F1
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Business as usual for Raikkonen despite win
Lotus’s Kimi Raikkonen is not getting carried away by last week’s season-opening victory at the Australian GP, the Finn claiming preparations for Sunday’s Malaysian race have not been affected by the Melbourne win. “We don’t really have a target on...
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Red Bull had a solid opening race – Horner
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is content his team has the platform to land their fourth consecutive Formula One world title. Sebastian Vettel had to settle for third in Sunday’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix, despite blowing away...
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You know nothing, Hamilton tells his critics
Lewis Hamilton has taken a swipe at critics, including former Formula One drivers, who had warned that his move to Mercedes was a mistake. “It’s nice to prove people wrong,” the 2008 world champion was quoted as saying yesterday as he savoured his...
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Malaysia race will be different says Vettel
Sebastian Vettel started his campaign to win four successive world titles with third place at Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix but the German thinks the season-opener race will prove to be an anomaly over the course of the year. The 25-year-old showed...
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Satisfied Hamilton sees promise in his Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton’s move to Mercedes looked more masterstroke than mis-step on Sunday as the Briton battled to fifth place in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix while his former team McLaren struggled to score. Having abandoned the team that...
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Raikkonen wins season opener
Kimi Raikkonen won the Australian Grand Prix for Lotus with a brilliantly executed race strategy as the new Formula One season opened with a thriller at Albert Park yesterday. Finland’s 2007 world champion Raikkonen made the most of having to make...
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Rain forces Sunday qualifying
The final stages of qualifying for today’s season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix were postponed to the morning of the race after heavy rain made conditions impossible yesterday. A chaotic opening segment of qualifying in Melbourne was...
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Vettel dominates day one
World champion Sebastian Vettel put his rivals firmly in their place by dominating both practice sessions on the opening day of the Formula One season at the Australian Grand Prix yesterday. The German, embarking on his quest for a fourth successive...
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Red Bull will set pace at Albert Park – Alonso
Red Bull kept their cards close to their chest in winter testing and it would be a surprise if the Formula One champions were not setting the pace at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, according to Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso. “I’m not sure...
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Button hits back at Hamilton’s jibes
Jenson Button has hit out at former team-mate Lewis Hamilton’s description of McLaren as a team where he felt suffocated yesterday, admitting the drivers work hard but describing the freedom they enjoy as “phenomenal”. Button has remained at the...
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Vodafone to end McLaren sponsorship
British mobile operator Vodafone will end its seven-year title sponsorship of Formula One team McLaren at the end of the 2013 season, the team confirmed yesterday. Vodafone said the sponsorship, which started in 2007 and was worth up to $75 million...
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It’s a dog’s life in F1
A dog’s life in Formula One, if your owner is Lewis Hamilton, means a VIP pass to the races and being pampered by the sport’s supremo Bernie Ecclestone. Hamilton, the 2008 champion who moved from McLaren to Mercedes at the end of last year, has...
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Hamilton hopes for podium finish
Lewis Hamilton has revealed he would happily accept third place if it were offered to him for this Sunday’s season-opening grand prix in Australia. The doom, gloom and negativity that surrounded Mercedes earlier this year has been replaced by a more...
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Testing problems no worry for Raikkonen
Kimi Raikkonen shrugged off Lotus’s pre-season testing problems yesterday and said his new car felt better than last year’s going into Formula One’s Australian season-opener. The Finn, the 2007 world champion with Ferrari and third overall last year...
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Vettel has fab four in sight
No driver in the history of Formula One has won four championships before the age of 30 but being first has become something of a habit for Sebastian Vettel. The 25-year-old Red Bull driver became the youngest triple champion last year and the...
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‘Uncompromising’ design contains risk for McLaren
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh is hoping the “uncompromising design” of this year’s car will not produce more headaches following a tough pre-season. Jenson Button and new team-mate Sergio Perez both endured up-and-down days during testing...
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Domenicali upbeat ahead of new season
Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali is already convinced the Prancing Horse will remain alive and kicking to the end of the new Formula One campaign even before a wheel has turned in anger. A year ago Ferrari headed to Melbourne for the...
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McLaren team committed to Mercedes engine – Whitmarsh
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has confirmed his marque’s commitment to being powered by Mercedes engines for at least the next three years. Over the past few months, McLaren have been linked to a return to Honda, who supplied the...
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Ferrari’s Alonso says the best is yet to come
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso warned his Formula One rivals this week that he was in better shape than ever. The Spaniard, a double world champion with Renault, told reporters at a media event for sponsors Santander at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya...
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Williams have high hopes for Finnish rookie Bottas
Finnish rookie Valtteri Bottas could be one of Formula One’s special talents who Williams hope will help lift them back into the top five overall, team founder Frank Williams said. “Valtteri could be super... brilliant car control, quite a small...
