Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso have both been handed 20-second penalties for colliding in the closing laps of today’s Malaysian Grand Prix. This means that Hamilton drops from seventh to eighth, with Kamui Kobayashi inheriting seventh position. Fernando Alonso keeps his sixth place. Alonso hit the back of Hamilton late in the race, breaking his front [...]

Ferrari’s technical director Aldo Costa has revealed that the team is mystified as to the cause of the team’s poor pace so far. In qualifying today Fernando Alonso could only manage fifth, with his teammate Felipe Massa even further down in seventh. “If it was easy, we would already have fixed it,” said Costa. “We don’t [...]

Sebastian Vettel has said that he believes Red Bull have their KERS system to thank for his dramatic pole position ahead of tomorrow’s Malaysian Grand Prix. Red Bull’s energy-recovering system had its 2011 debut today, with the team electing not to run with it in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, and Vettel said that he [...]

Toro Rosso drivers Sebastien Buemi, Jaime Alguersuari and third driver Daniel Ricciardo were present as the team launched their 2011 car, the STR6 ahead of the first day of pre-season testing at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia. Technical director Giorgio Ascanelli has described the Toro Rosso as being quite unconventional, and he hopes that the [...]

Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg have today revealed the MGP W02, the Mercedes GP car which will be driven throughout 2011. The car was launched in the pit lane of the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia in time for the start of the first pre-season test. The car hasn’t only had an attractive re-spray, it [...]

Williams have today unveiled their 2011 FW33 in time for the first race of the season. Don’t panic though: that isn’t the final livery, the car is running an interim livery for the first test at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia. Pictures of the car hitting the track for the first time are below: [...]

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 [...]

Mercedes GP have released the 3D rendering above of their new 2011 car, the MGP W02 which will be driven by Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher in the 2011 season. The car will be launched on the first day of the first test on the 1st February.

Scuderia Toro Rosso have announced they will launch their 2011 challenger, the STR6, on the 1st February 2011, coinciding with the first pre-season test at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia: “So this is an early warning to make a note in your shiny new 2011 diaries. Scuderia Toro Rosso will be launching its new [...]

The Silverstone pit lane complex, set for completion next May has been named ‘The Wing.’ A recent competition, inviting members of the public to name the new building, generated more than 4,000 entries, with ‘The Wing,’ being selected as the winner. The selected entry was submitted by 10 members of the public as a potential [...]