Suzuka: Red Bull driver Mark Webber has set the fastest time in Friday's practice ahead of Sunday's Formula One Japanese Grand Prix. Webber edged McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton by 0.214 seconds while Sebastian Vettel was third giving Red Bull two of the three fastest times in the afternoon practice at the Suzuka circuit. Michael Schumacher " who announced on Thursday that he will retire at season's end " finished 10th....
12:56 PM, Oct 05, 2012
New Delhi: Thailand could be well on the way to host a Formula One race in 2014. The Southeast Asian country made its intentions clear by successfully bidding to host this year's end-of-season Race of Champions in December which will be attended by reigning World champion Sebastian Vettel and racing legend Michael Schumacher. Local newspapers have also suggested that Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has given a thumbs-up to Thailand...
03:47 PM, Sep 27, 2012
Singapore: Thankfully for world champion Sebastian Vettel the Singapore Grand Prix is a marathon and not a sprint as the German overcame a self-perceived lack of pace in his Red Bull to claim the two-hour night race. A poor final qualifying session meant Vettel started Sunday's race in third place, but he slipped past Pastor Maldonado's Williams by Turn 2 before benefiting from the gearbox failure of Lewis Hamilton's McLaren...
09:07 AM, Sep 24, 2012
Singapore: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel positioned himself as the main challenger to Fernando Alonso's Formula One title chances by earning his second straight Singapore Grand Prix win on Sunday, jumping up to second place in the drivers' championship. Vettel inherited the lead from pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren, who led the race until he suffered a gearbox failure on lap 23 of 59 and had to retire. It was...
07:53 PM, Sep 23, 2012
Singapore: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel has set the fastest time in Saturday's pre-qualifying practice session at the Singapore Grand Prix, bettering McLaren's Lewis Hamilton by a third of a second. Vettel made it a sweep of all three practice sessions at Marina Bay to be well positioned to chase pole position later Saturday. Championship leader Fernando Alonso of Ferrari was third fastest, two thirds of a second behind Vettel,...
05:07 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Singapore: Red Bull signalled it was ready to resume its fight for the Formula One title with a strong performance in Friday's practice for the Singapore Grand Prix. Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel topped the time sheets in both sessions, while team-mate Mark Webber was fourth in the second practice. Neither driver had finished their previous race, the Italian Grand Prix on September 9. "Overall we can be happy with...
06:00 PM, Sep 21, 2012
Belgium: Australian Mark Webber knew all through the August holiday break that he would have a five place grid penalty for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix. The Red Bull title contender revealed after qualifying at Spa on Saturday that he had been told after the Hungarian Grand Prix at the end of July that his car would require a gearbox change for the following race. The team had confirmed his suspicions...
12:41 PM, Sep 02, 2012
Belgium: Formula One title contender Mark Webber will have a five-place penalty on the starting grid for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix after an unscheduled gearbox change, his Red Bull team said. The Australian is second overall in the championship and 40 points behind Ferrari's Fernando Alonso with nine races remaining. The penalty will be a boost for his Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel, the reigning champion who won from...
04:54 AM, Sep 01, 2012
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso has termed McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel as his main rival for Driver's world championship this season. "Hamilton and Vettel are the drivers we have focused on since the beginning. They are the biggest challengers, but all of the teams are close," Alonso told Brazil's Totalrace. "Hopefully, they will fight among themselves and not one of them will dominate." Alonso also said the difference...
09:14 PM, Aug 17, 2012
With the London Olympics hogging the limelight all over the world, the Formula One fraternity has decided to take a month-long break with the next race - the Belgian Gran Prix - to take place on September 2. An agreement was reached between the 12 teams to send their staff for vacation. Once the Hungarian Grand Prix got over, McLaren initiated the shut down. Red Bull too closed its door...
12:57 PM, Aug 07, 2012
Red Bull's Mark Webber described the controversies involving his team as a 'tactic' deployed by rival teams and predicted that there would more such stories in the near future. "Its a pretty boring tactic from them, isn't it?" he said. Quite predictable. In their little bubble, if they want that, thats great," Webber said. In the past week, Helmut Marko " a former F1 driver and now the adviser with...
11:46 AM, Aug 07, 2012
Ferrari cannot afford to make any mistakes in the second half of the Formula One season, championship leader Fernando Alonso warned on Thursday. Despite being 34 points clear of Red Bull's Australian Mark Webber after three wins in the opening 10 races, the Spaniard told reporters at the Hungarian Grand Prix that there was still little between the top teams. Although he is certain to lead into the summer break...
12:50 AM, Jul 27, 2012
Hockenheim: Red Bull boss Christian Horner remains optimistic about their team's chances despite Ferrari's Fernando Alonso gaining a 34-point lead in the Formula One World Championship. "The second half of the year is going to be again full on," said Horner in a press conference after the German Grand Prix. "Fernando's finished all the races in the points, he's won three races now, he's got a 34 point lead. But...
05:20 PM, Jul 23, 2012
Hockenheim: Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull team have been referred to Formula One stewards for a possible breach of the technical regulations ahead of his home German Grand Prix. The governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) raised concerns on Sunday, only hours before the 10th race of the season, about the engine torque mapping on the cars of Vettel and his Australian team mate Mark Webber. Vettel is due...
03:37 PM, Jul 22, 2012
Hockenheim, Germany: Mark Webber, second in the Formula One world championship, has been penalised five starting places for the German Grand Prix after his Red Bull team broke the rules on gearbox changes. "(Webber) did finish the last race in Silverstone and this change was before the five consecutive events expired," said the FIA technical delegate in a statement. "Therefore, this does not comply with...the Formula One sporting regulations." Penalties...
03:49 PM, Jul 21, 2012
Jenson Button was fastest and his team-mate Lewis Hamilton second as McLaren dominated a rain-hit opening practice for the German Grand Prix on Friday. Intermittent showers made conditions tricky for the drivers although the rain was nothing on the scale which caused chaos at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone two weeks ago. Valtteri Bottas crashed his Williams near the end of the session, smashing into the barriers on corner...
04:43 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Twice world champion Sebastian Vettel will try and break two hoodoos at Sunday's German Grand Prix at Hockenheim. Although he is the youngest driver to win a Formula One race, the youngest to win a title and the youngest double world champion, the 25-year-old Red Bull driver has yet to win a race in his homeland or in July. Born in Heppenheim less than 50 kilometres away, Vettel will be...
03:28 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Mark Webber has reaffirmed that his decision to ignore the lure of driving for Ferrari and sticking with Red Bull was the right thing to do. The 35-year-old Australian had this week signed a one-year extension to his Formula One contract with Red Bull and says he has no regrets. "Although I did have talks with Ferrari, staying with Red Bull was the right thing to do," Webber wrote in...
01:02 PM, Jul 13, 2012
