimi Raikkonen for the final two races of the season.

Two drivers newly available on the 2014 market appeared to have vastly different moods on Thursday when contemplating their respective futures.

Jean Todt will remain president of F1's governing body, the FIA, for a second term.

The final chapter in Epsilon Euskadi's failed bid to enter formula one took place this week in a Spanish court.

Nico Rosberg thinks he is rounding out his first F1 season with Lewis Hamilton as his teammate "about equal" with the 2008 world champion.

Christian Horner has accused Fernando Alonso of encouraging his fans to boo world champion Sebastian Vettel on the podium this year.

Ferrari stopped Nico Hulkenberg from joining Lotus for the last two grands prix of 2013.

Triple world champion Nelson Piquet had heart surgery this week.

Heikki Kovalainen may only have been Lotus' third choice as the 2013 successor for surgery-bound Kimi Raikkonen.

Lotus is poised to announce Heikki Kovalainen as the replacement for his surgery-bound countryman Kimi Raikkonen for the last two races of 2013.

Nico Hulkenberg turned down an offer from Lotus to replace the surgery-bound Kimi Raikkonen for the remaining two grands prix of 2013.

Robert Kubica has admitted it is unlikely he will ever return to formula one.

Morocco has emerged as the latest strong contender to join the ever-expanding formula one calendar.

Sergio Perez's marriage to McLaren seems definitely over, as the Mexican criticised the great British team at the tail end of its disappointing 2013 season.

Williams has admitted Rob Smedley could be the next big name to join the beleaguered British team.

The heat of the 2014 'silly season' is now squarely on McLaren, amid rumours the British team has decided to replace Sergio Perez with rookie Kevin Magnussen.

Fernando Alonso and Ferrari have ended the fevered speculation about the Spaniard's participation in this weekend's US grand prix.

Martin Whitmarsh has not denied mounting speculation that Sergio Perez will be ousted by McLaren after Brazil's 2013 season finale.

More news will follow now that Felipe Massa has been signed up by Williams for 2014.

Valtteri Bottas has admitted he knew for some time in advance that he will be staying at Williams beyond 2013.

Gerard Lopez, the head of Lotus' team owner Genii, might be among the cynics after news broke that Kimi Raikkonen will sit out the rest of the season.