The MGP W02 made its debut in Valencia today as Formula One's pre-season testing programme kicked off at the Spanish circuit. The new Silver Arrow was unveiled by... read more »

Gary Paffett is happy with the performance increase of Pirelli’s new-for-2011 Formula 1 tyres, with the Englishman having launched McLaren’s pre-season testing programme in... read more »

World Champions Red Bull Racing have confirmed to GPUpdate.net that Sebastian Vettel will be first in the car when pre-season testing begins in Valencia next Tuesday.  read more »

Following news earlier in the month that Kimi Räikkönen had re-signed with Citroën for this year’s World Rally Championship, the French manufacturer has now confirmed the... read more »

Former BMW motorsport director Gerhard Berger believes the German manufacturer should have 'persevered' with their F1 programme... read more »

BMW should have persevered with its F1 programme, that's the view of companies' former motorsport director, Gerhard Berger. read more »

Lotus Motorsport have announced that former F1 star Jean Alesi has become an ambassador for the Type 125 and Exos programme. read more »

The Porsche Human Performance programme is a half-day coaching session which takes the principles of motorsport fitness and combines them with expert advice, this year from... read more »

Jules Bianchi is confident he will be able to shine in 2011 and he believes the help he has received as part of the Scuderia's young driver programme has been crucial in... read more »

Pirelli has wrapped up its 2010 development programme with a successful five-day at the Bahrain International Circuit. read more »

Mirko Bortolotti and Daniel Zampieri dropped from the Ferrari Driver Academy read more »

The Ferrari Driver Academy (FDA) has cut its ties with Daniel Zampieri and Mirko Bortolotti after a year's support in the driver development programme read more »

It has been confirmed that Scott Speed is no longer part of Red Bull’s driver programme, meaning the former Formula 1 driver is at present out of a race seat for the 2011... read more »

Renault plan to breathe new life into their junior driver programme, according to team boss Eric Boullier... read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes a full winter testing programme alongside Jenson Button could be crucial to McLaren's hopes in the 2011 season.. read more »

Our second day of testing and the final one of the young driver programme. Jean-Eric Vergne was again in the cockpit and the team stopped testing, as planned, two hours before... read more »

GP3 Champion Esteban Gutiérrez finished fourth on the timesheets as he enjoyed his day of Formula 1 testing with Sauber on Tuesday. Following a busy programme, the Mexican... read more »

Just like all the other teams out at Abu Dhabi, Toro Rosso was taken by surprise by the rain early in the morning. The rest of the day's programme went normal, and... read more »

A good first day of free practice for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the final and, at least in the case of the Drivers’ title, decisive race of the... read more »

Fairuz Fauzy made a return to the cockpit on Friday in order to complete his 2010 programme with Lotus Racing. Although the Malaysian finished slowest of the 24 runners when... read more »

Jules Bianchi will take on the role of test driver for Ferrari next season, the Maranello-based team has announced. Bianchi, who is part of the Ferrari Driver Academy... read more »

Next week’s young driver test in Abu Dhabi will see Jérôme D’Ambrosio and Mikhail Aleshin each spend a day behind the wheel of the Renault F1 Team's R30. Aleshin... read more »

Bridgestone will bring the curtain down on its current F1 programme at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this weekend and Director of Motorsport Hiroshi Yasukawa has said the... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa has said that he will wait no longer than the end of November before declaring his plans ahead of the 2011 season. At present, the Barcelona driver is... read more »

The first day of the Brazilian Grand Prix followed the now traditional script, with the Red Bulls apparently extremely fast, the McLarens very competitive and Scuderia Ferrari... read more »