Renault boss Eric Boullier says Vitaly Petrov is a new man this year, after praising the Russian for grabbing sixth on the grid for the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

With Nick Heidfeld unexpectedly out-for-the-count as early as Q1, Vitaly Petrov artfully raised Lotus Renault GP's spirits with an excellent qualifying run to line up... read more »

Not content with qualifying ninth on the grid for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix, Kamui Kobayashi believes sixth spot was in his reach... read more »

Sixth place for Australia 2011 marks a career-best qualifying position for Vitaly Petrov, who improves on his previous seventh from Hungary last year. Now in his second season,... read more »

Red Bull Racing returned to the top in final practice for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. At an overcast but dry Albert Park on Saturday afternoon, World Champion... read more »

Michael Schumacher was pleased after completing his opening day of practice in Melbourne, with the German finishing the second session in sixth place well-ahead of team-mate... read more »

Nico Rosberg will be competing in his sixth term as a Formula 1 driver in 2011, and his second for Ross Brawn's Mercedes GP outfit. As the... read more »

As the sixth day in Barcelona came to an end once again there was a Red Bull atop of the time sheets, albeit with Sebastian Vettel behind the wheel. In second and third were... read more »

Pastor Maldonado left Barcelona in a positive mood on Monday afternoon, following the completion of 121 laps of the Montmelo circuit at the wheel of his FW33. The Venezuelan... read more »

Jarno Trulli was all smiles on Sunday night after his pre-season testing programme continued for Team Lotus, with the Italian having recorded 68 laps and a 1:25.454 lap time to... read more »

Adrian Sutil was happy with his second day of running at the wheel of Force India’s new VJM04, with what the German described as ‘the start of testing’ for the... read more »

Adrian Sutil continued to put the miles on the new VJM04 at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit in southern Spain. On only its second day of testing Adrian put more than 300km... read more »

Adrian Sutil will be competing in his sixth Formula 1 season this year, his fourth for the Force India team under its current guise. With numerous technical... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi has explained that no ‘proper’ runs were conducted by himself and the Sauber team in Valencia on Tuesday, with the Japanese driver having taken the new C30... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi is confident that the Sauber team has a solid base from which to work with the new Ferrari-engined C30 after setting the sixth fastest time on the first day of... read more »

Rubens Barrichello has completed his first laps in the new Williams FW33, with testing getting underway in Valencia this morning. The Grove-based outfit claim it has... read more »

Felipe Massa is hoping new tyre supplier Pirelli can give him a chance to improve on his 2011 form. The Brazilian driver struggled during last year's Formula 1 season,... read more »

Felipe Massa is confident over his chances of joining the title race this season, after the Ferrari driver endured a difficult 2010 campaign. The Brazilian finished sixth in... read more »

Felipe Massa is now the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro veteran. Since the farewell to Luca Badoer, the Brazilian driver is the man with the longest service for the red team. Under... read more »

Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo has branded Felipe Massa with a sub-zero score following a difficult 2010 season for the Brazilian, who finished the campaign sixth overall... read more »

Sir Frank Williams has said he wasn’t especially pleased with the 2010 season, even though the Grove-based outfit did manage to put in a late charge and grab sixth... read more »

Sir Frank Williams admits he was not happy with his team¿s performance this season, insisting they should be achieving greater things... read more »

For a team with such a rich pedigree and history of winning, it comes as no surprise that sixth in the constructors' standings is not where Williams expects to be read more »

Jenson Button defied claims that he would be crushed by Lewis Hamilton at McLaren in F1 2010 - and his doggedly determined effort secures sixth place in our end-of-season top ten. read more »

Sauber new boy Sergio Pérez got his first taste of an F1 car this week when he ran on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi as part of the Young Driver test. He ended the day sixth overall... read more »