In a bizarre coincidence, Jerome d'Ambrosio and both Renault drivers, Vitaly Petrov and Nick Heidfeld, all suffered front-suspension failures during first practice in... read more »

Lotus Renault GP team-mates Nick Heidfeld and Vitaly Petrov suffered identical suspension failures in opening practice for the Malaysian GP at Sepang - although with very... read more »

Marussia Virgin Racing’s on-track preparations for the second Grand Prix of the season this weekend got underway today at the Sepang International Circuit. At 28°C and with a... read more »

Jérôme d’Ambrosio did not feature in Malaysia’s second free practice session on Friday afternoon, instead being rooted to the pit lane as repairs were carried out to his Virgin... read more »

Hispania team principal Colin Kolles doesn't believe the 107% qualifying rule will be an issue in Malaysia. This comment follows the teams failure to qualify for read more »

Hispania Racing owner Jos Ramn Carabante insists that despite its embarrassing failure to qualify in Melbourne, come Barcelona in May, HRT will be faster than both Lotus and... read more »

HRT owner Jose Ramon Carabante has admitted his team's failure to qualify for the Australian Grand Prix was down to financial problems read more »

Transmission problems claimed both Williams in Australia on Sunday, with Pastor Maldonado having become the first retirement of the season before fellow South American Rubens... read more »

Mechanical failures on both AT&T Williams race cars retired Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado from today’s opening Grand Prix in Australia. Prior to retiring on... read more »

HRT has tried to put on a collective brave face after it failed to qualify for the Australian Grand Prix with team boss Colin Kolles insisting it was a "miracle" it... read more »

Michael Schumacher has refused to blame technical issues for his failure to make the Q2 cut in Melbourne. read more »

McLaren's Martin Whitmarsh believes Sebastian Vettel's dominance of Australian Grand Prix qualifying was due in part to a KERS failure costing Lewis Hamilton time in Q3 read more »

Timo Glock has suffered the first engine failure of the season, resulting in an engine change for the Virgin MVR-02 during FP3. The exact cause of 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 »

Lewis Hamilton has suggested he will look back on his career as a failure if he fails to add to his solitary Formula One Drivers' title read more »

In our latest F1 2011 team preview, we examine the chances of Ferrari, where an agonising final round failure to clinch the crown for a second season running will not be... read more »

Red Bull boss Christian Horner has warned that Lewis Hamilton is unlikely to tolerate another season of failure at McLaren read more »

Today, the Catalunya circuit hosted the first day of its second pre-season test, replacing the one originally planned to take place in Bahrain. The hope was for warmer weather... 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 »

Force India had a productive Sunday in Jerez, though suspension failure ended the session prematurely for Paul di Resta. The Scot finished slowest on the final read more »

Ferrari has confirmed to GPUpdate.net that the cause of Felipe Massa’s morning spin in Valencia was an oil leak, as opposed to the general assumption of engine failure. After... read more »

It has been revealed that Jaime Alguersuari suffered from a puncture on the first day of pre-season testing in Valencia. However, Toro Rosso has confirmed to GPUpdate.net that... read more »

Just a few months shy of the 2011 race season the Hispania Racing Team has confirmed its withdrawal from the Formula One Teams Association. Sealing their decision was their... read more »