Monza has extended its Formula One deal until 2016 easing the threat to the future of Italian Grand Prix.The track extension was announced by Claudio Vigano, the head of SIAS, the company that controls the circuit.
 
Vigano said,"The Italian Grand Prix will be at Monza until 2016.The ...

Karun Chandhok’s disappointing debut at Formula One in Bahrain has proved too costly for the sponsors. According to sources Chandhok’s sponsors have put on stake $5million for the Indian rookie who makes his first appearance in the racing.
 
Chandhok was unable to participate ...

Fernando Alonso won the season-opening Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday. The win gives Ferrari one-two lead with Alonso making his dream debut at the Italian glamour team.
 
The champion after collecting his winner trophy said, "There is no better way to start the relationship. ...

With new rules and regulations in place, The Season opener started with Sebastian Vettel taking the pole position. The second and third places were taken by the two Ferraris.
 
“it is a big surprise to get pole; we didn’t know where we were with performance during the winter ...

The Formula One motor race, 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix will take place on March 14, 2010 at the Sakhir Circuit, Bahrain.
 
Tomorrow’s race is going to be the 7th session of the Bahrain Grand Prix and it will also mark the opening of Formula One Season ...

The governing body, Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) has permitted the McLaren's design of shutting a vent located inside the cockpit for installing the rear wing for added speed.
 
The president of FIA, Jean Todt said that that the turning around from the ...

Nico Rosberg gives a grand win to Mercedes GP putting behind McLaren, Red Bull and Williams. The bright German racer topped the timesheets in his Silver Arrow and completed a round of Sakhir Circuit in just 1m 55.409s.
 
Lewis Hamilton from McLaren came second in the list taking a time of 1m ...

Karun Chandhok became the second Indian after Narain Karthikeyan to bag a race seat in Formula One. The 26-year-old from Chennai on Thursday signed up with Hispanic Racing and will participate in the 2010 Formula One Grand Prix series. A formal announcement of Chandhok’s participation was ...

Adrian Sutil brought the Force India F1 Team's 2010 winter testing programme to a close at the Circuit de Catalunya by clocking the fourth quickest time of one minute, 0.139seconds.
 
Sutil worked through a full race programme in anticipation of the start of the 2010 championship in just two ...

IT company UST Global has teamed up with Virgin Racing for the 2010 Formula One season. The statement issued by the company on Friday declared the partnership deal.
 
Virgin Racing is a new team for Formula One. UST Global brand will have a presence on the new Virgin Racing VR-01 race car as ...

Rain again played havoc with the Formula One schedule at the Circuito de Jerez in Jerez and Force India's drivers Vitantonio Liuzzi and reserve Paul di Resta could only put in 57 laps altogether.
 
With the heavy rain showers and high winds that have so far characterised the testing showing ...

Force India Formula One team's rookie test driver Paul di Resta had his first outing in Jerez and returned the eighth best timing, just behind team mate Adrian Sutil on the first of the four-day testing programme.
 
During the run of 74 laps on Wednesday morning, di Resta clocked a best of ...

With wet weather playing havoc with the Formula One testing programme, Adrian Sutil of Force India squeezed in a third quickest time of 1 minute, 21.428 seconds during a brief period when rains let up at Jerez, Spain.
 
Sutil took over from Vitantonio Liuzzie the VJM03 for the third day of ...

Force India launched their formula one car for 2010 season on Tuesday. Force India driver Adrian Sutil expecting 2010 to be a good season for the team said, "This is the first time we have been completely on schedule.”
 
"This is the first season when I can show from the ...

Michael Schumacher was Tuesday given a clean bill of health from his personal doctor after his first day of testing ahead of the Formula One season.
 
The seven-time world champion, returning to racing after a three-year retirement, can train fully without any ill-effects from the injuries ...

Ho-Pin Tung has been named the third official driver for the Renault F1 team on Sunday .He became the first Chinese driver to be named in a Formula One team line-up.
 
The 27-year-old Dutch-born is the first Chinese national to participate in a grand Prix.He was named as the reserve driver ...

Ferrari became the first Formula one team to introduce their 2010 car on Thursday. The team hopes to race for the top of the championship as well.
 
The team chief Stefano Domenicali during the presentation of the F10 model at the team headquarters in Maranello said,"This world ...

The new US F1 team has appointed Argentina’s Jose Maria Lopez as their first driver.The announcement came on Monday.
 
US F1 executive vice president Peter Windsor in a statement said, “Securing Pechito’ Lopez for our debut season has been a goal of ours for a long ...

Michael Schumacher is expected to race beyond 2012 as he says he will not be a backbencher on his return to Formula One.
 
Schumacher has said in an interview, “I will not trail the others. Definitely not! "  
 
"To become world champion in the first year may be a ...

A Padma Sri was announced for Narain Karthikeyan on Monday. The award provided the country's foremost racing driver a soothing balm at a time when his father has been hospitalised due to a heart ailment.
 
Karthikeyan, who in 2005 became the first Indian to race in Formula One Grand Prix ...

Lotus team principal Tony Fernandes  on Thursday announced that they will unveil its Formula One car on Feb 12.This will be the first F1 Car for Lotus since 1994.
 
The Malaysian aviation mogul, whose British-based team are bringing back one of the sport's great names wrote on their ...

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has proposed Grand Prix shortcuts on race tracks to boost entertainment and provide enough options to go for more overtaking.
 
The idea would be the first such step in this field and if adopted, it can change the dimension of this popular ...

John Booth has been appointed as the team principal for Virgin F1 Racing team. He takes the place of Alex Tai.The move comes in less than a month’s time after the new Formula One team was launched by British entrepreneur Richard Branson. Virgin has also announced Graeme Lowden as the chief ...

Sauber F1 will launch their 2010 car at Spain's Valencia circuit on January 31.The news was confirmed by the Swiss-based Formula One team on Wednesday.
 
Despite the withdrawal of German carmaker BMW, Sauber is still formally known as BMW-Sauber. Sauber has signed Japanese driver Kamui ...

MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi has declined to race with Jean Alesi in Le Mans 24 hour in June 2010. The former Formula One driver Jean Alesi had made the offer to Rossi.
 
Manager Davide Brivio said,"The truth is that when Vale starts the season, he wants to solely concentrate ...

Narain Karthikeyan is eyeing to join the US NASCAR series. The former Formula One driver has already tested with a new team. Karthikeyan is the first Formula One driver for India. He made his F1 debut with the Jordan team in 2005.He had driven in the European Le Mans Series in the second half of ...

Formula One teams have abandoned the plan to launch their 2010 cars at the same time in Spain in January. One of the F1 teams said on Wednesday, "It's been abandoned,"
 
"There were not going to be enough cars ready by the date that would have suited all the ...

Michael Schumacher has signed a one year deal with Mercedes. The seven-times Formula One champion made a comeback into Formula one after retirement and will be seen in action in F1in 2010.The news of Schumacher’s return to Formula One racing broke on Tuesday.
 
According to reports, ...

Mercedes on Monday announced that Malaysian state oil and gas company Petronas will be title sponsor of the Mercedes Formula One team for next season. The team, formerly champions Brawn GP, will become Mercedes GP Petronas with the oil company's branding across the car and team liveries. They are ...

The Sauber Formula One team has appointed Kamui Kobayashi of Japan as one of its two drivers for the 2010 season. The decision was made public on Thursday.
 
Former Toyota test driver Kobayashi impressed the Swiss team when he stood in for the injured Timo Glock in the final two races of the ...