Caldarelli rules himself out for Caterham seat
Andrea Caldarelli has counted himself out of the running to race for Caterham in the near future. As the cockpit reshuffling continues in the wake of Kamui Kobayashi’s missed race at Spa, it is known...
View ArticleKobayashi keeps Caterham seat for Singapore
Kamui Kobayashi will stay at the wheel of his green Caterham for this weekend’s Singapore grand prix. After Andre Lotterer took his place at Spa as the team’s new management seeks sponsored drivers,...
View ArticleToro Rosso targets Suzuka debut for Verstappen
Toro Rosso intends to give Max Verstappen his F1 weekend debut in Japan early next month. Earlier, it was expected that the second Red Bull team’s confirmed 2015 rookie, who is still just 16, would...
View ArticleHonda delay could thwart Alonso switch – report
It has stirred real fears that McLaren could dump its protege Kevin Magnussen after just a single season The high uncertainty surrounding Fernando Alonso’s future could be connected with rumours...
View ArticleVolcano could affect Japan GP – report (+video)
An erupting volcano is threatening to affect this weekend’s Japanese grand prix. On Saturday, Mount Ontake – located less than 200 kilometres from the Suzuka circuit – erupted, killing dozens. Smoke,...
View ArticleFather plays down ‘superstar’ Verstappen’s Suzuka debut
Jos Verstappen has moved to ease the pressure on his son’s shoulders ahead of the Japanese grand prix weekend. The former F1 driver is already in Japan, where his newly seventeen year old son will make...
View ArticleThere have been unfounded and unsubstantiated rumours concerning actions...
Caterham F1 Team statement An action was threatened yesterday against a supplier company to 1MRT. This company is not owned by 1MRT and it has no influence over the entry of CaterhamF1 or the entrant....
View ArticleTyphoon threatens Japan GP
Mother nature is threatening to interfere with this weekend’s running of the Japanese grand prix. Already this week, reports had emerged that ash and smoke from the nearby Ontake volcano eruption was...
View ArticleF1 eyes earlier Japan GP to dodge typhoon
An approaching typhoon is threatening to drive the Japanese grand prix off track. Fernando Alonso’s future may be the talk of the Suzuka paddock, but every eye is on the ominous skies above the fabled...
View ArticleEcclestone says F1 board reports ‘rubbish’
Bernie Ecclestone has slammed reports his return to formula one’s executive board has been denied. British newspapers on Friday had said that despite his German legal troubles now being over, the board...
View ArticleJapan and Russia races to start on time – Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone has ruled out moving the start time of Sunday’s Japanese grand prix. Shifting the 3pm start time forward by up to four hours has been under consideration, as the typhoon Phanfone...
View ArticleF1 waiting on official news about Bianchi
The worried world of F1 is still waiting for more news about Jules Bianchi. While protagonists argue about the rights and wrongs of his terrifying collision with a recovery vehicle on Sunday, the...
View ArticleRed Bull denies departing Vettel now ‘number 2′
Sebastian Vettel will not be marginalised by Red Bull despite shocking the team with his sudden departure news last week in Japan. That is the claim of team chief Dr Helmut Marko, who is already...
View ArticleWurz tells drivers to keep quiet after Bianchi crash
“Before drawing conclusions it is right to listen to the views of all the parties involved” Gerard Saillant, the well-known trauma surgeon with close links to Jean Todt and Michael Schumacher, has...
View ArticleControversial Putin to attend Russia GP
F1 will court further controversy this weekend when Russian president Vladimir Putin oversees the inaugural grand prix at Sochi. Amid the Ukraine crisis, the MH17 atrocity and tough anti-Russian...
View ArticleMarussia could field one car in Russia after Bianchi crash
Marussia is yet to declare how it will tackle this weekend’s Russian grand prix, as its race driver Jules Bianchi lies comatose in Japan. In the few days since the French driver’s horror crash at...
View ArticleFather says ‘no change’ in Bianchi’s condition
“Professor Saillant and the Italian specialist who came at the request of Ferrari are cooperating fully with the local doctors” – Philippe Bianchi. Five days after Jules Bianchi’s life-threatening...
View Article#ForzaJules: we are all with you!
Here in Fuji everyone is thinking of Jules Bianchi, also in Japan, as he fights his most important battle. “We are all with you” is the sentiment expressed by everyone from the Ferrari teams tackling...
View ArticleDovizioso destroys Motegi lap record to take pole position in Japan
Round 15: Japanese MotoGP™ – Qualifying Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso continued the scintillating pace he showed yesterday at Motegi to smash the existing circuit lap record by four-tenths of a second...
View ArticleAlonso eyes Williams as sabbatical ‘risk’ grows
Williams is the latest team sensationally linked with Fernando Alonso’s uncertain future. The growing feeling in the F1 paddock is that, as Ferrari reportedly prepares to welcome Sebastian Vettel,...
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