• Renault consider options for continued participation • French car-maker will announce verdict before end of year Renault have postponed making an official decision on whether or not to follow Honda, BMW and Toyota out of formula one until the end of the year. The matter was discussed at a major board meeting in Paris on Wednesday. "You will have to be patient," Renault's chief...
Michael Schumacher and his buddy Sebastian Vettel picked up another Race of Champions Nations Cup victory for Team Germany after besting China, Finland and England. The Americans nearly won, but Vettel put the hurt on both Foust and Pastrana. [ RallyBuzz ]
Formula One's Sebastian Vettel and seven-time champion Michael Schumacher helped Germany to a third straight win in the "Nations Cup", edging the British team of newly crowned F1 champion Jenson Button on a chilly night at the Bird's Nest in Beijing.
Seven time F1 World Champion, Michael Schumacher, and his Team Germany team-mate, Sebastian Vettel, claimed their third consecutive ROC Nations Cup title today. The pair beat the Autosport Team GB pairing of new F1 World Champion, Jenson Button, and three time World Touring Car Champion, Andy Priaulx, in a tie break race in the final to become the first winners of three Nations Cup crowns.
Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel have won Germany their third straight Race Of Champions Nations Cup victory this afternoon. The annual race-off between the best drivers of nations of the world was held in the Beijing Bird’s Nest stadium, which hosted the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Germany raced against Great Britain in the final, with Schumacher beating [...]
I've been nursing a sick little girl today, who woke up with a raging temperature in the night and a sore throat and a cough. Apparently 7 children in the other Primary 6 class are off with the same sort of thing, including the one she spent most of the weekend with. She eventually managed to come downstairs this morning and was ensconced on the sofa in her My Little Pony sleeping bag drinking hot...
Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium has been transformed into a motor racing track, with some of the world's top drivers gearing up to compete in the 2009 Race of Champions here on Wednesday. Newly-crowned Formula One world champion Jenson Button, seven-time F1 champion Michael Schumacher and Abu Dhabi Grand Prix winner Sebastian Vettel are among those to compete at the main 2008 Beijing Olympic stadium....
Brazilian veteran Rubens Barrichello and German rookie Nico Hulkenberg have been announced as Williams' new driver pairing for the 2010 Formula 1 season. The duo come in for German driver Nico Rosberg, who is set to replace 37-year-old Barrichello at Brawn GP, and Japan's Kazuki Nakajima. Hulkenberg, 22, was Williams' test and reserve driver this season. Barrichello was third in this year's drivers'...
Drivers’ fastest laps Rank Driver Fastest lap Deficit to fastest lap Laps within 1% of personal best 1 Sebastian Vettel 100.279 0 21 2 Sebastien Buemi 100.326 0.047 14 3 Lewis Hamilton 100.367 0.088 10 4 Rubens Barrichello 100.449 0.17 21 5 Mark Webber 100.571 0.292 26 6 Jenson Button 100.642 0.363 29 7 Nick Heidfeld 100.672 0.393 29 8 Jarno Trulli 100.723 0.444 21 9 Kazuki Nakajima 100.754 0.475...
David Croft and Anthony Davidson reflect on the final race of Formula 1 season, which saw Sebastian Vettel cruise to victory ahead of team-mate Mark Webber after Lewis Hamilton was forced to retire early. Holly Samos speaks to Vettel, Webber, Button, Kobayashi and Raikkonen.
Sebastian Vettel clinched the final race win of the season in a thrilling evening race in Abu Dhabi. It was the emirates first ever F1 Grand Prix, and I think I am one of many who will be heaping praise on the new Yas Marina Circuit, its fantastic facilities, near perfect track and brilliant conditions led [...]
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Sebastian Vettel won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday, and Mark Webber hung on for second to give Red Bull a one-two finish in the final Formula One race of the season.
Sebastian Vettel won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday, and Mark Webber hung on for second to give Red Bull a one-two finish in the final Formula One race of the season.
Last Sunday, during the Chinese rain, Red Bull Racing made its first grand prix victory. The team was led by Sebastian Vettel followed by teammate Mark Webber for a strong one-two victory. Vettel said it’s his second win in the rain, recalling his first last year from pole junior team Toro Rosso.
In the first video, Sebastian Vettel explains the 2009 Formula 1 rule changes with the assistance of some pretty wicked awesome animations. The coolest new rule allows for regenerative braking system (called KERS - kinetic energy recovery systems) utilizing a battery to store the energy created when braking. This system will give each driver a 6.5 seconds boost of 82hp per lap! **********VIDEOS: 2009...