Sao Paulo: Lewis Hamilton was fastest in the first day of practice for the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix on Friday, while Formula One leader Sebastian Vettel was second and title challenger Fernando Alonso was fifth. Hamilton, in his last race with McLaren, had a lap of 1 minute, 14.026 seconds in the second practice session at Interlagos, .274 quicker than Vettel's Red Bull. Vettel's teammate Mark Webber was third in...
11:34 PM, Nov 23, 2012
Sao Paulo: Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel hailed Michael Schumacher as his hero and inspiration on Thursday as the German great prepared for a final farewell to the sport at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Sitting alongside the seven times champion at a news conference, Vettel suggested the 43-year-old might like to cover his ears before singing the praises of a man he first met as a schoolboy karter. "He...
09:52 AM, Nov 23, 2012
Seoul: The Korean Grand Prix racked up substantial operating losses last month, the third year running it has finished in the red, potentially threatening its place on Formula One's calendar. The South Korea race, first run in 2010, returned operating losses of 39.4 billion won, local media reported on Wednesday, quoting race organisers. One of nine Asian races on the 20-stop 2012 Formula One calendar, including the Asia-Pacific Australian Grand...
12:24 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Texas: The Formula One title battle between Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso will go down to the wire in Brazil after McLaren's Lewis Hamilton won the U.S. Grand Prix on Sunday. Championship leader Vettel finished second after starting his 100th career F1 race on pole position while Alonso remained in contention with third place and is now 13 points adrift of the German with one race left....
11:50 AM, Nov 19, 2012
Austin: Red Bull lost the top spot at the drivers' podium on Sunday, but the team won its third consecutive Formula One Constructors' championship behind Sebastian Vettel's second-place finish at the US Grand Prix. "I'm very, very happy for the team," Vettel said after Lewis Hamilton passed him on lap 42 to win and push him to second at the Circuit of the Americas. "It's been a tough year so...
08:33 AM, Nov 19, 2012
Austin: A bold passing maneuver at the end of a long straightway slipped Lewis Hamilton past Sebastian Vettel, and the McLaren driver went on to win the US Grand Prix on Sunday in the first Formula One race on American soil since 2007. The drivers' championship will be settled next week in Sao Paolo, Brazil, after Red Bull's Vettel finished second and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso third. "Wicked!" said Hamilton, who...
02:27 AM, Nov 19, 2012
Austin: Sebastian Vettel secured pole position for the US Grand Prix, putting him in the perfect spot to chase his third consecutive Formula One championship. Driving on the new USD 400 million Circuit of the Americas, Vettel dominated three practice sessions before securing the pole on Saturday with a blistering round of qualifying. Vettel's fastest lap for Red Bull was 1 minute, 35.657 seconds. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was a distant...
01:13 AM, Nov 18, 2012
Austin: Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel again posted the fastest lap in practice at the US Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas. Vettel's time of 1 minute, 36.490 seconds came in Saturday morning's final practice run before qualifying in the afternoon. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, who won pole position two weeks ago in Abu Dhabi, was second at 1:36.748. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, who trails Vettel by 10 points in the...
10:25 PM, Nov 17, 2012
Austin, Texas: Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel posted the fastest laps in both the first two practice sessions for the U.S. Grand Prix on Friday. The Red Bull driver clocked a best time of 1 minute, 37.718 seconds on the new Circuit of the Americas track. Friday's practice runs were the first time any of the teams had driven on the $400 million track, built specifically for Formula One....
03:40 AM, Nov 17, 2012
Austin, Texas: Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel posted the fastest time in opening free practice for the U.S. Grand Prix as drivers got their first taste of Formula One's newest venue on Friday. Vettel, who can clinch a third straight drivers' title on Sunday at the $400 million Circuit of the Americas, clocked a best lap of one minute 38.125 seconds around the 5.516km (3.4 mile) track carved out of the...
12:07 AM, Nov 17, 2012
Austin, Texas: The Formula One season comes down to this: Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel leads Ferrari's Fernando Alonso by 10 points with two races left, the first at a track neither has driven on before. The first US Grand Prix since 2007 will be run on Sunday on the new $400 million Circuit of the Americas, built a few miles outside of Austin. With so few points separating Vettel and...
10:23 AM, Nov 16, 2012
Austin: The eyes of the motor racing world will be riveted on Texas this weekend as Formula One makes its return to the United States but it is unclear if Americans will be watching, even with a driver's championship on the line. The stage has been set for a Sunday of high-drama worthy of a Hollywood Western as clinical German Sebastian Vettel and fiery Spaniard Fernando Alonso engage in their...
02:11 PM, Nov 14, 2012
London: Formula One drivers have been told to mind their language after world champion Sebastian Vettel and race winner Kimi Raikkonen turned the air blue on the podium at last Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. A spokesman for the governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) said on Thursday that a private and 'friendly' letter had been sent to all teams' communications directors about the bad language. The letter reminded them that...
11:30 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Should Sebastian Vettel clinch a third consecutive drivers' championship this season, he may look back on his third-place finish in Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as a key moment in his topsy-turvy season. The race on Sunday was won by 2007 champion Kimi Raikkonen. But it was the 25-year-old German's fearless drive through the field after starting dead last that had fans on the edge of their seats for most of...
01:33 PM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: India's ace drivers Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok will come together for the first time since 2004 to represent India at the season-ending Motorsport festival -- Race of Champions -- in Bangkok next month. India have been invited to participate in the December 14-16 event for the first time since its introduction in 1988 and it's a clear indication that motorsport world now looks at India differently with...
06:02 PM, Nov 06, 2012
London: The knockout blow in the Formula One title battle has yet to be thrown but the moment is fast approaching and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel is landing the big psychological hits. Sunday's floodlit Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was a standout chance for Ferrari's Fernando Alonso to recapture the lead in the drivers' standings with two races to go but, even if he beat Vettel for the first time in...
10:15 PM, Nov 05, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Ferrari's Fernando Alonso emphasised the positives after Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel dashed the Spaniard's hopes of seizing back the lead in the Formula One championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Vettel had started from the pit lane and in last place but still managed to finish third, just behind Alonso who is now 10 points adrift of the German with two races remaining in Texas and Brazil....
11:35 AM, Nov 05, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Kimi Raikkonen won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday for his first victory since returning to Formula One this year, a result which throws open the drivers' championship with two races remaining. Raikkonen, the 2007 champion who drives for Lotus, overtook Red Bull's Mark Webber at the start to move into second. He took the lead on the 20th lap when McLaren's Lewis Hamilton retired because of...
08:36 PM, Nov 04, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Two-time defending Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel will start last at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after stewards ruled the Red Bull driver breached FIA rules during qualifying Saturday. The German rolled to a stop after qualifying, forcing him and a Red Bull representative into a meeting with stewards. They ruled that Vettel had an insufficient amount of fuel to be tested in his car. Vettel leads the...
02:45 AM, Nov 04, 2012
