Formula 1

Niki Lauda has hailed formula one’s change of engine regulations for 2014. The sport’s governing body initially wanted the current normally-aspirated 2.4 litre V8 engines to be replaced in 2013, ...

Niki Lauda has tipped Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel to pull even further clear of their rivals in 2012. German Vettel won his second consecutive drivers’ title in dominant style ...

If he was in charge at Lotus, Gerhard Berger would not have signed Kimi Raikkonen for 2012. Former ten-time winner Berger, the former BMW motor sport director and Toro Rosso ...

Ferrari’s turbo V6 engine for 2014 will be up and running “by the summer”, according to Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. F1’s current ‘frozen’ engine formula, the regulations for ...

Luca di Montezemolo is worried about F1’s trend away from Europe. F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone said recently that he predicts only a handful of races in Europe will still ...

Ferrari and Red Bull may already have inked separate new Concorde Agreements with F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone. The rumour follows the top teams’ recent split from the association FOTA. ...

Fernando Alonso has a new girlfriend, according to reports and photographs in the Italian, Spanish, German and Swiss media. Just before Christmas, the Ferrari driver announced his split with wife ...

Toro Rosso was “absolutely right” to axe its entire driver lineup ahead of the 2012 season. That is the claim of the team’s former co-owner and boss Gerhard Berger. Faenza ...