The Italian Olympic Games Committee (CONI) has asked Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo to leads its bid for the 2020 summer games, it has been confirmed.  read more »

Team Lotus has confirmed to GPUpdate.net that Mexican Ricardo Teixeira will be back in its car for a selection of laps at the Circuit de Catalunya on Saturday.  read more »

Hispania Racing has confirmed to GPUpdate.net that Vitantonio Liuzzi will be driving for the team as Barcelona testing continues on Saturday. At present, Narain Karthikeyan is... read more »

F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed that a decision will be made next week with regard to whether or not to cancel the F1 2011 season opener in Bahrain, scheduled for March 13. read more »

Former Renault managing director Bob Bell has been confirmed as Mercedes new technical director. Bell joined Renault in 2001 having previously worked with McLaren, Benetton and read more »

F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed a decision on whether the season-opening Bahrain GP goes ahead will be made next week... read more »

The Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai will be staying on the Formula 1 calendar until at least 2017, it has been confirmed, with the news following much speculation that the event... read more »

GP Lotus-Renault have today confirmed that veteran German Nick Heidfeld will stand in for the injured Robert Kubica, starting from next week’s test session at the Circuit de... read more »

Having tested for British Touring Car support series Clio Cup UK last week, as reported by GPUpdate.net on Saturday, it has now been confirmed that Nicolas Hamilton – brother... read more »

Renault has confirmed Nick Heidfeld has been drafted in to replace the injured Robert Kubica at Renault for the foreseeable future read more »

Nick Heidfeld is to replace the injured Robert Kubica at Renault for the foreseeable future, the French manufacturer confirmed on Wednesday. read more »

The Lotus-Renault team have confirmed that Nick Heidfeld will takeover Robert Kubica's seat for the 2011 season. The German had looked a likely replacement after they read more »

The Renault team has confirmed that Nick Heidfeld will be Robert Kubica's replacement this season, starting from this week's test at Barcelona. read more »

Tyre manufacturer Pirelli has confirmed the tyre compounds that will be used for the first four races of the F1 season. “The hard tyre will be the prime tyre, whereas the... read more »

Robert Kubica is set to undergo final surgery on his elbow on Wednesday, doctors have confirmed, as he continues to make good progress from the injuries he suffered in his... read more »

Virgin technical director Nick Wirth says the MVR-02's first week of testing has confirmed hopes that it is a big step forward over the team's 2010 car - and that... read more »

Lotus Renault have confirmed that Nick Heidfeld will test for the team at Jerez on Saturday as he bids to replace Robert Kubica... read more »

Robert had further surgery today at the Santa Corona Hospital in Pietra Ligure. A team of 15 doctors and nurses were involved to carry out surgery to his foot, shoulder,... read more »

Renault is not worried about its testing pace over the last two days in Jerez and has confirmed Nick Heidfeld will test on Saturday with Bruno Senna driving the R31 on Sunday read more »

Eric Boullier has confirmed that Nick Heidfeld is the first in line to replace the injured Robert Kubica this season, but hasn't ruled out Pedro de la Rosa and Tonio... read more »

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes has confirmed a five-year extension to its agreement with oil and gas company ExxonMobil. The pair will be entering a 17th year as partners in the... read more »

The Ferrari Formula 1 car will no longer be labelled ‘F150’ on the team’s website, the Scuderia has confirmed, following an official statement from the Ford Motor Company... read more »

The British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) has confirmed that it is searching for commercial investment partners in its bid to further develop Silverstone. read more »

Williams has confirmed more details of the scheme that will see it become the first team in F1 history ever to be publicly floated on the stock exchange - what it describes as... read more »

Frank Williams and Patrick Head say they both remain fully committed to the future of their Formula 1 team and its businesses, despite it being confirmed on Tuesday that they... read more »