If the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was a job interview for Kamui Kobayashi at Toyota F1 for next year, then the reigning GP2 Series Champion looks to have passed with flying colours...
Ex-F1 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen could be set for a surprise switch to Red Bull Racing in 2010, it has been rumoured - as the Finn's discussions with former employers McLaren-Mercedes appear to have hit deadlock over his financial demands, whilst Mark Webber's continuing allegiance to his disg
Despite the management in Munich opting to pull the plug on its Formula One involvement from the end of the 2009 season, BMW Sauber team boss Mario Thiessen has revealed that development of the F1.09 will continue apace until the final race.
Jarno Trulli's five-year association with Toyota looks to be drawing to a close if the admission of John Howett is anything to go by, as the big-budget Japanese manufacturer's motorsport president suggested 'there is a very strong probability' of the experienced Italian's contract with the team n
The post-qualifying fuel weights ahead of the European Grand Prix this weekend suggest that Sebastian Vettel should be worried, that Rubens Barrichello is arguably in the box seat - and that Jenson Button could just be about to get his faltering championship challenge back on-track under the Span
Nick Heidfeld has set out his stall to potential future F1 employers by reminding the paddock that - as he is set to be left without a drive following BMW's withdrawal at the end of the 2009 campaign - he still has a lot to offer at the highest level.
Christian Klien could be poised for a belated return to the Formula One frontline next season, if speculation about his contract with BMW Sauber is to be believed.
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.
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.
As in Australia last week, the FIA's publication of the post-qualifying weights of all 20 Formula 1 cars on the starting grid for the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang this weekend has thrown up a number of surprises.
Lewis Hamilton's disqualification from the Australian Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel's ten-place grid demotion in Malaysia and the uncertainty surrounding the results of the first two races of 2009 as a result of the contentious diffuser issue have cast a cloud over the start to the new Formula 1 s
This year is Nick Heidfeld's final chance to really make his mark in Formula 1 and stake his claim to an extended future at the very front of the sport - that is the view of former grand prix ace-turned-expert commentator Hans-Joachim Stuck.
Sebastian Vettel has apologised to Robert Kubica for having caused the collision between the pair in the closing stages of the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne this weekend - costing both a podium finish in the 2009 curtain-raiser and, BMW-Sauber contend, costing the latter a likely win.
As if throwing away a podium finish wasn't a bitter enough pill to swallow for Sebastian Vettel, he has now been held accountable by the race stewards for the clash with Robert Kubica that took both men out of the running.
Gary Anderson contends that the scintillating pre-season testing form displayed by Brawn GP - and the fact that the Brackley-based outfit is being widely tipped as favourite for glory in the curtain-raising Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne this weekend - only serves to highlight how 'harsh' a d
We give you the rundown on all the runners and riders who will be taking to the Formula 1 starting grid in 2009 - and what to expect when the lights go out in the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne this coming weekend... McLAREN-MERCEDES
Nick Heidfeld has revealed the driver he believes to have been his quickest team-mate over his nine years in Formula 1 - and it isn't who you might perhaps expect.
Having elected to go to Bahrain in search of better weather conditions, Ferrari, BMW Sauber and Toyota were instead left frustrated by a sandstorm which severely limited running on the second day of Formula One testing in the Middle East.
After you voted in your thousands for who you thought to be the best Formula 1 driver of 2008, now's the time for Crash.net to reveal its own top ten, with below positions one to five. 5. Sebastian Vettel
Murray Walker has revealed who he believes to have been the most impressive drivers in Formula 1 in 2008 - and has picked out former double world champion Fernando Alonso as 'the best of the lot'.