Korean Grand Prix 2012

Ferrari hand Massa one-year contract extension

Maranello: Ferrari have extended Felipe Massa's contract for one more season with the Formula One team. The Italian squad made the announcement on Tuesday, saying it has renewed the Brazilian's deal "to the end of the 2013 race season." The move comes two days after Massa's fourth-place finish in the Korean Grand Prix.

Massa also finished fourth in the Italian GP last month, then took second in the Japanese GP eight days ago for his first podium result in nearly two years. Still, Massa hasn't won a race since a life-threatening accident at the Hungarian Grand Prix in 2009. He is ninth in the drivers' standings.

His previous deal was to expire at the end of this season.

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Nico Hulkenberg to leave Force India for Sauber

Yeongam (South Korea): Sahara Force India's Nico Hulkenberg will be driving for Sauber in the 2013 Formula One season, BBC reported Sunday. The report said Mexican Esteban Gutierrez will be Hulkenberg's teammate next year, leaving Kamui Kobayashi without a seat. Kobayashi's current teammate at Sauber, Sergio Perez, will be shifting to McLaren in 2013. "Sauber have not yet officially confirmed Hulkenberg but the deal is understood already to be done,"...  

Maldonado eager to stay at Williams

Yeongam: Venezuelan Formula One driver Pastor Maldonado wants to stay with Williams next season despite suggesting last weekend that he might have other options. The driver told reporters at the South Korean Grand Prix on Thursday that he had no desire to move. "I really want to stay with Williams," he said. "It's a good team and the team is getting better and better every day. We've been rebuilding everything...  

Second? I'd rather be fourth, says Raikkonen

Yeongam: Kimi Raikkonen would rather finish fourth in the Formula One world championship than end up second or third because then he can skip the official prize-giving gala in December. The Finn, 2007 world champion with Ferrari and now at Lotus, is third in the current standings after 15 of the 20 races but he made it clear on Thursday that first was all that really counted. "It doesn't matter...