Brazilian veteran Rubens Barrichello has confirmed that he will contest the IndyCar series this season. read more »

Feb.29 (GMM) Lotus is ready to return to the track, after a chassis flaw caused the cancellation of the new E20's running last week. Technical director James Allison on... read more »

Lotus F1 technical director James Allison has confirmed that the outfit has now fixed the chassis issue, which resulted in it having to sit out the test in Barcelona last week. read more »

Marussia has confirmed it will not participate in the final pre-season test, after its 2012 chassis failed one of the mandatory FIA crash tests. The team read more »

Feb.24 (GMM) With one group test and three weeks until Melbourne, Ferrari, Red Bull and Lotus have modified their pre-season programme. According to widespread media reports,... read more »

Caterham will be running a straight-line aerodynamics test in Spain next Monday, the Norfolk-based team has confirmed to GPUpdate.net. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo's afternoon running in Barcelona was affected by a drive shaft problem, Toro Rosso has confirmed read more »

A rear track rod failure limited Heikki Kovalainen to just 31 laps on the first day of testing at Barcelona, Caterham has confirmed read more »

Alex Wurz has returned to his former outfit, Williams, as a driver mentor, the team confirmed on Monday. Wurz will work with Pastor Maldonado, Bruno Senna read more »

Vitaly Petrov will drive for Caterham for the first time on Wednesday, it has been confirmed by the English team. For 2012, the Russian replaces Jarno Trulli. read more »

On the run-up to the new Formula 1 season, Ferrari has confirmed Davide Rigon in an enhanced role for simulator work alongside Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa. However, the... read more »

The teams have released details of which drivers will run on which days of the up-coming second pre-season test in Barcelona. The test is due to read more »

Feb.17 (GMM) Caterham on Friday finally confirmed speculation that Vitaly Petrov will replace Jarno Trulli in 2012. It has been rumoured Petrov, the Russian driver ousted by... read more »

As rumoured, Jarno Trulli has been replaced as race driver at the Caterham F1 team. read more »

Jarno Trulli was gracious on Friday, with his Formula 1 career having ended as Caterham confirmed that he had been replaced for the 2012 season by Vitaly Petrov. read more »

Jarno Trulli's days as a F1 driver appear over after Caterham confirmed that Vitaly Petrov had replaced the Italian... read more »

Vitaly Petrov will race with the Caterham team during the 2012 season, taking Jarno Trulli's place at the squad, it was confirmed on Friday. read more »

Williams have confirmed that their young Finnish reserve driver, Valtteri Bottas, will get a whole day behind the wheel of the Williams FW34 at the first Barcelona test next... read more »

HRT has confirmed that it will skip the second pre-season test in Barcelona in order to prepare its new car for the final test read more »

HRT has confirmed to GPUpdate.net that it will not be taking its 2011 car to either of the upcoming Formula 1 test sessions in Barcelona. The Spanish squad ran last... read more »

Feb.16 (GMM) A leaked invoice suggests PDVSA, the state owned Venezuelan oil company, is paying a staggering US$46 million for its sponsorship of the Williams team in 2012.... read more »

A leaked invoice suggests PDVSA, the state owned Venezuelan oil company, is paying a staggering US$46 million for its sponsorship of the Williams team in 2012. Despite its... read more »

Pirelli has confirmed the tyre choices for the first three races of the 2012 Formula One World Championship season, the Australian, Malaysian and Chinese Grands Prix. read more »

Kevin Magnussen will take his F1 "education" to another level this year after McLaren confirmed he will get additional duties this year... read more »

Mercedes have confirmed they will be launching their new Formula 1 car, the F1 W03, at the second test which takes place at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona next week. The... read more »