Fernando Alonso set the pace, but ongoing rain forced many teams to re-evaluate their Mugello test programme in favour of the remaining two days. read more »

FIA President Jean Todt has added his support for the Bahrain Grand Prix, insisting that the media reports do not convey what F1 teams and personnel are seeing on the ground. read more »

Fernando Alonso, 9th: "Today, we were worth a place somewhere between eighth and twelfth, so ninth on the grid fits in with our current level. Honestly, given the... read more »

Paul Hembery: "We've seen a great job from Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull, who demonstrated their ability to get the most out of the tyres by extracting every last bit... read more »

Sir Jackie Stewart fears cancelling the under-threat Bahrain Grand Prix could have a damaging effect on Formula 1. read more »

Sauber has added its support to renewed calls for a budget cap in Formula 1, with the team hoping that one can be in place as early as next season. read more »

If Caterham’s Mike Gascoyne was in the market for a McLaren driver, he would sign Jenson Button. The green-clad team’s technical boss, Gascoyne, was at... read more »

Christian Horner has denied reports that he is set to leave Red Bull Racing in favour of a team boss job at Ferrari... read more »

Kimi Räikkönen claims that the 2012 season will be a continuation of his Formula 1 career from 2009, as opposed to a second stint. The Finn was dropped by... read more »

One man who has everything to prove in 2012 is Nico Hülkenberg, having been dropped by Williams in favour of Pastor Maldonado last year despite claiming an impressive... read more »

Former Scuderia Toro Rosso driver Jaime Alguersuari has joined BBC Radio 5 live for the new Formula 1 season, taking over the 'expert summariser' role from... read more »

Days after the Malaysian team dropped Jarno Trulli in favour of Vitaly Petrov it has signed a deal with SIBUR, the largest petrochemical company in Russia and Eastern Europe. read more »

The decision by Caterham to drop Jarno Trulli in favour of Vitaly Petrov means that for the first time since 1970 there will not be an Italian on the grid for the season... read more »

McLaren have played down media reports which claim they could drop Mercedes as their engine partner in favour of Pure... read more »

Despite having a contract with HRT, Tonio Liuzzi says he could yet to dropped in favour of another driver as the situation is "very vague"... read more »

Helmut Marko has defended the decision to drop both 2011 Toro Rosso drivers in favour of an all new line-up, claiming that Buemi and Alguersuari had had enough time to prove... read more »

We have a favour to ask. We are aware you might find it taxing. But would you mind terribly helping us to choose the sexiest grid girl of 2011? No? Jolly decent of you. Then... read more »

Sebastien Buemi has been confirmed as Red Bull Racing’s test and reserve driver for the 2012 season. Buemi and his former teammate Jaime Alguersuari were left without... read more »

Champions Red Bull Racing have confirmed that Sébastien Buemi will be the team’s official test and reserve driver for the 2012 F1 season, locking another... read more »

Nico Rosberg is not worried by Mercedes’ decision to skip the opening pre-season test of 2012 in favour of more development time. The decision means he and team-mate... read more »

Dec.28 (GMM) Jarno Trulli has hit out at the growing influence of so-called 'pay drivers' in formula one. It is rumoured that, despite his 2012 contract, the... read more »

Toro Rosso was “absolutely right” to axe its entire driver lineup ahead of the 2012 season. That is the claim of the team’s former co-owner and... read more »

Jarno Trulli has hit out at the growing influence of so-called ‘pay drivers’ in Formula 1. It is rumoured that, despite his 2012 contract, the Italian... read more »

Adrian Sutil’s manager, Manfred Zimmermann, has denied rumours that his driver is in the running to join Ferrari in 2013, with current pilot Felipe Massa’s... read more »

Adrian Sutil’s manager is not worried by the lack of a race seat as 2012 approaches, with the German having been dropped by Force India in favour of Nico... read more »