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To promote its AMG performance division, Mercedes Benz is changing the name of its Formula 1 team for the 2012 season.

Ferrari and Red Bull are leaving the Formula One Teams Association, citing the stalemate in amending restrictive regulations on testing and cost containment.

After much speculation including most recently talks with Williams F1, Kimi Raikkonen has finally made it official: he's back in F1, with Lotus Renault GP. Announced today, the recently rally-focused Finn's return to F1 comes three seasons after his last with Ferrari. Raikkonen has signed a...

Mark Webber won his first grand prix of the year at the 2011 Formula 1 season finale yesterday at the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was victorious at the Brazilian Grand Prix in 2009 and he repeated that feat--and bagged himself a fastest lap just for good measure--at...

Still recovering from injuries sustained in a pre-2011 season rally car crash, Robert Kubica has advised Lotus Renault that he won't be ready to return by the start of the 2012 F1 season.

Ferrari concerned about the growing cost of participating in Formula 1, would like the ability to incorporate more F1 technology into its road cars.

As "Rookie of the Year" in the Italian F3 series, American driver Michael Lewis has earned a day of testing in a Formula 1 car with Scuderia Ferrari.

Lewis Hamilton has taken his third win of the season, with success coming for the McLaren driver at the 2011 Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. This marks Hamilton’s 17th win of his short career, having previously won in China and Germany this year. Sadly, for pole-sitter and current world...

Conditions are typically hot and dry during the days of the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and this year’s race, which takes place in just a few hours, will be no different. Peak temperatures today are expected to reach 84 degrees F (29 degrees C), although racing doesn’t start until...

Sebastian Vettel proved fastest during qualifying today at the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, notching up his 14th pole position of the season and in the process equaling Nigel Mansell’s record of the greatest number of poles in a single season. The Red Bull Racing star and current F1 world...

The penultimate round of the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship takes place this weekend with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit. The 55-lap race, now in its third season, takes in a total of 190 miles from dusk to nightfall to allow a more temperate climate for spectators instead of...

A major shareholder of Williams F1 has confirmed that the British Formula 1 team is in talks with 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen about a possible comeback to the sport as early as the 2012 season. On top of that, the 32-year old Finnish driver is reported to have visited Williams’...

Lola is looking to become the 13th team on the Formula 1 grid, since the depth of its business interests will now support an F1 effort.

As we get closer to the November 30 press day for the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show, more and more concept and new model announcements are starting to appear. Yesterday it was the 2013 Nissan GT-R and today we have another Nissan. Also making waves is the announcement of American race car driver Alexander...

With America set to host two Formula 1 races from 2013 onwards, one in New Jersey and the other in Texas, the time is right for an American driver to return to the highest echelon of motorsport. One up and coming driver whose chances are better than most is 20-year old Alexander Rossi who is...

We can't be sure of Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton's cooking skills, but he apparently knows how to steam a Bean. While attending the inaugural Formula 1 Indian Grand Prix over the weekend, Mr. Bean and Johnny English star Rowan Atkinson appeared progressively upset over the McLaren driver's...

Sebastian Vettel has shown once again why he’s the undisputed 2011 Formula 1 World Champion, taking victory yesterday at the first ever Indian Grand Prix. After starting on pole, with his Red Bull Racing team-mate Mark Webber beside him, Vettel led from the starting lights right until he...

Both Red Bull Racing drivers will be at the front of the grid tomorrow for the first ever Formula 1 Indian Grand Prix at the newly constructed Buddh International Circuit. Sebastian Vettel was fastest during qualifying today, setting a time of 1:24.178 in the third session and cementing his 13th...

The Buddh International Circuit, home of this weekend’s 2011 Formula 1 Indian Grand Prix, represents new territory for F1 teams, in one of the fastest-growing automotive markets in the world. The newly-constructed track stretches some 3.192 miles, with drivers on Sunday scheduled to make 60...

This weekend is the inaugural Formula 1 Indian Grand Prix, which is taking place at the newly constructed--and still incomplete in some areas--Buddh International Circuit just outside of India’s capital New Delhi. Originally designed by renowned German race track architect Hermann Tilke, the...