Formula One World Championship Race News
The Force India team are to retain Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi as their drivers for the 2010 season.
German Sutil will be entering his fourth season with the team in F1.
German Sutil will be entering his fourth season with the team in F1.
He may have to wait until next year to make his Formula One return, but Ferrari’s Felipe Massa will get the chance to sharpen his racing skills at his annual International Challenge of the Stars karting event in Brazil this weekend. It will be the first time Massa has driven competitively since he fractured his skull during an accident at the Hungarian Grand Prix back in July.
Although he ended his 2009 season as disappointed runner-up to Brawn GP’s Jenson Button in the drivers’ championship, Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel has received a boost from German motoring organisation, ADAC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil Club), after being named their ‘motorsportsman of the year’ this week. ADAC is Europe's largest automobile club, with more than 16 million members.
Although still officially contracted to 2009 employers Renault, it seems Fernando Alonso is eager to make himself at home at Ferrari ahead of his debut for the Italian team next season. And this week Alonso made his second semi-official visit to their Maranello headquarters, just a few weeks after his first trip.
German car manufacturer BMW has provisionally agreed to sell its BMW Sauber Formula 1 team back to team founder Peter Sauber.
The move comes after BMW cancelled plans to sell to Qadbank Investments.
The move comes after BMW cancelled plans to sell to Qadbank Investments.
BMW have announced on Friday that they have reached an agreement with Peter Sauber regarding the sale of the BMW Sauber team. The contract is subject to the squad having a confirmed entry for the 2010 season and means that the planned sale to Qadbak Investment Ltd will not be completed.
Montreal and Quebec authorities have finally been able to confirm that the Canadian GP will be back on the schedule on June 13 next year.
Renault have revealed their line-up for next week’s young driver test in Spain. Reigning Formula Renault 3.5 champion Bertrand Baguette, Chinese driver Ho-Pin Tung and the French team’s third driver Lucas Di Grassi will share driving duties during the three-day session at Jerez.
Despite pulling out of Formula One racing, BMW is staying true to its promise of giving two talented young Formula BMW drivers their first taste of an F1 car. Alexander Rossi and Esteban Gutierrez will take part in next week’s official Formula One test for young drivers at Jerez in Spain.
Force India have confirmed their line-up for next week’s young driver test in Spain. Upcoming British driver Paul di Resta and current Indy Lights champion American JR Hildebrand will share driving duties of the VJM02 at Jerez.
Former Renault Formula One tester Jose Maria Lopez says he expects to be confirmed as a 2010 race driver for the new US F1 Team very soon. According to the Argentine, a contract with the US-based squad is in place, subject to the completion of personal sponsorship arrangements.
Nico Rosberg was confirmed as the first member of the new Mercedes team’s 2010 driver line-up on Monday. The announcement follows Mercedes’ recent purchase of Brawn GP, who have not retained either of their 2009 drivers - world champion Jenson Button or Rubens Barrichello - for next season.
Williams owners Frank Williams and Patrick Head announced Friday that they have sold a minority interest in the team to an investment company led by Austrian Toto Wolff, who also joins the Williams board of directors.
Williams has surprised the F1 world by selling a minority share to an Austrian group led by investor and gentleman racer Christian ‘Toto’ Wolff.
Kimi Raikkonen will be missing from the grid in 2010 after failing to agree a deal to drive for McLaren, according to his management. Raikkonen, who has a keen interest in rallying, is expected to pursue other options next year as he looks to secure a winning drive for 2011.
Kimi Raikkonen played down reports Thursday he is close to signing for 2010 with the newly Mercedes-rebranded Brawn team.
The Finn's management announced earlier that the breakdown of talks with McLaren meant that Raikkonen, 30, would take a sabbatical next year and go rallying instead.
The Finn's management announced earlier that the breakdown of talks with McLaren meant that Raikkonen, 30, would take a sabbatical next year and go rallying instead.
Formula One world champion Jenson Button said the prospect of going head-to-head with former champion Lewis Hamilton was what lured him to McLaren.
Jenson Button has signed to drive alongside Lewis Hamilton in an all-English line-up at McLaren next season.
The world champion's move was announced on Wednesday following news that former world champion Kimi Raikkonen will not race in F1 next year.
The world champion's move was announced on Wednesday following news that former world champion Kimi Raikkonen will not race in F1 next year.
McLaren have announced the signing of reigning world champion Jenson Button on a multi-year deal that will see him partner 2008 title holder Lewis Hamilton next season. It marks the first pairing of two British world champions since Graham Hill and Jim Clark at Lotus in 1968.
The GP3 Series kicks off next season as a new support event at Grand Prix weekends and Red Bull’s Mark Webber was at the Paul Ricard circuit in France on Tuesday to give international media and the ten GP3 teams their first taste of the new car.
Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen will not be racing in Formula 1 next year after failing to find a drive.
The 30-year-old Finn had been trying to do a deal with McLaren but they would not offer him the salary he wanted, his manager David Robertson told BBC Sport.
The 30-year-old Finn had been trying to do a deal with McLaren but they would not offer him the salary he wanted, his manager David Robertson told BBC Sport.
The new Manor GP team, currently preparing for their Formula One debut next season, have confirmed 2009 Toyota star Timo Glock to lead their driver line-up. The announcement precedes the official launch of the team later this year.
Jenson Button has been confirmed as Lewis Hamilton’s teammate from 2010 as the British driver finally gave up on negotiations with the re-branded Mercedes Grand Prix team.
Jenson Button is on the verge of signing to join Lewis Hamilton in an all-English line-up at McLaren.
BBC Sport understands McLaren is the favoured option for Button, the reigning world champion, but that he has not yet agreed terms on a contract.
BBC Sport understands McLaren is the favoured option for Button, the reigning world champion, but that he has not yet agreed terms on a contract.
The new Manor Grand Prix team have signed the German Timo Glock as their lead driver for their debut season in Formula 1 in 2010.
Glock has raced for Toyota for the last two seasons but was on the market after the Japanese company pulled out of F1 at the end of the season.
Glock has raced for Toyota for the last two seasons but was on the market after the Japanese company pulled out of F1 at the end of the season.