The voting closed at midnight last night and the votes were ‘counted and verified’ (as they say on those talent shows) and the readers of An F1 Blog have decided the winners of the prestigious awards! Thanks to all who voted! Driver of the year – Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel has won [...]

We are proud to announce that the polls are now open for you to decide who should be honoured in the inaugural An F1 Blog Awards! Using the link at the bottom of this post, you can select who you think should win in each of the 4 categories: Driver of the Year Rookie of [...]

Niki Lauda believes that Michael Schumacher will be competitive in his bid eighth world championship, but he is not willing to bet on it. The 60-year-old Austrian Lauda returned successfully in the 80s to win his third and last title in 1984. He said in German newspaper Bild: “Everything depends on the car, and at [...]

Despite being the bookies’ favourite going into it, Jenson Button has finished runner up at the BBC‘s Sports Personality Of The Year award, being beaten by Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs. The Sports Personality Of The Year award is awarded to the sportsperson “whose actions have most captured the public’s imagination.” Should Button have won [...]

Kimi Raikkonen has today confirmed that he is leaving F1 and will form part of Citroen‘s Junior Rally team. Raikkonen will be co-driven by fellow Finn Kaj Lindstrom and will race the Citroen C4 car in 12 of the 13 WRC rounds. Raikkonen said; “I always wanted to compete in rally, especially in the World [...]

After the interesting question posed by our new author Chris Ward in the last post, do you think that F1 teams should be able to have 3 cars on the grid at Grands Prix? Vote in out poll:

This week disgraced former Renault team boss Flavio Briatore has gone to court to try to have his lifetime ban from FIA motorsport overturned. He also wants £900,000 in damages. He still denies any involvement in the ‘crashgate‘ scandal which earned him the ban. Do you think he should have his ban overturned?

Following the intense rumours which indicate that the return of Michael Schumacher at Mercedes is an imminent possibility, would you like to see Schumi back in F1?