Monaco: Mercedes promised to provide Michael Schumacher with a more reliable car after the German's hopes of a return to the Monaco glories of his heyday ended in disappointment on Sunday. The seven times world champion had his sights set on a podium finish for the first time since 2006, after what would have been pole position was translated into a sixth place start due to a previous penalty. Instead,...
03:48 PM, May 28, 2012
Monte Carlo: Sahara Force India recorded their best finish of the season with Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg securing seventh and eighth position respectively at the Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo on Sunday. It was the second double finish of the season for Force India since both its cars got into the top 10 at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia in March. Force India thus picked up...
10:54 PM, May 27, 2012
Monaco: Pastor Maldonado looked likely to start Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix from the back of the grid after collecting a 10-place penalty for causing a collision and then being told his car would need a new gearbox. That unscheduled change would entail a further five place drop for the Venezuelan who started on pole position in Barcelona two weeks ago and went on to secure Williams' first Formula One win...
10:29 AM, May 27, 2012
Monte Carlo: Nico Hulkenberg and his team-mate Paul Di Resta will start at the fifth and seventh rows respectively at the grid on Sunday as the Sahara Force India team had a decent qualifying session at the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix in Mnte Carlo on Saturday. Hulkenberg qualified in P11 ahead of Di Resta in P15. With a grid penalty for Pastor Maldonado of Renault, both the Sahara Force...
10:13 PM, May 26, 2012
Monaco: France's sole Formula One champion Alain Prost fears the chances of the country hosting a grand prix again in the near future have receded. "I am not optimistic," he told reporters at the Monaco Grand Prix, where Lotus driver Romain Grosjean has a real shot at becoming the first French winner since Olivier Panis in 1996. "I think it's going to be difficult," he said. "It's not only a...
05:24 PM, May 26, 2012
Monaco: Formula One motor racing has installed Nestle's Peter Brabeck as its chairman following a board meeting at the Monaco Grand Prix on Friday, Brabeck told Reuters. The motor racing series has been cleared to float on the stock market in Singapore but Brabeck, who chairs Swiss food group Nestle, said no final decision had been taken on whether to proceed with a listing that could value the business at...
10:16 PM, May 25, 2012
Monaco: When Sebastian Vettel headed to the Monaco Grand Prix last season, all the talk was of how quickly the Red Bull driver would wrap up the Formula One championship. It could not be more different this year, with the two-time defending champion level on points with two-time former champion Fernando Alonso of Spain and seven drivers within 20 points of each other in one of the most wide-open seasons...
12:54 PM, May 24, 2012
Barcelona: Teams and drivers emerged from the Spanish Grand Prix with more questions than answers on just who is the Formula One favourite after five races. Pastor Maldonado's maiden victory gave Williams their first F1 triumph in eight years and the season's fifth different winner. It's the most varied start since 1983 and the 12 teams' inability to get to grips with the Pirelli tyres is one the main reasons....
12:46 PM, May 24, 2012
Monte Carlo: F1 driver Nico Hulkenberg is looking to continue his good run in Monaco and said the updates that his team Force India brought to the Spanish Grand Prix last week will help them to do well this weekend in Monte Carlo. Hulkenberg had finished in top-10 with a timing of 1:39:09.709 at Catalunya Circuit last week and said he is up for the challenge this weekend. "I enjoy...
06:05 PM, May 21, 2012
Barcelona: It turned out to be a mixed outing for Sahara Force India as Nico Hulkenberg finished 10th in the Spanish Grand Prix but team-mate Paul di Resta ended up outside the points bracket in Barcelona on Sunday. Hulkenberg's 10th-place finish helped the team earn a point, but it was not helped by di Resta's 14th position at the Catalunya Circuit. Hulkenberg, who started 14th on the grid, gained four...
11:15 PM, May 13, 2012
London: Mercedes' Michael Schumacher has criticised Pirelli's Formula One tyres by saying they make him feel like he is driving on raw eggs. The seven-time world champion, who has not stood on the podium since he began his comeback in 2010, told CNN in an interview that the Italian tyres were having too much of an effect on racing. "They are so peaky and so special that we don't put...
08:49 AM, May 09, 2012
Maranello: Ferrari marked the 30th anniversary of the death of fan favourite Gilles Villeneuve on Tuesday with the Canadian's son Jacques behind the wheel of one of his cars at the Italian team's Fiorano test track. With double world champion Fernando Alonso and Brazilian Felipe Massa looking on, the 1997 world champion stepped into the 1979 312 T4 that his father drove to three victories that season when he and...
08:45 AM, May 09, 2012
London: The Force India Formula One team must pay legal costs of more than $1 million Dollars within two weeks after a copyright case involving rivals Caterham and the operators of an Italian wind tunnel, a judge ruled on Friday. Court sources said Mr Justice Arnold awarded Mike Gascoyne, Caterham's chief technical officer, an interim payment of costs of 400,000 Pounds and 1Malaysia Racing Team of 250,000 Pounds. 1Malaysia Racing...
01:50 PM, May 05, 2012
Mugello: Sahara Force India had a busy day on the track, checking out aero balance and tyre compounds, on the third and final day of the Formula One mid-season testing at Mugello on Thursday. Paul Di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg shared the VJM05 for the final day of running. While Di Resta completed 34 laps, Hulkenburg was on the track for 55 laps. "It was a much better day and...
10:55 AM, May 04, 2012
Scarperia, Italy: Romain Grosjean of Lotus was again fastest on the third and final day of Formula One testing at the Mugello circuit. The Frenchman clocked 1 minute, 21.035 seconds on Thursday, 0.232 seconds ahead of two-time defending world champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, with Fernando Alonso of Ferrari third. Grosjean was also fastest on Wednesday, and two weeks ago he and Lotus teammate Kimi Raikkonen each finished on...
10:05 AM, May 04, 2012
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