The opening practice session for the 2012 F1 season started at Melbourne’s Albert Park on Friday afternoon. There was rain before 12:30, but it was a large amount of... read more »

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso remains optimistic of challenging for the title, despite a difficult winter test for the team. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo insists that a points finish remains the target in his debut home race. As the Perth man joined Formula 1 at last year’s British Grand Prix, he is... read more »

Mar.12 (GMM) Norbert Haug on Monday played down reports Mercedes could be set to be a shock title contender in 2012. Some new analysis in the sport's specialist media... read more »

The Woking team believe drivers Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton can challenge for this year's Formula 1 titles. read more »

Former Crash.net columnist Mark Blundell is expecting Lewis Hamilton to bounce back this year and he has said he sees 'no reason' why the McLaren man cannot challenge... read more »

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali downplays fears that his team is not in a position to challenge Red Bull and McLaren, using Italy's 1982 World Cup campaign as an example. read more »

Felipe Massa says he is going into next weekend's Australian Grand Prix believing that Ferrari can challenge for a place on the podium read more »

Stefano Domenicali urges Ferrari to keep pushing to resolve issues with the F2012, with the team still able to challenge during the year ahead read more »

Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn feels podium finishes should be a "certainty" for the Brackley squad this year... read more »

Mercedes boss Norbert Haug has conceded that team will probably have to wait a few more years before it can challenge for any titles read more »

Feb.29 (GMM) Mercedes is not targeting a real tilt at the world championship until 2014. Germany's DPA news agency quotes motor sport director Norbert Haug as saying... read more »

Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone says Lewis Hamilton might leave McLaren at the end of the season if he struggles to mount a serious title challenge. read more »

Although Heikki Kovalainen admits that he will miss Jarno Trulli at Caterham this year, the Finn is thoroughly looking forward to a new challenge in the form of Vitaly Petrov.... read more »

Mercedes has kick-started its assault on the 2012 F1 world championship with the launch of the car it hopes can finally challenge Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari. read more »

Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost says the talent of Jaime Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi was simply not enough to be in a position to challenge for a seat at Red Bull Racing. read more »

Feb.14 (GMM) Dietrich Mateschitz is giving Mark Webber at least an equal chance to get back on terms with his Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel in 2012. After his 2010 title... read more »

Team owner Dietrich Mateschitz has promised there will be no team orders at Red Bull this season and sees no reason why Mark Webber can't challenge Sebastian Vettel this year read more »

Dietrich Mateschitz appears to be giving Mark Webber at least an equal chance to get back on terms with his Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel in 2012. After his 2010 title... read more »

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner predicts the "usual suspects" will challenge for the title in what is likely to be a "stellar year" for F1... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen is optimistic that Caterham will be able to challenge for midfield positions now that they have KERS on board. read more »

Mark Webber feels Ferrari and McLaren will once again be Red Bull's main rivals during the 2012 season... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo is confident Toro Rosso will be quick enough to challenge for points in 2012 read more »

Sauber have today presented their new C31, a car again powered by a Ferrari V8. Other than that however, little was left unchanged, as the team tackled the challenge of... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean given their thoughts on the season ahead for Lotus read more »