Highly-rated Williams rookie Nico H?lkenberg denies fans' favourite Fernando Alonso the quickest time on day two of pre-season F1 2010 testing around the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona
Red Bull Racing's new Adrian Newey-designed, Renault-powered RB6 is undoubtedly quick, but is it yet reliable enough to be able to successfully challenge for glory right from the off in F1 2010..?
Fresh concerns have arisen regarding the state of Michael Schumacher's neck, after the Mercedes Grand Prix F1 returnee's personal doctor and physiotherapist were spotted in the Valencia paddock during testing this week
Formula One could be poised to adopt a testing programme already used in the equivalent MotoGP series, with teams and drivers staying on at circuits after grands prix weekends.
S?bastien Buemi admitted to being over-the-moon with his eighth-place finish on his Formula 1 debut in the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne this weekend - but team-mate S?bastien Bourdais failed to impress his Scuderia Toro Rosso employers after being given a second chance in the top flight thi
It may only be three weeks since the Brawn GP BGP 001 first took to the test track at Silverstone, but both Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello featured right up at the sharp end of proceedings in practice for this weekend's curtain-raising Australian Grand Prix - and the British star reckons th
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
Felipe Massa has gone on record as saying that Brawn GP will be Ferrari's 'main opponent' in Formula 1 in 2009 - as Fernando Alonso predicted that it will be too close to call between all the teams in the curtain-raising Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne this coming weekend.
Bernie Ecclestone has hinted that in his opinion McLaren-Mercedes are not quite as far off the pace heading into the 2009 curtain-raising Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne this coming weekend as they would have their rivals believe.
The driver with the most race wins to his name will be crowned 2009 Formula 1 World Champion, it has been announced, after the FIA revealed its definitive list of cost-cutting and interest-enhancing measures to be implemented during the forthcoming campaign.
Norbert Haug has confirmed what many paddock observers have suspected since pre-season Formula 1 testing got underway ahead of the forthcoming 2009 campaign - expected title challengers McLaren-Mercedes are simply 'far too slow'.
Toyota have hinted that on the basis of pre-season Formula 1 testing, they have produced the 'fastest' package on the 2009 grid in the shape of the TF109 - with nobody really knowing just how the running order will shake out when all 20 cars take to the track in anger for the first time in the cu
Rubens Barrichello has revealed that he never lost faith over the winter months that he would still be a fixture on the Formula 1 grid in 2009 - despite persistent and 'absurd' suggestions that the most experienced driver in the sport's history would be replaced by rookie compatriot Bruno Senna.<
Fernando Alonso has rubbished suggestions that he is set for another tough season in Formula 1 with Renault in 2009 following the poor initial testing pace of the new R29, urging that 'the cars in Jerez are not going to be the ones in Australia'.
A third day of torrential rain welcomed the Formula 1 teams on the fourth and final day of pre-season testing at the Algarve Motor Park in Portugal - only this time the downpour was heavy enough to wipe out the running altogether.
The 2008 Formula 1 Drivers' and Constructors' Champions McLaren-Mercedes and Ferrari brought their year to an end with a final day of testing around the new Portimao circuit in Portugal.
1. Sebastien Buemi Red Bull-Renault 1min 17.704secs 71 laps 2. Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1min 19.360secs 75 laps 3. Brendon Hartley Red Bull-Renault 1min 19.586secs 83 laps
Robert Kubica has predicted that the start of the 2009 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne could be carnage in the light of the new wings being considered for introduction into the top flight next year.
Mark Webber was lucky to escape more serious injury when he collided with a car head-on whilst riding a bicycle during his Pure Tasmania Challenge, it has been revealed - as the very future of the 250km mountain biking, kayaking and trekking endurance event possibly hangs in the balance.
Formula 1 World Champion-elect Lewis Hamilton has again found himself on the receiving end of a torrent of racist abuse from Spanish fans, on the eve of the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos this weekend.
BMW-Sauber has sought to affirm that there was no danger when one of the team's mechanics suffered a high-voltage electric shock whilst the squad tried out the new Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) set to be introduced into Formula 1 next year.
Formula 1 may be in the middle of its three-week summer break and the test ban, but that hasn't stopped Renault from doing some additional checks ahead of the inaugural European Grand Prix at Valencia.