Archive for category: F1 Headlines

  • Mercedes set to race with AMG banner from 2012

    F1 Headlines 05/12/2011 14:02

    Mercedes have announced that they intend to compete under the full name of ‘Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team’ from the 2012 season onwards. AMG is the performance brand of Mercedes-Benz cars, and has been involved with Formula One for 15 years, s…

     
  • McLaren become world’s first carbon-neutral F1 team

    F1 Headlines 05/12/2011 13:09

    McLaren revealed on Monday that they have achieved a long-held ambition in becoming fully carbon-neutral – the first Formula One team ever to receive such certification.

    By implementing a series of efficiency-driven measures within their UK base, the …

     
  • Weekend wins for Alguersuari, Button, Schumacher, Vettel

    F1 Headlines 05/12/2011 12:33

    The 2011 Formula One season may be complete, but that didn’t stop at least four F1 drivers picking some much-prized silverware over the weekend, with Jaime Alguersuari, Jenson Button, Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel all on the winners’ list.

    T…

     
  • Williams retain Maldonado for 2012

    F1 Headlines 02/12/2011 12:23

    Williams have confirmed that Pastor Maldonado will remain with the team next season. It will be the Venezuelan’s second year racing in F1, following a tough rookie campaign in which he secured one world championship point.

    Williams also announced the …

     
  • Toro Rosso strengthen technical team

    F1 Headlines 01/12/2011 18:50

    Toro Rosso have strengthened their technical line-up ahead of the 2012 season with two key appointments to the Italian team’s design and aerodynamics departments.

    Luca Furbatto joins the design team in Faenza having worked at McLaren since 2000, wher…

     
  • Nine 2012 driver slots open on FIA entry list

    F1 Headlines 30/11/2011 19:19

    Formula One racing’s governing body, the FIA, has published the current 2012 championship entry list. As already confirmed, three constructors change their names next season – Renault become Lotus, Lotus become Caterham, and Virgin become Marussia.

    Fi…

     
  • Raikkonen to return with Renault in 2012

    F1 Headlines 29/11/2011 12:10

    After weeks of speculation Renault confirmed on Tuesday that Kimi Raikkonen will make a comeback to race for the team in 2012. Raikkonen, who left the sport at the end of 2009 to pursue a rallying career, has signed a two-year agreement with the team.

     
  • Head to end direct F1 involvement at Williams

    F1 Headlines 28/11/2011 19:33

    Williams co-founder and engineering director Patrick Head will play no active role in the team next season, he has confirmed. Head will instead switch his attentions to the team’s successful hybrid technologies business.

    “I am not going to be directly…

     
  • Lotus thrilled with 10th in constructors’ standings

    F1 Headlines 28/11/2011 19:08

    Lotus left Brazil with their heads held high after claiming 10th place in the constructors’ standings for a second year running. Drivers Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli finished Sunday’s Interlagos race in 16th and 18th respectively, which was enoug…

     
  • Hublot celebrates season finale with F1™ King Power Interlagos

    F1 Headlines 28/11/2011 12:35

    The final round of this year’s FIA Formula One World Championship, the Formula 1 Grande Premio Petrobras do Brasil 2011, saw Hublot, the Official Watchmaker of Formula 1, present the new F1™ King Power Interlagos.

    In tribute to the land of samba and …

     
  • FIA post-race press conference – Brazil

    F1 Headlines 28/11/2011 00:45

    Drivers: 1 – Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing); 2 – Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing); 3 – Jenson Button (McLaren).

    Q: Mark, a win to take you into the winter, how are you feeling right now?
    Mark Webber: Yeah, very good. Felt good all weekend to be hones…

     
  • Pic replaces D’Ambrosio at Virgin for 2012

    F1 Headlines 28/11/2011 00:32

    Virgin have announced that rising French talent Charles Pic will partner Timo Glock at the team next season, replacing Jerome D’Ambrosio. It follows a successful outing for Pic in the MVR-02 at the recent Abu Dhabi young driver test.

    “I’m very happy …