Koreans begin to lay top asphalt on Thursday
Alan Jones to be F1 steward in Korea Work began on Thursday to lay the final top layer of asphalt at Korea’s new Yeongam circuit. The race organisers only have three days to complete the job before the...
View ArticleSun out at Suzuka but rain clouds loom
Forecast for Sunday is also not good. The sun is out at Suzuka on Thursday, but local reports are still predicting a chance of rain for the Japanese grand prix weekend. The talk in the paddock is a...
View ArticleWilliams Renault legendary partnership revived for 2012
Renault Sport F1 and Williams F1 are delighted to announce a long-term chassis-engine partnership. +Q&A with Adam Parr Chariman, Williams F1 +Williams switches to Renault power for 2012 Renault...
View ArticleReport – F1 might benefit from permanent F1 steward
F1 might end a spate of near-constant driver penalties by installing a permanent race steward. FIA president Jean Todt’s new initiative of having a former professional racing driver on the stewards’...
View ArticleRivals cannot write off Schumacher – Glock
It is a mistake to write off Michael Schumacher. That is the claim of the seven time world champion’s countryman Timo Glock, who drives for the back-of-the-grid Marussia team. 43-year-old Schumacher,...
View ArticleNew destinations not harming F1 – Jones
That is the view of 1980 world champion Alan Jones. Bernie Ecclestone is not harming formula one with his planned expansion to even more new venues. F1 chief executive Ecclestone, who has already...
View ArticleFirst title winner Jones not writing off Williams
Australian Jones, now 65, in 1980 won the once-great team’s first of seven drivers’ titles. Alan Jones is not ruling out a Williams resurgence in 2012, despite his former championship-winning team...
View ArticleDumping Trulli ‘a no-brainer’– Jones
1980 world champion Alan Jones has backed Caterham’s decision to dump Jarno Trulli. Despite having extended the Italian veteran’s contract for 2012, the former Lotus team decided at the last minute to...
View ArticleWorld champions assess Hamilton’s 2012 so far
A former world champion has dealt Lewis Hamilton a mild rebuke after the Briton refused to appear at Adrian Sutil’s assault trial. Not only did the McLaren driver defer to his team’s looming car launch...
View Article2012 cars ‘not ugly’ insists Alan Jones
Amid all the ‘ugly’ talk, Alan Jones doesn’t mind the look of F1′s field of 2012. With McLaren the notable exception, every team has incorporated an awkward ‘step’ into its nose design as the optimum...
View ArticleNew Schumacher contract ‘absolutely possible’– Zetsche
Dieter Zetsche has admitted it is possible Michael Schumacher will still be a Mercedes driver in 2013. At the end of his initial three-year F1 comeback contract, the 43-year-old’s existing deal runs...
View ArticleTop team or nothing for 2013 warns Webber
Mark Webber has warned he will quit formula one if he cannot find a top seat for 2013. The 35-year-old Australian is the only prominent member of the leading Red Bull team who does not currently have a...
View ArticleRed Bull to discuss Webber future in summer
Mark Webber is yet to secure his place at Red Bull for the 2013 season. Team boss Christian Horner said the Australian has a “spring in his step” after a strong winter following Sebastian Vettel’s...
View ArticleWebber, Vettel at centre of Ferrari rumours
Australia’s last world champion Alan Jones has urged Mark Webber to join Ferrari. After the Red Bull driver won his second Monaco grand prix last weekend, his team boss Christian Horner moved to play...
View ArticleRed Bull is planning to settle the matter of its 2013 driver lineup “in...
Red Bull to decide driver lineup ‘in August’ – Marko Without a contract for next season, Monaco and Silverstone winner Mark Webber is now Fernando Alonso’s closest challenger for the 2012 title and...
View ArticleKobayashi aims for F1 return in 2014
Kamui Kobayashi has announced he will not be on the F1 grid in 2013. Dropped by Sauber, the exciting Japanese driver had been raising money via a fans’ website in a bid to secure an alternate race seat...
View ArticleF1 comeback ‘difficult’ for Kobayashi – journalist
The world of F1 is “obviously” moving on without Kamui Kobayashi, according to experienced Japanese journalist Kunio Shibata. Kobayashi, who according to 1980 world champion Alan Jones was Japan’s best...
View ArticleVettel expects steward Jones to be fair in Spain
“Seb has proved he can’t be trusted” Sebastian Vettel has brushed off fears he might be the victim of unfair treatment this weekend in Spain. The ex-steward on the FIA stewards’ panel this weekend in...
View ArticleGrosjean is ‘an idiot’– Ricciardo
“I just said ‘you’re an idiot’, and that was it” Daniel Ricciardo has added to Romain Grosjean’s woes by admitting he called the beleaguered Lotus driver “an idiot” in Monaco. Frenchman Grosjean, last...
View ArticleThe Williams F1 Team is celebrating a landmark achievement this weekend at...
Williams celebrates 600 races at the British Grand Prix Founded in 1977 by Frank Williams and Patrick Head, Williams has secured 297 podiums, 114 race wins and 16 World Championship titles over the...
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