FIA World Endurance Championship CEO Gerard Neveu has defended the decision to change the date for October's 6 Hours of Fuji race to ensure Formula 1 star Fernando Alonso can enter despite facing backlash from a number of sports car drivers.
The 2009 F1 World Championship campaign is closing in and the title battle is hotting up - but it could all be resolved as soon as this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix, should Jenson Button prove capable of rediscovering his devastating early-season form around what is inarguably one of the few rem
Having ascended the rostrum in Singapore for the first time since Malaysia all the way back in early April, Timo Glock has clearly regained the taste for podium champagne - and is eyeing a second successive climb up the steps on Toyota's home turf at Suzuka this weekend, what would undoubtedly be
Though the team may have submitted its entry for the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship - in company with all of its fellow FOTA members - speculation that Toyota is soon to depart from the sport refuses to go away with the revelation that the world's largest car manufacturer has elected to withdr
Two of Formula 1's leading figures have accused world championship leader Lewis Hamilton of being 'arrogant', of possessing 'too high an opinion of himself' and of having 'learned nothing' from his Japanese Grand Prix indiscretion six days ago.
Bernie Ecclestone has warned that issuing penalties in Formula 1 races on a regular basis risks leading to drivers 'losing the confidence to try to fight' and spoiling the sport.
Fernando Alonso may 'belong' in a Ferrari or McLaren-Mercedes, but 'mentality-wise he is not the complete package' in Formula 1 - that is the view of British former grand prix star Derek Warwick.
With Bruno Senna believed to be in-line for a test with Honda's Formula 1 team sometime following next month's season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, rumours linking countryman Rubens Barrichello to an IndyCar Series switch next year have re-surfaced.
In the wake of the controversial Formula 1 penalties meted out in the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway last weekend, in-car footage has been released of the incidents regarding Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa and S?bastien Bourdais.
Though sixth place in the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway at the weekend marked his fifth points-scoring finish in as many outings, Sebastian Vettel revealed that it could have been better still but for losing out on the opening lap.
In the wake of the controversial Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway at the weekend, it has been revealed that - not for the first time this season - race stewards went against the advice of FIA race director Charlie Whiting in meting out a post-race time penalty.
Singapore and Japanese Grand Prix winner Fernando Alonso has vowed that should the opportunity present itself, he will 'help' Ferrari's Felipe Massa to prevail in the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship.
S?bastien Bourdais has hit out at Felipe Massa following the pair's contentious collision in the Japanese Grand Prix today, claiming the Ferrari driver showed him no respect and 'behaved like I didn't exist'.
Lewis Hamilton has lashed out at Formula 1 World Championship title rival Felipe Massa for what he claims was a 'deliberate' effort to take him out of the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway when the Brazilian drove into him on Sunday.
Felipe Massa is adamant that he did nothing wrong in tipping Formula 1 World Championship rival Lewis Hamilton into a spin in the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji today - despite coming under fire from many in the sport for his rash move.
Despite having endured two collisions along the way, Felipe Massa's drive in the Japanese Grand Prix has been praised as 'amazing' by Ferrari, whilst the man himself refuted all blame in his comings-together with Lewis Hamilton and S?bastien Bourdais.
Formula 1 World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton admitted after his disastrous Japanese Grand Prix today that he had 'made a mistake and paid for it' - but he insisted he would be changing nothing in his seeming 'win-or-bust' approach to the final two races of the campaign.
Following on from his Singapore triumph, Fernando Alonso sent out a clear message that former Formula 1 World Champions Renault are back with a bang in the top flight, by storming to a sensational second consecutive success in the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji.
Having proven to be evenly-matched for most of the weekend so far, it was perhaps little surprise to see Sebastian Vettel and S?bastien Bourdais qualify alongside each other for the Japanese Grand Prix - and to Scuderia Toro Rosso's delight, both will be inside the top ten to boot.
Lewis Hamilton's pole position for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway has been lauded as 'possibly the best lap of his career so far' - even though the Formula 1 World Championship leader himself admitted it 'wasn't perfect'.
For only the second time in 2008, David Coulthard got the better of Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team-mate Mark Webber in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji this weekend - then quipped that the Australian was probably frustrated with his performance 'because he doesn't want to be behind
The pair may be close friends away from the race track, but Robert Kubica backed up Fernando Alonso's revelation that BMW-Sauber was 'never' a serious option for him for 2009 [see separate story -
Formula 1 World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton did his utmost to break Ferrari's spirit by turning what had looked like being a scarlet benefit in qualifying for this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix into pole position for McLaren-Mercedes - with title rival Felipe Massa able to do no better tha
Former Formula 1 star Eddie Irvine has branded Fuji Speedway - home to this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix - 'a crap circuit' and 'the worst place possible to have a grand prix', as he insisted the race should never have been taken away from Suzuka.