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Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg has beaten all the odds, including some rain, to secure pole position for tomorrow’s Monaco Grand Prix, his third in a row in the 2013 Formula One season. The German driver posted a best time of 1:13.876, edging out his team-mate Lewis Hamilton’s best...

The current weather forecast for the 2013 Formula One Monaco Grand Prix is sunny skies, low wind speeds and mild temperatures. Peak temperatures are expected to be around 63 degrees F (17 degrees C), which should equate to high-70s (mid-20s) at track level. Some rain is predicted for...

Formula One’s premier event, the Monaco Grand Prix, takes place this weekend. The famous street circuit may be one of the shortest tracks of the year, but it’s the most demanding, especially for the driver. Although the corner speeds are the slowest on the calendar, too, drivers need as...

Back in February it was revealed that McLaren’s Formula One Technical Director Paddy Lowe would be ditching the Woking-based team to join the Mercedes AMG squad in nearby Brackley. At that time, it wasn’t clear what role Lowe would take at his new employer and when he was officially to...

As promised, F1 legend Michael Schumacher and current Mercedes AMG F1 driver Nico Rosberg have hit the Nurburgring in F1 and AMG cars. This video captures the screaming of Schumacher piloting the 2011-spec W02 Mercedes Silver Arrow F1 car as it flirts with a small herd of AMG cars. Oh, and there...

For many, the name Hans-Joachim Stuck may not ring a bell but those more seasoned readers will no doubt remember ol’ Strietzel, son of the legendary Hans Stuck and a Formula One driver during the 1970s. At 6 ft 4 in, Stuck clearly wasn’t made for F1 though he did manage to make the...

It’s official. Honda will be back in Formula One in the 2015 season, serving as engine supplier to McLaren. The two companies made the announcement earlier today, ending years of speculation of Honda’s possible return to motorsport’s top echelon. By supplying engines to McLaren, a...

Scuderia Ferrari secured a superb first and third place finish in yesterday’s 2013 Formula One Spanish Grand Prix, with star driver Fernando Alonso taking home the victory and his team-mate Felipe Massa coming in third--this despite a penalized start at ninth on the grid for the Brazilian...

Pole position after qualifying today at the 2013 Formula One Spanish Grand Prix went to Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg. The young German posted a best time of 1.20.718, which was just enough to edge him past his Mercedes AMG team-mate Lewis Hamilton’s time of 1:20.972. This means it will...

The Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona, home of the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix, is a track that all teams know intimately and one where conditions can change significantly throughout the weekend. The current weather forecast for Sunday’s race is partly cloudy skies and a peak temperature...

While in previous years there have been two Formula One races held in Spain, the European and Spanish grands prix, in 2013 there will be only one, the Spanish GP, which once again takes place at the Circuit de Catalunya just outside of Barcelona. This is the first of seven European races on the...

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and it's beginning to look like the occasion will be quite the event. McLaren's already confirmed that both the new P1 supercar and 12C Can-Am race car will be on site, and Ford's street-legal 1.0-liter EcoBoost FF1 track car...

The Renault Twizy is an electric city car that retails for less than $10k and has a power output starting as low as 4 kilowatts (5 horsepower) and topping out at about 13 kilowatts (17 horsepower). It’s not exactly the type of vehicle you’d use to highlight the link between the world of...

Michael Schumacher, seven-time F1 driver's champ and so fast he had to retire twice to make it stick, will soon be back in an F1 car--this time on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Schumacher will pilot a 2011 Mercedes W02 F1 car around the long, treacherous course on May 19, according to SpeedTV...

Prior to its confirmation of a return to top-level racing at Le Mans, made in 2011, there was some speculation that Porsche might represent the Volkswagen Group in the world of Formula One. Porsche, whose reputation is built on the performance of its cars, knew at the time it needed to be in some...

Formula One reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing scored his second consecutive Bahrain Grand Prix victory with a dominant drive to the finish during yesterday’s race. Vettel’s start from second on the grid wasn’t so smooth, and he was even passed by...

At the end of yet another very closely contested qualifying, Mercedes-Benz AMG driver Nico Rosberg managed to edge out Red Bull Racing star Sebastian Vettel to secure pole for this weekend’s 2013 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix. Rosberg’s fastest time was a scorching 1:32.330, with...

Round four of the 2013 Formula One World Championship in Sakhir, located on Bahrain’s west coast. Because the Bahrain International Circuit where the race is held lies in the middle of a desert, conditions change frequently, with lots of sand being blown almost constantly. In addition to...

Round four of the 2013 Formula One World Championship is the Bahrain Grand Prix, which takes place this weekend at Sakhir on the Gulf nation’s western coast. Despite ongoing political tensions in Bahrain, the race will go ahead as planned and will once again take place at the Bahrain...

Ferrari scored its first win of the 2013 Formula One season thanks to the efforts of its star driver Fernando Alonso, who took home a decisive victory in yesterday’s Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit. He was followed by Lotus’ Kimi Räikkönen and Mercedes...