Adrian Newey has explained that the departure of technical director Geoff Willis from the Red Bull Racing team will result in no significant modifications to the running of the team or indeed its performance, after team principal Christmas Horner revealed on Thursday at Willis' role had become 'vacant'.

( 07/11/2009 01:00 AM )

Bernie Ecclestone is confident in his belief that FIA president Max Mosley will stand down from his position at the end of his current term in October. With Mosley having already admitted that retirement is a favourable option, the man who has held the role for sixteen years is now possibly in his last four months of the job.

( 07/11/2009 12:00 AM )

Former World Rally Champion Ari Vatanen has revealed at the Nürburgring that he is in the running to take over the presidency of Formula One governing body the FIA when Max Mosley moves into retirement, confirming the Finn's intentions which were first suggested on Tuesday.

( 07/10/2009 10:30 PM )

Mercedes-Benz Motorsport is prepared for one of its biggest weekends of the year as qualifying day for the German Grand Prix begins. Providers of three of the ten F1 teams, mixed results are expected for the manufacturer whose engines are found in the back of the Brawn, McLaren and Force India cars.

( 07/10/2009 08:00 PM )

The Force India team is positive that it will retain possession of its motorhome after German police officers arrived at the Nürburgring on Friday afternoon. It is believed that the officers were looking to take possession of the team's hospitality unit, supposedly bought by former team owner Colin Kolles and not fully paid for by Force India.

( 07/10/2009 02:17 PM )

Sébastien Buemi was positive after driving Germany's Nürburgring for the first ever time on Friday. The Swiss driver, who generated sufficient pace to finish ahead of more experienced team-mate Bourdais in the afternoon, is looking forward to exiting the pits again on Saturday.

( 07/10/2009 12:08 PM )

Nico Rosberg explained that building up tyre temperatures in conditions such as those seen at the Nürburgring on Friday was a challenge in two sessions where the Williams team changed its approach to practice, as Kazuki Nakajima drove a Formula One car at the German track for the first time.

( 07/10/2009 11:53 AM )

BMW Sauber registered a pair of eleventh and fourteenth positions in the first two practice sessions for its home Grand Prix in Germany as, like the rest of the field, Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica struggled for grip at a damp Nürburgring. Heidfeld currently leads the way, with his Polish team-mate in close attendance.

( 07/10/2009 11:37 AM )

Fernando Alonso had hoped for bright conditions at the Nürburgring on Friday, as wet spells on a dull day in Germany interrupted teams' programmes for setting up cars in the first two free practice sessions of the weekend. His Renault team ended the day positively, however, with both cars finishing up in the top ten.

( 07/10/2009 11:22 AM )

Mark Webber was satisfied with his first day of driving at the Nürburgring, topping the timesheets in Friday's morning practice session before dropping to fourth later in the day. With just over a tenth of a second separating Mark with team-mate Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button, a close Grand Prix looks to be on the cards for Sunday.

( 07/10/2009 10:37 AM )

Sebastian Vettel was happy to have recovered to second place, ahead of both the championship-leading Brawn GP cars and team-mate Mark Webber, in Friday practice at the Nürburgring. Victim of a suspected electrical problem in the morning, the 22-year-old jumped up to second place behind Lewis Hamilton.

( 07/10/2009 10:27 AM )

Jenson Button was fulfilled inter-team expectations on Friday as the Englishman registered the third fastest time to Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel at the Nürburgring. With Red Bull tipped to again be the quickest team this weekend and the championship leader less than half a tenth slower than Vettel, Button is now looking for more improvements.

( 07/10/2009 10:09 AM )

The Toyota team will be targeting top eight results in this weekend's German Grand Prix after a reasonable start in practice on Friday. Jarno Trulli led the way for the Japanese manufacturer with fourth and fifth positions in the respective sessions, although local man Timo Glock struggled to find speed.

( 07/10/2009 09:48 AM )

Adrian Sutil was satisfied to have achieved a top six position in Friday practice for the German Grand Prix, finishing just over four tenths of a second off leader Lewis Hamilton's pace at the Nürburgring. Having recovered from a gearbox problem in the morning, Adrian is hoping for a positive result in his home race this weekend.

( 07/10/2009 09:24 AM )

The Ferrari team experienced a difficult first German Grand Prix day at the Nürburgring on Friday, as drivers Felipe Massa and Kimi Räikkönen wound up twelfth and seventeen respectively. With the latter keen to find a solution, the Brazilian is hoping to recover to Silverstone pace over the weekend.

( 07/10/2009 09:04 AM )

Lewis Hamilton is remaining realistic and admits that McLaren's issues - which have seen the World Champion miss the cut in the first of three phases of qualifying at the last three races - are still yet to be solved, despite setting the quickest lap time in second practice at the Nürburgring on Friday.

( 07/10/2009 08:51 AM )

Timo Glock has been assigned with a new race engineer after regular colleague Francesco Nenci left the Cologne-based team. With driver-race engineer relationships a large key to success, particularly when setting up cars during practice, the German could be placed on the back foot at his home Grand Prix this weekend as a result.

( 07/10/2009 08:32 AM )

The Renault team has said that it will be attempting to hold onto driver Fernando Alonso next year. The former double World Champion, who is currently being heavily linked with Ferrari in rumours which constantly fail to dissipate, returned to the French team at the start of last year.

( 07/10/2009 08:21 AM )

Lewis Hamilton has finished Friday on top by claiming the quickest lap time in afternoon practice at the Nürburgring. The World Champion beat second-placed Sebastian Vettel, who recovered from an earlier stoppage, by almost two tenths of a second with Jenson Button and Mark Webber next up in a rain-interrupted session.

( 07/10/2009 07:37 AM )

Race organisers of the Australian Grand Prix have warned Formula One to pull together and find a solution to the current argument which rages between teams and the governing body of the sport. The man behind the season-opening race 'down under' has stated that, due to large potential financial losses, F1 must stick together.

( 07/10/2009 05:15 AM )