Red Bull have handed Mark Webber a nice birthday present in announcing that the 35-year-old Australian will stay with the team through 2012…

Karun Chandhok and Sakon Yamamoto have been handed test roles at Team Lotus and Virgin Racing respectively. Chandhok joins Luiz Razia, Davide Valsecchi and Ricardo Teixeira in the reserve driver roles at the team, and will drive the T128 in the first practice of the year at Melbourne. The Indian who had F1 race experience [...]

Hispania have confirmed that Vitantonio Liuzzi will be driving for them in the 2011 season, partnering Indian Narain Karthikeyan. The news means that in stark contrast to last season where they began with two rookies, this year they will have two experienced F1 drivers at the wheel. Liuzzi said: “I am really happy to have [...]

Lotus Renault GP have announced that F1 veteran Nick Heidfeld will replace the injured Robert Kubica, with the German commencing at this week’s Barcelona test. The 33-year-old impressed in the R31, finishing fastest on day two at Jerez, and has been given the chance to race again, despite suggestions in the media that Kubica himself [...]

Former Formula 1 drivers Bruno Senna and Romain Grosjean are Lotus Renault’s third drivers for 2011, with Ho-Pin Tung, Jan Charouz, and former Lotus third driver Fairuz Fauzy as reserve drivers for the Enstone-based outfit. Bruno Senna is the driver who will be called upon first, should either Robert Kubica or Vitaly Petrov be unable [...]

Force India have today announced their driver pairing for the 2011 season. Scot Paul di Resta who drove as a test driver for the team last year and during the November young driver tests will get his first Formula 1 race seat alongside German Adrian Sutil who has been in Formula 1 since 2007. Sutil [...]

Russian Vitaly Petrov will continue to drive for Renault through to 2012, continuing alongside Robert Kubica for the next two seasons. Petrov made his debut season in 2010 for the Enstone-based outfit, which will be rebranded Lotus Renault GP next year. He commented: “I am very happy to continue with the team and proud to [...]

Belgian Jerome d’Ambrosio has the second seat alongside German Timo Glock at Virgin Racing for 2011, replacing Brazilian Lucas di Grassi who failed to impress in his debut season. Last season the 25 year old Belgian successfully concluded an evaluation role with the Yorkshire-based team, which saw him take part in the Free Practice 1 [...]

Timo Glock has made it clear that despite his name not appearing in the 2011 F1 entry list thus far, he will continue driving with the Yorkshire-based outfit Virgin Racing in 2010. The former GP2 champion said he was ‘excited’ about the announcement which will mark his fourth full year in Formula 1: “I’m excited. [...]

Williams have confirmed Pastor Maldonado will take the vacant role at their team alongside Rubens Barrichello for 2011 after the departure of Nico Hulkenberg. The 2010 GP2 champion drove for the Grove-based outfit Williams and Hispania at the Young Driver Test in Abu Dhabi late last month, and as suspected he will be making the [...]