Category: Formula 1

The Sauber BMW buy-out will have immediate effects with regards of the new team's driver in 2006 and beyond. Nick Heidfeld is expected to rejoin the Hinwill-based team as he … Read More

UPDATE #8 See full story on Hot News page. They did not buy the entire team, but BMW will manage the team and therefore, have full control. 06/11/05 The BMW … Read More

UPDATE This rumor is now 'fact.' See story on Hot News page. 06/22/05 BMW today has called a press conference with Prof. Dr. Burkhard Göschel (Member of the Board of … Read More

UPDATE Bernie Ecclestone could be sued for the return of the $13.5m (£7.4m) it cost the Indianapolis organizers to stage the farcical US grand prix. Ecclestone, the sport's commercial rights … Read More

This Grandprix.com article says, We hear that the FIA has ordered Michelin to supply it with full details of all of its tyre failures in recent times and that the … Read More

Our F1 moles in Indy tell us that BMW will supply engines to Sauber next year but are right now looking very seriously at buying Minardi. Minardi would 1) cost … Read More

One day after a fiasco at Indianapolis Motor Speedway led many to say Formula One racing would never return to the city, Speedway President Joie Chitwood said the U.S. Grand … Read More

UPDATE This PDF file is a copy of correspondence between the FIA and Michelin back on June 1st and 2nd whereby the FIA warns Michelin that their tires appear to … Read More

Rumor has it that the teams didn't think the FIA would really start yesterday's USGP with just six cars on the grid. In fact the drivers stayed in their cars … Read More

If America wasn't keen on F1 before Sunday's US grand prix, the sport is now on a life-support machine after the farcical Indianapolis race. Indy CEO Tony George, though, swiftly … Read More

Jacques Villeneuve has suggested that Sauber will contest Sunday's F1 grand prix at Indianapolis. The Canadian said it's more a 'car-tire-setup' problem for some Michelin teams, rather than an inherent … Read More

A rapid change to the safety car regulations may be agreed at Indy. McLaren's Ron Dennis fronted the initiative that, following a pace car period, three laps should be run … Read More

UPDATE #2 Bernie Ecclestone has said he is absolutely sure that Michelin's tire dramas will not lead to a mass withdrawal from tomorrow's United States Grand Prix. Ecclestone is due … Read More

Although Michelin is not 100% certain what is causing the spat of tire failures its drivers experienced on Friday (aren't tire wars lovely?) but the thought is that the diamond … Read More

Moves are afoot to start chopping down F1's unprecedentedly long grand prix race calendar. Although Bernie Ecclestone is thought keen on adding one more to make twenty, the Concorde Agreement … Read More

Mark Webber has fired a dart at speculation he is not cutting the mustard at a top F1 outfit. Some say the Australian, who debuted for Minardi in 2002, is … Read More

Formula 1 appears to be gaining in popularity in North America right now. The Canadian Grand Prix recorded its biggest ever race day crowd of 121,000 on Sunday, this despite … Read More

The redevelopment of Austria's defunct F1 circuit, the A1-Ring, may now be back on track. It is reported that Red Bull billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz's planned $800m project, canned after the … Read More

We have it on good word that Ron Dennis and his McLaren team will vehemently object to today's FIA proposal to whack most of the needless technology and hence cost … Read More

UPDATE This rumor is downgraded to 'false' today. Ferrari's Michael Schumacher, asked to confirm his plans, particularly after younger brother Ralf told a German newspaper he felt the seven-times world … Read More

Add veteran driver David Coulthard's name to the ever impatient 2005 'silly season'. Red Bull's Christian Horner told Autosport that he would not let a rumor linking the 34-year-old with … Read More

BAR co-owner Honda has thrown water on speculation that it may offer a dual 'works' engine contract to Williams next year. The Japanese marque's race vice president Otmar Szafnauer told … Read More

Germany's Nick Heidfeld is pretty such he won't be flicked off F1's fickle merry-go-round at the end of the year. The 28-year-old former Sauber and Jordan driver was signed by … Read More