Fernando Alonso has returned to winning ways by winning the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday. The Champion of 2005 and 2006 led home the first Ferrari 1-2 since France 2008 as Lewis Hamilton managed third for McLaren after pole man Sebastian Vettel, who led for much of the race, suffered technical problems with [...]
France is unlikely to regain a grand prix in 2011 according to Nicolas Deschaux
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When Patrick Head talks, you listen.
“Everybody keeps coming up and asking who’s quickest, as if we should all know the answer,” said Williams’s director of engineering during a break in the final pre-season test session in Barcelona.
“But I don’t know the answer. Nobody knows the answer, and isn’t that the whole point? We’re [...]
Former Renault Formula 1 team boss Flavio Briatore had his life ban from Formula 1 overturned by a court in Paris, France, on Tuesday afternoon. The Italian was banned from Formula 1 following his role in Renault’s Singapore crash-gate.
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Ex-Renault team boss Flavio Briatore has had his lifetime ban from F1 overturned on appeal in France, report news agencies.
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Lewis Hamilton, it is safe to assume, will be having a very happy Christmas this year.
When he started his Formula 1 career in 2007, the man who became F1’s youngest world champion said his one regret was that he never got to race against Michael Schumacher. Now, following the German legend’s decision to come out [...]
Romain Grosjean has confirmed that he will be driving in two rounds of the Andros Trophy ice racing event in France. The Frenchman will first be taking the wheel this weekend before returning for more action on the third weekend of January.
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Ferrari has signed a longterm deal with France’s Jules Bianchi.
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Plans for the French Grand Prix to return to the F1 calendar have received a blow after plans for a new F1 track were scrapped.
There had been talk of the 4.5 km track at Flins-Les-Mureaux hosting future Grand Prixs in France with the circuit being the focal point of a new industrial complex, aimed at [...]
Hopes of France returning to the F1 calendar have taken a further knock following news that plans for a purpose built track at Flins-Les-Mureaux have been abandoned.
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