Sports / Formula One

Webber not keen to step down 13 Mar 2013 - 11:08 pm

Red Bull’s Formula One driver Mark Webber of Australia answers questions from schoolchildren before a news conference in Melbourne yesterday, ahead of the...

Perez of McLaren ‘desperate’ for first win in Formula One 13 Mar 2013 - 11:08 pm

London: McLaren expect their new Formula One signing Sergio Perez to win races this season and the 23-year-old Mexican is ‘desperate’ to do...

Ecclestone sees new opportunity for F1 IPO 13 Mar 2013 - 11:07 pm

LONDON: Formula One’s postponed flotation could be re-launched later this year, the sport’s commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said yesterday. “Last year I thought...

Kobayashi to race for Ferrari in Endurance Championship 13 Mar 2013 - 12:02 am

ROME: Japan’s ex-Formula One driver Kamui Kobayashi (pictured) will compete in this year’s FIA World Endurance Championship as the first Asian to race...

F1: Hamilton wraps up testing with one last blast 03 Mar 2013 - 11:45 pm

BARCELONA: Lewis Hamilton wrapped up his pre-season testing with Mercedes in eye-catching style on Saturday with a lap that was easily the fastest...

Force India confirm Sutil for 2013 season 01 Mar 2013 - 01:18 pm

LONDON: Force India have chosen Adrian Sutil as one of their main drivers for the new Formula One season, signalling a return for...

Senna’s gloves auctioned for £22,000 27 Feb 2013 - 07:01 am

LONDON: A pair of regular racing gloves worn by the late Ayrton Senna in the 1991 season when he won his third Formula...

Hamilton not getting carried away 23 Feb 2013 - 03:54 am

BARCELONA: Lewis Hamilton played down his Mercedes team’s chances of challenging for the Formula One championship yesterday after rivals had talked them up....

New Williams drives straight into dispute 20 Feb 2013 - 12:04 am

London: Williams rolled their new Formula One car out of the garage and straight into a dispute over the design of its exhausts...

Rosberg outshines rivals on testing day 20 Feb 2013 - 12:04 am

BARCELONA, Spain: German driver Nico Rosberg recorded the fastest time on the first full day of the second series of Formula One testing...

Bahrain hoping for near-record turnout at F1 race 19 Feb 2013 - 03:19 am

Manama: Bahrain is hoping for a near-record turnout at this year’s Formula One Grand Prix despite continued violent unrest and political turmoil in...

Sochi will be ready to host F1 in 2014, says Mayor 18 Feb 2013 - 11:17 pm

MOSCOW: Sochi will be ready to stage a leg of the Formula One season in November 2014, Anatoly Pakhomov, the mayor of Russia’s...

Formula one has become an auction: Alguersuari 17 Feb 2013 - 01:11 am

Rome: Pirelli tyre tester Jaime Alguersuari vented his frustration at failing to secure a Formula One race seat yesterday by saying the sport...

Qatar’s alBalooshi finishes fifth in Pomona NHRA qualifying 17 Feb 2013 - 01:08 am

POMONA, California: One year ago, Khalid alBalooshi was rookie Top Fuel driver for the Qatar Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel team, the two-time NHRA...

Tough times for F1 drivers 12 Feb 2013 - 01:45 am

PARIS: In the harsh financial realities which now dictate Formula One, it really does pay to know the right people. Pay drivers are...

Mercedes ‘a new adventure’ for Hamilton 05 Feb 2013 - 01:05 am

German driver Nico Rosberg poses for the media during the presentation of the new Mercedes AMG Formula One car for the 2013-2014 season...

Alonso predicts tough times for drivers in 2013 02 Feb 2013 - 03:19 am

This undated and unlocated handout image released by the Ferrari press office yesterday in Italy shows the new Ferrari Formula One F138 unveiled...

F1 giants Ferrari turn the beast into a beauty 02 Feb 2013 - 03:18 am

This handout picture released by Ferrari photo service shows (from left) driver Felipe Massa, Ferrari president Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, driver Fernando Alonso,...