The FIA have published the entry list for the 2011 Formula 1 season, and there are still many gaps to be filled! Robert Kubica doesn’t have a teammate listed at Renault, with Rubens Barrichello also missing a teammate at Williams, although it is widely thought that GP2 champ Pastor Maldonado will fill this vacancy. Despite [...]

On opposite sides of the globe Red Bull’s drivers Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber and new Toro Rosso test driver Daniel Ricciardo have been performing in Red Bull demonstrations, with Vettel in Berlin in front of the Brandenburg Gate and Aussies Webber and Ricciardo on home turf at the Perth Festival of Speed. Vettel took to [...]

Australian Daniel Ricciardo who set the fastest times on both days of this year’s Young Driver Test for Red Bull Racing has landed a test driver role with their sister team Toro Rosso, and will take on Friday Practice duties for the team. Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost said that the appointment is certainly [...]

Sauber’s madman and resident F1 comedian Kamui Kobayashi has recently revealed his overtaking secret in an interview on the team website, also saying that he hopes for “zero mistakes” in the 2011 season. The interview is copied in full below: How would you summarise your season? Kamui Kobayashi: “We had a lot of ups and [...]

Sadly we are now into the off-season, although don’t despair: there is now only 110 days to go until we begin all again in Bahrain. Plus, until then we are going to be reflecting on the greatest season of Formula 1 of all time, and covering all of the testing and car launches, as well [...]

Mercedes’ director of motorsport Norbert Haug has warned Nico Hulkenberg against taking up a role as a test driver for next season, after he announced he was without a race seat and that he was parting company with Williams. The 23-year-old who scored a sensational pole position at the Brazilian Grand Prix had been strongly [...]

Born from the ashes of the failed Honda GP team, which withdrew from the sport after the end of the 2008 season, the story of the Brawn GP team is often described as a “fairytale”. I don’t often toss around superlatives like that, motorsport is a living breathing animal in my mind, but it does [...]

Here are all of the drivers that started the season and finished the season, with the changes being Nick Heidfeld replacing Pedro de la Rosa at Sauber, and Christian Klien in place of Karun Chandhok for Hispania Racing. How do you think the Bahrain photo will look when the season gets underway in 2011? Leave [...]

15 wins out of 16 races. 10 1 – 2 finishes. Driven by a certain Mr Senna and a Mr Prost… The McLaren MP4/4. Pretty little thing isn’t it? It didn’t just look good either, it was one of the most dominant Formula One cars ever created. Coming off the back of a poor 1987 [...]

In this special post An F1 Blog’s analyst Steph Farnsworth takes a look at ten of the most memorable team radio moments throughout the season, from victory celebrations to aggressive obscenities! 10. “I think we’ve found the solution” Although Massa had bagged a couple of podiums and had out-qualified Alonso at his first attempt Felipe [...]