Christian Klien has confirmed a deal with Walkinshaw Racing to compete in this year’s Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 - two of Australia’s legendary touring car races.

( 05/17/2012 10:01 AM )

Vitaly Petrov has been given an added push for retaining his Caterham seat ahead of the 2013 season, with the English team having signed a new deal with Russian Helicopters. The company will be working with Caterham Cars as well as the F1 team.

( 05/17/2012 09:41 AM )

Conor Daly was blown away by the experience of driving a Formula 1 car on Thursday, but the American was equally surprised by a hare which leapt out in front of him.

( 05/17/2012 09:28 AM )

Kamui Kobayashi returns to Monaco fresh from a top five finish in the Spanish Grand Prix. The Japanese Sauber driver also finished fifth in Monte Carlo last year and expects the white car’s pace to be even quicker next weekend.

( 05/17/2012 04:31 AM )

Spain saw Kamui Kobayashi rack up Sauber’s second best race finish of the 2012 F1 season, coming home in a highly respectable fifth place at the Circuit de Catalunya. The result has only been matched this season by team-mate Sergio Pérez, when the Mexican just missed out on the Malaysian Grand Prix victory to Fernando Alonso.

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( 05/17/2012 12:00 AM )

Jaime Alguersuari has no doubts whatsoever about being able to return to Formula 1 as a race driver next season. Having been surprisingly dropped by Toro Rosso at the end of 2011, the Barcelona man is spending the current campaign as a commentator.

( 05/16/2012 09:00 PM )

Sauber team CEO Monisha Kaltenborn has received a third of the stake in the Sauber Group, it was announced by the Swiss company on Wednesday afternoon. The share has been given up by team owner Peter Sauber, who has already said that he intends to retire from his role of Team Principal by the end of next year.

( 05/16/2012 08:26 AM )

Lola Cars, along with sister company Lola Composites, is set to be placed into administration. Blaming the economic crisis for a cash flow problem, an official statement was released on Wednesday morning.

( 05/16/2012 07:18 AM )

All members of the Williams team are now safely back at home in the United Kingdom. Following the frightening garage fire after the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday evening, several had remained under observation in local hospitals.

( 05/16/2012 04:44 AM )

Victory in Barcelona marked, not only Pastor Maldonado’s maiden win in Formula 1 and the first for Williams since 2004, but the first time the team had triumphed under the technical leadership of Mark Gillan. The Englishman, Chief Operations Engineer for the Grove-based outfit, shares his feelings after a highly dramatic weekend.

( 05/16/2012 04:32 AM )

American Conor Daly will be taking part in a straight-line aerodynamic test for Force India on Thursday. The GP3 race winner and son of former Formula 1 driver Derek finalised negotiations with the team in Barcelona at the weekend.

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It's almost time for the jewel in the Formula 1 crown, with Monte Carlo playing host to its 70th Grand Prix next weekend. So, to get you in the mood and build the anticipation, GPUpdate.net takes a look at five key talking points for the event...

( 05/15/2012 09:00 PM )

Just two days after the dramatic fire which brought the curtain down on the Spanish Grand Prix weekend, repair work is already almost complete on the Williams garage of the Circuit de Catalunya. The cause of the raging inferno is yet to be indentified.

( 05/15/2012 09:31 AM )

Norbert Haug remains unable to comment on the situation involving Mercedes-Benz and the new Formula 1 Concorde Agreement. At present, the German car manufacturer is unhappy with some terms of the latest document, which binds all F1 teams with governing body the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone's FOM

( 05/15/2012 06:34 AM )

Felipe Massa has suffered a miserable start to the 2012 season, having collected just a pair of points in comparison with his team-mate’s 61 over the opening five races. Acknowledging this, Team Principal Stefano Domenicali now expects a marked improvement as Formula 1 returns to Monte Carlo next weekend.

( 05/15/2012 05:40 AM )

David Coulthard was particularly delighted that Williams finally returned to winning ways in Barcelona on Sunday, having previously not celebrated a Formula 1 victory since the last round of 2004. The Scot, now a commentator for BBC Sport, made his F1 race debut with the team following Ayrton Senna’s death in 1994.

( 05/15/2012 05:25 AM )

McLaren is prepared to do all it can to help Williams enjoy a normal Grand Prix weekend in Monaco. In Barcelona on Sunday, the winning Grove-based team lost thousands of pounds worth of equipment when its garage suffered a large fire.

( 05/15/2012 04:00 AM )

Sir Frank Williams has thanked the entire Formula 1 community, which together helped to recover the situation when his team’s garage caught fire in Barcelona on Sunday. The cause of the huge blaze remains unknown as investigations continue.

( 05/15/2012 03:47 AM )