Q: Neither FW33 finished the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. What caused the retirements of Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado? Sam Michael: We had transmission... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen has revealed that his retirement from Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix was forced by a water leak., with the Finn withdrawing from the race on Lap 22. After a... read more »

Red Bull Racing insists it is not worried that mixed up races caused by high degradation this year may not allow it to make the most of the speed of its car read more »

Karun Chandhok’s early-season practice crash in Melbourne was caused by driver error rather than a mechanical failure, GPUpdate.net has learned.  read more »

Sébastien Buemi lost three crucial hours of running time at the Circuit de Catalunya on Monday morning, having come to a halt on the start/finish straight due to a damaged... read more »

Malaysia's Sepang event is losing traction, according to the circuit's boss who admitted the shabby stadium have caused ticket sales to plunge... read more »

The majority of Team Lotus personnel were left with no option but to leave the Circuit de Catalunya early on Monday afternoon, with a mechanical failure having caused a large... read more »

A car failure which caused Jarno Trulli to crash during this morning's test session at Barcelona, has brought Team Lotus programme to an early close. read more »

Lotus has ended the final day of testing at Barcelona early after a car failure caused Jarno Trulli to crash this morning read more »

As Renault still ponders who will replace the injured Robert Kubica, rumours are growing the delay has been caused by support from within the team for Tonio Liuzzi rather than... read more »

Red flags caused problems for Michael Schumacher and Mercedes GP at Jerez, forcing the team to curtail their scheduled programme... read more »

Technical problems were responsible for halting much of the progress Williams had hoped to make during the opening day of testing at Jerez on Thursday. Newly-signed Pastor... read more »

Force India have become the final team to launch their 2011 car. The outfit revealed the VJM04 online, although heavy traffic caused the site to crash read more »

Felipe Massa's first outing in the F150 came to a fiery end in Valencia after a gas leak caused a fire to breakout in the read more »

Felipe Massa’s early-season running in Valencia has come to an early break, with the Brazilian having caused the first red flag of Thursday just over half an hour after the... read more »

Mercedes GP team principal Ross Brawn expects a number of outfits to experiment with blown floor concepts before the first race of the season - following the interest caused by... read more »

Cult BBC motoring show Top Gear's decision to dress Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond in burkas during the Middle Eastern special on Boxing Day has caused rather a ruckus... read more »

Russian Grand Prix chiefs are confident that their inaugural Formula 1 race in Sochi in 2014 in well on course to run on schedule - despite complications caused by the city... read more »

Peter Revson took his maiden grand prix win at Silverstone as his McLaren headed home a depleted field after a major accident caused a restart read more »

Michael Schumacher says his poor form in 2010 was partly caused by problems that afflicted his car and not team-mate Nico Rosberg's. read more »

Sebastian Vettel's tyre failure during the closing stages of yesterday's first day of testing in Abu Dhabi was caused by a cut tyre, Pirelli has confirmed read more »

Pirelli suspects that debris on the track caused the tyre failure suffered by Sebastian Vettel in the closing minutes of today's tyre test in Abu Dhabi read more »

Formula 1 drivers are urging teams to reconsider the sport's safety car rules following the chaos caused by backmarkers in the Brazilian Grand Prix read more »

Williams conclude the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend having manoeuvred into sixth place in the constructors’ championship courtesy of Nico’s four points from his eighth place... read more »

Renault's Vitaly Petrov surprised a few in Brazil on Saturday, making it through to the top ten shootout despite losing setup work on Friday due to a heavy crash caused by... read more »