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Kamui Kobayashi reviews his 2011 season, his second in Formula One racing. By coming fifth in the Monaco Grand Prix, the Japanese driver put in Sauber’s best result of the year, and by finishing ninth in Brazil he achieved a positive result in the season’s finale. The 25-year-old scored points in nine out of 19 races and with 30 points in total he finished 12th in the drivers’ championship

With 2012 race seats filling up fast, Adrian Sutil must feel under pressure to secure his Formula One future. His recent run of strong drives with Force India will doubtless help his cause and he hopes to have things sorted in the next couple of weeks. Will he stay put? Could he be Williams-bound to partner Pastor Maldonado? Or could he prove the ideal partner for a returning Kimi Raikkonen at Renault? We spoke exclusively to the German driver

Twelve wins from 19 races, a record-breaking tally of pole positions and the successful defence of both world titles – 2011 has been very kind to Red Bull and it’s clear their motorsport consultant Helmut Marko couldn’t be happier with how the Milton Keynes-based team are faring.

Marko discusses their 2011 triumphs, the team’s technical prowess, the futures of Red Bull’s young drivers and his hopes for 2012 and beyond

Twelve wins from 19 races, a record-breaking tally of pole positions and the successful defence of both world titles – 2011 has been very kind to Red Bull and it’s clear their motorsport consultant Helmut Marko couldn’t be happier with how the Milton Keynes-based team are faring.

Marko discusses their 2011 triumphs, the team’s technical prowess, the futures of Red Bull’s young drivers and his hopes for 2012 and beyond

It’s official – Kimi Raikkonen will compete again in Formula One racing after the 2007 world champion signed a contract to race with Renault in 2012. In an interview with the team’s press office, Raikkonen discusses why he’s decided to return to the sport and his preparations for the season ahead…

Williams ended the 2011 season in Interlagos on Sunday as they’d begun it – struggling. Although Rubens Barrichello qualified strongly in 12th, he eventually finished in 14th, whilst team mate Pastor Maldonado failed to finish after spinning out. The team’s chief operations engineer Mark Gillan discusses the weekend and looks ahead to 2012…

Red Bull’s Mark Webber loves Interlagos and after going top in opening practice he remains optimistic that he could score his first win of 2011 here on Sunday. Webber admits there have been missed opportunities this season, but the ever-candid Aussie insists it’s not been as bleak as some would have you believe – and maintains he can come back stronger in 2012

Every possible question has been asked and answered. In this respect Sebastian Vettel will probably be happy to bid farewell to the 2011 season on Sunday. But the Brazilian Grand Prix is always special, a race riddled with endless track action, and one that will no doubt provide a worthy end to a fantastic year. Vettel is also in no doubt that he won’t be moving over and letting a rival take the winner’s trophy home

Ahead of this weekend’s season-ending Formula 1 Grande Premio Petrobras Do Brasil 2011, the McLaren team’s Managing Director Jonathan Neale, speaking in a Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Phone-In, talks about Lewis Hamilton’s Abu Dhabi triumph, rumours of a renewed alliance with Honda, Red Bull’s ‘catchability’ in 2012, and Sam Michael’s first weekend with his new Woking colleagues

Formula One is an extremely competitive and complicated world and so it has not been an easy journey since Thesan Capital, with Saul Ruiz de Marcos at the fore, took control of HRT team in July. But with hard work and order and a group of people including sports advisor (and former F1 driver) Luis Perez-Sala, the new project is beginning to materialise. The recent announcement of the extension of the team’s collaboration with Williams and the signing of Pedro de la Rosa are the first visible results of this hard work, as Ruiz de Marcos explains