Former Toro Ross boss Gerhard Berger believes that Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen could be an ideal replacement for Mark Webber after the Red Bull veteran vacated his Formula One seat at the end of the year.
Webber's future has been in serious doubt with Red Bull as his current contract is set to expire at the end of the season. Both Toro Rosso drivers - Jean-Eric Vergne and Daniel Ricciardo - are in the race of Red Bull's seat, but Berger believes that Raikkonen would be ideal the perfect replacement for Webber.
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10:56 AM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: Formula 1 team Red Bull's boss Christian Horner has been rewarded for his services to motorsport with the Order of British Empire (OBE). "I'm naturally shocked. It's all a bit unexpected, incredible really," Horner said. "To be in the company of men and women who have achieved such great things for the country is something very, very special. This is right up there with what I have achieved...
03:14 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner on Saturday claimed that the deal to extend the contract of their No 1 driver Sebastian Vettel was "perfect timing". Red Bull on Tuesday confirmed the three-time World Champion Vettel had agreed to a one-year extension, end of 2015. Vettel, who is with Red Bull since 2009, has claimed 29 victories, 39 pole positions, and clinched three successive championship titles since 2010. "It was...
11:07 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Toro Rosso driver Jean-Eric Vergne could replace Mark Webber after the Red Bull veteran vacated his Formula One seat, although Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus remains the hot favourite for the job. Vergne finished eighth in Monaco and clinched sixth place in Montreal, which represented Toro Rosso's best finish since the Sebastian Vettel days in 2008. In a damp qualifying session in Montreal, Vergne started seventh and a strong opening stint...
02:57 PM, Jun 14, 2013
London: Pirelli have ruled out changing the construction of their Formula One tyres until at least August due to teams failing to reach agreement at last week's Canadian Grand Prix. Announcing their compounds on Thursday for the next three races - in Britain, Germany and Hungary - the Italian company said they had abandoned a plan to introduce a new tyre at Silverstone this month. "This decision is due to...
12:02 AM, Jun 14, 2013
Paris: Renault expect to power four Formula One teams next season with Red Bull's two confirmed and Caterham and Lotus set to renew soon, Renault Sport F1 director Jean-Michel Jalinier said on Thursday. The French manufacturer, who have helped Red Bull sweep up the last three constructors' titles, will supply the champions' sister team Toro Rosso next season when a new V6 unit replaces the current V8. Williams, who use...
09:33 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Williams driver Valtteri Bottas is hopeful that his third-place finish in qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix will secure him an extended stay with the Grove team next season. The Finn was a surprise third in Montreal where he handed the changeable conditions well to go under a half a second slower than Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes. Bottas' comments came after deputy team principal Claire...
02:02 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Former F1 team owner turned television pundit Eddie Jordan has warned formula one to ease its criticism of F1's sole tyre supplier Pirelli. The Italian tyre suppliers has been the subject of criticism for its controversial and heavily-degrading 2013 tyres. They are now in the 'test-gate' scandal and are facing the charges of F1's governing body. Jordan, however, says F1 should treat the maker of its tyres with more caution....
03:24 PM, Jun 12, 2013
London: Triple Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel has extended his contract with Red Bull until the end of 2015, the British-based team said in a statement on Tuesday. The 25-year-old German has won the last three championships and is leading the current one after seven races with his latest victory coming at the weekend in Canada. The sport's youngest world champion, who has been linked to Ferrari over the...
11:47 PM, Jun 11, 2013
Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel has led other drivers in paying tribute to a Canadian Grand Prix marshal who died after being run over by a mobile crane during Sunday's race in Montreal. "The work of marshals is not always seen, but it is vital to our sport and without their commitment, time and dedication, there would be no motorsport," Red Bull's race winner said on his website www.sebastianvettel.de on...
03:44 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Montreal: Fernando Alonso knows better than anyone there is no such thing as a safe lead in Formula One, either in races or the championship. Last year, the Spaniard led the championship by 40 points with nine races to go. He had scored points in 23 consecutive races, a mark only Michael Schumacher had bettered, and seemed a sure thing to win his third title. Then the wheels fell off...
12:25 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Montreal: Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel won the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday and made amends for an uncharacteristic mistake that cost the Formula One world champion victory two years ago. The 25-year-old German cruised to his first triumph in North America with a dominant performance to erase the disappointment of his last lap error in the 2011 race in Montreal. Two years ago, Vettel seemingly had the race at his...
11:56 AM, Jun 10, 2013
Montreal: Lewis Hamilton achieved a Formula One career first by steering his Mercedes to third place in Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix, even if the podium was a bitter-sweet one for the Briton. In his five previous visits to Montreal with McLaren, the 2008 champion had won three times and crashed twice. On Sunday, Hamilton found a third way - taking the chequered flag behind Red Bull's race winner Sebastian Vettel...
11:10 AM, Jun 10, 2013
Montreal: Sebastian Vettel won the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday, leading almost the entire way to extend his lead in the Formula One points race. Starting from the pole position, Vettel finished 14.4 seconds ahead of Fernando Alonso's Ferrari. Lewis Hamilton, the 2012 winner, was third after holding the lead for three of the 70 laps when Vettel made an early pit stop. After practice and qualifying were slowed by...
12:47 AM, Jun 10, 2013
Montreal: Sebastian Vettel has earned pole position for Formula One's Canadian Grand Prix for the third consecutive year. The championship points leader drove the fastest lap in the final qualifying session with a time of 1 minute, 25.425 seconds. Lewis Hamilton also will be in the front row for Sunday's race on the 2.71-mile course located on the Ile Notre Dame in Montreal. Intermittent rain dampened the course and slowed...
11:51 PM, Jun 08, 2013
Montreal: Mark Webber of Red Bull posted the quickest lap in an abbreviated and wet final practice session at the Canadian Grand Prix on Saturday. Webber's best lap at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve was 1 minute, 17.895 seconds. Adrian Sutil of Force India was second fastest at 1:18.248, followed by defending race champion Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes at 1:18.732. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was fourth, Formula One leader Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull...
09:22 PM, Jun 08, 2013
Monaco: The Red Bull team failed to win the Monaco Grand Prix for the first time since 2009, though it felt like a victory for Sebastian Vettel as the three-time defending champion strengthened his overall lead heading into next month's Canadian GP. After the Spanish GP two weeks ago, Kimi Raikkonen trimmed Vettel's lead to four points with a second-place finish behind Fernando Alonso, who had clawed back to within...
07:46 PM, May 28, 2013
London: The real mystery about Pirelli's 'secret' tyre test with Mercedes is why it ook the rest of Formula One so long to find out about it. The shock revelation was the talk of the Monaco Grand Prix weekend, with Ferrari and champions Red Bull putting in protests that could see Mercedes end up in front of a governing FIA tribunal charged with breaking a ban on in-season testing. Secrets...
08:54 AM, May 28, 2013
