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FIA ban refuelling in races.
The FIA has announced that refuelling in Formula 1 will be banned from next season in a further bid to drive down costs.
Ecclestone: F1 needs black female Jewish driver
Already well-known for his desire to broaden Formula 1's scope in terms of the countries it visits, Bernie Ecclestone now appears keen to reach out to more culturally and ethnically diverse audiences too in proclaiming that what the sport needs most of all is 'a female driver who is black and Jew
Horner: BMW gave away their hold over Sebastian Vettel
BMW-Sauber relinquished its hold over Sebastian Vettel when it failed to offer the German a race seat in 2008, Christian Horner has revealed - as Red Bull Racing makes clear its firm intention to retain the services of the sport's hottest property for the foreseeable future.
Fans to be banned from Spanish Grand Prix over swine flu fears?
The Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona in a week-and-a-half's time could be Formula 1's first-ever spectator-less event, it has been mused - after it was revealed that the region surrounding the track is the most infected in Europe from the new swine flu panic.
Dehydrated Alonso makes his point in Sakhir
Double Formula 1 World Champion Fernando Alonso battled hard to finish inside the points in eighth position in the Bahrain Grand Prix at the weekend - and, due to a drink pump failure meaning he had been deprived of water throughout, subsequently came close to collapsing from dehydration after st
Ferrari avoid points embarrassment - but calamities remain
Ferrari narrowly averted the embarrassment of its worst start to a Formula 1 World Championship season in history with Kimi Raikkonen coming home sixth in the Bahrain Grand Prix today - but the Finn was lucky not to exit proceedings at the first corner after being run into by team-mate Felipe Mas
Strategic error undoes 'disappointed' Toyota's victory challenge
Toyota was left licking its wounds after a race it could - and perhaps should - have won in Sakhir today, with a crucial strategic error seeing the big-budget Japanese manufacturer once again come up short of registering its breakthrough Formula 1 victory.
Battling second for Vettel mitigates Red Bull 'disappointment'
A battling performance by Shanghai star Sebastian Vettel earned Red Bull Racing a hard-earned second place in the Bahrain Grand Prix, but his team nonetheless admitted to a touch of 'disappointment' at not having been able to repeat its Chinese glory in the desert kingdom.
Trulli leads Toyota front row in Bahrain
Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock put their pre-season testing in Sakhir to good use in qualifying for this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix, by storming to Toyota's first-ever front row lock-out in Formula 1 - as the team now eyes its breakthrough victory in the top flight on race day.
Bahrain run-offs painted.
The Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix got underway in a burst of colour with some artistic flourishes added to one of the world's already more unique venues.
Red Bull insists: Sebastian Vettel is not for sale
Red Bull energy drinks magnate Dietrich Mateschitz has moved to ward off the attentions of Norbert Haug, who confessed that he may be keen to prise Sebastian Vettel away from the Milton Keynes-based squad in order to drive for McLaren-Mercedes one day.
Toyota looking to maintain unbroken points run in Bahrain
As one of only three Formula 1 teams to have tested at Sakhir in the run-up to the 2009 world championship campaign, Toyota is hoping this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix will provide it with just the tonic to put a disappointing outing in Shanghai behind it and return to the rostrum once more.
Button was 'always out of control' in 'dangerous' race
Jenson Button has revealed that he was 'pretty much always out of control' en route to third position in a 'scary' and 'dangerous' Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai at the weekend - as he acknowledged the need for Brawn GP to address the issue that it has in getting heat into the tyres in wet
Rosberg: A good result for Williams is now overdue
Williams is now 'overdue' a good result in Formula 1 in 2009, argues Nico Rosberg, after a third strong qualifying performance in a row once again failed to be turned into a strong points finish in the Chinese Grand Prix at the weekend.
Button concedes: Brawn doesn't have wet weather pace of Red Bull
Formula 1 World Championship leader Jenson Button has confessed that Brawn GP 'doesn't have the pace' of rivals Red Bull Racing in the wet, after trailing in a distant third behind Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber in the water-logged Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.
Trulli and Kubica lament 'dangerous' Chinese GP
In a race full of incident, Jarno Trulli probably came off worse than anyone in the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai today, after being rear-ended by the BMW-Sauber of Robert Kubica into the final corner, with the speed differential of the two cars destroying the Toyota's back section on the spot.
Buemi happy with point, Bourdais angry GP went ahead
There were distinctly mixed feelings in the Scuderia Toro Rosso camp at the end of the Chinese Grand Prix, with S?bastien Buemi thrilled to have finished in the points for the second time in three starts in his fledgling Formula 1 career - but S?bastien Bourdais questioning whether the race shoul
Vettel wins Chinese GP.
Sebastian Vettel underlined his reputation as Formula One's brightest rising star, and an heir apparent as regenmeister to countryman Michael Schumacher, after skating to a second grand prix victory at the head of a Red Bull Racing 1-2 in China.
REVEALED: Post-qualifying F1 car weights in China
Brawn GP opted for race pace over one-lap form, the Red Bulls headed out lighter in Q3 in a bid to snatch pole and Fernando Alonso was practically running on fumes in order to grab a front row grid slot - those are some of the conclusions seemingly to be drawn from the post-qualifying car weights
Domicali: Diffuser row not personal.
Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali has admitted that Formula One's much-publicised diffuser row could cause problems for the new-found unity among the teams, but laid the blame largely at the door of the FIA.
Barrichello: Tyre choice for show?
Rubens Barrichello has questioned the tyre choice that official supplier Bridgestone has made for this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix, echoing similar suggestions that the supersoft compound will not fare well.
Trulli racing with Abruzzo earthquake victims in his heart
Jarno Trulli will be racing with an extra purpose than usual in this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, as he bids to honour the memory and raise vital funds for the victims of the catastrophic earthquake that struck his home region of the Abruzzo early last week.
Restart was considered, confirm drivers.
Despite many feeling that the wet conditions at Sepang could have given them a chance to improve their result, the Formula One grid was almost unanimous in its agreement that the Malaysian Grand Prix could not have been restarted.
Brawn 'fairytale' continues with Button Sepang success
The honeymoon shows no signs of ending just yet for Formula 1 'new' boys Brawn GP, with Jenson Button allaying all fears about the performance of the BGP 001 in wet conditions with a masterful drive to triumph in the Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang.