In Formula One tyres are the biggest performance variable. MERCEDES GP PETRONAS driver Nico Rosberg and chief strategist James Vowles explain which type of tyres and compounds... read more »

Williams team members look forward to the opening race of the 2011 Formula 1 season at Albert Park, Melbourne. Credit: Williams F1 read more »

Team Lotus will take a significant step forward in performance terms in F1 2011, have no doubt - the only question is, will that actually make any difference to its final... read more »

Can Toro Rosso arrest the slide that has seen it fail to capitalise on its 2008 spurt and slip down the F1 pecking order in 2009 and 2010? Despite a less-than-perfect driver... read more »

Jarno Trulli has expressed his concern over the durability of the new rubber introduced by Pirelli ahead of the 2011 season, as the Italian tyre manufacturer prepares to make... read more »

The 2011 Chinese Grand Prix has been confirmed after the FIA approved recent track improvements. read more »

This weekend, the 2011 Formula One World Championship season will finally begin with the Australian Grand Prix. Scuderia Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso has been very impatient... read more »

Mark Webber has confirmed the return of his five-day Tasmania Challenge event, featuring a variety of extreme sports taking place across the 306-km (190-mi) wide island which... read more »

Johnny Herbert will make his fourth appearance as an FIA steward at this weeks Australian Grand Prix, the first of the 2011 season. Herbert has previously read more »

Heikki Kovalainen is feeling 'excited' ahead of this weekend's F1 2011 season opener in Australia and is confident Team Lotus can do well. read more »

Mercedes Grand Prix driver Michael Schumacher explains the changes in Formula 1 ahead of the 2011 Formula 1 season. read more »

Video: Schumacher explains 2011 changes read more »

Ferrari's Felipe Massa has said he will be concentrating on doing his best in Australia this weekend. read more »

Fernando Alonso is feeling confident ahead of the F1 2011 season opener in Australia this weekend. read more »

Sakon Yamamoto will act as Virgin's reserve driver at the opening F1 2011 race in Australia this week and for the next two rounds in Malaysia and China, it has been announced. read more »

Sakon Yamamoto will be Virgin Racing's reserve driver for the first three races of the 2011 season, the team announced on Wednesday. read more »

Sakon Yamamoto has been announced as a reserve driver at Marussia Virgin Racing ahead of the 2011 season, with the 28-year-old set to work for the team during the opening three... read more »

Ferrari Team Principal Stefano Domenicali has expressed his excitement ahead of the new 2011 season, which begins a fortnight late in Melbourne this weekend, and the Italian is... read more »

In a few days time, the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship will finally get underway in Melbourne. “Finally,” because by now we should have already contested the opening... read more »

All-too-often overlooked during pre-season predictions and now far more stable than twelve months ago, Sauber is primed to surprise in F1 2011 with its dynamic young driver... read more »

Jenson Button made history today driving an F1 car at Mount Panorama. Ahead of the 2011 season, Button became the first ever race driver to take on becoming the first-ever race... read more »

Pictures from Australia as the 2011 F1 season edges closer read more »

Lewis Hamiton and Jenson Button will struggle during the 2011 season, that's the view of Formula One's Bernie Ecclestone. The F1 supremo cast doubt over the read more »

Having hauled themselves up from tailenders to respectable midfield competitors over the past three years, is Force India's impressive progress set to hit a wall in F1 2011..? read more »

Rob Smedley was announced as a patron of F1 in Schools on Tuesday, with the Manchester-born man set to join a number of key paddock figures who are already involved in the... read more »