Formula 1 - Alonso wins Chinese GP

DATA: 2013/04/14  HORA: 11:34:13

Fernando Alonso gave Ferrari its first victory of the 2013 Formula 1 season as his tactic of starting on soft tyres proved the right one in a strategy-defined Chinese Grand Prix. Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton used the same strategy to fill the podium, as Sebastian Vettel's tactics could only give him fourth place, just inches behind Hamilton in a ...

Sebastian Vettel pole position Malaysian Grand Prix

DATA: 2013/03/24  HORA: 01:29:04

Sebastian Vettel tip-toed through the early stages of qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix on Saturday before blasting to pole position at a rain-hit Sepang Circuit with a well-timed change of tyres. Red Bull's triple world champion secured the 38th pole of his Formula One career after opting for a new set of intermediates on a drying track to hold ...

Australian Grand Prix - Raikkonen wins in Melbourne

DATA: 2013/03/17  HORA: 10:13:59

Kimi Raikkonen drove a brilliant race to win the Australian Grand Prix for Lotus as the new Formula One season opened with an absolute thriller at Albert Park. Finland's 2007 world champion made the most of having to make just two pit stops and was pulling away from his rivals, having just set the fastest lap time of the race, when he crossed the line ...

Formula 1 - Vettel on pole for dominant Red Bull in Melbourne.

DATA: 2013/03/16  HORA: 22:46:27

World champion Sebastian Vettel will start Sunday's season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix from pole position after setting the fastest time in the rain-delayed qualifying session Damp conditions for the delayed remainder of qualifying raised hopes of a mixed-up grid, but in the end the pole shootout took place on slicks on a nearly-dry ...

Mystery race added to 2013 F1 calendar

DATA: 2012/12/05  HORA: 15:31:12

Formula One could have 20 races again next season after the governing FIA penciled in a mystery European round in July to fill a space left by the postponed Grand Prix of America in New Jersey. The International Automobile Federation said on Wednesday that the German Grand Prix would switch from July 14 to July 7 with July 21 now "reserved for ...

Vettel becomes F1's youngest triple champion.

DATA: 2012/11/25  HORA: 15:03:17

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel became Formula One's youngest triple world champion at the age of 25 after a wet and wild Brazilian Grand Prix rollercoaster won by McLaren's Jenson Button behind the safety car on Sunday. The German, who needed only a fourth place to be sure of becoming the first driver to win his first three titles consecutively, finished ...

Hamilton on pole as Vettel and Alonso struggle.

DATA: 2012/11/24  HORA: 17:19:25

Lewis Hamilton grabbed pole position in his last race for McLaren in Brazil on Saturday while Red Bull's championship leader Sebastian Vettel qualified well ahead of Ferrari title rival Fernando Alonso. Vettel will start the season-ending race in fourth place, a position good enough to secure his third title in a row if he keeps it in what promises to ...

Hamilton wins U.S. Grand Prix for McLaren

DATA: 2012/11/18  HORA: 17:29:17

AUSTIN, TEXAS - McLaren's Lewis Hamilton won the U.S. Grand Prix on Sunday while Red Bull's championship leader Sebastian Vettel failed to clinch his third consecutive drivers' title on his 100th career start. Red Bull did celebrate another victory, however, securing the constructors' title for a third straight year with Vettel finishing second in ...

US GP - Sebastian Vettel beats Hamilton to Austin pole position

DATA: 2012/11/18  HORA: 08:59:36

Sebastian Vettel converted his domination of United States Grand Prix practice into the anticipated pole position at Austin. In a Q3 battle that saw everyone hammer round on long runs trying to bring their tyres to life, Vettel put in a 1m35.877s with two minutes to spare. He nearly got a surprise from Lewis Hamilton, who closed to within 0.051 seconds ...

ABU DHABI - Hamilton on pole while Vettel starts last.

DATA: 2012/11/03  HORA: 22:12:33

Red Bull's championship leader Sebastian Vettel will start Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand prix from the pit lane as punishment for a fuel irregularity that could blow the Formula One title battle wide open. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, the Spaniard who is 13 points adrift of Vettel with three races remaining, to sixth place for the floodlit day-to-night race at ...

SUZUKA, JAPAN - Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel won the Japanese Grand Prix in this Sunday.

DATA: 2012/10/07  HORA: 12:51:26

Alonso's pre-race lead over reigning champion Vettel, chalking up his second win in a row and third of the season, was cut to four points from 29 with the Spaniard in danger of falling behind in South Korea next weekend. "It was an important step today but there's still a long way," said Vettel after holding aloft the winner's trophy and ...

Sebastian Vettel took pole position at the Japanese Grand Prix.

DATA: 2012/10/06  HORA: 09:59:39

SUZUKA, JAPAN - Dominant double world champion Sebastian Vettel took pole position at the Japanese Grand Prix for the fourth year in succession on Saturday, with Mark Webber to start alongside the German on an all-Red Bull front row. Ferrari's Formula One championship leader Fernando Alonso, who is 29 points clear of Vettel with six races to go, will ...

Sebastian Vettel wins in the Singapore Grand Prix.

DATA: 2012/09/23  HORA: 20:32:42

Sebastian Vettel finally scored the second victory of his latest Formula 1 title defence in the Singapore Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver benefited from Lewis Hamilton's McLaren suffering a gearbox failure while holding a narrow lead. Jenson Button claimed second in the other McLaren, with Fernando Alonso's third place maintaining the Ferrari driver's ...

Lewis Hamilton on pole in Singapore.

DATA: 2012/09/22  HORA: 14:23:45

It was the 24th pole of the McLaren driver's Formula 1 career, and the third in four races, as he put down the rising challenge of Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull, who had set the pace throughout the weekend until qualifying. It wasn't all plain sailing for the Briton, who brushed the wall on his quick lap - though apparently without damage. But it won't ...

Sebastian Vettel fastest again in final practice - Singapore GP

DATA: 2012/09/22  HORA: 09:57:17

Sebastian Vettel maintained his advantage over the field in Singapore, setting the fastest time again in an eventful final free practice session on the Marina Bay circuit. The German, who was quickest in both Friday sessions - having won from pole here last year - ended the hour more than three tenths faster than Lewis Hamilton's McLaren. Fernando ...

Singapore GP: Ferrari's Fernando Alonso says scoring big points in next three races is crucial for F1 title hopes

DATA: 2012/09/20  HORA: 10:59:56

Maximising Ferrari's potential over the next three races will be key to Fernando Alonso's world title challenge, according to the Spaniard who believes Ferrari will be at its strongest before the season's climax. Alonso arrives in Singapore for this weekend's race with a 37-point lead over McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, who has won two of the past three grands ...

Hamilton eases to victory in Italian GP.

DATA: 2012/09/09  HORA: 14:31:21

Hamilton refused to be drawn on his future in the build-up to the race weekend, but turned in one of his best performances of the campaign - dominating the practice sessions, taking top spot in qualifying then wrapping up the victory. It would have been better still for McLaren had Jenson Button not suffered a mechanical fault when running comfortably in ...

Belgian Grand Prix - Button takes first pole since 2009

DATA: 2012/09/01  HORA: 12:42:54

Jenson Button blew away the field in claiming pole for the Belgian Grand Prix while world champion Sebastian Vettel will start from 10th after dropping out in Q2 at Spa. The Briton, world champion in 2009, set two times good enough for pole in the McLaren with his latter effort of a minute 47.573 seconds almost three-tenths of a second faster than ...

Hamilton holds off Raikkonen to win the Hungarian Grand Prix

DATA: 2012/07/29  HORA: 11:30:09

Lewis Hamilton fended off Kimi Raikkonen to claim victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix and revitalise a title campaign that had begun to drift since McLaren's last win in Canada. Hamilton led the majority of the race, but had a Lotus on his tail nearly all of the way. Initially it was Romain Grosjean, who dismissed a strong challenge from Sebastian ...

Fernando Alonso holds off Vettel and Button to take third win of 2012 in the German GP.

DATA: 2012/07/22  HORA: 11:46:14

Fernando Alonso extended his Formula 1 world championship lead by fending off Sebastian Vettel and a resurgent Jenson Button to win the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim. Alonso never had a huge lead in his Ferrari, but did enough to keep the chasing Red Bull and McLaren at bay. In the end he was helped by Vettel and Button battling to the finish, their ...

Fernando Alonso grabs pole at wet Hockenheim ahead of German Grand Prix.

DATA: 2012/07/21  HORA: 23:10:26

Fernando Alonso secured his second straight pole position as German Grand Prix qualifying at Hockenheim became a last-minute scramble on a wet track. The 10 drivers in the pole shoot-out were all delivering quicker and quicker times as they acclimatised to the circuit conditions in the final moments, and it was Alonso who handled it best, putting in a ...

Mark Webber charges to superb British Grand Prix victory

DATA: 2012/07/09  HORA: 14:46:54

Red Bull's Mark Webber trimmed Fernando Alonso's Formula 1 championship lead to 13 points by hunting down and passing the Ferrari in a dramatic conclusion to a totally dry British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Sebastian Vettel completed the podium and almost managed to make it a Red Bull one-two as he gained on Alonso's tyre-troubled car at the ...

Webber wins Monaco GP

DATA: 2012/05/28  HORA: 12:11:13

Mark Webber's win at the Monaco GP sees him move to joint second position in the drivers' championship with Sebastian Vettel. Australian Mark Webber won the showcase Monaco Grand Prix for champions Red Bull on Sunday as Formula One celebrated an unprecedented six different winners in six races so far this season. Webber led a processional but ...

Nico Rosberg fastest in second practice.

DATA: 2012/04/20  HORA: 13:50:35

Rosberg followed up his Shanghai victory with another commanding performance in the second free practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The German set that time just over half an hour into the afternoon, ending a busy spell in which the two Mercedes and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel had been swapping the top spot. When he set that lap, Rosberg went ...

Fernando Alonso holds off Perez to win sensational Malaysian Grand Prix.

DATA: 2012/03/25  HORA: 08:20:44

Fernando Alonso held off Sergio Perez to take victory in a remarkable Malaysian Grand Prix, that saw changing weather, a long red flag, and a sensational lead battle between two unlikely contenders. Alonso's victory took the Ferrari driver into the world championship lead, despite the team's tough start to the season, but only a late error prevented Perez ...

Malaysian Grand Prix - Lewis Hamilton beats Jenson Button to pole position at Sepang.

DATA: 2012/03/24  HORA: 10:18:04

Hamilton beat team-mate Jenson Button at the Malaysian Grand Prix to take his second pole position in two races this year. Hamilton was 0.149 seconds quicker than Button, who nudged Mercedes' Michael Schumacher down to third. Red Bull's Mark Webber starts fourth ahead of team-mate Sebastian Vettel, who used the harder tyre in an attempt to boost his race ...

Lewis Hamilton stays on top in second practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix.

DATA: 2012/03/23  HORA: 18:33:22

Lewis Hamilton completed a perfect day's work as he continued to lead the way after the second free practice session at Sepang on Friday. The 2008 world champion appeared to have put the disappointment of Melbourne behind him as he ended the day more than 0.3s ahead of the chasing pack, his leading pursuers Michael Schumacher and Jenson ...

Brilliant Button wins the Australian GP

DATA: 2012/03/18  HORA: 10:18:23

Jenson Button delivered a supreme drive to win the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne after an incident-packed race. Bet on Formula 1 There was drama all over the track except at the very front, where Button remained from the first corner where he passed team-mate Lewis Hamilton, until the chequered flag. Sebastian Vettel demonstrated ...

Mark Webber wins Brazilian Grand Prix.

DATA: 2011/11/27  HORA: 18:02:00

Webber led a Red Bull one-two in the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday to celebrate his first victory of the year in the last race of the Formula One season. The Australian, second on the starting grid, passed world champion Sebastian Vettel for the lead after 30 of the 71 laps when his team mate was apparently wrestling with a gearbox problem. German ...

Hamilton capitalises as Vettel retires

DATA: 2011/11/13  HORA: 20:23:42

Lewis Hamilton clinched a clinical victory for McLaren in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after a puncture ended Sebastian Vettel's race on the opening lap. Hamilton ended a victory drought stretching back to July by prevailing at the Yas Marina in what was a faultless drive after world champion Vettel retired on the very first lap due to tyre ...

GP de Abu Dhabi - Vettel crashes, Hamilton on top.

DATA: 2011/11/11  HORA: 20:36:30

Lewis Hamilton set the pace in practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix while double world champion Sebastian Vettel crunched into the barriers. Vettel, returning to the Yas Marina circuit a year on from becoming Formula One's youngest champion, skidded off at turn one with more than half an hour remaining of the second floodlit session. The Red Bull ...

Sebastian Vettel wins inaugural Indian Grand Prix

DATA: 2011/10/30  HORA: 09:04:44

Vettel strolled to his 11th victory of the season at the Buddh International Circuit to become the winner of Formula 1's first ever Indian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver's latest triumph was one of his most straightforward of his ultra-successful year. As his front row partner and team-mate Mark Webber was attacked by Jenson Button's McLaren and ...

Lewis Hamilton was fastest in second practice for the Korean Grand Prix at Yeongam - Coreia

DATA: 2011/10/14  HORA: 13:35:08

Hamilton and Button were split by 0.104 seconds, but the pair were 1.7s quicker than the rest of the field - headed by new double world champion Sebastian Vettel. The second session exploded into life as soon as the pitlane opened with all the vivacity the first practice had lacked. None of the teams had achieved any worthwhile running in the first one, ...

Vettel clinches title, Button wins race.

DATA: 2011/10/09  HORA: 09:41:21

Sebastian Vettel clinched back-to-back Formula One world titles with third place in the Japanese Grand Prix, while Jenson Button won the race. Bet on Formula 1 The 24-year-old German, who had started from pole position for the 12th time this season, had needed only a point at Suzuka to clinch his second successive crown with four races to spare, becoming ...

Vettel pinches pole in Suzuka.

DATA: 2011/10/08  HORA: 18:59:16

Sebastian Vettel put himself on pole position for a second successive Formula One title after Red Bull won a race against time to get his car up to speed at the Japanese Grand Prix. The pole on a sunny afternoon at Suzuka was Vettel's 12th from 15 races this season, and fifth in succession, and Red Bull's 16th in a row dating back to the end of last ...

Button on top in Suzuka practice.

DATA: 2011/10/07  HORA: 15:08:25

Sebastian Vettel crashed while Jenson Button, the only man standing between the Red Bull driver and a second Formula One title, was quickest in both practice sessions at the Japanese Grand Prix. Bet on Formula 1..Vettel, who needs only a point on Sunday to be the sport's youngest double champion at the age of 24, made a rare error on the exit to the ...

Sebastian Vettel won the Italian Grand Prix from pole position Sunday, fighting off an audacious challenge from ...

DATA: 2011/09/11  HORA: 19:33:27

Vettel’s eighth victory of the year gives the Red Bull driver an opportunity to clinch his second Formula One title in the next race in Singapore later this month. “It has been an incredible year so far, having progressed so much as a team,” Vettel said. “We’ve got ourselves in a very good position.” Vettel clocked 1 hour, 20 minute, 46.172 seconds ...

Button celebrates 'best career win'

DATA: 2011/06/12  HORA: 22:37:18

Jenson Button labelled his Canadian Grand Prix win as the best of his career after a sensational charge to beat Sebastian Vettel on the final lap. Button took the lead of the race with half a lap to go after Vettel lost control of his car when under pressure from the Briton. The McLaren driver finished first despite a crash with team-mate Lewis ...

Fernando Alonso led Lewis Hamilton of McLaren in second practice for the Monaco Grand Prix.

DATA: 2011/05/26  HORA: 14:12:44

Mercedes' Nico Rosberg was again third with Jenson Button fourth ahead of world champion Sebastian Vettel, fastest in the morning. The session started with a flurry of P1s as the track filled up while Mark Webber, ultimately eighth behind Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher, had put his gearbox issues behind him. "It was an electrical issue, ...

Monaco Grand Prix - Sebastian Vettel said he was relieved to take victory in the Spanish Grand Prix after being ...

DATA: 2011/05/22  HORA: 16:08:13

Monaco Grand Prix - Sebastian Vettel said he was relieved to take victory in the Spanish Grand Prix after being pushed hard by McLaren rival Lewis Hamilton. ..The Red Bull driver crossed the finish line just six tenths ahead of the Briton, after fending off his attacks for several laps despite not having KERS working properly. Vettel, who took his ...

Button sets Turkey pace

DATA: 2011/05/06  HORA: 11:00:43

Jenson Button took advantage of drier conditions to set the pace in Friday's second practice ahead of the Turkish Grand Prix. The McLaren racer was half a second quicker than team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who ended third, Nico Rosberg splitting the English pair. Championship leader Sebastian Vettel sat out second practice after damaging his Red Bull in a ...

Brilliant Hamilton sparkles in Shanghai

DATA: 2011/04/17  HORA: 09:50:21

Lewis Hamilton won a thrilling Chinese Grand Prix to deny Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel a fifth triumph in a row. Germany's Vettel finished runner-up and 5.1 seconds behind the Briton, who narrowly avoided starting from the pit lane due to a pre-race engine scare, with his Australian Red Bull team mate Mark Webber taking third after ...

Button fastest in second session

DATA: 2011/03/25  HORA: 08:33:09

Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton put the misery of winter testing behind them with the quickest times on the first day of practice for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. The duo of British former world champions, who between them have won the Melbourne race for the last three years, had been expected to struggle after reliability problems dogged ...

Vettel leads Red Bull 1-2 to seal constructors' title

DATA: 2010/11/07  HORA: 15:55:23

Sebastian Vettel led home team-mate Mark Webber for a Red Bull 1-2 as their team wrapped up the constructers' championship at the Brazilian Grand Prix. More importantly for the drivers, it keeps both of their title hopes very much alive heading to the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with Fernando Alonso finishing third ahead of Lewis Hamilton. The ...

Sebastian Vettel celebrates victory

DATA: 2010/11/07  HORA: 15:50:17

Sebastian Vettel was almost lost for words after winning the Brazilian Grand Prix and helping his Red Bull team clinch its first constructors' title having led home team-mate Mark Webber for a dominant 1-2. After passing pole-sitter Nico Hulkenberg at the start, Vettel pulled away into the distance and was never troubled despite a late safety car period. ...

Korean GP - Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso wins in rain

DATA: 2010/10/24  HORA: 07:37:09

Fernando is the new World Championship leader after winning a heavily weather-affected South Korean Grand Prix which saw neither Red Bull driver finish. The Spanish double world champion capitalised on Mark Webber crashing out on a drying track and Sebastian Vettel, who led from the start, being forced out with an engine problem. Briton Lewis ...

Vettel takes Korean pole

DATA: 2010/10/23  HORA: 10:04:32

Sebastian Vettel took pole position for the inaugural South Korean Grand Prix with Red Bull team-mate and championship leader Mark Webber alongside him on the front row. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton will line up together on the second row of the grid in third and fourth places respectively for what could be a wet race on ...

Webber sets pace in Korea practice

DATA: 2010/10/23  HORA: 00:07:11

Championship leader Mark Webber led two of his title rivals in the second free practice session for the South Korean GP at a slippery new Yeongam circuit. The Australian spun his Red Bull off at turn 12 before returning to the track and immediately setting the fastest lap of the day, a minute 37.942 seconds, in the afternoon session. Ferrari's Fernando ...

Drivers question Korea safety

DATA: 2010/10/23  HORA: 00:01:20

Team bosses and drivers have expressed concern about the safety of the pit lane entrance after the first day of practice in South Korea. Lotus driver Jarno Trulli said the issue of the entrance, with pitting cars having to slow down abruptly to leave the track off a very high speed corner, would be taken up with race director Charlie Whiting, saying: ...

Red Bull flying at Suzuka

DATA: 2010/10/08  HORA: 06:56:35

Sebastian Vettel led championship leader Mark Webber in a dominant Red Bull one-two in both practice sessions for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. While they flaunted an advantage of more than half a second over their title rivals, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton could only watch impotently from the sidelines after crashing in the morning. When the 2008 ...

Alonso holds off Vettel for Singapore win

DATA: 2010/09/26  HORA: 12:04:46

Fernando Alonso held off the charging Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel to win an incident-packed Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday. Championship leader Mark Webber finished third in the second Red Bull to increase his advantage from five to 11 points in the standings after the Australian had collided with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and forced the Briton to ...

Monza, Italia - Alonso beats Button to ignite title challenge.

DATA: 2010/09/12  HORA: 10:33:53

Fernando Alonso won from Jenson Button, while Lewis Hamilton's retirement and Mark Webber's sixth tightened the drivers' championship in an enthralling Italian Grand Prix in Monza. Ferrari desperately needed a strong showing after a tough weekend in Belgium last time around and took heart from their qualifying pace which put both men in the top three on the ...

Monza - Alonso gives Ferrari home pole

DATA: 2010/09/11  HORA: 11:46:06

Fernando Alonso put Ferrari on pole position for their home Italian Grand Prix on Saturday to end a Formula One drought extending back to the end of 2008. The sport's oldest and most successful team last occupied the top slot 31 races ago when Brazilian Felipe Massa took pole position in front of his home fans at the Sao Paulo season-ender. McLaren's ...

Monza afternoon sees Vettel finish top

DATA: 2010/09/10  HORA: 13:28:17

Sebastian Vettel produced the quickest lap-time in second practice for the Italian Grand Prix with McLaren beaten to second and third by Ferrari. Vettel's time of a minute 22.839 seconds was set with 21 minutes remaining in the 90-minute session, barely a minute after Fernando Alonso had taken over from Felipe Massa in the sister Ferrari at the ...

Mark Webber on Spa-Francorchamps pole ahead of Hamilton

DATA: 2010/08/28  HORA: 16:04:58

Championship leader Mark Webber took pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa ahead of Briton Lewis Hamilton, who is second in the standings. Webber's Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel, third in the title fight, will start on the front row - but Renault's Robert Kubica pipped him to third place on the grid. Jenson Button, team-mate of ...

Alonso leads controversial Ferrari one-two

DATA: 2010/07/25  HORA: 09:52:41

Fernando Alonso led a controversial one-two for Ferrari in the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim with the Scuderia seeming to instruct Felipe Massa to let him past. ..Massa leapt from third to first at the start of the race, with Alonso slotting in behind him as poleman Sebastian Vettel - who finished on the podium - fell back to third. The Brazilian ...

Webber victorious at Silverstone.

DATA: 2010/07/11  HORA: 21:15:04

Mark Webber won the British Grand Prix for Red Bull at Silverstone after a storming start that turned the tables on team mate Sebastian Vettel. ..The victory put a smile on the Australian's face after having to give his car's front wing to the German on Saturday in a controversy that left Red Bull facing accusations of favouritism. Webber, stony-faced ...

Vettel holds off Hamilton for victory.

DATA: 2010/06/27  HORA: 10:26:18

Sebastian Vettel held off Lewis Hamilton at the start and end of the race. The results may yet change subject to a post-race investigation involving Button, Barrichello, Hulkenberg, Petrov and a whole host of other cars for going too fast under safety car conditions. Hamilton got the jump on Mark Webber at the start as the Australian opened ...

Fernando Alonso tops second practice in Valencia

DATA: 2010/06/25  HORA: 17:09:31

Fernando Alonso raised the home crowd's hopes by leading the way in second practice for the European Grand Prix in Valencia. The Spanish hero's 1m39.283s heading into the final half hour put him on top by just 0.056 seconds over Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull. It was a good session for the latter team at a track it had low expectations for. Vettel and ...

Hamilton wins as Red Bulls collide.

DATA: 2010/05/30  HORA: 11:21:09

Lewis Hamilton led a dramatic one-two for McLaren with Jenson Button at the Turkish Grand Prix after Red Bull drivers Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel collided while leading. ..Hamilton and Button remained in a close-knit front group until lap 41 of 58, when Vettel - level on 78 points with his team-mate heading into the weekend - pulled alongside ...

Mark Webber claimed consecutive grands prix victories for the first time in his career with a dominant drive around the ...

DATA: 2010/05/16  HORA: 11:58:08

The Australian led from start to finish, surviving four Safety Cars, and was followed home by team-mate Sebastian Vettel to give Red Bull their second straight one-two finish. Robert Kubica, who was passed by Vettel prior to the first corner having started from second on the grid, completed the podium in third, ahead of Felipe Massa and Lewis ...

Barcelona may not have been the best advert for F1 but it was for Mark Webber as Red Bull's number two strolled to his ...

DATA: 2010/05/09  HORA: 11:45:18

Starting the Spanish GP from pole position in front of over 100,000 hostile Spaniards, Webber stormed away as the lights changed, holding off a somewhat tepid attack from his team-mate Sebastian Vettel. The German slotted in behind Webber with Lewis Hamilton taking third place ahead of Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button, Michael Schumacher, Felipe Massa ...

Button leads McLaren one-two in China.

DATA: 2010/04/18  HORA: 08:36:39

World champion Jenson Button calmly steered his way through the chaos of a wet Chinese Grand Prix for his second win of the season, leading Lewis Hamilton to a McLaren one-two. Hamilton, who carved his way through the field from 12th on lap four to finish 1.530 seconds behind his compatriot, may yet pay the penalty for his aggressive drive, however, ...

Vettel hails 'fantastic' qualifying.

DATA: 2010/04/17  HORA: 09:29:45

It doesn't matter which track they are at, Red Bull are proving to be the pick of the bunch in qualifying with Seb Vettel hailing yet another "fantastic" performance from his team. Although it was widely expected that McLaren would be the better performers this weekend in Shanghai due to the pace advantage of their f-duct down the straights, ...

Mark Webber took pole for the Malaysian Grand Prix.

DATA: 2010/04/03  HORA: 17:16:13

Nico Rosberg is also on the front row with Sebastian Vettel and Adrian Sutil behind. With rain pouring down McLaren decided to keep their drivers back as qualifying opened and with the track worsening, Hamilton struggled. He was only able to qualify 20th while team-mate and British compatriot Jenson Button will start 17th after becoming beached in the ...

Lewis Hamilton of Vodafone McLaren Mercedes set the fastest time in the first session of the official practice at the ...

DATA: 2010/04/02  HORA: 12:04:59

Hamilton clocked one minute 1:34.921, 0.185 seconds ahead of Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team. His team-mate and Malaysian Grand Prix defending champion Jenson Button was third fastest, clocking 1:35.207 while seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher was in fourth position with 1:35.225. Malaysia-owned F1 team Lotus Racing drivers -- ...

Button wins Australian GP

DATA: 2010/03/28  HORA: 10:35:53

A smooth drive from Briton Jenson Button saw him claim a dramatic weather-affected Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne with Renault's Robert Kubica second ahead of the Ferraris. Pole sitter Sebastian Vettel crashed out halfway through the race with a brake failure, allowing Button to take the lead - and the reigning world champion never looked ...

Vettel takes pole in Melbourne

DATA: 2010/03/27  HORA: 23:43:28

Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber took the first two spots in qualifying as Red Bull locked out the front row of the grid at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, but Britain's Lewis Hamilton slumped down the grid. German driver Vettel, still only 22 but heavily fancied for this year's Formula One title, lapped Albert Park's tight street circuit in ...

Alonso wins on Ferrari debut.

DATA: 2010/03/14  HORA: 13:14:10

Fernando Alonso won the season-opening Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix and led a Ferrari one-two in a dream debut with the Italian glamour team. In a strength-sapping race led for 34 of the 49 laps by Germany's Sebastian Vettel before his Red Bull slowed and was reeled in, the Spaniard laid down a marker for the season ahead with his 22nd career ...

Nico Rosberg led Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher and Jenson Button in second practice for the season-opening grand ...

DATA: 2010/03/13  HORA: 00:45:33

Nico Rosberg led Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher and Jenson Button in second practice for the season-opening grand prix at Sakhir, Bahrain. ..It was the second occasion on the opening day of the Formula One season that returning seven-times champion Schumacher was trumped in the timesheets by Mercedes team-mate Rosberg on the Silver ...

Vettel leads Abu Dhabi.

DATA: 2009/11/01  HORA: 10:55:49

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ahead of team-mate Mark Webber in the day-night race at Yas Marina. ..World champion Jenson Button brought his Brawn GP car home in third place after a thrilling tussle for second place with Australian driver Webber over the final 10 laps. But there was bitter disappointment for McLaren's ...

Hamilton clinches pole in Abu Dhabi.

DATA: 2009/10/31  HORA: 11:43:12

Lewis Hamilton dominated qualifying to clinch pole position for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina circuit in convincing fashion for McLaren. ..The Brit was fastest in all three phases of the session and kept his nerve in a frantic finale to Q3 to hold the ascendancy for the inaugural race in Abu Dhabi and secure his 17th career pole after ...

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone hailed Abu Dhabi's floodlit new circuit as the best F1 track ever built.

DATA: 2009/10/31  HORA: 07:36:27

.."What they've done is unbelievable," said the Briton, who celebrated his 79th birthday on Wednesday at the £600 million circuit. The Yas Marina track is part of a £24 billion development of the emirate's Yas Island, which also includes a Ferrari World theme park. "It was April 2006 that I sat with the crown prince and at ...

McLaren dominate Abu Dhabi practice.

DATA: 2009/10/31  HORA: 06:38:49

Heikki Kovalainen capped a fine opening day for McLaren at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as he pipped Lewis Hamilton to the fastest time in second practice. ..Hamilton, who was quickest in the morning practice session, led for the majority of the second before his team-mate stole in with a 1:41.307 to seize the initiative. The second session provided the ...

Kobayashi stands in for Glock again

DATA: 2009/10/27  HORA: 18:48:51

Japan's Kamui Kobayashi will race for Toyota in this weekend's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after Timo Glock was again ruled out by injury. Kobayashi, 23, made his race debut in Brazil earlier this month when he finished ninth as a stand-in for German driver Glock, who suffered a cracked vertebra in Japanese Grand Prix qualifying. "We feel ...

Raikkonen all set for final Ferrari start

DATA: 2009/10/27  HORA: 18:46:19

Kimi Raikkonen will make his final start as a Ferrari driver this Sunday in Abu Dhabi as the team and rivals McLaren Mercedes battle over third position in the constructors’ championship. Raikkonen, who has yet to conclude a deal to race next season, is keen to end what has been a difficult season on a positive note. "The race in Abu Dhabi will be ...

Button wins World Championship.

DATA: 2009/10/18  HORA: 15:58:24

Briton Jenson Button won the Formula One World Championship after finishing fifth in a scrappy race at Interlagos in Brazil won by Mark Webber. ..Robert Kubica of BMW and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton also finished on the podium despite starting down in 17th. The result saw Brawn claim the constructors' title, becoming the first team to take the crown in their ...

Barrichello pole as Button blunders

DATA: 2009/10/17  HORA: 18:18:19

Brazilian Rubens Barrichello seized pole position for his home grand prix in a nightmare scenario for championship-leading Brawn team mate Jenson Button. ..Britain's Button, 14 points clear of the Sao Paulo driver with just two races remaining, qualified only 14th in a marathon rain-delayed qualifying session that ranked as one of Formula One's ...

Rosberg tops rain-hit practice

DATA: 2009/10/17  HORA: 13:28:08

Nico Rosberg of Williams was quickest in final practice session for the Brazilian Grand Prix in a session shortened by rain at Interlagos. ..A torrential downpour put the track under water half an hour before the session, and with the medical helicopter grounded by the conditions race stewards delayed the start of the session by 42 minutes. That ...

Alonso top, Barrichello trumps Button.

DATA: 2009/10/17  HORA: 00:29:36

Fernando Alonso snatched top spot late on in second practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix as Rubens Barrichello also improved in the final moments for third and his British title rival Jenson Button finished in fifth. ..While the Spaniard lapped with a best time of one minute 12.314 seconds, Brazilian Barrichello was the fastest of the three championship ...

Hamilton: ''Aspetto il Gran Premio con impazienza''

DATA: 2009/10/13  HORA: 08:46:53

INTERLAGOS - Per la prima volta si presenterà ad Interlagos senza la pressione di esser in lizza per il titolo mondiale. E' un Lewis Hamilton rilassato quello alla vigilia del Gran Premio del Brasile, penultimo appuntamento del mondiale di F1. Negli ultimi due anni, infatti, l'inglese della McLaren Mercedes è sbarcato in Sud America in piena ...

Massa feels like old self after F1 test

DATA: 2009/10/12  HORA: 15:03:52

Felipe Massa says he is the same driver he was before his dramatic accident at the Hungarian Grand Prix after testing a Formula 1 car again on Monday. The Brazilian, sidelined from the sport since he fractured his skull in Hungary, returned to the wheel of a grand prix car at the Fiorano circuit, where he tested a two-year-old F2007 car fitted with GP2 ...

Schumacher tells Vettel not to give up

DATA: 2009/10/12  HORA: 15:00:38

Michael Schumacher is backing Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel in this year's championship fight, and has told his compatriot to remember that the battle "is not over until it's over". Vettel, dominant winner of the last race in Japan, is currently 16 points behind championship leader Jenson Button with just 20 to play for. Seven-time world ...

Japanese Grand Prix: Rubens Barrichello targets success on home soil in Brazil.

DATA: 2009/10/04  HORA: 07:00:36

Jenson Button's Brawn GP teammate and title rival Rubens Barrichello is aiming to win his home Brazilian Grand Prix to keep alive his bid for the drivers' championship. Still in with a shout: Rubens Barrichello has his sights set on success at Brazilian GP. Barrichello finished seventh and one place ahead of world championship leader Button at ...

Vettel back in title hunt with Suzuka win.

DATA: 2009/10/04  HORA: 06:19:30

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel led from start to finish in the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka to put himself back in the title frame with Jenson Button eighth behind Brawn team-mate and other title rival Rubens Barrichello. ..Vettel has 69 points after the victory, achieved at a circuit at which he had never previously raced, with Barrichello two ahead on 71 ...

BRAWN DUO DROP FIVE PLACES

DATA: 2009/10/03  HORA: 08:57:47

Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello have both been penalised five grid places for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix after failing to slow down for a yellow flag during qualifying at Suzuka, the FIA have confirmed. The news will come as a blow to Button, who leads the Formula One championship and would clinch the drivers' title if he beats Brazilian team-mate ...

JAPANESE GRAND PRIX - Pos Driver Team Time.

DATA: 2009/10/03  HORA: 07:10:41

1 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 1min 32.160secs 2 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota 1:32.220 3 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) McLaren 1:32.395 4 Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India 1:32.466 5 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Brawn GP 1:32.660 6 Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber 1:32.945 7 Jenson Button (Gbr) Brawn GP 1:32.962 8 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:32.980 9 ...

Vettel on pole with Button seventh.

DATA: 2009/10/03  HORA: 06:39:58

Sebastian Vettel secured pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka while Jenson Button was only seventh, two places behind main World Championship rival Rubens Barrichello. ..Jarno Trulli of Toyota will start on the front row with McLaren's British world champion Lewis Hamilton third, alongside Adrian Sutil of Force India. Red Bull's Vettel ...

Button struggles as rain hits Suzuka.

DATA: 2009/10/02  HORA: 20:05:10

Formula One leader Jenson Button spent more time sheltering in the garage than on track as heavy rain washed out much of Japanese Grand Prix practice. Button, who can win the Formula One title with two races to spare on Sunday if he beats Brawn GP team mate Rubens Barrichello by five points, did not complete a timed lap in the afternoon. He had been ...

Kovalainen tops wet first practice.

DATA: 2009/10/02  HORA: 19:59:24

McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen led a wet first free practice session at the Japanese Grand Prix while championship leader Jenson Button was only 18th quickest. Japan's only regular race driver Kazuki Nakajima, still without a point after 14 races, had enjoyed a rare moment in the limelight when he led for Williams until toppled by Kovalainen in the closing ...

Alonso hopes to end career at Ferrari.

DATA: 2009/10/01  HORA: 22:16:15

Double world champion Fernando Alonso hopes to see out his Formula One career at Ferrari after he leaves Renault to join the Italian glamour team next season. "I really think that Ferrari will be my last team," he said. "Leaving Ferrari to change team is always a step backwards. It has to be a step backwards because Ferrari is more than ...

Ferrari get their man as Alonso finally joins Massa. Spaniard will replace Raikkonen as Finn heads for McLaren next ...

DATA: 2009/09/30  HORA: 23:07:01

Ferrari has officially confirmed that Fernando Alonso will replace Kimi Raikkonen in its line-up from 2010, having completed a three-year deal. The double world champion's move from Renault has been anticipated for many months, and will see him paired with Felipe Massa in the Italian squad's race team. "We are very proud to welcome to our team ...

Lewis Hamilton led from start to finish to capture his second victory of the season at the Singapore Grand Prix.

DATA: 2009/09/27  HORA: 15:53:11

The McLaren driver had downplayed his chances in the build-up to the weekend but secured a surprise pole in yesterday's qualifying. He then carried that form into Sunday's race under the lights at the Marina Bay street circuit and victory rarely looked in doubt for the reigning world champion with only Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel briefly threatening his ...

Renault have reorganised their Formula One outfit following the departure of Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds, with ...

DATA: 2009/09/24  HORA: 09:35:42

Managing director Briatore has been banned from the sport indefinitely while head of engineering Symonds will be unable to work within it for five years following the race-fixing scandal at last year's Singapore Grand Prix. Bell, who previously worked behind the scenes on car design and factory innovations, takes over race duties as principal and chief ...

Bob Bell has been appointed Renault's acting team principal for the remainder of the Formula One season in the wake of ...

DATA: 2009/09/23  HORA: 23:52:09

Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds resigned from their positions as team boss and executive director of engineering after an internal investigation found them complicit in the conspiracy that led to Nelson Piquet Jr crashing his car in last year's Singapore Grand Prix. Names such as Alain Prost and Olivier Quesnel, currently director of both Citroen Sport ...

Fernando Alonso is hoping to claim his first podium of the season at this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix.

DATA: 2009/09/23  HORA: 23:44:01

The Spaniard is the defending Singapore GP champion following last year's controversial race during which his former team-mate Nelson Piquet jr was asked to deliberately crash his car. Alonso and Renault haven't had the best of seasons this year, but after his fifth-place finish at Monza a fortnight ago the 28-year-old is confident they will be close ...

Mystery "Witness X" emerges in Renault F1 plot

DATA: 2009/09/22  HORA: 19:43:15

A mystery whistleblower identified as 'Witness X' gave evidence against former Renault boss Flavio Briatore in Formula One's race-fixing scandal, according to documents published on Tuesday. At the same time, the governing body said Renault's former engineering head Pat Symonds had written to express his "eternal regret and shame" for the ...

Renault have been handed a two-year suspended ban from F1 after admitting to race-fixing while Flavio Briatore has been ...

DATA: 2009/09/21  HORA: 19:44:33

Renault have been given a suspended permanent disqualification from Formula One after motor sport's governing body ruled on Nelson Piquet Jr's crash during last year's Singapore Grand Prix. Piquet Jr claimed in sworn statements to the FIA he was ordered to crash his car a few hours prior to the sport's first night race, to aid the cause of team-mate ...

Canadian Grand Prix organisers have confirmed the race will be on next year's Formula One calendar after reaching an ...

DATA: 2009/09/21  HORA: 19:28:32

A financial dispute between the two parties resulted in one of the most popular events being omitted from this season's schedule for the first time in 22 years. Lengthy negotiations to resolve the matter have since proven successful, and the Montreal race will take up its initial provisional slot for 2010 of June 6. "I am ver happy and fully ...

The World Motor Sport Council has announced an official 19-race Formula One calendar for the 2010 season.

DATA: 2009/09/21  HORA: 19:17:03

It is the first time since 2005 there will be 19 races, albeit with the June 13 event in Canada provisional subject to the completion of contract negotiations with Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One Management. Should a deal fail to be agreed, the Turkish Grand Prix will be moved to June 6 from its present slot of May 30. The most significant change sees ...

Briatore and Symonds leave Renault

DATA: 2009/09/16  HORA: 19:33:04

Renault parted company with flamboyant Formula One team boss Flavio Briatore and his deputy Pat Symonds after accepting allegations that last year's Singapore Grand Prix was fixed. The two men were due to appear before the governing FIA in Paris on Monday to face charges, unprecedented even in a sport often mired in controversy, that the team ordered ...

Brawn bounce back with one-two at Monza

DATA: 2009/09/13  HORA: 11:03:00

Rubens Barrichello has won the Italian Grand Prix, beating Brawn team mate Jenson Button by 2.8s, cutting Button's championship lead to 14 points in the process. Kimi Raikkonen took the final podium spot for Ferrari after McLaren's Lewis Hamilton crashed out of third place on the final lap. Fourth went to Force India's Adrian Sutil, followed by Renault's ...

Nelson Piquet's FIA statement revealed

DATA: 2009/09/10  HORA: 18:48:24

The legal statement made to the FIA by Nelson Piquet Jr has been leaked to the F1SA website. It is not clear how this has happened but we believe that the World Council dossier has been sent out and the leak must come from one of the members. The statement made is as follows: "I, Nelson Angelo Piquet, born July 25, 1985 in Heidelberg, Germany... ...

Force India, Williams rejoin FOTA

DATA: 2009/09/09  HORA: 20:21:33

Williams and Force India, who were suspended from the Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA) after signing up for the 2010 world championship despite threats by other teams to breakaway, rejoined the organisation on Wednesday. Their decision in May angered the other eight teams - Ferrari, McLaren, BMW Sauber, Renault, Toyota, Red Bull Racing, Toro Rosso ...

Massa: No second thoughts about return

DATA: 2009/09/08  HORA: 17:13:26

A determined Felipe Massa says he has no second thoughts about returning to Formula 1 with Ferrari next year, despite the serious injuries he received in his Hungarian Grand Prix crash. The Brazilian is still recovering from the skull fractures that he suffered after a spring from Rubens Barrichello's car struck him in the face during qualifying at the ...

Giancarlo Fisichella has been given the green light by Force India to race for Ferrari for the remainder of the season, ...

DATA: 2009/09/04  HORA: 00:24:02

"Following extensive discussions over the past 24 hours, the Force India Formula One Team has agreed to release Giancarlo Fisichella from his contract to join the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro team for the remainder of the 2009 season, starting with immediate effect," Force India said in a statment. Force India team boss Vijay Mallya said that he ...

Monza could see another shake-up

DATA: 2009/09/04  HORA: 00:14:06

Formula One could be in for more surprises at next week's Italian Grand Prix because of the ban on testing, according to McLaren's world champion Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton said Monza could be as unpredictable, with new cost-cutting measures ruling out any pre-race testing at the high-speed circuit. "I think Monza is going to be quite a bit ...

Barrichello hopeful of strong Monza race

DATA: 2009/09/02  HORA: 15:49:26

Rubens Barrichello thinks Brawn GP should have the edge over Red Bull Racing at the Italian Grand Prix, after seeing his team's main opposition fail to capitalise on its speed in Belgium last weekend. Barrichello moved himself to within 16 points of championship leader Jenson Button with a seventh placed finish at Spa-Francorchamps, with Sebastian Vettel ...

Renault crisis deepens after FIA widens investigation

DATA: 2009/09/02  HORA: 15:10:18

Nelson Piquet Jr (above) was allegedly instructed to crash to help team-mate Fernando Alonso The Renault Formula One team's problems were compounded yesterday when it emerged that the FIA could investigate more than just the allegations that Nelson Piquet Jnr was instructed to crash his car in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix to help team-mate Fernando ...

Renault may leave F1 over probe fears Ecclestone

DATA: 2009/09/02  HORA: 15:00:57

Renault, whose team boss Flavio Briatore co-owns English soccer club Queen's Park Rangers with Ecclestone, have made no comment on the allegations Allegations about race-fixing at last year's Singapore Grand Prix could prompt Renault to walk away from Formula One, the sport's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone warned today. "This is not the ...

Fisichella looking set for Ferrari drive at Monza

DATA: 2009/09/02  HORA: 14:42:34

Giancarlo Fisichella, the man who stood the Formula One world on its ear at Spa over the weekend by taking pole position in the Belgian Grand Prix for Force India and then finishing a fighting second in the wheeltracks of the winner Kimi Raikkonen, will learn within the next couple of days whether he will partner the Finn in the Ferrari team at Monza next ...

Bernie fears Renault may quit over Singapore probe

DATA: 2009/09/01  HORA: 15:37:24

Bernie Ecclestone fears Renault may quit F1 over the reported investigation into Fernando Alonso's win in Singapore last season. Although the FIA have yet to clarify the exact remit of their investigation other than to confirm a probe 'is underway regarding alleged events at a previous world championship race', it is understood motor sport's world ...

Badoer: It would be absurd to replace me for Monza

DATA: 2009/08/31  HORA: 19:36:22

Luca Badoer has contended that it would be ‘absurd’ for Ferrari to replace him for the upcoming Italian Grand Prix at Monza in just under a fortnight’s time – adding that if there is still no improvement on the Scuderia’s home turf, he will voluntarily relinquish his seat. Badoer is standing in for the injured Felipe Massa until the Brazilian recovers ...

Victory for Raikkonen, glory for Fisichella at Spa-Francorchamps

DATA: 2009/08/30  HORA: 12:05:39

Kimi Raikkonen claimed his fourth Belgian Grand Prix victory in five years to end an astonishing run of 26 races without a win for the 2007 world champion. It was a chaos-filled event, though, with British duo Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton crashing out on the opening lap in an accident that also accounted for the Toro Rosso of Jaime Alguersuari and ...

Force India's Giancarlo Fisichella claimed pole position for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix at Spa during a qualifying ...

DATA: 2009/08/29  HORA: 11:59:09

World Championship leader Jenson Button failed to make the top-10 shoot-out for the first time this season and the 29-year-old down in a miserable season-low 14th in his Brawn. The best qualifier of the title contenders is Rubens Barrichello, fourth for Brawn. Toyota's Jarno Trulli will be second on the grid, with BMW's Nick Heidfeld in ...

Lewis Hamilton set the pace in second practice at the Belgian Grand Prix

DATA: 2009/08/28  HORA: 12:23:30

Lewis Hamilton set the pace in second practice at the Belgian Grand Prix with Mark Webber the fastest Championship contender in fourth place. Hamilton's fastest lap time of 1:47.201 was enough to top the standings in the afternoon session as the weather improved dramatically at Spa from the torrential rain in the morning. Webber was the fastest around ...

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DATA: 2009/08/26  HORA: 12:16:32

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Massa to go to Miami for more tests

DATA: 2009/08/25  HORA: 19:10:44

Brazilian F1 racer Felipe Massa is to go to Miami this Friday for more tests during his recovery from head injuries sustained in a Hungarian qualifying crash a month ago, Formula 1 officials said. Massa will be examined by the chief doctor of the US-based CART series, Steve Olvey, they said on the official F1 website. The Brazilian, who has been ...

Barrichello claims Valencia

DATA: 2009/08/24  HORA: 16:15:31

Rubens Barrichello breathed new life into his Formula One title bid with a gritty and deserved victory on the baking streets of Valencia in Sunday's European Grand Prix. The Brawn GP driver produced a superb drive from third on the grid to patiently overhaul the front-row starting McLarens of Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen to claim his 10th career ...

Rubens Barrichello claimed the victory in the European Grand Prix, beating Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen.

DATA: 2009/08/23  HORA: 13:53:10

Rubens Barrichello: "What a fantastic day. I am so delighted with the win after what was a really tough race out there. It's just amazing and a weekend that I will never forget. Even after five years, you don't forget how to win and the feeling is so good! Although we were fuelled heavier than the McLarens, I knew that I would have to push really hard ...

Hamilton celebrates his pole position.

DATA: 2009/08/22  HORA: 23:11:46

The McLaren driver took top spot for Sunday's European Grand Prix with a blistering lap just four minutes into the top-10 qualifying shoot-out, his time of one minute 39.498 seconds enough to see off the last-ditch efforts of his rivals. Heikki Kovalainen ensured McLaren celebrated their first one-two start since Hungary last year as he completed the ...

YouTube millionaire backing US F1

DATA: 2009/08/20  HORA: 20:52:09

YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley is putting some of his fortune into Formula One as primary investor in the new US F1 team due to enter the sport next season. "I am thrilled to be a part of America's first Formula One team in more than 40 years," the multi-millionaire said. "Getting in on the ground floor of a project of this size and ...

Badoer: Finishing my only goal

DATA: 2009/08/20  HORA: 20:50:15

After a decade away from the Formula One starting grid, Luca Badoer has admitted that his sole target is to make it as far as the chequered flag at the European Grand Prix in Valencia. Badoer was parachuted into Felipe Massa's seat after Michael Schumacher was unable to go ahead with his much-hyped comeback, and the Italian will make his return at a ...

Alonso targeting Valencia podium

DATA: 2009/08/19  HORA: 20:30:44

Fernando Alonso insists that he intends to make the most of the FIA Court of Appeal's decision to allow Renault to compete in this weekend's European Grand Prix by returning the team to the podium. The double world champion has struggled for points in 2009, but took positive signs from the last race in Hungary that he believes could see the R29 begin to ...

Grosjean replaces Piquet at Renault

DATA: 2009/08/18  HORA: 19:45:16

Frenchman Romain Grosjean has replaced Brazilian Nelson Piquet Jr at the Renault Formula One team and will make his grand prix debut in Valencia this weekend. The 23-year-old will partner Spain's double world champion Fernando Alonso for the rest of the season, the team said. "We are happy to give Romain the chance to start racing with the ...

Renault win appeal against race ban

DATA: 2009/08/17  HORA: 19:12:01

The Renault Formula One team and Spain's Fernando Alonso were given the green light to compete in Valencia this weekend after getting their one-race suspension overturned. FIA said that its court of appeal had decided to reduce the sanction to a reprimand and $50,000 fine. The race ban, handed out by stewards in Hungary last month, had threatened to ...

Rossi denies Ferrari offer

DATA: 2009/08/14  HORA: 17:02:35

Racing legend Michael Schumacher was chosen to replace Massa, hurt in the last round in Hungary, but had to call his comeback off due to concerns over his neck problem. "It is a true shame not to see Schumacher back with Ferrari," the Italian rider said in the Czech Republic ahead of this weekend's round of the MotoGP series. "In my ...

BMW updates get green light

DATA: 2009/08/14  HORA: 17:02:02

The squad has only managed three points finishes in 2009 and team boss Mario Theissen is determined to see BMW exit with a bang. He said a good showing in the final third of the season could help advertise the team to prospective buyers. "Clearly we're all disappointed about the decision to withdraw from F1," Theissen said. "The team had ...

Barrichello: Massa is doing great

DATA: 2009/08/13  HORA: 18:55:44

Ferrari's Felipe Massa is recovering well from his accident in Hungary last month and is waiting for doctors to give him the go-ahead to race again according to his fellow Brazilian Formula One driver Rubens Barrichello. "I spent the afternoon with Felipe ... he is fine and exactly the same person as before, thank God," Barrichello, who visited ...

Malaysian GP to be pushed back

DATA: 2009/08/13  HORA: 18:55:02

Malaysian Grand Prix organisers will push back the start time of the 2010 race by an hour after a frustrating washout at the Sepang Circuit in this year's race. The 2009 race was started at 5pm local time in order to meet the demands of F1 decision makers, who want to attract bigger television audiences in Europe. But in the event, drivers were unable ...

Schumacher speaks of sadness

DATA: 2009/08/13  HORA: 18:53:23

Seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher described his decision to call off his return to Formula One as "one of the toughest moments" of his career. "This is a very sad moment for myself," the German told a news conference, one day after announcing that he was cancelling his plans for a temporary return to the circuit due to ...

Schumacher calls off comeback

DATA: 2009/08/11  HORA: 20:23:29

Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher has cancelled plans of a temporary return to Formula One with Ferrari because of fitness concerns. The 40-year-old was due to stand in for the injured Felipe Massa, but with a neck problem suffered in a motorcycle accident earlier this year still causing him pain during testing, Ferrari have given the seat to ...

Schumacher to test 07 Ferrari

DATA: 2009/08/10  HORA: 19:40:18

Michael Schumacher will test Ferrari's 2007 race car again this week in preparation for his return to Formula One as a replacement for the injured Felipe Massa. More StoriesSchumacher signs up for space trip Schumacher must still pass medical "Schumacher has set up the test with the Italian car manufacturer's F1 Clienti department and is ...

Karting good preparation

DATA: 2009/08/07  HORA: 16:46:21

German Schumacher (pictured left with Brawn GP's Ross Brawn), crowned world champion on seven occasions before retiring in 2006, is filling in for injured Brazilian Felipe Massa. He was joined by Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer for the outing with Tony Kart Team in Lonato, Italy. "We had two very good karting days in Lonato," Schumacher said. ...

Schumacher warms up for F1 return in karts

DATA: 2009/08/06  HORA: 18:36:13

Michael Schumacher continued preparing for his return to Formula One with a second day of kart racing in northern Italy Thursday. "We had two very good karting days," the seven times world champion said on his website (www.michael-schumacher.de). "Arms, upper body, shoulders, neck -- an excellent practice indeed." The 40-year-old ...

Schumacher begins fitness drive, loses three kilos

DATA: 2009/08/05  HORA: 19:35:16

Ferrari super-sub Michael Schumacher has revealed that he has already lost weight as he prepares to make his F1 comeback at the European Grand Prix later this month. The German, who will stand-in for the injured Felipe Massa, added, however, that his neck has been giving him a few problems, although it is believed that this will not be a major issue at ...

Ecclestone: Schumi will contend

DATA: 2009/08/04  HORA: 21:18:24

Seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher's return to Ferrari will be an education for some Formula One rivals according to Bernie Ecclestone. "I think he's going to give one or two of them a driving lesson," the F1 supremo said. The 40-year-old German is poised to return to the track at the European Grand Prix in Valencia on Aug. 23 in ...

Massa 'feeling much better' in Brazil

DATA: 2009/08/04  HORA: 11:25:36

Injured Ferrari driver Felipe Massa arrived home in Brazil on Monday after nine days of treatment in a Budapest hospital and said he hoped to make a swift return to Formula One. The 28-year-old, who fractured his skull in an accident during qualifying at last month's Hungarian Grand Prix, went directly from Sao Paulo's international airport to one of the ...

Schumacher begins comeback with test

DATA: 2009/07/31  HORA: 17:10:42

The seven-times world champion is poised to fill in for injured Ferrari driver Felipe Massa at the European Grand Prix in Valencia on Aug. 23 and will continue to race until the Brazilian is able to return. Italian media said the 40-year-old, who retired at the end of 2006, had gone out for a few laps in the car at the Mugello track near Florence. F1 ...

Massa to return home on Monday

DATA: 2009/07/31  HORA: 17:09:04

Felipe continues to improve. He is doing very well and we already decided to go back home (Brazil) on Monday," physician Dino Altmann said in front of Budapest's AEK military hospital. "I think this decision says all you need to know (about his condition)," he added. Altmann said Massa, last year's championship runner-up, needs rest and ...

Massa's doctor expects full recovery - report

DATA: 2009/07/30  HORA: 20:41:48

Injured Formula One driver Felipe Massa is up and about and expected to make a full recovery from Saturday's accident but will remain in a Budapest hospital for now, his personal physician said. "He looks like a boxer but he's eating well, walking about, taking showers," state news agency MTI quoted Dino Altmann as saying Thursday. Massa, 28, ...

Germany celebrates return of idol

DATA: 2009/07/30  HORA: 20:17:52

The return of seven times Formula One champion Michael Schumacher to competitive racing dominated headlines across all types of media in Germany on Thursday. In a country that has learned to love Formula One mainly because of the success of Schumacher, his comeback generated headlines sprinkled with superlatives. "The God of racing has come back. ...

Schumacher to make sensational F1 comeback

DATA: 2009/07/29  HORA: 19:34:32

Seven times world champion Michael Schumacher will make a dramatic return to Formula One as a replacement for injured Ferrari driver Felipe Massa. The 40-year-old German, who retired from the sport in 2006, won five of his seven titles while competing for Ferrari, and has retained his links with the Italian manufacturer as a team advisor. Schumacher ...

King Schumi is back!

DATA: 2009/07/29  HORA: 18:37:47

"The most important thing first: thanks God, all news concerning Felipe are positive. I wish him all the best again. I was meeting this afternoon with Stefano Domenicali and Luca di Montezemolo and together we decided that I will prepare myself to take the place of Felipe. Though it is true that the chapter Formula 1 has been closed for me since long ...

Schumacher in for Massa!

DATA: 2009/07/29  HORA: 18:35:12

As if to underline that nothing is ever predictable in Formula One, Ferrari announced Wednesday evening that Michael Schumacher is to stand in for the injured Felipe Massa at the forthcoming Grand Prix in Valencia and beyond. With Massa out of action due to the injuries sustained in qualification for the Hungarian Grand Prix and making a strong recovery, ...

Schumacher returning to F1

DATA: 2009/07/29  HORA: 18:30:06

Seven times Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher will replace injured driver Felipe Massa at Ferrari if he passes a fitness test, the team have said. The German, now 40 years old, retired from Formula One at the end of 2006 but all being well will make his comeback in Valencia next month. "Ferrari intends to entrust Michael Schumacher ...

Massa off respirator and out of coma

DATA: 2009/07/27  HORA: 20:38:40

Injured Formula One driver Felipe Massa has been brought out of an artificial coma, was taken off a respirator and has been able to communicate with his doctors and family representatives. "His condition has improved significantly over the past 24 hours and he remains stable," Lajos Zsiros, the chief surgeon of Hungary's defense forces said. ...

Toro Rosso confirm Alguersuari drive

DATA: 2009/07/21  HORA: 18:46:07

Spanish teenager Jaime Alguersuari will become the youngest driver to race in Formula One after Toro Rosso named him as replacement for sacked Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais. The Barcelona-born driver, born on March 23, 1990, will make his debut at Budapest's Hungaroring this weekend at the age of 19 years and 125 days. The previous youngest driver was ...

Sacked Bourdais could sue Toro Rosso

DATA: 2009/07/16  HORA: 19:22:52

Sebastien Bourdais has revealed his shock, disappointment and frustration at Toro Rosso for having released him midway through the 2009 world championship campaign. The Frenchman has threatened to initiate legal action against the Red Bull 'junior' concern for what he believes to be a breach of contract and has vowed to return to F1 racing. The former ...

Mosley says Todt his ideal successor

DATA: 2009/07/15  HORA: 19:27:52

Max Mosley backed former Ferrari boss Jean Todt as his ideal successor Wednesday after ending speculation that he would seek a fifth term as head of motorsport's world governing body. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) president wrote to all member clubs saying he had received almost 100 messages of support from within the organisation but had ...

Raikkonen's Agent Denies Rumours

DATA: 2009/07/15  HORA: 19:26:05

Kimi Raikkonen's Finnish agent, as well as his Formula One Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali, have fended off the latest round of rumours regarding the 2007 World Champion. It is increasingly reported that the 29-year-old driver, who is shaping up to make his World Rally Championship debut late this month at Rally Finland, intends to quit Formula One ...

Alguersuari set to replace Bourdais at Toro Rosso

DATA: 2009/07/13  HORA: 19:01:15

Toro Rosso are expected to part company with Sebastien Bourdais before next week's Hungarian Grand Prix, with Spanish teen-ager Jaime Alguersuari set to replace him as Formula One's youngest ever driver. The autosport.com website (www.autosport.com) said an announcement about the Frenchman's future was expected within 48 hours. Toro Rosso and team boss ...

Webber celebrates maiden Formula One win

DATA: 2009/07/13  HORA: 18:59:17

Mark Webber secured his maiden Formula One victory and Australia's first since 1981 when he led team-mate Sebastian Vettel home in a triumphant one-two for the Red Bull team in Sunday's German Grand Prix. Webber, in his 130th F1 race after eight years in the sport, started from his first pole position and overcame a drive-through penalty for a first lap ...

Hamilton leads way in afternoon

DATA: 2009/07/10  HORA: 18:55:03

Briton Lewis Hamilton of McLaren led the way in Friday afternoon testing for the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring. Reigning champion Hamilton clocked one minute, 32.149 seconds with only seven minutes left in the session to take over from home favourite Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull. McLaren spent a good deal of the morning session - topped by Mark ...

Ecclestone comments anger Jews

DATA: 2009/07/06  HORA: 19:25:55

Germany's Central Council of Jews has urged motor racing teams to boycott Formula One after its supremo Bernie Ecclestone praised Adolf Hitler's ability to "get things done". Ecclestone, 78, was quoted in The Times on Saturday as saying he preferred totalitarian regimes to democracies and as singling out Hitler for pushing things through ...

Ecclestone keen to see Vettel at Ferrari

DATA: 2009/07/02  HORA: 19:09:11

Earlier this week, perhaps because Formula One is in a rare news trough, a report in the newspaper Diario AS caused an international stir. The Spanish publication named September 11 2009 as the date on which Fernando Alonso will – perhaps - be unveiled as a Ferrari driver for the next five years. But also in the report was the suggestion that the ...

Fuji Speedway in financial trouble?

DATA: 2009/07/01  HORA: 19:43:07

Reports from Japan today claim that Toyota is considering axing next year’s Japanese Grand Prix scheduled to take place at Fuji Speedway. The circuit, owned by the Japanese car giant, is said to be reviewing its plans to host the Grand Prix as the global recession continues to bite deeply into revenues of the major car makers. The French AFP news ...

Bridgestone scrap compound 'gap' policy

DATA: 2009/07/01  HORA: 19:37:43

Bridgestone has scrapped its policy of leaving a gap between the two types of tyre compounds. At the remaining rounds of the season following next Sunday's German Grand Prix, the sport's official tyre supplier will instead revert to supplying consecutive compounds. Fernando Alonso had hit out at the situation earlier this year, slamming the policy as in ...

Raikkonen to make WRC debut

DATA: 2009/06/29  HORA: 18:50:02

Ferrari Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen will make his World Rally Championship debut against the likes of Sebastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen in his native Finland at the end of July. The 2007 Formula One world champion, who has already competed in three non-championship rallies this year, will enter Rally Finland in a Fiat Abarth Grande Punto with ...

Mosley: Break still possible

DATA: 2009/06/29  HORA: 18:49:08

Mosley: Break still possible Eurosport - Sun, 28 Jun 11:12:00 2009 The threat of a breakaway Formula One championship has not gone away despite a peace deal announced this week, motor racing chief Max Mosley has warned. A day after suggesting that the agreement could collapse unless Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo apologised for comments about ...

Vettel wants home win to keep pressure on.

DATA: 2009/06/29  HORA: 18:46:20

Sebastian Vettel has insisted that he is now targeting a second 'home' win as he attempts to reel in Jenson Button's 25-point world championship lead, but admits that he is not taking Red Bull's Silverstone advantage for granted. Having taken a win on home soil - physically at least - for the Milton Keynes-based team, Vettel and the F1 circus moves on to ...

Vettel, Red Bull on top at Silverstone

DATA: 2009/06/19  HORA: 11:00:50

Sebastian Vettel led a Red Bull one-two in first practice for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone with Brawn championship leader Jenson Button third behind Mark Webber. The Milton Keynes-based squad - sporting a new, wider nosecone on the RB5 - won the first battle of the weekend with runaway leaders Brawn, with Vettel taking top spot in the final ...

FIA accuse FOTA faction of sabotage

DATA: 2009/06/15  HORA: 18:41:39

Formula One's governing body has accused an 'element' within the teams' association FOTA of seeking to scupper attempts to secure the future of the crisis-hit sport. The International Automobile Federation said that it felt there had been a "large measure of agreement" in talks last Thursday with representatives of Ferrari, Toyota, Red Bull and ...

Ferrari fury over entry for 2010 F1 season

DATA: 2009/06/12  HORA: 17:27:22

Formula One giants Ferrari angrily criticised their inclusion in the 2010 world championship on Friday as the civil war which is tearing the sport apart, worsened. Ferrari, who have been at loggerheads with the International Automobile Federation (FIA) over controversial plans to introduce a voluntary budget cap, were named as one of 13 teams for the 2010 ...

Barrichello: Why do the problems always happen on my side..?

DATA: 2009/06/08  HORA: 19:57:34

A visibly deflated Rubens Barrichello was left pondering why things always seem to go wrong on his side of the Brawn GP garage after posting the ex-Honda F1 outfit’s first retirement of the 2009 campaign in the Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul at the weekend, on a day when Ross Brawn contended the experienced Brazilian ‘would have had a great race’. After ...

Button: Bring on Britain