Team chief Flavio Briatore and the director of engineering, Pat Symonds had quit the Renault Formula One team amid serious allegations of cheating at last year’s Grand Prix in Singapore, the team spokesman confirmed.
 
According to the allegation, Renault have been summoned to appear ...

BMW has sold its Formula One team to a Swiss-based foundation named Qadbak Investments. The team is expected to participate in the next season.BMW announced about the deal on Tuesday. A statement made by BMW said, "The contract was signed today.”
 
Qadbak has also bought England's ...

The Chennai-based F1 enthusiast, Karun Chandhok, will be provided an opportunity to establish his F1 skills by Force India, which is owned by the beverages tycoon, Vijay Mallya. But the beverage tycoon seems to be unhappy about this decision as Karun is being offered the opportunity just because he ...

Vitantonio Liuzzi of Italy will race for Force India for the rest of the season starting from next weekend's Italian Grand Prix in Monza.
 
The 28-year-old Liuzzi has been the team's test, reserve driver from the start of the 2008 season. He will replace compatriot Giancarlo Fisichella for ...

Giancarlo Fisichella would race for Ferrari for the rest of the Formula One season, as Force India is willing to release its contracted driver.
 
Ever since Fisichella had won pole position and finished second in the last Grand Prix in Belgium, rumours had started that Ferrari might be ...

Force India, owned by Vijay Mallya, has finally proved its potential by scoring its first ever Formula One point as the Italian Giancarlo Fisichella finished second at the Belgian Grand Prix held in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, on Sunday.
 
The 36-year-old Italian came second flawlessly and ...

With the Italian Giancarlo Fisichella of Force India grabbing the pole position for the Belgium Grand Prix, Force India has tasted its first sweet victory. This amazing display has left everyone stunned, including the owner of Force Idnia, Vijay Mallya,  
 
"I am so proud of ...

Michael Schumacher  announced in his website that he will not return to Formula One racing .He said that a comeback was impossible due to the ongoing neck problems.
 
The seven-time world champion Schumacher, was all set for a sensational return to take the place of injured ...

Former world champion Nelson Piquet might take over the BMW-Sauber Formula One team, as he is close to a co-ownership agreement, was reported on Monday.
 
It has been reported that talks with 20 % stake holder of the team, Swiss Peter Sauber, were close to being finalized .Piquet’s son ...

Michael Schumacher needs a new driving licence for competing in Formula one for Ferrari .He will replace Felipe Massa in next month's European Grand Prix in Valencia, said motorsport's ruling body FIA on Thursday.
 
Schumacher had last raced in F1 at the Brazilian GP on October 22, 2006. ...

The German racing star Michael Schumacher announced his return to F1 Grand Prix circuit on Wednesday. He would replace injured driver Felipe Massa.
 
Schumacher made the announcement on his own website.
 
There had been increasing speculation in recent days that the 40-year-old former ...

German manufacturer BMW is all set to become the second team to quit the Formula One circuit ,after Japanese car giant Honda.
 
It was reported on Wednesday that BMW is very soon going to announce its withdrawal from Formula One at the end of the current season. BMW's pull out could also ...

Michael Schumacher, the former world champion and now a Ferrari advisor may take place of injured Ferrari driver Felipe Massa.
 
Massa who fractured his skull after his accident at Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying may not play for rest of the year.
 
"The whole thing will be ...

The condition of Brazilian Formula One driver Felipe Massa is improving following his crash on the weekend and he could probably leave hospital soon, his doctor said.
 
Doctor Dino Altman who is taking care of Massa said that there was no indication of any problems in ...

 Lewis Hamilton in a McLaren-Mercedes claimed his first win of the 2009 Formula One season at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday.
 
The defending world champion won from Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and Mark Webber of Red Bull. Championship leader Jenson Button finished down in seventh ...

Ferrari driver Felipe Massa was said to be stable after undergoing emergency surgery for skull damage and a concussion suffered as a result of a crash Saturday in the qualifying session for the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix.
Massa crashed into a tyre wall in second qualifying after being hit on ...

Max Mosley will live up to his promise and not seek another term as president of motorsport's governing body FIA, Formula One commercial rights boss Bernie Ecclestone has said.
 

"I have no doubt in my mind, as long as I've known Max, he's always done what he said he would do," ...

Toyota Motor Corporation plans to pull out of 2010 Japanese formula one grand prix because of recession. Toyota refused to comment further regarding reports by Mainchi Shimbun and other media outlets. 
Hideyuki Nishikawa, Fuji Speedway’s  spokesman, the race venue, owned by Toyota, ...

Vicky Chandhok is in the running for the post of the president of the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the world's governing body for motor sport.

Chandhok, the Chennai-based former president of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI), said that the papers have to ...

A peace deal was reached in Formula One to avoid a breakaway series and the teams agreed on further cost-cutting. FIA president Max Mosley said he would not seek re-election. He had been locking horns with eight teams on his plans to implement budget cap. Mosley confirmed during a news conference ...

The World Motor Sport Council of the ruling body FIA gathered Wednesday for a crucial meeting regarding the future of Formula One over a row between the governing body and eight teams.
A showdown between FIA president Max Mosley and Luca di Montezemolo, president of Ferrari and the team umbrella ...

German Sebastian Vettel raced away to victory at the British Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday as Red Bull finished first and second. His teammate Mark Webber of Australia came second, while Brazilian Rubens Barrichello finished third. 

Britain’s Jenson Button finished sixth, thus ...

India's Karun Chandhok delivered his first podium of the season with a third place finish in the second race of the GP2 series here Sunday.
 

The Chennai-born Chandhok, driving for Ocean Racing Technology team, had the advantage of starting the second race from third position on the ...

Formula One dived into its biggest crisis in 60 years on Friday, with eight teams planning to set up their own championship. The team association FOTA said that Brawn, Ferrari, McLaren, Red Bull, BMW-Sauber, Toro Rosso, Toyota, and Renault were in unison regarding a decision that would split the ...

Silverstone, the venue for Grand Prix races for many years, prepares to say farewell to the sport, this weekend. The windswept former World War II airfield hosted Formula One’s first Grand Prix in 1950. It has almost been like home to many of the racing stalwarts like Nigel Mansell, Damon ...

The teams and manufacturers of Formula 1 seek to shun International Automobile Federation (FIA) President Max Mosley and called for an overhaul of the F1 body in a crisis over next year’s rules. The team association FOTA, produced a draft to the FIA’s senate seeking assistance in ...

Ron Dennis has announced on Friday (January 16) to step down from his post as team principal of McLaren-Mercedes. The post of team principal will be taken over by McLaren- Mercedes Chief Executive Officer Martin Whitmarsh. Ron Dennis will relinquish his job on March 1 and after that, he will not be ...

Lewis Hamilton received his trophy as Formula One's youngest champion on Friday (12th December). The 23-year-old said that by winning the trophy he had fulfilled a childhood dream. He was talking at the International Automobile Federation gala awards dinner.
 
The sport's first black ...

The capital of India witnessed the first Formula-one race on November 9, 2008. The people of Delhi have enjoyed the Formula-one race with utmost enthusiasm and demanded to organize more events of Formula-one in future. The ING Renault Formula-one Roadshow set the Rajpath on fire with ...

Securing fifth position in the Brazilian Grand Prix and edging out his nearest challenger Felipe Massa of Brazil, Lewis Hamilton won F1 title. With this victory, Hamilton became the first world champion from Britain after Damon Hilll who won the title exactly ten years ago. ...