London: Formula One must have a permanent race steward attending all races if a licence penalty points system for drivers is to be introduced next season, according to triple world champion Jackie Stewart. Formula One teams approved the licence plan at last weekend's Spanish Grand Prix and it now has to be rubber-stamped by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) world motor sport council at a meeting next month. The system...
09:52 PM, May 15, 2013
Barcelona: Felipe Massa gave Ferrari a boost ahead of qualifying later on Saturday by posting the fastest time in the third and final practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix. The Brazilian driver left it very late in his run to clock a best time of 1 minute, 21.901 seconds in mostly sunny conditions, enough to edge out Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen by .006. Mark Webber was third quickest in his...
04:22 PM, May 11, 2013
Sakhir (Bahrain): Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton was thrilled at finishing fifth in the Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix. The 27-year-old Hamilton, in his first season for Mercedes, started ninth on the grid and weaved his way through the field before overtaking Red Bull's Mark Webber on the final lap, to take eight points from the contest on Sunday. Lotus snatched a one-two with former World champion Kimi Raikkonen and Romain...
05:14 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Bahrain: Three-time world champion Sebastian Vettel won the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, easily beating Lotus drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean in a race that has been the target of rights groups and anti-government protesters in the divided nation. It was a dominant performance for the Red Bull driver, who grabbed the lead for good on the 17th lap and beat Raikkonen by nine seconds. Grosjean was nearly 20...
07:00 PM, Apr 21, 2013
The Finn was fastest in free practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix with Grosjean 10th and sixth in the two sessions at Sepang. ...
05:57 PM, Mar 22, 2013
The Lotus drover Grosjean was ahead of Ferrari pair Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa. ...
10:06 AM, Mar 16, 2013
Grosjean earned a one race ban last season after a Belgian Grand Prix collision that put Ferrari's Fernando Alonso out of the race. ...
04:07 PM, Feb 27, 2013
Button said there was plenty of work to be done at next week's final test in Barcelona after the Briton had less track time than he had hoped for on Thursday. ...
04:57 PM, Feb 22, 2013
The team had to pull out of that 2012 test and return to the factory after Grosjean had done seven laps. ...
09:33 AM, Feb 12, 2013
Lotus have become the first Formula One team to unveil their car for the 2013 season at the team's Enstone base. ...
03:36 PM, Jan 29, 2013
London: The Lotus Formula One team will have an unchanged line-up next season after they announced on Monday that French driver Romain Grosjean will retain his place alongside 2007 champion Kimi Raikkonen. The confirmation came a day after Grosjean won the Race of Champions event in Bangkok, beating Red Bull's triple champion Sebastian Vettel and seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher along the way. "Romain is a great talent and we...
09:02 AM, Dec 18, 2012
Bangkok: Germany, represented by Formula One world champions Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher, won the Race of Champions team crown for the sixth successive year in Bangkok on Saturday. The event, which pits winners from various motorsport series competing in identical cars and being held at the Thai capital's Rajamangala stadium for the first time, saw Germany comfortably beat the French pairing of F1 driver Romain Grosjean and rally driver...
08:56 AM, Dec 16, 2012
